Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Contents | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | John H. Towers papers, 1830-1989 |
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Span Dates | 1830-1989 |
Bulk Dates | (bulk 1906-1955) |
ID No. | MSS81197 |
Creator | Towers, John H. (John Henry), 1885-1955 |
Extent | 5000 items ; 15 containers plus 4 oversize ; 8 linear feet |
Language | Collection material in English |
Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Summary | United States Navy officer and early naval aviator. Diaries, naval and personal correspondence, memoranda, orders for duty, aviation logs, speeches and writings, biographical notebooks and sketches, photographs, reports, scrapbooks, blueprints, charts, and newspaper clippings documenting Towers's naval career and his participation in naval aviation from its inception in 1911 to World War II and after. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms005008 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Online Catalog record for this collection: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm93081197 |