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040 _aDLC
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_cDLC
_dDLC
072 7 _aW
_2lcmd
100 1 _aDewey, George,
_d1837-1917.
245 0 0 _aGeorge Dewey papers,
_f1805-1949
_g(bulk 1885-1931).
300 _a25,000
_fitems.
300 _a86
_fcontainers plus
_a6
_foversize.
300 _a42.8
_flinear feet.
351 _aArranged in 7 series. Series 1: Diaries, 1882-1909; Series 2: General Correspondence, 1820-1919; Series 3: Military File, 1876-1916; Series 4: Financial File, 1883-1916; Series 5: Miscellany, 1805-1923; Series 6: Addition, 1811-1949; and Series 7: Oversize, 1872-1917.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
520 8 _aCorrespondence, letterbooks, diaries, journal, military papers, financial papers, scrapbooks, and other papers relating chiefly to Dewey's activities as commander of the U.S. Navy Asiatic Squadron East during the Spanish-American War, especially his command of the USS Olympia during the battle of Manila Bay. Documents his service as commander of the USS Pensacola, European Squadron (European Station), 1885-1888; president of the U.S. Navy General Board, 1899-1917; president of the court of inquiry (1901) concerning Winfield Scott Schley; and commander-in-chief of naval winter maneuvers while aboard the presidential yacht Mayflower, 1902-1903. Also includes correspondence, financial records, and other papers of Dewey's second wife, Mildred McLean Hazen Dewey, relating to family interests in the Rosiclare Lead and Fluorspar Mining Company, her estate, and other matters; letters (1874) from James A. Garfield and William T. Sherman to Mildred Dewey's first husband, William Babcock Hazen; and an account (1904) of Admiral Dewey and the Manila campaign written by Commander Nathan Sargent, U.S.N.
520 8 _aFamily correspondents include Dewey's parents, Julius Y. Dewey and Mary Perrin Dewey, and his son, George G. Dewey. Other correspondents include Charles J. Bonaparte, Frederick M. Bugher, William E. Chandler, George B. Cortelyou, George Creel, Josephus Daniels, John W. Davis, Grenville Mellen Dodge, John Hay, Robert Lansing, Henry Cabot Lodge, John Davis Long, A.T. Mahan, John R. McLean, William H. Moody, Paul Morton, Truman Handy Newberry, Elisabeth Ellicott Poe, Redfield Procter, Theodore Roosevelt, Elihu Root, Alvin Untermyer, and Oscar Fitzalan Williams.
544 _3Atlases and maps
_etransferred to
_aLibrary of Congress Geography and Map Division.
544 _3Photographs
_etransferred to
_aLibrary of Congress Prints and Photographs 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.ms010319
600 1 0 _aBonaparte, Charles J.
_q(Charles Joseph),
_d1851-1921
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBugher, Frederick M.
_q(Frederick McLean)
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aChandler, William E.
_q(William Eaton),
_d1835-1917
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aCortelyou, George B.
_q(George Bruce),
_d1862-1940
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aCreel, George,
_d1876-1953
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDaniels, Josephus,
_d1862-1948
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDewey, George G.
_q(George Goodwin),
_d-1963
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDewey, Julius Y.
_q(Julius Yemans)
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDewey, Mary Perrin,
_d-1843?
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDodge, Grenville Mellen,
_d1831-1916
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aGarfield, James A.
_q(James Abram),
_d1831-1881
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHay, John,
_d1838-1905
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHazen, William Babcock,
_d1830-1887
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aLansing, Robert,
_d1864-1928
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aLodge, Henry Cabot,
_d1850-1924
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aLong, John Davis,
_d1838-1915
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMahan, A. T.
_q(Alfred Thayer),
_d1840-1914
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMcLean, John R.
_q(John Roll),
_d1848-1916
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMoody, William H.
_q(William Henry),
_d1853-1917
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMorton, Paul,
_d1857-1911
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aNewberry, Truman Handy,
_d1864-1945
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPoe, Elisabeth Ellicott,
_d1886-1947
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aProctor, Redfield,
_d1831-1908
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aRoosevelt, Theodore,
_d1858-1919
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aRoot, Elihu,
_d1845-1937
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aSargent, Nathan,
_d1849-1907.
600 1 0 _aSchley, Winfield Scott,
_d1839-1911.
600 1 0 _aSherman, William T.
_q(William Tecumseh),
_d1820-1891
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aUntermyer, Alvin,
_d1882-1963
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWilliams, Oscar Fitzalan,
_d1843-1909
_vCorrespondence.
600 3 0 _aDewey family
_vCorrespondence.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bNavy.
_bAsiatic Squadron.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bNavy.
_bEuropean Station.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bNavy.
_bGeneral Board.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bNavy
_xHistory
_ySpanish-American War, 1898.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bNavy
_xManeuvers.
610 2 0 _aMayflower (Yacht)
610 2 0 _aOlympia (Cruiser)
610 2 0 _aPensacola (Screw steamer)
610 2 0 _aRosiclare Lead and Fluorspar Mining Company.
650 0 _aCourts-martial and courts of inquiry
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aManila Bay, Battle of, Philippines, 1898.
650 0 _aSpanish-American War, 1898
_xCampaigns.
656 7 _aNaval officers.
_2itoamc
700 1 _aDewey, Mildred McLean Hazen,
_d1850-1931.
_tMildred McLean Hazen Dewey papers.
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010319
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010319.3
999 _c39829
_d39829