TY  - GEN
AU  - Sims,William Sowden
AU  - Sims,Anne Hitchcock
TI  - William Sowden Sims papers,
KW  - Arnold, W. F.
KW  - Edwards, W. Atlee
KW  - Babcock, John V.
KW  - Bayly, Lewis,
KW  - Benson, William Shepherd,
KW  - Daniels, Josephus,
KW  - Fiske, Bradley A.
KW  - Fullam, William F.
KW  - Hoover, Herbert,
KW  - Kittredge, Tracy B.,
KW  - Mahan, A. T.
KW  - McLean, Ridley,
KW  - Pratt, William Veazie,
KW  - Pringle, Joel Roberts Poinsett,
KW  - Reuterdahl, Henry,
KW  - Roberts, Kenneth Lewis,
KW  - Roosevelt, Franklin D.
KW  - Roosevelt, Theodore,
KW  - Simms family
KW  - United States
KW  - Navy
KW  - Foreign service
KW  - China
KW  - Intelligence specialists
KW  - Operational readiness
KW  - China Station
KW  - Navy Department
KW  - Bureau of Navigation
KW  - Charleston (Cruiser)
KW  - Military attachés
KW  - France
KW  - Paris
KW  - Russia
KW  - Saint Petersburg
KW  - Spain
KW  - Madrid
KW  - Naval gunnery
KW  - World War, 1914-1918
KW  - Naval operations, American
KW  - Europe
KW  - Naval officers
KW  - itoamc
N1  - Open to research; Microfilm edition of Series 1. Subseries : Special Correspondence, 1898-1951, (containers 45-91) available; no. 14,810; Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division; Washington, D.C.; Navy Publications and Printing Service Office, Naval District
N2  - Correspondence, memoranda, writings, notes, reports, military orders, biographical material, clippings, and other papers primarily documenting Sims's naval career and his work relating to naval reforms.  Documents activities as an intelligence officer on the USS Charleston (Cruiser) at the China Station (1895-1896); naval attaché in Paris, Madrid, and Saint Petersburg (1896-1900); and commander of U.S. naval forces in Europe during World War I.  Subjects include gunnery, naval preparedness, and the U.S. Navy Dept. Bureau of Navigation.  Includes papers of Sims's wife, Anne Hitchcock Sims.  Correspondents include W.F. Arnold, John V. Babcock, Sir Lewis Bayly, William Shepherd Benson, Josephus Daniels, W. Atlee Edwards, Bradley A. Fiske, William F. Fullam, Herbert Hoover, Tracy B. Kittredge, A.T. Mahan, Ridley McLean, William Veazie Pratt, Joel Roberts Poinsett Pringle, Henry Reuterdahl, Kenneth Lewis Roberts, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, and members of the Sims (Simms) family
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011160
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011160.3
ER  -