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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 350 items) |
Abstract | Victor Blue (1865-1928) of South Carolina was a United States naval officer from 1887-1919. He served in the United States, Europe, the Caribbean, and Asia, and retired as a rear admiral. This collection contains naval assignment records, reports, letters, telegrams, notes, commissions, expense accounts and memoranda, and other records of Blue. Official naval assignment records constitute the bulk of the material. Personal papers include letters, invitations, calling cards, and photographs. The collection includes reports and reminiscences of an expedition into Cuba during the Spanish-American War; orders during the Boxer rebellion; and a manuscript article about Magdalena Bay, Baja California. |
Creator | Blue, Victor, 1865-1928. |
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: Adam Fielding, Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, November 2010
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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Victor Blue (1865-1928) of South Carolina was a United States naval officer from 1887-1919. He served in the United States, Europe, the Caribbean, Asia, and was a veteran of the Spanish-American War. He retired as a rear admiral.
Back to TopThis collection contains naval assignment records, reports, letters, telegrams, notes, commissions, expense accounts and memoranda, and other records of naval officer Victor Blue (1865-1928). Official naval assignment records constitute the bulk of the material. Personal papers include letters, invitations, calling cards, and photographs. The collection includes reports and reminiscences of an expedition into Cuba during the Spanish-American War; orders during the Boxer rebellion; and a manuscript article about Magdalena Bay, Baja California.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1841, 1845, 1884-1889 |
Folder 2 |
1890-1893 |
Folder 3 |
1894-1897 |
Folder 4 |
1898-1899 |
Folder 5 |
1900-1901 |
Folder 6 |
1902-1904 |
Folder 7 |
1905-1906 |
Folder 8 |
1907-1909 |
Folder 9 |
1910 |
Folder 10 |
1911-1917 |
Folder 11 |
1918 |
Folder 12 |
1919 |
Folder 13-14
Folder 13Folder 14 |
Undated |
Image Folder PF-2795/1 |
Photographs |
Extra Oversize Paper XOPF-2795/1 |
Extra Oversized Paper Folder |