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1. Rodgers family papers, 1740-1987

   14,850 items. 74 containers plus 4 oversize. 28.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   United States Navy and Army officers and family members. Correspondence, diaries, letterbooks, logbooks, photographs, recollections (memoirs), financial papers, and printed matter centering primarily on the naval career of Commodore John Rodgers (1773-1838).

2. Benjamin S. Custer papers, 1912-2000

   9,000 items. 26 containers plus 1 classified and 5 oversize. 10.5 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   United States Navy officer and air pilot. Correspondence, military records, photographs, scrapbooks, writings, clippings, and other papers relating primarily to Custer's naval career after 1922, naval aircraft carriers and seaplane tenders during World War II, and the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corp at Princeton University during the 1950s.

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3. Washington Irving Chambers papers, 1871-1943

   12,000 items. 48 containers. 12 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Naval officer. Correspondence, subject files, logbooks, memoranda, blueprints, photographs, printed matter, and other papers relating primarily to Chambers's service in the navy and with the Greely Relief Expedition to the Arctic and the Nicaragua Canal survey expedition of 1884-1885.

4. John Crittenden Watson papers, 1844-1960

   1,500 items. 9 containers. 7 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Naval officer. General and family correspondence, notes, reports, official orders, newspaper clippings, photographs, and scrapbooks relating to Watson's service in the Civil War and naval career. Includes papers of his sons, Edward H. Watson, naval officer, and James T. Watson, army officer.