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Stephen Bleecker Luce papers, 1799-1955

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BOXES 1-5 REELS 1-3 Journals and Orders, 1842-1900
Manuscript volumes and loose leaves of mainly handwritten and printed copies of orders sent and received.
Arranged by type of volume and therein chronologically.
BOX 1 REEL 1 USF Congress, July 16, 1842-Mar. 8, 1845
BOX 1 REEL 1 USS Vixen, May 27-Oct. 29, 1863
BOX 1 REEL 1 USS Columbus, May 28, 1845-Mar. 13, 1848
BOX 1 REEL 1 USS Vandalia, Aug. 9, 1840-Oct. 4, 1852
BOX 1 REEL 1 USS Macedonian, May 15-Aug. 27, 1858; USF Potomac, Nov.-Dec. 1855 2 1-2
BOX 2 REEL 1-2 USS Jamestown, Dec. 1, 1857-Nov. 7, 1861
BOX 2 REEL 1-2 Private journal and log, June 1, 1863-Apr. 30, 1869
BOX 2 REEL 1-2 USS Nantucket, May 13, 1864
BOX 2 REEL 1-2 USS Juniata
BOX 2 REEL 1-2 June 19, 1869-May 9, 1871
BOX 2 REEL 1-2 May 10, 1871-July 1, 1872
BOX 3 REEL 2 North Atlantic Fleet, Feb. 3-28, 1874 (naval tactics)
BOX 3 REEL 2 USS Hartford
BOX 3 REEL 2 Nov. 1, 1875-Dec. 31, 1876
BOX 3 REEL 2 Jan. 1, 1877-Sept. 30, 1878
BOX 3 REEL 2 USS Minnesota
BOX 3 REEL 2 Oct. 1, 1878-June 20, 1880
BOX 3 REEL 2 June 21, 1880-June 11, 1881
BOX 4 REEL 2-3 USS Constitution, June 12, 1881-July 13, 1882
BOX 4 REEL 2-3 USS Portsmouth, July 14-Oct. 7, 1882; USS New Hampshire, Nov. 19-Dec. 14, 1882
BOX 4 REEL 2-3 USS Richmond, May 14, 1887-Dec. 8, 1888; USS Galena, Dec. 9, 1888-Feb. 13, 1889
BOX 4 REEL 2-3 Orders and circular letters, 1862-1864
BOX 4 REEL 2-3 Orders, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863-1865
BOX 5 REEL 3 Orders, 1862-1900
BOX 5 REEL 3 Orders, USS Pontiac, 1864-1865
BOX 5 REEL 3 Orders, USS Juniata, 1869-1872
BOX 5 REEL 3 Circulars and squadron orders, 1870-1880
BOX 5 REEL 3 Orders, North Atlantic Squadron
BOX 5 REEL 3 1874-1876
BOX 5 REEL 3 1876-1877
BOXES 6-13 REELS 4-12 General Correspondence, 1799-1955
Letters sent and received.
Chronologically arranged.
BOX 6 REEL 4 1799-1866
(24 folders)
BOX 7 REEL 5 1867-1879
(13 folders)
BOX 8 REEL 6 1880-1887
(9 folders)
BOX 9 REEL 7-8 1888-1893
(8 folders)
BOX 10 REEL 9 1894-1899
(6 folders)
BOX 11 REEL 9-10 1900-1904 (6 folders)
BOX 12 REEL 11-12 1905-1908 (4 folders)
BOX 13 REEL 12 1909-1955, undated
(8 folders)
BOXES 14-16 REELS 13-14 Letterbooks, 1862-1878
Manuscript volumes and loose leaves of letters sent.
Chronologically arranged.
BOX 14 REEL 13 US Practice Ship John Adams, 1862
BOX 14 REEL 13 US Practice Ship Marion, 1863
BOX 14 REEL 13 USS Macedonian, 1863, 1866
BOX 14 REEL 13 USS Nantucket, 1863-1864
BOX 14 REEL 13 USS Pontiac, 1864-1865
BOX 14 REEL 13-14 USS Juniata
BOX 14 REEL 13-14 1869-1871
BOX 15 REEL 13-14 1871-1872
BOX 15 REEL 13-14 Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Mass, 1872-1878
BOX 15 REEL 13-14 USS Hartford
BOX 15 REEL 13-14 1875-1876
(2 vols.)
BOX 15 REEL 13-14 1876-1877
BOX 16 REEL 14 1876-1877
BOX 16 REEL 14 1877
(2 vols.)
BOXES 17-20 REELS 14-17 Subject File, 1839-1917
Memoranda, reports, summaries, lectures, addresses, notes, drafts, articles, photographs, sketches, pamphlets, and clippings.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
BOX 17 REEL 14-15 Administration and policy, 1889-1908
BOX 17 REEL 14-15 Bases, drydocks, and yards, 1863-1909
BOX 17 REEL 14-15 Biographical material and personal miscellany, 1841-1917
BOX 17 REEL 14-15 Court of inquiry, collision of the Minnesota and the Abbie Pitman, 1880
BOX 17 REEL 14-15 Fisheries (North Atlantic), 1887-1888
BOX 17 REEL 14-15 "The Fleet," 1907
(3 drafts, with emendations)
BOX 17 REEL 14-15 Foreign naval and merchant data, 1839-1912
BOX 17 REEL 14-15 Legal and financial papers, 1866-1902
BOX 17 REEL 14-15 Legislation concerning the U.S. Navy, 1868-1911
BOX 18 REEL 15-16 Maps and blueprints, undated
BOX 18 REEL 15-16 Miscellaneous notes and writings, 1892-1910, undated
BOX 18 REEL 15-16 Naval songs and poetry, 1849-1910
(3 folders)
BOX 19 REEL 16-17 Naval War College, 1891-1911
BOX 19 REEL 16-17 Organization and reorganization of the Navy Department, 1899-1911
BOX 19 REEL 16-17 Photographs
BOX 19 REEL 16-17 Statistical data regarding ships, ordnance and tonnage, 1865-1909
BOX 19 REEL 16-17 "The Story of the Monitor," 1886-1887
BOX 20 REEL 17 Strategy, tactics, campaigns, and related matters, 1898-1912
(2 folders)
BOX 20 REEL 17 Training, 1875-1909, undated
BOXES 21-23 REELS 18-19 Miscellany, 1806-1917
Scrapbooks and notebooks, newspaper clippings and pamphlets, and an incomplete card index to the collection.
Organized by type of material.
BOX 21 REEL 18 Scrapbook containing notes on seamanship and gunnery, includes cartoons and poetry, 1842-1843
BOX 21 REEL 18 Scrapbook of clippings, manuscript notes, cartoons, and poetry, 1871-1887
BOX 21 REEL 18 Fleet drill book, undated
BOX 21 REEL 18 Naval tactics, handwritten copy of a "Translation of a treatise by Rear Admiral Casey of the French Navy," undated
BOX 21 REEL 18 Notebook on naval tactics, seamanship, and related topics, undated
BOX 22 REEL 18-19 Printed matter
BOX 22 REEL 18-19 Newspaper clippings, 1880-1917
(3 folders)
BOX 22 REEL 18-19 Brownson/Rixey affair, 1907-1908
BOX 22 REEL 18-19 Naval training (New York Herald, Paris edition), 1893
BOX 22 REEL 18-19 Miscellany, 1806-1917
BOX 23 REEL 19 Card file: incomplete index of correspondence and subject material in the collection for the period 1841-1917
BOX 23 REEL 19 Notes on the collection

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