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1. Henry T. Mayo papers, 1866-1972

   5,250 items. 15 containers. 6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Naval officer. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, memoirs, genealogical material, reports, orders, certificates, scrapbooks, photographs, and other papers pertaining mainly to Mayo's naval career.

2. Cyrus Robinson Miller papers, 1897-1940

   5 items. 1 container. .4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Naval officer. Midshipman's logs documenting activities of the United States Battleship Oregon during the Spanish-American War and the armored cruiser Buffalo, radio logs of the protected cruiser Cleveland which led merchant convoys in the Atlantic Ocean during World War I, and a ditty about life aboard the troop ship Von Steuben.

3. Edward Nealy Kellogg and Edward Stanley Kellogg papers, 1858-1937

   500 items. 2 containers plus 1 oversize. 2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Naval officers, father and son. Biographical data, commissions, orders to duty, and miscellaneous material relating to the naval careers of Edward Nealy Kellogg and his son, Edward Stanley Kellogg.

4. William Frederick Halsey papers, 1907-1959

   20,000 items. 55 containers plus 2 oversize. 22 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Naval officer. Correspondence, war diaries, logs, journals, narratives of military campaigns, military orders, books, periodicals, poems, songs, newspaper clippings, and memorabilia relating mostly to Halsey's social and business career after World War II, his personal life and club activities, and the history of American naval involvement in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

5. William Speiden, Jr., journals, 1852-1946

   20 items. 3 containers. 0.8 linear feet. 1 microfilm reel. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Journals kept by Speiden, purser's clerk on the USS Mississippi (sidewheel steamer), a flagship during the U.S. naval expedition to Japan led by Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry, 1852-1854. Speiden provided a detailed account of the reception given to Perry and his party and of deliberations between Perry and representatives of the emperor of Japan held in Yokohama-shi, Japan. Speiden also described life at sea, calls at ports on the East Coast of the United States, investigation of fishing rights in Canadian waters, and international stops made during the expedition to Japan. Journals include illustrations.

6. John Dougall Metcalfe papers, 1878-1996

   2,400 items. 7 containers plus 1 oversize. 2.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   United States Navy officer. Family papers, correspondence, journals, notes, writings, photographs, maps, orders, memorabilia, employment applications and résumés, and other material relating primarily to Metcalfe's naval career from 1941 to 1963.