Naval History and Heritage Command
The Navy Department Library
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
San Marino, CA
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Alden, Charles H.
Papers, 1841-1844
Journal of a cruise on USS Delaware.
1 volume
Allen, William H.
Papers, 1800-1838
92 items
Beach, Albert D.
Papers, 1870-1871
Journal of the Darien Exploring Expedition.
1 volume
Beaufort, Sir Francis
Papers, 1765-1953
2,143 items
Blair, James L.
Papers, 1845-1879
165 items
Bower, Lawrence F.
Collection, 1802-1904
Documents of the War of 1812 and Civil War collected by Lawrence Bower.
63 items
Bright, George A.
Papers, 1860-1932
Correspondence and journals of George Bright, a surgeon with the U.S. Navy. The two journals cover the period 1860-1899.
580 pieces
Destouches, Charles Rene Dominique Gochet
Papers, 1754-1804
117 items
Dudley, Thomas H.
Papers, 1843-1959
Includes documents on blockade running during the Civil War.
4,717 items
Dundas, Robert S.
Papers, 1812-1814
Robert Saunders Dundas was First Lord of the Admiralty.
42 items
Eaton, William
Papers, 1792-1829
William Eaton served as a Naval Agent.
42 items
Farragut, David G.
Papers, 1863-1880
102 items
Fox, Gustavus V.
Papers, 1861-1882
Gustavus Fox served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy from 1861-1866.
109 items
Glazier, James E.
Papers, 1861-1922
Includes material on hospital ships.
174 items
Harbeck, Charles T.
Collection, 1732-1915
Material collected by Charles Harbeck relating to the U.S. Navy.
539 items
Howe, Earl Richard
Papers, 1776-1799
Admiral Howe served in the Royal Navy and commanded British forces in North American waters during the American Revolution.
408 items
Jenkins, Thornton A.
Papers, 1846-1892
59 items
Jennet, Pierre Joseph
Papers, 1776-1783
Livre de Bord kept by a French officer of Marines during six campaigns in the West Indies and Chesapeake Bay.
1 item
Jones, John Paul
Papers, 1776-1789
42 pieces
Lessing, Benson J.
Papers, 1880-1895
Letters to Edwin John Lossing, found in the Benson J. Lossing collection.
9 items
Maury, Matthew F.
Papers, 1755-1900
Commander Matthew Fontaine Maury served in the U.S. Navy until resigning his commission to serve in the Confederate Navy during the Civil War. These papers are found in the Maury Family Collection.
165 items
U.S. Naval Office, San Francisco
Records, 1851-1858
1 volume
U.S. Navy
Records, 1853-1884
Official correspondence.
1 volume
Nelson, Horatio
Papers, 1777-1805
Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson served in the Royal Navy.
280 items
USS Olympia
Records, 1895-1899
275 items
Peshine, John H. H.
Papers, 1849-1903
John Henry Hobart Peshine served as an officer in the U.S. Navy and Army, and was Military Attaché to Spain.
800 items
Pocock, George
Papers, 1733-1793
Sir George Pocock served in the Royal Navy.
1,170 items
Poor, Charles H.
Papers, 1869-1870
Letters to the officers of the North Atlantic Fleet and to George Maxwell Robeson, Secretary of the Navy.
2 volumes
Porter, David D.
Papers, 1861-1866
750 items
Price, Rodman McC.
Papers, 1842-1890
256 items
Shovell, Cloudisley
Papers, 1690-1705
Admiral Shovell served in the Royal Navy. These papers are found in the Shovell-Rooke Papers.
85 items
Smith, John H.
Papers, 1835
Papers concerning the Navy of Virginia in the War of the Revolution. Collected from the Journals of the Committee of Safety.
Smith, Richard T.
Papers, 1865
Journal kept by Union orderlyRichard Tyson Smith on USS Chenango from February to July 1865.
1 item
Smith-Spooner Collection
Papers
Charles William Spooner was a Union naval officer, European traveler, and New York City attorney. The collection contains material concerning Charles William Spooner and his service as an Ensign aboard the gunboat USS Reindeer in the Civil War. Also included in the collection is Informative Notes and Instructions for U.S. Naval Officers, ca. 1863.
Spence-Lowell
Collection, 1740-1958
Includes material relating to Purser Keith Spence, the U.S. Navy, and the Tripolitan War.
321 items
Thompson, Charles P.
Papers, 1865-1870
Pay and tax tables of the U.S. Navy.
Truxton, Thomas
Papers, 1795-1817
13 items
Wells, Gideon
Papers, 1846-1902
Gideon Wells served as Secretary of the Navy from 1861-1869.
600 items
Woodworth, Selim E.
Papers, 1834-1947
1,600 items
