Hobson, Richmond Pearson 1870-1937 creator mixed material monographic eng 27,300 78 1 31.6 Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, lectures, articles, reports, notes, analyses, orders, press clippings, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to Hobson's naval career and to his efforts on behalf of prohibition, restrictions on international drug trafficking, and opposition to the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration. Documents Hobson's service during the Spanish-American War primarily pertaining to operations in Cuba and the Philippines; survey of Chinese, and Japanese, and British colonial navy-yards; proficiency in naval design and construction; and years as student and educator at the United States Naval Academy. Subjects include his advocacy of the enlargement of the U.S. Navy, a permanent fleet in the Pacific, and increase in the number of battleships; opposition to Franklin D. Roosevelt's expansion of the Supreme Court; Hobson's predictions of global conflict prior to both world wars; women's suffrage; sinking of the Lusitania; and industrial recovery during the Depression. Organizations represented include the Alcohol Education Society of America, Anti-saloon League of America, Constitutional Democracy Association, International Narcotic Education Association, Public Welfare Association, Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and World Narcotic Defense Association. Correspondents include and Pascual Cervera y Topete, French Ensor Chadwick, Theodore Roosevelt, Nikola Tesla, and Hobson's wife, Grizelda Hull Hobson, and other family members. Open to research. Some broadsides transferred to Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division. Naval officer and U.S. representative from Alabama. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011016. Cervera y Topete, Pascual 1839-1909 Correspondence Chadwick, French Ensor 1844-1919 Correspondence Hobson, Grizelda Hull Correspondence Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano) 1882-1945 Roosevelt, Theodore 1858-1919 Correspondence Tesla, Nikola 1856-1943 Correspondence Hobson family Correspondence United States. National Prohibition Act. United States. Navy Equipment United States. Navy. Pacific Fleet. United States. Supreme Court. Alcohol Education Society of America. American Public Welfare Association. Anti-saloon League of America. Constitutional Democracy Association. International Narcotic Education Association. Public Welfare Association. Lusitania (Steamship) United States Naval Academy. Woman's Christian Temperance Union. World Narcotic Defense Association. Battleships United States Depressions 1929 United States Drug traffic Narcotics Naval architecture Navy-yards and naval stations China Navy-yards and naval stations Great Britain Navy-yards and naval stations Japan Prohibition United States Shipbuilding Spanish-American War, 1898 Naval operations Cuba Spanish-American War, 1898 Naval operations Philippines Temperance United States Societies, etc Women Suffrage United States World War, 1914-1918 Prophecies World War, 1939-1945 Prophecies United States Economic conditions 1918-1945 United States History, Naval United States Politics and government 1933-1945 Naval officers Representatives, U.S. Congress mm 81026153 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms011016 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms011016.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011016 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011016.3 Open to research. DLC 810317 20260227111708.0 mm 81026153