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100 1 _aSims, William Sowden,
_d1858-1936.
245 0 0 _aWilliam Sowden Sims papers,
_f1856-1951
_g(bulk 1900-1936).
300 _a43,000
_fitems.
300 _a153
_fcontainers, plus
_a1
_foversize.
300 _a45
_fmicrofilm reels.
300 _a61.8
_flinear feet.
351 _aArranged in 7 series. Series 1: Correspondence, 1856-1951; Series 2: Subject File, 1897-1940; Series 3: Speech, Article, and Book File, 1910-1935; Series 4: Miscellany, 1876-1936; Series 5: Clippings and Printed Matter, 1891-1937; Series 6: Addition, 1884-1951; and Series 7: Oversize.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
520 8 _aCorrespondence, 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.
530 _aMicrofilm edition of Series 1. Subseries : Special Correspondence, 1898-1951, (containers 45-91) available,
_dno. 14,810.
533 _aMicrofilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division.
_bWashington, D.C. :
_cNavy Publications and Printing Service Office, Naval District.
544 _3Sound recordings
_etransferred to
_aLibrary of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.
545 0 _aNaval officer.
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.ms011160
580 _aForms part of: Naval Historical Foundation collection.
600 1 0 _aArnold, W. F.
_q(Will Ford)
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aEdwards, W. Atlee
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBabcock, John V.
_q(John Vincent)
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBayly, Lewis,
_cSir,
_d1857-1938
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBenson, William Shepherd,
_d1855-1932
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDaniels, Josephus,
_d1862-1948
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aFiske, Bradley A.
_q(Bradley Allen),
_d1854-1942
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aFullam, William F.
_q(William Freeland),
_d1855-1926
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHoover, Herbert,
_d1874-1964
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aKittredge, Tracy B.,
_d1891-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMahan, A. T.
_q(Alfred Thayer),
_d1840-1914
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMcLean, Ridley,
_d1872-1933
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPratt, William Veazie,
_d1869-1957
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPringle, Joel Roberts Poinsett,
_d1873-1932
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aReuterdahl, Henry,
_d1871-1925
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aRoberts, Kenneth Lewis,
_d1885-1957
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aRoosevelt, Franklin D.
_q(Franklin Delano),
_d1882-1945
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aRoosevelt, Theodore,
_d1858-1919
_vCorrespondence.
600 3 0 _aSimms family
_vCorrespondence.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bNavy.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bNavy
_xForeign service
_zChina.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bNavy
_xIntelligence specialists.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bNavy.
_xOperational readiness.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bNavy.
_bChina Station.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bNavy Department.
_bBureau of Navigation.
610 2 0 _aCharleston (Cruiser)
650 0 _aMilitary attachés
_zFrance
_zParis.
650 0 _aMilitary attachés
_zRussia
_zSaint Petersburg.
650 0 _aMilitary attachés
_zSpain
_zMadrid.
650 0 _aNaval gunnery.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1914-1918
_xNaval operations, American.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1914-1918
_zEurope.
656 7 _aNaval officers.
_2itoamc
700 1 _aSims, Anne Hitchcock,
_d1875-1960.
_tAnne Hitchcock Sims papers.
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011160
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011160.3
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