Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Contents | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | Matthew Fontaine Maury papers, 1825-1960 |
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Span Dates | 1825-1960 |
Bulk Dates | (bulk 1830-1880) |
ID No. | MSS31682 |
Creator | Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873 |
Extent | 14,650 items ; 65 containers plus 1 oversize ; 17.5 linear feet |
Language | Collection material in English |
Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Summary | Naval officer and oceanographer. Correspondence, letterbooks, diaries, journals, speeches, articles, and other writings, notebooks, electrical experiment book, charts, and printed material relating chiefly to Maury's naval career, scientific activities and interests, service as a Confederate agent in England, and work as an immigration official for Southern expatriates in Mexico, and to the Maury (Morey) family. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001026 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Online Catalog record for this collection: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm79031682 |