William Sowden Sims papers, 1856-1951 (bulk 1900-1936).
Material type:
Mixed materialsDescription: 43,000 items; 153 containers, plus 1 oversize; 45 microfilm reels; 61.8 linear feetSubject(s): - Arnold, W. F. (Will Ford) -- Correspondence
- Edwards, W. Atlee -- Correspondence
- Babcock, John V. (John Vincent) -- Correspondence
- Bayly, Lewis, Sir, 1857-1938 -- Correspondence
- Benson, William Shepherd, 1855-1932 -- Correspondence
- Daniels, Josephus, 1862-1948 -- Correspondence
- Fiske, Bradley A. (Bradley Allen), 1854-1942 -- Correspondence
- Fullam, William F. (William Freeland), 1855-1926 -- Correspondence
- Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 -- Correspondence
- Kittredge, Tracy B., 1891- -- Correspondence
- Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer), 1840-1914 -- Correspondence
- McLean, Ridley, 1872-1933 -- Correspondence
- Pratt, William Veazie, 1869-1957 -- Correspondence
- Pringle, Joel Roberts Poinsett, 1873-1932 -- Correspondence
- Reuterdahl, Henry, 1871-1925 -- Correspondence
- Roberts, Kenneth Lewis, 1885-1957 -- Correspondence
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 -- Correspondence
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 -- Correspondence
- Simms family -- Correspondence
- United States. Navy
- United States. Navy -- Foreign service -- China
- United States. Navy -- Intelligence specialists
- United States. Navy. -- Operational readiness
- United States. Navy. China Station
- United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Navigation
- Charleston (Cruiser)
- Military attachés -- France -- Paris
- Military attachés -- Russia -- Saint Petersburg
- Military attachés -- Spain -- Madrid
- Naval gunnery
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations, American
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Europe
- Naval officers
- Microfilm edition of Series 1. Subseries : Special Correspondence, 1898-1951, (containers 45-91) available, no. 14,810.
Open to research.
Correspondence, memoranda, writings, notes, reports, military orders, biographical material, clippings, and other papers primarily documenting Sims's naval career and his work relating to naval reforms. Documents activities as an intelligence officer on the USS Charleston (Cruiser) at the China Station (1895-1896); naval attaché in Paris, Madrid, and Saint Petersburg (1896-1900); and commander of U.S. naval forces in Europe during World War I. Subjects include gunnery, naval preparedness, and the U.S. Navy Dept. Bureau of Navigation. Includes papers of Sims's wife, Anne Hitchcock Sims. Correspondents include W.F. Arnold, John V. Babcock, Sir Lewis Bayly, William Shepherd Benson, Josephus Daniels, W. Atlee Edwards, Bradley A. Fiske, William F. Fullam, Herbert Hoover, Tracy B. Kittredge, A.T. Mahan, Ridley McLean, William Veazie Pratt, Joel Roberts Poinsett Pringle, Henry Reuterdahl, Kenneth Lewis Roberts, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, and members of the Sims (Simms) family.
Microfilm edition of Series 1. Subseries : Special Correspondence, 1898-1951, (containers 45-91) available, no. 14,810.
Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Navy Publications and Printing Service Office, Naval District.
Sound recordings transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.
Naval officer.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011160
Forms part of: Naval Historical Foundation collection.
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