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BOX 92-108 Subject File, 1897-1940
Letters received, copies of letters sent, memoranda, reports, and printed matter.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
BOX 92 Awards, 1919-1921
Correspondence
(4 folders)
General
List of recommendations for
(2 folders)
London Medal Board report
Recommendations for
California trip
1922-1923
BOX 93 1934
Canada trip, 1922
Decorations, 1919, 1928
District of Columbia trip and visit to White House, 1932
England trip, 1921
(2 folders)
Fitness reports, 1915-1916
(2 folders)
Florida trip, 1923-1928
(2 folders)
Naval reforms, “The Sad Story, ” 1909
BOX 94 Overall accounts of World War I, 1917-1921
(9 folders)
BOX 95 (10 folders)
Organization of the navy, 1903-1912, undated
BOX 96 Peoria, Ill., trip, 1923
Relations with Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)
1897-1908, July
(8 folders)
BOX 97 Relations with Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)
1908, Aug.-1910, undated
(5 folders)
Letters from Roosevelt, 1901-1910
(5 folders)
Safety at sea, 1912-1936
(2 folders)
BOX 98 Senate investigation of the naval conduct of World War I, 1916-1921
(7 folders)
BOX 99 (6 folders)
BOX 100 (2 folders)
Sims bust project, 1919-1940
Correspondence
Scrapbook
Clippings and printed matter
Target practice
1901, reports of Sims
BOX 101 1902-1909, undated, reports
(5 folders)
Trip abroad, 1910
World War I Historical Section, London, England, 1918
BOX 102-108 Speech, Article, and Book File, 1910-1935
Manuscript, near-print, and printed copies of speeches and writings of Sims, and correspondence and notes concerning his writings.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX 102 1910-1927
(10 folders)
BOX 103 1930, Lowell lectures and notes, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
(9 folders)
1935
Miscellaneous
“Promotion by Selection”
Army and Navy Journal correspondence
Captains in agreement
Captains in disagreement
Captains passed over
BOX 104 Clippings, Army and Navy Journal
(2 folders)
Commanders in agreement
(2 folders)
Commanders in disagreement
Commanders passed over
Comments
Comments and answers to letters
BOX 105 Distribution
Flag officers in agreement
Flag officers in disagreement
General notes
Lieutenant commanders in agreement
(2 folders)
Lieutenant commanders in disagreement
Lieutenant commanders passed over
Negotiations re publishing
BOX 106 Proof
Reactions
Selection board and method of procedure
Service opinion on
1936
Undated
Printed copies of speeches and articles by Sims, 1906-1936, undated
(4 folders)
Notes used for speeches by Sims, 1923, 1932-1936, undated
BOX 107 Notes used for speeches by Sims, 1907, 1919-1932, undated
(6 folders)
BOX 108 Notes used for speeches by Sims, 1917-1924-1928, undated
Miscellaneous papers, 1912-1921, undated
Speeches and articles by others, 1915-1928, undated
(5 folders)
BOX 109-113 Miscellany, 1876-1936
Orders to duty, mementos, typescript of an unpublished biography of Sims, and miscellaneous unidentified material.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material.
BOX 109 Autograph book from welcoming dinner, Newport, R.I., 1922, Oct. 30
Biographical material, undated
Biography file
Unpublished biography by Tracy B. Kittredge, circa 1918, undated
Pages 1- 609
(8 folders)
BOX 110 Pages 610-1022
(9 folders)
BOX 111 Pages 1023-1496
(6 folders)
BOX 112 Pages 1497-1525
Miscellaneous papers
Calling cards, programs, menus, and other items, 1878-1922, undated
Humorous verse, 1896-1924, undated
Miscellaneous papers, 1915-1936
Orders
1876-1906
(11 folders)
BOX 113 1907-1912
Chronological list, undated
Photographs, 1894-1926 See also Oversize
Programs, etc., 1917-1922
(3 folders)
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