Overview of the Captain Edward L. Beach typescript : From Annapolis to Scapa Flow : the autobiography of a naval officer

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Overview of the Captain Edward L. Beach typescript : From Annapolis to Scapa Flow : the autobiography of a naval officer

Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford University

Stanford, California

Processed by:: Hoover Institution Archives Staff
Date Completed:: 2009
Encoded by:: Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record by Elizabeth Konzak.

Collection Summary

Title: Captain Edward L. Beach typescript : From Annapolis to Scapa Flow : the autobiography of a naval officer

Dates: 1941

Collection Number: XX778

Creator: Beach, Edward Latimer, 1867-

Collection Size: 1 volume (369 p.) (1 ms. box) (0.4 linear feet)

Repository: Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford, California 94305-6010

Abstract: Relates to American naval operations, including the battle of Manila Bay in 1898; American intervention in Mexico (1914), Haiti (1915), and the Dominican Republic (1916); and operations in the Atlantic Ocean during World War I. Also includes translations of letters to E. L. Beach from President Sudre Dartiguenave and future President Louis Borno of Haiti, 1916, relating to Beach's activities in Haiti.

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives

Languages: English

Administrative Information

Access

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Publication Rights

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Captain Edward L. Beach typescript : From Annapolis to Scapa Flow : the autobiography of a naval officer, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives.

Accruals

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Biographical/Historical Note

Captain, United States Navy

Scope and Content of Collection

Relates to American naval operations, including the battle of Manila Bay in 1898; American intervention in Mexico (1914), Haiti (1915), and the Dominican Republic (1916); and operations in the Atlantic Ocean during World War I. Also includes translations of letters to E. L. Beach from President Sudre Dartiguenave and future President Louis Borno of Haiti, 1916, relating to Beach's activities in Haiti.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

United States. Navy--Officers.

Spanish-American War, 1898.

Manila Bay, Battle of, 1898.

World War, 1914-1918--Naval operations.

Mexico--History--Revolution, 1910-1920.

Veracruz Llave (Mexico)--History--American occupation, 1914.

Haiti--History--American occupation, 1915-1934.

Dominican Republic--History--American occupation, 1916-1924.

Dartiguenave, Sudre.

Borno, Louis.

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