Mary Edith Powel naval historical collection
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32000
Subjects: Ordnance; Marine biology; Armor; Sino-Japanese War, 1894-1895; Ships; Officers; Merchant marine; United States; Navies; Autographs; History; Correspondence; Exhibitions; World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.); Marine accidents; Naval History; Spanish-American War, 1898; United States. Navy; Naval education; Discovery and exploration
Description: Correspondence, 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.
Notes: Open to research.

Deposit, Naval Historical Foundation, 1963.

Converted to gift, 1998.

Collector of naval history.

Collection material in English.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division and on Internet.

Register published by the Library of Congress, 1971.

Forms part of: Naval Historical Foundation collection.