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Walter B. Howe papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSC-122

Content Description

Correspondence, speeches, financial statements, newspaper clippings and press releases regarding the observance of Navy Day and the Navy League, 1922–1941; Subject Files of the Roberts Pearl Harbor Commission, 1941–1942, regarding the investigation of the attack on Pearl Harbor, including reports, correspondence and firsthand accounts by observers; Subject Files of the Inter-American Escadrille, 1940–1941, including correspondence, cablegrams, reports, newspaper clippings and calling cards; Subject Files regarding the gift of the papers of ADM Mark Bristol to the Library of Congress, 1945–1946; Folio maps (copies) of China and Japan from Admiral Matthew Perry’s cruise, 1853–1854; Speeches on naval topics, 1926–1931; Subject Files on the Washington Conference, 1922, naval parity and the British- Franco-Italian Naval agreement, 1931; Miscellany, including handwritten notes by W.B. Howe, publications, photographs and newspaper clippings.

Dates

  • Creation: 1853 - 1942

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Access is open to all researchers, unless otherwise specified.

Conditions Governing Use

Material in this collection is in the public domain, unless otherwise noted.

Extent

7 boxes (7 archival boxes and oversize items)

Language of Materials

English