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100 1 _aBenson, William Shepherd,
_d1855-1932.
245 0 0 _aWilliam Shepherd Benson papers,
_fcirca 1791-1952
_g(bulk 1915-1928).
300 _a17,000
_fitems.
300 _a51
_fcontainers plus
_a6
_foversize.
300 _a26.3
_flinear feet.
351 _aArranged in 5 series. Series 1: General Correspondence, 1874-1952; Series 2: Subject File, 1917-1926; Series 3: Speeches, 1917-1930; Series 4: Miscellany, circa 1791-1943; and Series 5: Oversize, 1879-1920.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
520 8 _aCorrespondence, memoranda, dispatches, speeches, reports, naval appointments, family papers, printed matter, maps, photographs, and other papers relating primarily to Benson's service as U.S. chief of naval operations during World War I. Includes material concerning the naval conference conducted by the Allies (1917), the commission appointed by President Woodrow Wilson to confer with the Allied and Associated Powers (1914-1920), Allied Naval Armistice Commission, Allied Naval Council, American Commission to Negotiate Peace, Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920), the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs hearings (1920), and postwar naval disarmament. Also documents Benson's service as commandant of the Philadelphia Naval Yard (1913-1915), his work related to shipping and the merchant marine as chairman and member of the U.S. Shipping Board (1920-1928), and his involvement in Catholic religious and fraternal organizations including his presidency of the National Council of Catholic Men (1921-1925).
520 8 _aCorrespondents include Charles Francis Adams, Philip Andrews, Newton Diehl Baker, Bernard M. Baruch, Reginald Rowan Belknap, Tasker Howard Bliss, Montague C. Browning, William Hannum Grubb Bullard, William Banks Caperton, Michael Joseph Curley, Josephus Daniels, Norman H. Davis, Duncan Upshaw Fletcher, James Gibbons, Guy Despard Goff, Joseph C. Grew, Herbert Hoover, Edward Mandell House, Edward N. Hurley, Harry Shepard Knapp, John La Farge, Robert Lansing, Albert Davis Lasker, Peyton Conway March, Samuel McGowan, Albert P. Niblack, C.J. Peoples, John J. Pershing, James D. Phelan, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Hugh Lenox Scott, William Sowden Sims, Joseph Nathan Teal, Benjamin R. Tillman, Henry B. Wilson, and Woodrow Wilson.
545 0 _aU.S. naval officer and public official.
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.ms010289
600 1 0 _aAdams, Charles Francis,
_d1835-1915
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aAndrews, Philip,
_d1866-1945
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBaker, Newton Diehl,
_d1871-1937
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBaruch, Bernard M.
_q(Bernard Mannes),
_d1870-1965
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBelknap, Reginald Rowan,
_d1871-1959
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBliss, Tasker Howard,
_d1853-1930
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBrowning, Montague C.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBullard, William Hannum Grubb,
_d1866-1927
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aCaperton, William Banks,
_d1855-1941
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aCurley, Michael Joseph,
_d1879-1947
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDaniels, Josephus,
_d1862-1948
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDavis, Norman H.
_q(Norman Hezekiah),
_d1878-1944
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aFletcher, Duncan Upshaw,
_d1859-1936
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aGibbons, James,
_d1834-1921
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aGoff, Guy Despard,
_d1867-1933
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aGrew, Joseph C.
_q(Joseph Clark),
_d1880-1965
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHoover, Herbert,
_d1874-1964
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHouse, Edward Mandell,
_d1858-1938
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHurley, Edward N.
_q(Edward Nash),
_d1864-1933
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aKnapp, Harry Shepard,
_d1856-1923
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aLa Farge, John,
_d1880-1963
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aLansing, Robert,
_d1864-1928
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aLasker, Albert Davis,
_d1880-1952
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMarch, Peyton Conway,
_d1864-1955
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMcGowan, Samuel,
_d1870-1934
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aNiblack, Albert P.
_q(Albert Parker),
_d1859-1929
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPeoples, C. J.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPershing, John J.
_q(John Joseph),
_d1860-1948
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPhelan, James D.
_q(James Duval),
_d1861-1930.
600 1 0 _aRoosevelt, Franklin D.
_q(Franklin Delano),
_d1882-1945
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aScott, Hugh Lenox,
_d1853-1934
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aSims, William Sowden,
_d1858-1936
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aTeal, Joseph Nathan,
_d1858-1929
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aTillman, Benjamin R.
_q(Benjamin Ryan),
_d1847-1918
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWilson, Henry B.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWilson, Woodrow,
_d1856-1924
_vCorrespondence.
610 2 0 _aAllied and Associated Powers (1914-1920)
610 2 0 _aAllied Naval Armistice Commission.
610 2 0 _aAllied Naval Council.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bAmerican Commission to Negotiate Peace.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bCongress.
_bSenate.
_bCommittee on Naval Affairs.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bNavy.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bOffice of the Chief of Naval Operations.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bShipping Board.
610 2 0 _aAllied Naval Armistice Commission.
610 2 0 _aAllied Naval Council.
610 2 0 _aCatholic Church
_xSocieties, etc.
610 2 0 _aNational Council of Catholic Men (U.S.)
610 2 0 _aPhiladelphia Naval Shipyard (Philadelphia, Pa.)
611 2 0 _aParis Peace Conference
_d(1919-1920)
650 0 _aDisarmament.
650 0 _aMerchant marine
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aNavy-yards and naval stations
_zPennsylvania
_zPhiladelphia.
650 0 _aShipping
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1914-1918
_xPeace.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1914-1918
_xNaval operations, American.
656 7 _aNaval officers.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aPublic officials.
_2itoamc
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010289
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010289.3
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