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Sims, William Sowden, 1858-1936

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 18581015 - 19360925

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Class of 1923 Group Photo

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSC385_03_10_440
Dates: 1923

CNW Staff and Class of 1919, Detail of Panoramic photo

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSC385_03_07_438
Dates: 1919

Anne Sims Hopkins collection of Sims family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSC-352
Abstract

This collection consists of letters, photographs, invitations, a wedding gift registry, and other papers relating to the Sims family, particularly Admiral William S. Sims and his wife, Anne Hitchcock Sims. The papers detail the Sims family’s personal life and relationship as well as Admiral Sims’s career in the Navy.

Dates: 1844-1954; Majority of material found within 1905-1920

Panoramic photograph of the Staff and Class of June 1919

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSC385_03_07_437
Dates: 1919

Photo of the CNW Staff and Class of 1914

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSC385_03_05_432
Dates: circa 1914

Photo of the CNW Staff and Class of 1923

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSC385_03_10_441
Dates: 1923

Photograph of William S. Sims and family outside Quarters AA, circa 1922

 Item — Box 5, Folder: 10
Identifier: MSC-354- Item 9225
Scope and Contents

Photograph of William S. Sims with Mrs. Anne Hitchcock Sims with their children, his aide and his sister, Margaret Shepley standing outside the President's house (Quarters AA) at the Naval War College. The three younger children hold the Admiral’s flag to show its inscription, “Flag of Rear Admiral William Sowden Sims USN / U.S.S. Old Constellation Oct. 18 1922.”

The woman at far left is the Admiral’s sister, Margaret Shepley. (9225)

Dates: circa 1922

Photograph of William S. Sims and family outside Quarters AA

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSC354_05_10_9225
Dates: circa 1922

Portrait of William S. Sims, 1908 Apr

 Item — Box 5, Folder: 7
Identifier: MSC-354
Scope and Contents

Bust-length portrait of W.S. Sims in naval uniform with high collar, epaulets, and a swag of gold braids from his right epaulet, signed by Sims and dated April 1908.

Dates: 1908 Apr

Portrait of William S. Sims

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSC354_05_07_03
Dates: 1908 Apr

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  • Subject: photographs X

Additional filters:

Type
Digital Record 7
Collection 3
Archival Object 2
 
Subject
photographs 7
class photographs 5
Luce Hall 3
Admirals' spouses 2
World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations, American 2