Taussig, Edward David, 1847-1921
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Excuse for lateness to recitation, 1865 Oct 14
File — Box 2: Series II, Folder: 21
Identifier: MSC-263- Series II
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Report submitted by Edward Taussig, Midshipman to Stephen B. Luce, Commandant of Midshipmen excusing his tardiness to recitation at the US Naval Academy, Newport.
Dates:
1865 Oct 14
Letterbook of Rear Admiral Edward D. Taussig, 1888-1890
File — Box 16x: Series I; Series II
Identifier: MSC-097- Series I
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of fifteen boxes of papers and two slipcases that document Taussig's life and naval career from 1884 to 1947. The papers are divided in to eight series: Correspondence, diaries and journals, published and unpublished writings, fitness and medical reports, subject files, miscellaneous imprints, hooks and newspapers and photographs.Series I, personal correspondence, contains letters sent to his parents, his brother Hawley and female cousins from the U.S. Naval Academy and subsequent assignments through 1917. There are both holograph and typed copies. Personal correspondence received includes letters from ADM John Jellicoe, RN and ADM Lewis Bayly, RN. Official navy correspondence contains requests for leave, promotions, orders, and claims. The letters are arranged chronologically.The larger portion of the correspondence treats the publicity created by Taussig's Senate testimony in 1940, where he predicted war wilh Japan in the Pacific. He received letters in support of his views and critical of his censure by President Roosevelt. These files are arranged alphabetically. In addition, there are several letters to Captain Paul B. Ryan from Taussig's son
and daughter regarding his editing of the diary from the USS Wadsworth.Holograph journals and diaries compose Series II. They include a journal of the Spanish American War kept aboard USS New York in 1898, one of the Philippine Insurrection and the Boxer Rebellion,...
Dates:
1888-1890
"The Relation of our Geographical Position to our National Defense Problem," by Edward D. Taussig, undated
File — Box 13: Series V; Series VI; Series VII, Folder: 20
Identifier: MSC-097- Series VI
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of fifteen boxes of papers and two slipcases that document Taussig's life and naval career from 1884 to 1947. The papers are divided in to eight series: Correspondence, diaries and journals, published and unpublished writings, fitness and medical reports, subject files, miscellaneous imprints, hooks and newspapers and photographs.Series I, personal correspondence, contains letters sent to his parents, his brother Hawley and female cousins from the U.S. Naval Academy and subsequent assignments through 1917. There are both holograph and typed copies. Personal correspondence received includes letters from ADM John Jellicoe, RN and ADM Lewis Bayly, RN. Official navy correspondence contains requests for leave, promotions, orders, and claims. The letters are arranged chronologically.The larger portion of the correspondence treats the publicity created by Taussig's Senate testimony in 1940, where he predicted war wilh Japan in the Pacific. He received letters in support of his views and critical of his censure by President Roosevelt. These files are arranged alphabetically. In addition, there are several letters to Captain Paul B. Ryan from Taussig's son
and daughter regarding his editing of the diary from the USS Wadsworth.Holograph journals and diaries compose Series II. They include a journal of the Spanish American War kept aboard USS New York in 1898, one of the Philippine Insurrection and the Boxer Rebellion,...
Dates:
undated
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