Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | William Frederick Halsey papers, 1907-1959 |
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Inclusive Dates | 1907-1959 |
Bulk Dates | 1943-1959 |
ID No. | MSS49643 |
Creator | Halsey, William Frederick, 1882-1959 |
Extent | 20,000 items |
Extent | 55 containers plus 2 oversize |
Extent | 22 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.ms011173 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm70049643 |
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. |