Sims, William Sowden, 1858-1936
Person
Dates
- Existence: 18581015 - 19360925
Found in 538 Collections and/or Records:
Sims, W. S.: Military Character, 1916
File — Box 3, Folder: 4
Identifier: RG-15
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
Classified and unclassified lectures delivered by visiting scholars, flag rank officers, and government officials.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.Creation: 1916
Sims, William S., 1917 Feb-Apr, 1919 Apr-1922 Oct
File — Box 4A, Folder: 4
Identifier: RG-28
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
Biographical sketches, career material, publication and writings of NWC presidents.
Dates:
1917 Feb-Apr, 1919 Apr-1922 Oct
Sims, William S., 1917 Feb-Apr, 1919 Apr-1922 Oct
File — Box 4A, Folder: 7
Identifier: RG-28
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
Biographical sketches, career material, publication and writings of NWC presidents.
Dates:
1917 Feb-Apr, 1919 Apr-1922 Oct
Sims, William S.: articles written, 1917 Feb-Apr, 1919 Apr-1922 Oct
File — Box 4A, Folder: 6
Identifier: RG-28
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
Biographical sketches, career material, publication and writings of NWC presidents.
Dates:
1917 Feb-Apr, 1919 Apr-1922 Oct
Sims, William S.: lectures, 1917 Feb-Apr, 1919 Apr-1922 Oct
File — Box 4A, Folder: 5
Identifier: RG-28
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
Biographical sketches, career material, publication and writings of NWC presidents.
Dates:
1917 Feb-Apr, 1919 Apr-1922 Oct
Sims, William S: Miscellany, 1917 Feb-Apr, 1919 Apr-1922 Oct
File — Box 4A, Folder: 8
Identifier: RG-28
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
Biographical sketches, career material, publication and writings of NWC presidents.
Dates:
1917 Feb-Apr, 1919 Apr-1922 Oct
William S. Sims papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSC-168
Content Description
Personal letters sent to his parents, siblings, friend Jones and his wife, Anne Hitchcock Sims, 1882–1925; Letters received from Navy Department regarding assignment; Letters comment on travels, places visited, family matters, politics and rebellions in the Caribbean, ship’s movements, health, social life in port, shipboard life, Hawaiian politics, life in Paris, France, French lessons, Sino-Japanese War, position as Naval Attaché in Paris and St. Petersburg, travels through Europe, criticism of U.S. Navy, World War I assignment as CO, Naval Forces, European Waters, London, England, 1917–1978, including daily routine and social life; Assignments on the China Station. Letters sent by Anne Sims to William S. Sims, 1906, 1909–1912, 1915–1917, regarding family matters. Scope and Contents The twenty-five box collection measures twelve and one-half linear feet and is divided into five series. Series I contains typescript copies of personal letters sent by Sims to his parents, his sister Louisa and brothers, Harry and Alfred, his friend Jones, and to his wife, Anne Hitchcock Sims. They date from 1881 to 1925. Several personal letters Sims received are located here. The letters focus on his daily shipboard routine, family matters, health, social life, financial matters, and friends as well as his duties as a naval officer and naval attaché. He described the geography, politics, economics, people, and customs of the countries he...
Dates:
1876-1925 and undated
Found in:
Naval War College Archives
Sims, William S.: Policy in its relation to war, 1911-1912
File — Box 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: RG-13
Scope and Contents
CPT William S. Sims' student paper on policy for Long Course, 1911-1912.
Dates:
1911-1912
Found in:
Naval War College Archives
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Student papers
Sims, William S.: Strategy, 1912 Mar
File — Box 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: RG-13
Dates:
1912 Mar
Found in:
Naval War College Archives
/
Student papers
Statement of Sims to the Committee on Naval Affairs, House of Representatives, 1916 Dec 19
Item — Box 4A, Folder: 7
Identifier: RG-28
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
Biographical sketches, career material, publication and writings of NWC presidents.
Dates:
1916 Dec 19
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- Archival Object 516
- Digital Record 18
- Collection 4
- Subject
- letters (correspondence) 24
- transcriptions (documents) 21
- photographs 7
- class photographs 5
- Luce Hall 3
- term papers 3
- Admirals' spouses 2
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations, American 2
- Admirals -- United States -- History 1
- Ambassadors -- United States -- History 1
- Narragansett Bay -- History 1
- Naval education -- History 1
- biographical files 1
- contracts 1
- ephemera 1
- financial records 1
- invitations 1
- letter books 1
- lists 1
- logs (records) 1
- memorandums 1
- military orders 1
- newspaper clippings 1
- poems 1
- printed ephemera 1
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