LC control no. | mm 70052704 |
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Type of material | Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection) |
Personal name | Belknap, Reginald Rowan, 1871-1959. |
Main title | Reginald Rowan Belknap papers, 1784-1929 (bulk 1900-1929). |
Description | 7,100 items. 23 containers. 9 linear ft. |
Organized/Arranged | Arranged in two series. Series 1: Correspondence, 1882-1929; and Series 2: Miscellany, 1784-1928. |
Access advisory | Open to research. |
Biography/History note | Naval officer. |
Summary | Correspondence, financial and legal records, printed matter, photographs and other papers. Primarily correspondence between Belknap and his wife, Julia P. Averill Belknap, and other family members pertaining to personal and social matters. Includes writings concerning his wife's experiences as a bride in East Asia at the turn of the twentieth century. |
Notes | Collection material in English. Forms part of: Naval Historical Foundation collection. MSS52704 |
Finding aids | Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010051> |
Acquisition source | Deposit, Naval Historical Foundation, 1959. Converted to gift, 1998. |
Subjects | Belknap, Julia P. Averill. Belknap, Julia P. Averill--Correspondence. Belknap family. Americans--East Asia. Naval officers. |
Local shelving no. | 0535F |
Repository | Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home> |
Links | Finding aid: <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010051> Finding aid (PDF): <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010051.3> |