Craven, John Joseph,  1822-1893. <br/><br/>
John Joseph Craven papers, 1849-1939. 

 - 75  items. 2  containers. 0.8  linear ft. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> Correspondence, diary, family papers, legal records, patent, photographs, and other papers.  Includes Craven's letters to his wife, Catherine S. Craven, from aboard ship and from California during the Gold Rush; fragments of a diary written at Fort Monroe concerning Craven's medical treatment of Jefferson Davis; text of a court trial (1874-1875) involving Craven's invention of a submarine telegraph cable; and a British patent (1876) for a refrigerator.  Family papers include his wife's diary (1863) and papers of their son, William Darcy Craven. 
<br/><br/><br/>Inventor, physician, and U.S. Army officer. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 73017160  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889. <br/>Craven family.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cables, Submarine.<br/>Refrigerators--Patents.<br/>Telegraph cables.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>California--Gold discoveries.<br/>Fort Monroe (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.<br/>Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.<br/>United States--History--Medical care.--Civil War, 1861-1865
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Army officers.<br/>Inventors.<br/>Physicians.