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Alfred Thayer Mahan correspondence and battle diagrams
- Title
- Alfred Thayer Mahan correspondence and battle diagrams, 1897-1909.
- Author
- Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer), 1840-1914.
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Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 4537 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913.
- Description
- .1 linear foot (1 folder)
- Summary
- Correspondence, largely with John Shaw Billings, relating to research done at the New York Public Library by American naval strategist and historian Alfred Thayer Mahan. Some letters include brief discussions of naval history. Also included are notes and numerous drafts of diagrams depicting naval battles with annotations from Mahan to the draughtsman, ostensibly created for his book Sea Power in Its Relations to the War of 1812.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Diagrams.
- Access (note)
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Call Number
- MssCol 4537
- OCLC
- 864031496
- Author
- Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer), 1840-1914.
- Title
- Alfred Thayer Mahan correspondence and battle diagrams, 1897-1909.
- Restricted Access
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Occupation
- Historians United States 19th century.Military personnel United States 19th century.
- Added Author
- Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913.
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 4537