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Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division, 2009
Finding aid URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009187
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein.
The papers of Edgar Stanton Maclay, author and historian, were deposited in the Library of Congress by the Naval Historical Foundation in 1984. The deposit was converted to a gift in 1998.
The papers of Edgar Stanton Maclay were arranged and described in 1996. The finding aid was revised in 2009.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Edgar Stanton Maclay is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The papers of Edgar Stanton Maclay are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Edgar Stanton Maclay Papers, Naval Historical Foundation Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of Edgar Stanton Maclay (1863-1919) span the years 1782-1918 and contain typescripts of essays, mostly written at the end of World War I which pertain to sea power and its effects, women in the United States Navy, and early American naval history. As a naval historian, Maclay published several books, including A History of American Privateers (Freeport, N.Y.: Books for Libraries Press, 1979 reprint). A reproduction of a print of the British dreadnought Mediator engaged with American-French forces off the coast of Spain in 1782 is also included in the collection.
This collection is arranged alphabetically by title of essay.
| Container | Contents | ||||||||||||
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| BOX 1 | British dreadnought Mediator engaging the American-French squadron off Ferral, Spain, 12 Dec. 1782, reproduction of a print, undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX 1 | "The Influence of Sea Power Upon History as Illustrated in Late War," circa 1918 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 1 | "Old Time American Privateering," undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX 1 | "Our New Historical Perspective," circa 1918 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 1 | "Our Ocean Battle Line of 1775-76," undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX 1 | "Will the Navy Open a New Field for Women?" circa 1918 | ||||||||||||
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