Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Charles Mason
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1804, Oct. 24 | Born, Pompey, N.Y. |
| 1829 | Graduated, United States Military Academy, Annapolis, Md. |
| 1830-1831 | Assistant professor in engineering, United States Military Academy, Annapolis, Md. |
| 1832 | Admitted to New York bar |
| 1837 | Married Angelica Gear |
| 1837 | Aide and public prosecutor, Des Moines County, Wisconsin Territory |
| 1838-1847 | Chief justice, Supreme court, territory of Iowa |
| 1851 | Member, commission to draft the first law code of Iowa |
| 1851-1852 | Judge, Des Moines County, Iowa |
| 1853-1857 | United States commissioner of patents |
| 1857 | Member, first Iowa State Board of Education |
| 1864 | Chairman, Democratic National Central Committee |
| 1882, Feb. 25 | Died, Burlington, Iowa |
George Collier Remey
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1841, Aug. 10 | Born, Burlington, Iowa |
| 1859 | Graduated, United .States Military Academy, Annapolis, Md. Commissioned midshipman Commissioned midshipman |
| 1859-1861 | Served on Hartford (sloop), East India Squadron |
| 1861-1862 | Served on Marblehead(gunboat) during Peninsular Campaign |
| 1863 | Executive officer on Canandaigua (screw sloop) Commanded Marblehead(gunboat) during attacks on Fort Wagner Led attack on Fort Sumter and was imprisoned by Confederates |
| 1865 | Assigned to White House after Abraham Lincoln’s assassination |
| 1865-1866 | Served off the west coast of South America |
| 1870-1871 | Participated in Tehuantepec Survey Expedition |
| 1873 | Married Mary Josephine Mason |
| 1889-1892 | Commanded Charleston (flagship) |
| 1892-1895 | Served at Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N.H. |
| 1895-1896 | Member, Naval Examining and Retiring Board |
| 1896-1898 | Commandant, Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N.H. |
| 1898 | Commissioned rear admiral Commandant, Naval Base, Key West, Fla. |
| 1898-1900 | Commandant, Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N.H. |
| 1900-1902 | Commander in chief, Asiatic Fleet |
| 1902-1903 | Chairman, Lighthouse Board |
| 1903 . | Retired |
| 1928, Feb. 10 | Died, Washington, D.C |
Charles Mason Remey
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1874, May 15 | Born, Burlington, Iowa |
| 1893-1896 | Attended Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. |
| 1896-1903 | Trained in architecture at Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France |
| 1903-1906 | Traveled in Europe and Asia Architecte diplome, par le gouvernment Francais |
| 1906-1908 | Instructor of architecture, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. |
| 1908-1910 | Assistant professor, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. |
| 1930s-1940s | Live in Washington, D.C. 1931 Married Gertrude Heim Klemm (died 1932) |
| 1950 | Moved to Haifa, Israel, at request of Shoghi Effendi to build a Baháï house of worship |
| 1951 | Appointed president of International Baháï and a Hand in the Cause |
| 1974, Feb. 4 | Died |