TY  - GEN
AU  - Rodgers,Frederick
TI  - Frederick Rodgers papers,
KW  - Allen, Charles H.
KW  - Cixi,
KW  - Rodgers, John,
KW  - Rodgers, Sarah M. Fall,
KW  - Roosevelt, Theodore,
KW  - Rogers family.
KW  - Rodgers family.
KW  - United States
KW  - Navy
KW  - Appointments and retirements
KW  - Board of Inspection and Survey
KW  - Examining and Retiring Board
KW  - New York (Cruiser)
KW  - New York Naval Shipyard
KW  - United States Naval Academy
KW  - Harbors
KW  - Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
KW  - Lighthouses
KW  - Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905
KW  - Spanish-American War, 1898
KW  - Naval operations
KW  - Voyages around the world
KW  - Warships
KW  - Beijing (China)
KW  - History
KW  - China
KW  - Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901
KW  - Havre de Grace (Md.)
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Sion Hill (Md. : Estate)
KW  - Philippines
KW  - Philippine American War, 1899-1902
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - 1865-1921
KW  - Civil War, 1861-1865
KW  - Naval officers
KW  - itoamc
N1  - Open to research
N2  - 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
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012194
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012194.3
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