Preliminary Inventory to the Thomas Andrew Bailey and Paul B. Ryan collection
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Major ship overhead - Requirements
Turner, Captain, biographical data
Furbringer, Rear Admiral Werner (shipmate of Kept. Lieut. Schwieger of U-20), letter from
Analysis of orders given to Captain Turner
Analysis of witnesses and their affiliations
Summary of 22 witnesses (statements sent in by U.S. Consul Wesley Frost)
Biographical data on Lord Mersey, Sir Edward Carson, Sir Fredrick Smith
Scott, Admiral Sir Percy, letter to The Times (London)
Malone, Dudley Field, obituary and statement
"The Great Lusitania Whitewash" by Paul B. Ryan, The American Neptune January 1975
New York, SS, Open Ash Port Sinking
American Heritage, article purchased, not published as of May 1975
Book reviews - T. A. Bailey, published by American Historical Review
The Stephens Letter (copy) - an example of how Simpson handles evidence
Readers Digest condensed version of Simpson's book Lusitania
Ellis book's charts and diagram and testimony regarding location of torpedo hit
Judge Mayer and the Titanic law suit
Herzog's review of Simpson's book in Marine Rundschau 1973
A partial tabulation of official British and German sources
Great maritime disasters, Titanic, etc.
New York Times
Questions answered in Bailey-Ryan book
New York Times index on Lusitania and news items
The Times (London) news items
World (New York) news items
Von Muller, Admiral, diary
British Cabinet and Parliament papers on Lusitania
Parliamentary debates May 10-11, 1915
German archives and correspondence
Spindler, Admiral Arno, La Guerre Sous-Marine, Volume II, cruise of U-20, U-27, U-28, U-30 May 1915
German Naval Records, Admiral Spindler, Der Handelskrieg mit U-Booten
Foreign and German press analysis
German Foreign Office information on Lusitania and Schwieger
Royal Naval Reserved Merchant Cruisers (Brassey 1914)
American lives lost and U.S. ships sunk by U-boats February 1, 1917
Judge Mayer's opinion in Lusitania trial, New York City 1918
International law on visit and search
Traced map of the path of the Lusitania undated
Map, Chronology of mine warfare 1914-1915
Charts used at Mersey Inquiry (compiled by Captain Turner)
Map, Valentia to Cork 1908
Map, South Coast of Ireland to Land's End 1917
Mersey Hearings - Inquiry (open)
Mersey Trial Proceedings in Camera
Mersey Report (Verdict)
List of Americans on board, Lusitania Claims, Senate Documents, 67th Congress, 2nd Session, No. 176
Report on loss of S/S Falaba (Mersey)
Location of ship sinkings in Queenstown area May 5-7, 1915
Instructions to British merchant captains 1915
Morton, Leslie, the look-out - a hero - decorated
Admiralty chart used at Inquiry, Adm. 116/1416, C7943, of steamers Atlantic May 5-7, 1915
article in Journal of American Society of Naval Engineers, a reprint of British Engineering article, August 1907 November 1907
Boiler explosions
Schwieger, information on, from German sources and authors
Q.S.T.S. Lusitania General Arrangement Upper, Main, Lower Decks and Hold Plan 1917 June 9
Diagram of cargo storage on Lusitania (Mayer trial)
Q.S.T.S. Lusitania Profile 1917 June 1
Lusitania - Watertight compartmentation
Diagram of compartmentation of Lusitania, Peskett testimony (Mayer trial)
General correspondence with sources
Warning messages sent to Lusitania
British Naval Sea Patrol Officer, letter to Vice Admiral, Queenstown Patrol
Lord, Walter, correspondence with
The Goetz medal
Schwieger's war-patrol diary
Photographs (xerox copies) - Miscellaneous
Diagrams of torpedo run and track of Lusitania May 7, 1915
Defense of the Realm Act
Cartoons
Photographs from U.S. Naval Historical Center, Washington, D.C.
Photographs (xerox copies) from U.S. National Archives
Engineering (British journal), illustrations 1907
The Blue Riband
Copy of Lusitania's manifest
May, Commander W. E., R.N., correspondence (research)
British Public Record Office files
Simpson's books, book reviews
Simpson's books (U.S. and British) - Differences in the two editions
Churchill, Winston, article on Lusitania 1937
Hoehling book Last Voyage of Lusitania, book reviews
U.S. press opinion on Lusitania
Analysis of boat drills, discipline of crew, life jackets, etc.
Microfilm roll #197 (witnesses, etc.)
Letters regarding London BBC broadcast on Lusitania
Chronology
The Zig-Zag issue
U-boat characteristics
Survivor from ship William P. Frye, sunk by U-boat
Mayer Trial (New York Testimony), exhibits listed
John Light's marked-up copy of Simpson's book (British version)
Woodrow Wilson's note on Falaba to Lansing June 2, 1915
U.S. Naval Attaché, Berlin, reports to Washington (O.N.I.)
U.S. Naval Historical Center, Washington, D.C. (xerox copies)
Ships sunk by U-boats
Cunard Company petition for limitation of liability
Analysis of instruction to Captain Turner of Lusitania
Correspondence - Miscellaneous
Federal Records Center (New York City), letters
Lusitania's Manifest - Correspondence
Port collector - Correspondence
Worley, Albert
Mayer Trial Testimony II, pages 240-480
Mayer Trial Testimony III, pages 481-717
Mayer Trial Testimony IV, pages 718-960
Wynne Hearings, Volume I, pages 6 1-19
Wynne Hearings, Volume II, pages 197-403
Proposed final decree by Cunard lawyers at Mayer Trial
Value of Lusitania freight - Mayer Trial
Interrogations and briefs (Cunard)
Mayer Trial Testimony, pages 4a-239 (includes list of witnesses)
Stephen's letter - Guns
Canadian troops on board?
Letter from U.S. Ambassador (Berlin) Dodd to T. A. Bailey, and page 2 of T. A. Bailey's letter 1934
Guns - Greenwich Naval Museum
Spindler, Arno (German Admiral)
Correspondence regarding Colin Simpson's book
Letters in collecting evidence on Lusitania
O'Connor, Daniel (NBC)
Schwieger, Captain (of U-20)
Woodrow Wilson and Mexican question
Medal (Lusitania) by Goetz
Humfrey Jordan book on Mauretania (sister ship of Lusitania)
Professor Arthur Marder on Lusitania
Plans of Lusitania (xerox copies)
Walter Lord on Lord Mersey question
Guns on board Lusitania
Explosives, ammunition on board
Bryan, W. J.
"Was There a Gun?" Sports Illustrated December 24, 1962
Sailing Instructions, British Merchant Marine
Light, John - Correspondence
Translation of German Documents including Patrol Reports of U-20
Xerox copies of originals sent by A. Worley
Microfilm #198 - List of officers and passengers, statements of witnesses, U.S. Consul Frost, Mersey Inquiry, lives lost, cargo
Letters from Canada's Department of National Defence on Canadian troops
Yale University on Colonel House - Letters
Cunard correspondence
BBC broadcast
Nicolas Tomalin of BBC, The Listener
U.S. statutes on munition cargo in ships
Letters to editors and book reviews
Life magazine article by Simpson
Correspondence regarding art work on the book
Naval Ordnance correspondence and information (guns)
International Law: information from American Journal of International Law on Lusitania
Dollar awards to survivors
U.S. Chief of Naval Operations Secret Dispatches on Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
Beach, Captain E. L. - Correspondence
Literary Digest excerpts
Illustrations - Permissions to reprint
Article by T. A. Bailey, "The Sinking of the Lusitania," American Historical Review, ; "German Documents Relating to the Lusitania," Journal of Modern History, September 1936 October 1935
List of journal and magazine titles regarding Lusitania
O'Connor, Daniel (NBC) - Letters
Article written for American Heritage (not published as of June 1975)
Light letters
Bribery, etc.
Miscellaneous British documents
Cunard - H.M. Government agreement
Mersey verdict (Original)
Lusitania trip after turbine 1913
Mayer, Judge, obituary
Orduna, S/S, 16 inch guns
Stahl
Mid-Channel issue and Zig-Zag
British journal - Miscellaneous
New York Times
May 1916-1965
November 1916
June 1915 -September 1915
May 1915
1913-1915
Mayer Trial and press
Correspondence (T. A. Bailey), 1930's
British Admiralty microfilm reels - List of contents
13 microfilm reels
Reel 1: Admiralty correspondence on damage suits against Cunard arising out of the loss of the Lusitania, government documents regarding vessel navigation and instructions, legal documents and pleading related to the suit, newspaper clippings, and correspondence and memoranda prepared by the attorneys.
Reel 2: "Records and correspondence relating to preventing young Belgians from getting travel permits to Holland to might render assistance to the enemy if they return to Belgium" and documents discussing the armament or lack thereof on the Lusitania, German government statements about the torpedoing, Spanish reports, and newspaper clippings on the Lusitania.
Reel 3: "Official Deposition of Crew Members," "Interrogation of the Crew," "Arms and Ammunition," and "German Allegiance" documentation related to the Lusitania.
Reel 4: Admiralty records 116, parts 1, 2, and 3: Documents about the sinking of the Lusitania, correspondence, sworn witness testimonies.
Reel 5: Records of the Department of State relating to the internal affairs of Great Britain, materials related to merchant vessels, disabled, wrecked, and stranded vessels, collisions and salvage. Also includes a crew list from the Lusitania and other materials related to the whereabouts and status of passengers.
Reel 6: Contents include: Stahl to Roberts, diary of three submarines, and war diaries of German vessels, 1917-1918, including maps, charts, and tables from the Kriegsarchiv der Marine.
Reel 7: Includes Frost affidavits, Stahl affidavits, manifests, reactions in the Swiss press, survivor lists, condolences, telegrams and documents from organizations relating to the sinking of the Lusitania.
Reel 8: "Bauer's diary, submarine half flotilla," and "German Naval High Command 1st Submarine Flotilla War Diary of Command," from the Krisgsarchiv der Marine.
Reel 9: Diplomatic correspondence on the Lusitania, from the Office of Naval Intelligence, London, and German materials from the Krisgsarchiv der Marine, as well as navigational charts of the Spanish and French coastlines.
Reel 10: Includes documentation on maritime Law, German official explanations of the Lusitania sinking, including government documents and parliamentary court proceedings about the sinking.
Reel 11: Contains Schwieger war diary, 1915-1916, of the 3rd U-boat flotilla of the German Naval High Command from the Krisgsarchiv der Marine, navigational charts of the English Channel and the North Sea, and multiple diaries from various U-boats U-20 and U-21.
Reel 12-13: U-boat reports from the German Naval High command (Uberkommando der Krisgsarchiv der Marine) government documents, maps, and navigation charts, 1941-1943.
1 sound tape recording
57 slides of photographs, posters, cartoons, newspaper articles, maps, and charts used in "The Lusitania Disaster" by Thomas A. Bailey and Paul B. Ryan 1915-1979
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