Thomas Andrew Bailey and Paul B. Ryan collection (Bailey-Ryan Collection), 1915-1979

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Summary

Creators:
Bailey, Thomas Andrew, 1902-1983 and Ryan, Paul B.
Abstract:
Correspondence, notes, photocopies of government documents, printed matter, and photographs, relating to the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915, and to the undeclared American-German naval war, 1939-1941. Collected by T. A. Bailey and Paul B. Ryan. Includes some papers of T. A. Bailey, relating especially to the Marshall Plan.
Extent:
17 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize folders, 57 35mm slides, 13 microfilm reels, 1 phonotape (9.1 Linear Feet)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Thomas Andrew Bailey and Paul B. Ryan collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains research materials relating to the sinking of the British liner Lusitania by a German submarine on 7 May 1915. Included are copies of the records of the British official inquiry; the legal proceedings held by a U.S. Federal Court; letters from archival sources in Great Britain, Germany, Canada, and the United States; and a file of letters written in 1934 by Admiral Arno Spindler of the German Navy to Professor Thomas A. Bailey. Additional files contain correspondence with various professional and naval technical agencies, individual experts, and John Light, a professional diver who examined the wreck of the Lusitania off the coast of Ireland.

The materials were collected by Professor Thomas A. Bailey, Stanford University, and Captain Paul B. Ryan, USN (Ret.), in preparation for the publication of their book The Lusitania Disaster: An Episode in Modern War and Diplomacy.

Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Thomas Andrew Bailey and Paul B. Ryan collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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