Benson, William Shepherd 1855-1932 creator mixed material monographic eng 17,000 51 6 26.3 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. Open to research. 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 Public officials mm 79012443 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms010289 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms010289.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010289 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010289.3 Open to research. DLC 791030 20260227111654.0 mm 79012443