06845cpcaa2201033 a 4500 mm 79012443 DLC 20260227111654.0 cr ||||||||||| 791030|||||||||||| eng mm 79012443 ms 63000325 DLC DLC DLC dacs R lcmd Benson, William Shepherd, 1855-1932. William Shepherd Benson papers, circa 1791-1952 (bulk 1915-1928). 17,000 items. 51 containers plus 6 oversize. 26.3 linear feet. Arranged in 5 series. Series 1: General Correspondence, 1874-1952; Series 2: Subject File, 1917-1926; Series 3: Speeches, 1917-1930; Series 4: Miscellany, circa 1791-1943; and Series 5: Oversize, 1879-1920. Open to research. Correspondence, memoranda, dispatches, speeches, reports, naval appointments, family papers, printed matter, maps, photographs, and other papers relating primarily to Benson's service as U.S. chief of naval operations during World War I. Includes material concerning the naval conference conducted by the Allies (1917), the commission appointed by President Woodrow Wilson to confer with the Allied and Associated Powers (1914-1920), Allied Naval Armistice Commission, Allied Naval Council, American Commission to Negotiate Peace, Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920), the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs hearings (1920), and postwar naval disarmament. Also documents Benson's service as commandant of the Philadelphia Naval Yard (1913-1915), his work related to shipping and the merchant marine as chairman and member of the U.S. Shipping Board (1920-1928), and his involvement in Catholic religious and fraternal organizations including his presidency of the National Council of Catholic Men (1921-1925). Correspondents include Charles Francis Adams, Philip Andrews, Newton Diehl Baker, Bernard M. Baruch, Reginald Rowan Belknap, Tasker Howard Bliss, Montague C. Browning, William Hannum Grubb Bullard, William Banks Caperton, Michael Joseph Curley, Josephus Daniels, Norman H. Davis, Duncan Upshaw Fletcher, James Gibbons, Guy Despard Goff, Joseph C. Grew, Herbert Hoover, Edward Mandell House, Edward N. Hurley, Harry Shepard Knapp, John La Farge, Robert Lansing, Albert Davis Lasker, Peyton Conway March, Samuel McGowan, Albert P. Niblack, C.J. Peoples, John J. Pershing, James D. Phelan, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Hugh Lenox Scott, William Sowden Sims, Joseph Nathan Teal, Benjamin R. Tillman, Henry B. Wilson, and Woodrow Wilson. U.S. naval officer and public official. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010289 Adams, Charles Francis, 1835-1915 Correspondence. Andrews, Philip, 1866-1945 Correspondence. Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937 Correspondence. Baruch, Bernard M. (Bernard Mannes), 1870-1965 Correspondence. Belknap, Reginald Rowan, 1871-1959 Correspondence. Bliss, Tasker Howard, 1853-1930 Correspondence. Browning, Montague C. Correspondence. Bullard, William Hannum Grubb, 1866-1927 Correspondence. Caperton, William Banks, 1855-1941 Correspondence. Curley, Michael Joseph, 1879-1947 Correspondence. Daniels, Josephus, 1862-1948 Correspondence. Davis, Norman H. (Norman Hezekiah), 1878-1944 Correspondence. Fletcher, Duncan Upshaw, 1859-1936 Correspondence. Gibbons, James, 1834-1921 Correspondence. Goff, Guy Despard, 1867-1933 Correspondence. Grew, Joseph C. (Joseph Clark), 1880-1965 Correspondence. Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 Correspondence. House, Edward Mandell, 1858-1938 Correspondence. Hurley, Edward N. (Edward Nash), 1864-1933 Correspondence. Knapp, Harry Shepard, 1856-1923 Correspondence. La Farge, John, 1880-1963 Correspondence. Lansing, Robert, 1864-1928 Correspondence. Lasker, Albert Davis, 1880-1952 Correspondence. March, Peyton Conway, 1864-1955 Correspondence. McGowan, Samuel, 1870-1934 Correspondence. Niblack, Albert P. (Albert Parker), 1859-1929 Correspondence. Peoples, C. J. Correspondence. Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948 Correspondence. Phelan, James D. (James Duval), 1861-1930. Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 Correspondence. Scott, Hugh Lenox, 1853-1934 Correspondence. Sims, William Sowden, 1858-1936 Correspondence. Teal, Joseph Nathan, 1858-1929 Correspondence. Tillman, Benjamin R. (Benjamin Ryan), 1847-1918 Correspondence. Wilson, Henry B. Correspondence. Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 Correspondence. Allied and Associated Powers (1914-1920) Allied Naval Armistice Commission. Allied Naval Council. United States. American Commission to Negotiate Peace. United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Naval Affairs. United States. Navy. United States. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. United States. Shipping Board. Allied Naval Armistice Commission. Allied Naval Council. Catholic Church Societies, etc. National Council of Catholic Men (U.S.) Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (Philadelphia, Pa.) Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920) Disarmament. Merchant marine United States. Navy-yards and naval stations Pennsylvania Philadelphia. Shipping United States. World War, 1914-1918 Peace. World War, 1914-1918 Naval operations, American. Naval officers. itoamc Public officials. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010289 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010289.3 42126 42126