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040 _aDLC
_cDLC
_edacs
_dDLC
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_2lcmd
100 1 _aPowel, Mary Edith,
_d1846-1931.
245 0 0 _aMary Edith Powel naval historical collection,
_f1747-1922
_g(bulk 1890-1899).
300 _a32,000
_fitems.
300 _a63
_fcontainers.
300 _a21
_flinear ft.
351 _aArranged in 7 series. Series 1: General Correspondence, 1836-1922; Series 2: Foreign Navies, 1747-1901; Series 3: U.S. Navy Portraits, 1784-1905; Series 4: U.S. Navy Fleets and Squadrons, 1889-1896; Series 5: U.S. Navy Ships, 1890-1902; Series 6: Miscellany, undated; and Series 7: Subject File, 1759-1913.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
520 8 _aCorrespondence, biographical data on American and foreign naval officers, notes, autographs, clippings, commissions, pamphlets, illustrations, and photographs collected by Powel. Newspaper clippings form the bulk of the collection. Subjects include U.S. and foreign navies and naval officers, ships, arms and armor, naval educational institutions, the merchant marine, disasters at sea, marine natural history, Arctic explorations in the 1890s, the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, the Sino-Japanese War, 1894-1895, and the Spanish-American War, 1898. Includes correspondence with Powel's father, Samuel Powel, and other Powel (Powell) family members. Other correspondents include autograph and book dealers, Walter Romeyn Benjamin and M. Bruckner; and naval officers including Stephen Bleecker Luce.
545 0 _aCollector of naval history.
546 _aCollection material in English.
555 8 _aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011198
580 _aForms part of: Naval Historical Foundation collection.
600 1 0 _aBenjamin, Walter Romeyn,
_d1854-1943
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBruckner, M.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aLuce, Stephen Bleecker,
_d1827-1917
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPowel, Samuel,
_d1818-1885
_vCorrespondence.
600 3 0 _aPowell family
_vCorrespondence.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bNavy
_xHistory.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bNavy
_xOfficers.
611 2 0 _aWorld's Columbian Exposition
_d(1893 :
_cChicago, Ill.)
650 0 _aExhibitions
_zIllinois
_zChicago.
650 0 _aArmor.
650 0 _aMarine accidents.
650 0 _aMarine biology.
650 0 _aMerchant marine.
650 0 _aNaval education.
650 0 _aNavies.
650 0 _aNavies
_xOfficers.
650 0 _aNavies
_xOfficers
_vAutographs.
650 0 _aNavies
_xOfficers
_vCorrespondence.
650 0 _aOrdnance.
650 0 _aShips.
650 0 _aSino-Japanese War, 1894-1895.
650 0 _aSpanish-American War, 1898.
651 0 _aArctic regions
_xDiscovery and exploration.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory, Naval.
656 7 _aCollectors.
_2itoamc
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011198
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011198.3
999 _c39189
_d39189