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Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer), 1840-1914

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 18400927 - 19141201

Found in 252 Collections and/or Records:

Helen Mahan portrait, circa 1860-1870

 Item — Box 22: Series I; Series II, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSC-385- Series I- Sub-Series B- Item 100.3431
Scope and Contents

Black and white 5x7 photograph of Helen Mahan; date unknown.

Dates: circa 1860-1870

Helen Mahan portrait, circa 1870-1880

 Item — Box 22: Series I; Series II, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSC-385- Series I- Sub-Series B- Item 100.3435
Scope and Contents

Black and white 5x7 photograph of Helen Mahan; date unknown.

Dates: circa 1870-1880

Helen Mahan portrait, circa 1870-1880

 Item — Box 22: Series I; Series II, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSC-385- Series I- Sub-Series B- Item 100.3436
Scope and Contents

Black and white 5x7 photograph of Helen Mahan; date unknown.

Dates: circa 1870-1880

Helen Mahan portrait, circa 1870-1880

 Item — Box 22: Series I; Series II, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSC-385- Series I- Sub-Series B- Item 100.3442
Scope and Contents

Black and white 5x7 photograph of Helen Mahan; date unknown.

Dates: circa 1870-1880

Henry C. Taylor letter regarding Mahan's lecture schedule, 1895 Sep 11

 File — Box 12, Folder: 10
Identifier: MSC-364- File MSI 179
Scope and Contents

Letter regarding Mahan's lecture schedule at the NWC, affirming that the lectures had more than technical military interest.

Dates: 1895 Sep 11

J. F. Maurice letter to Alfred T. Mahan, 1897 Jul 18

 File — Box 8, Folder: 9
Identifier: MSC-364- File MSI 073
Scope and Contents

Letter received from Major General Sir J.F. Maurice, Warwick, England, July 18, 1897, concerning the forwarding of a copy of his book National Defenses and his scholarly indebtedness to Mahan.

Dates: 1897 Jul 18

James Saumarez letter recounting the Battle of the Nile, 1798 Aug 5

 File — Box 9, Folder: 11
Identifier: MSC-364- File MSI 110
Scope and Contents

Copy of a letter to Richard containing his account of the Battle of the Nile, 1-2 August 1798. Notation in pencil by Alfred T. Mahan.

Dates: 1798 Aug 5

Japanese translation of Chapter 11 of The Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution and Empire, 1793-1812, circa 1920

 Item — Box 9, Folder: 7
Identifier: MSC-364- File MSI 088
Scope and Contents

Japenanese translation of Chapter 11 of A.T. Mahan's book by S. Maki, Lt. Commander, Imperial Japanese Navy. The manuscript is 144 pages, handwritten on rice paper. It is sewn on the right margin.

On the right margin in English is written "Part of the MS" At the heading, in English is "MS. Chapter XI. The Atlantic, 1796-1801. - The Brest Blocade. The French Expedition against Ireland." The rest of the volume is written in Japanese.

The manuscript is fragile, and has expereince severe creasing on the first few pages.

Dates: circa 1920

Lectures: Fleet Battle Tactics, 1886 Apr-May

 File — Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSC-017
Scope and Contents

Lectures on fleet battle tactics written by Mahan in April and May 1886 for the Naval War College. Mahan notes that these lectures were "never revised."

Dates: 1886 Apr-May

Lectures: Military Strategy of the Campaign of 1796 in Italy, circa 1887

 File — Box 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSC-017
Scope and Contents

Includes six lectures on Campaign of 1796 in Italy for application to naval strategy given by Mahan at the Naval War College.



Please note that the last line of text is cut off on some of the pages.

Dates: circa 1887