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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 6 items) |
Abstract | Archibald Henderson Scales (1868-1925) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy. The collection is scrapbooks containing correspondence, pictures, and clippings documenting the career of Archibald Scales as a United States Naval Academy cadet, officer on active service, commander of the Great Lakes Training Station during World War I, and superintendent of the Naval Academy, 1919-1921. |
Creator | Scales, Archibald Henderson, 1868-1952. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, July 2010; Nancy Kaiser, January 2021
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Archibald Henderson Scales (1868-1952) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy. Scales was the son of Junius Irving Scales and Euphemie H. Henderson Scales. He entered the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md., in 1883. His wife was Harriet Pierce Graham Scales.
Back to TopThe collection is scrapbooks containing correspondence, official orders, pictures, and clippings documenting the career of Archibald Scales as a United States Naval Academy cadet, officer on active service, commander of the Great Lakes Training Station during World War I, and superintendent of the Naval Academy, 1919-1921. Items reflect Scales's involvement with the U.S.S. Missouri, 1907-1909; U.S.S. Prairie; U.S.S. Delaware, 1916-1918; U.S.S. Arkansas flagship, 1921-1923; and visits of various foreign dignitaries and diplomats including King George V of England and the Prince of Wales, the royal family and Cardinal Desire Mercier of Belgium, the king of Denmark, and British Admiral David Beatty, among others.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
Introductory material |
Folder 2 |
Orders of Rear Admiral A. H. Scales, United States Navy |
Folder 3 |
Folder number not used |
Oversize Volume SV-651/1 |
Volume 1: United States Naval Academy view book, 1887 |
Folder 4 |
Folder number not used |
Oversize Volume SV-651/2 |
Volume 2: Scrapbook, Archibald Henderson Scales, 1904-1926 |
Folder 5 |
Volume 3: Scrapbook, Archibald Henderson Scales, 1907-1909 |
Folder 6 |
Folder number not used |
Oversize Volume SV-651/4 |
Volume 4: Photograph album, Archibald Henderson Scales, 1916-1919 |
Folder 7 |
Folder number not used |
Oversize Volume SV-651/5 |
Volume 5: Scrapbook, Great Lakes Naval Training Station, 1918-1919 |
Folder 8 |
Volume 6: Scrapbook, Archibald Henderson Scales, 1919-1921 |
Folder 9 |
Folder number not used |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-651/1b |
Certificates and commissions |
Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-651/1a |
Certificates and commissions |