04229cpcaa2200661 4500 mm 84061670 DLC 20260227111721.0 cr ||||||||||| 840611|||||||||||| eng mm 84061670 DLC dacs DLC DLC eng fre spa W lcmd Rodgers, Frederick, 1842-1917. Frederick Rodgers papers, 1852-1920 (bulk 1860-1905). 3,150 items. 18 containers, plus 1 oversize. 7.2 linear feet. Arranged in 6 series. Series 1: Family Correspondence, 1853-1920; Series 2: Special Correspondence, 1857-1917; Series 3: General Correspondence, 1857-1918; Series 4: Miscellany; Series 5: Journals, Notebooks, and Diaries, 1852-1913; and Series 6: Oversize, 1868-circa 1900. Open to research. Correspondence, diaries, journals, writings, reports, notebooks, legal records, printed matter, charts, maps, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to Rodgers's naval career and family. Includes material pertaining to his service in the U.S. Navy during the Civil War and as a member of the U.S. Navy Examining and Retiring Board and president of the U.S. Navy Board of Inspection and Survey. Also documents his education at the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., and family affairs including matters relating to the family estate, Sion Hill, Havre de Grace, Md. Subjects include naval, maritime, and diplomatic affairs; the Spanish-American War, 1898; Philippine-American War, 1901-1902; Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905; round-the-world cruise of the USS New York (Cruiser), 1901-1902; appraisal of naval vessels; condition and management of the New York Naval Shipyard and of lighthouses and ports along the Atlantic coast; Rodgers's audience with Cixi, Empress dowager of China, in 1902; and conditions in Beijing, China, following the Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901. Family correspondents include his wife, Sarah M. Fall Rodgers, and his uncle, John Rodgers. Other correspondents include Charles H. Allen and Theodore Roosevelt. Naval officer. Collection material in English, French, and Spanish. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012194 Allen, Charles H. (Charles Herbert), 1848-1934 Correspondence. Cixi, Empress dowager of China, 1835-1908. Rodgers, John, 1812-1882 Correspondence. Rodgers, Sarah M. Fall, approximately 1850- Correspondence. Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 Correspondence. Rogers family. United States. Navy. United States. Navy Appointments and retirements. United States. Navy. Board of Inspection and Survey. United States. Navy. Examining and Retiring Board. New York (Cruiser) New York Naval Shipyard. United States Naval Academy. Harbors Atlantic Coast (U.S.) Lighthouses Atlantic Coast (U.S.) Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905. Spanish-American War, 1898 Naval operations. Voyages around the world. Warships United States. Beijing (China) History. China History Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901. Havre de Grace (Md.) Social life and customs. Sion Hill (Md. : Estate) Philippines History Philippine American War, 1899-1902. United States Foreign relations 1865-1921. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Naval operations. Rodgers family. Naval officers. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012194 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012194.3 44099 44099