William Shepherd Benson papers

LC control no.	mm 79012443
Type of material	Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)
Personal name	Benson, William Shepherd, 1855-1932. » More like this
Main title	William Shepherd Benson papers, circa 1791-1952 (bulk 1915-1928).
Description	17,000 items. 51 containers plus 6 oversize. 26.3 linear feet.
Organized/Arranged	Arranged in 5 series. Series 1: General Correspondence, 1874-1952; Series 2: Subject File, 1917-1926; Series 3: Speeches, 1917-1930; Series 4: Miscellany, circa 1791-1943; and Series 5: Oversize, 1879-1920.
Access advisory	Open to research.
Biography/History note	U.S. naval officer and public official.
Summary	Correspondence, memoranda, dispatches, speeches, reports, naval appointments, family papers, printed matter, maps, photographs, and other papers relating primarily to Benson's service as U.S. chief of naval operations during World War I. Includes material concerning the naval conference conducted by the Allies (1917), the commission appointed by President Woodrow Wilson to confer with the Allied and Associated Powers (1914-1920), Allied Naval Armistice Commission, Allied Naval Council, American Commission to Negotiate Peace, Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920), the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs hearings (1920), and postwar naval disarmament. Also documents Benson's service as commandant of the Philadelphia Naval Yard (1913-1915), his work related to shipping and the merchant marine as chairman and member of the U.S. Shipping Board (1920-1928), and his involvement in Catholic religious and fraternal organizations including his presidency of the National Council of Catholic Men (1921-1925). Correspondents include Charles Francis Adams, Philip Andrews, Newton Diehl Baker, Bernard M. Baruch, Reginald Rowan Belknap, Tasker Howard Bliss, Montague C. Browning, William Hannum Grubb Bullard, William Banks Caperton, Michael Joseph Curley, Josephus Daniels, Norman H. Davis, Duncan Upshaw Fletcher, James Gibbons, Guy Despard Goff, Joseph C. Grew, Herbert Hoover, Edward Mandell House, Edward N. Hurley, Harry Shepard Knapp, John La Farge, Robert Lansing, Albert Davis Lasker, Peyton Conway March, Samuel McGowan, Albert P. Niblack, C.J. Peoples, John J. Pershing, James D. Phelan, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Hugh Lenox Scott, William Sowden Sims, Joseph Nathan Teal, Benjamin R. Tillman, Henry B. Wilson, and Woodrow Wilson.
Notes	Collection material in English. MSS12443
Finding aids	Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010289>
Acquisition source	Gift and deposit converted to gift, Howard Hartwell James Benson, 1962-1969. Transfer, Naval Historical Center (U.S.), 1977.
Subjects	Adams, Charles Francis, 1835-1915--Correspondence. » More like this Andrews, Philip, 1866-1945--Correspondence. » More like this Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937--Correspondence. » More like this Baruch, Bernard M. (Bernard Mannes), 1870-1965--Correspondence. » More like this Belknap, Reginald Rowan, 1871-1959--Correspondence. » More like this Bliss, Tasker Howard, 1853-1930--Correspondence. » More like this Browning, Montague C.--Correspondence. » More like this Bullard, William Hannum Grubb, 1866-1927--Correspondence. » More like this Caperton, William Banks, 1855-1941--Correspondence. » More like this Curley, Michael Joseph, 1879-1947--Correspondence. » More like this Daniels, Josephus, 1862-1948--Correspondence. » More like this Davis, Norman H. (Norman Hezekiah), 1878-1944--Correspondence. » More like this Fletcher, Duncan Upshaw, 1859-1936--Correspondence. » More like this Gibbons, James, 1834-1921--Correspondence. » More like this Goff, Guy Despard, 1867-1933--Correspondence. » More like this Grew, Joseph C. (Joseph Clark), 1880-1965--Correspondence. » More like this Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964--Correspondence. » More like this House, Edward Mandell, 1858-1938--Correspondence. » More like this Hurley, Edward N. (Edward Nash), 1864-1933--Correspondence. » More like this Knapp, Harry Shepard, 1856-1923--Correspondence. » More like this La Farge, John, 1880-1963--Correspondence. » More like this Lansing, Robert, 1864-1928--Correspondence. » More like this Lasker, Albert Davis, 1880-1952--Correspondence. » More like this March, Peyton Conway, 1864-1955--Correspondence. » More like this McGowan, Samuel, 1870-1934--Correspondence. » More like this Niblack, Albert P. (Albert Parker), 1859-1929--Correspondence. » More like this Peoples, C. J.--Correspondence. » More like this Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948--Correspondence. » More like this Phelan, James D. (James Duval), 1861-1930. » More like this Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945--Correspondence. » More like this Scott, Hugh Lenox, 1853-1934--Correspondence. » More like this Sims, William Sowden, 1858-1936--Correspondence. » More like this Teal, Joseph Nathan, 1858-1929--Correspondence. » More like this Tillman, Benjamin R. (Benjamin Ryan), 1847-1918--Correspondence. » More like this Wilson, Henry B.--Correspondence. » More like this Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924--Correspondence. » More like this Allied and Associated Powers (1914-1920) » More like this Allied Naval Armistice Commission. » More like this Allied Naval Council. » More like this United States. American Commission to Negotiate Peace. » More like this United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Naval Affairs. » More like this United States. Navy. » More like this United States. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. » More like this United States. Shipping Board. » More like this Allied Naval Armistice Commission. » More like this Allied Naval Council. » More like this Catholic Church--Societies, etc. » More like this National Council of Catholic Men (U.S.) » More like this Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (Philadelphia, Pa.) » More like this Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920) » More like this Disarmament. » More like this Merchant marine--United States. » More like this Navy-yards and naval stations--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia. » More like this Shipping--United States. » More like this World War, 1914-1918--Peace. » More like this World War, 1914-1918--Naval operations, American. » More like this Naval officers. Public officials.
Local shelving no.	Fort Meade Oversize 0115E Oversize 3:10
Repository	Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home>
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