06425cpcaa2200937 a 4500 mm 78018366 DLC 20260227111623.0 cr ||||||||||| 790410|||||||||||| eng mm 78018366 ms 62004589 DLC dacs DLC DLC W lcmd Dewey, George, 1837-1917. George Dewey papers, 1805-1949 (bulk 1885-1931). 25,000 items. 86 containers plus 6 oversize. 42.8 linear feet. Arranged in 7 series. Series 1: Diaries, 1882-1909; Series 2: General Correspondence, 1820-1919; Series 3: Military File, 1876-1916; Series 4: Financial File, 1883-1916; Series 5: Miscellany, 1805-1923; Series 6: Addition, 1811-1949; and Series 7: Oversize, 1872-1917. Open to research. Correspondence, letterbooks, diaries, journal, military papers, financial papers, scrapbooks, and other papers relating chiefly to Dewey's activities as commander of the U.S. Navy Asiatic Squadron East during the Spanish-American War, especially his command of the USS Olympia during the battle of Manila Bay. Documents his service as commander of the USS Pensacola, European Squadron (European Station), 1885-1888; president of the U.S. Navy General Board, 1899-1917; president of the court of inquiry (1901) concerning Winfield Scott Schley; and commander-in-chief of naval winter maneuvers while aboard the presidential yacht Mayflower, 1902-1903. Also includes correspondence, financial records, and other papers of Dewey's second wife, Mildred McLean Hazen Dewey, relating to family interests in the Rosiclare Lead and Fluorspar Mining Company, her estate, and other matters; letters (1874) from James A. Garfield and William T. Sherman to Mildred Dewey's first husband, William Babcock Hazen; and an account (1904) of Admiral Dewey and the Manila campaign written by Commander Nathan Sargent, U.S.N. Family correspondents include Dewey's parents, Julius Y. Dewey and Mary Perrin Dewey, and his son, George G. Dewey. Other correspondents include Charles J. Bonaparte, Frederick M. Bugher, William E. Chandler, George B. Cortelyou, George Creel, Josephus Daniels, John W. Davis, Grenville Mellen Dodge, John Hay, Robert Lansing, Henry Cabot Lodge, John Davis Long, A.T. Mahan, John R. McLean, William H. Moody, Paul Morton, Truman Handy Newberry, Elisabeth Ellicott Poe, Redfield Procter, Theodore Roosevelt, Elihu Root, Alvin Untermyer, and Oscar Fitzalan Williams. Atlases and maps transferred to Library of Congress Geography and Map Division. Photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Naval officer. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010319 Bonaparte, Charles J. (Charles Joseph), 1851-1921 Correspondence. Bugher, Frederick M. (Frederick McLean) Correspondence. Chandler, William E. (William Eaton), 1835-1917 Correspondence. Cortelyou, George B. (George Bruce), 1862-1940 Correspondence. Creel, George, 1876-1953 Correspondence. Daniels, Josephus, 1862-1948 Correspondence. Dewey, George G. (George Goodwin), -1963 Correspondence. Dewey, Julius Y. (Julius Yemans) Correspondence. Dewey, Mary Perrin, -1843? Correspondence. Dodge, Grenville Mellen, 1831-1916 Correspondence. Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881 Correspondence. Hay, John, 1838-1905 Correspondence. Hazen, William Babcock, 1830-1887 Correspondence. Lansing, Robert, 1864-1928 Correspondence. Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924 Correspondence. Long, John Davis, 1838-1915 Correspondence. Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer), 1840-1914 Correspondence. McLean, John R. (John Roll), 1848-1916 Correspondence. Moody, William H. (William Henry), 1853-1917 Correspondence. Morton, Paul, 1857-1911 Correspondence. Newberry, Truman Handy, 1864-1945 Correspondence. Poe, Elisabeth Ellicott, 1886-1947 Correspondence. Proctor, Redfield, 1831-1908 Correspondence. Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 Correspondence. Root, Elihu, 1845-1937 Correspondence. Sargent, Nathan, 1849-1907. Schley, Winfield Scott, 1839-1911. Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 Correspondence. Untermyer, Alvin, 1882-1963 Correspondence. Williams, Oscar Fitzalan, 1843-1909 Correspondence. Dewey family Correspondence. United States. Navy. Asiatic Squadron. United States. Navy. European Station. United States. Navy. General Board. United States. Navy History Spanish-American War, 1898. United States. Navy Maneuvers. Mayflower (Yacht) Olympia (Cruiser) Pensacola (Screw steamer) Rosiclare Lead and Fluorspar Mining Company. Courts-martial and courts of inquiry United States. Manila Bay, Battle of, Philippines, 1898. Spanish-American War, 1898 Campaigns. Naval officers. itoamc Dewey, Mildred McLean Hazen, 1850-1931. Mildred McLean Hazen Dewey papers. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010319 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010319.3 39829 39829