Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
| Title | John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren papers, 1794-1889 |
|---|---|
| Span Dates | 1794-1889 |
| Bulk Dates | (bulk 1826-1870) |
| ID No. | MSS17624 |
| Creator | Dahlgren, John Adolphus Bernard, 1809-1870 |
| Extent | 10,000 items |
| Extent | 38 containers plus 3 oversize |
| Extent | 15.6 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.ms007060 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78017624 |
| Summary | United States naval officer, inventor, and author. Correspondence, letterbooks, journals, reports, logbooks, orders, notebooks, nautical charts and calculations, scrapbooks, and design drawings related to Dahlgren's activities in the development of ordnance for the United States Navy and as chief of the Bureau of Ordnance. |