Sellers, David Foote 1874-1949

David Foote Sellers : Stephen B. Luce : A register of their papers in the Library of Congress by David Foote Sellers( Book )

1 edition published in 1969 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

David Foote Sellers papers by David Foote Sellers( )

in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide

Correspondence, memoranda, journals, speeches, notebooks, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, photographs, and other papers relating to Sellers's naval career. Subjects include his duty as cadet midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy; his service during the Spanish-American War, the Samoan campaign, Philippine Insurrection, and World War I; as naval aide to the White House; as aide to the commander of the German fleet (Kriegsmarine) visiting the United States; his service relating to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, Calif. (1915); as commander of the Naval Training Station at San Diego, Calif.; as commander-in-chief of the U.S. Navy Special Service Squadron; as commander-in-chief of the U.S. Navy U.S. Fleet; and as superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy. Correspondence relates chiefly to his duty as commander of the U.S. Navy Special Service Squadron during the Nicaraguan uprising (1927-1929). Correspondents include Charles F. Adams, Harry Alexander Baldridge, Hanson Weightman Baldwin, Richard Evelyn Byrd, Harold W. Dodds, Helen Keller, and Dudley Wright Knox