Matthew Fontaine Maury papers, 1825-1960

Collection Summary

Title	Matthew Fontaine Maury papers, 1825-1960
Inclusive Dates	1825-1960
Bulk Dates	1830-1880
ID No.	MSS31682
Creator	Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873
Extent	14,650 items
Extent	64 containers plus 2 oversize
Extent	17.5 linear feet
Language	Collection material in English
Location	Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Finding Aid Permalink	Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001026
LCCN Permalink	LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm79031682
Summary	Naval officer and oceanographer. Correspondence, letterbooks, diaries, journals, speeches, articles, and other writings, notebooks, electrical experiment book, charts, and printed material relating chiefly to Maury's naval career, scientific activities and interests, service as a Confederate agent in England, and work as an immigration official for Southern expatriates in Mexico, and to the Maury (Morey) family.
Online Content	The papers of Matthew Fontaine Maury are available on the Library of Congress website at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000110. To promote preservation of the originals, researchers are required to consult the online edition.