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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Charles T. Harbeck collection
Creator:
Harbeck, Charles T., 1850 or 1851-1929
Identifier/Call Number: mssHR
Physical Description:
9.5 Linear Feet
(8 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1732-1915
Abstract: Collection consists of papers relating
to the U.S. Navy and to naval officers, including letters, orders, commissions, records of
various ships, including the U.S.S. Constitution, and other documents.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
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necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
[Identification of item]. Charles T. Harbeck collection, The Huntington Library, San
Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Charles T. Harbeck through the agency of George D. Smith, 1917.
Charles T. Harbeck (1850 or 1851-1929) was a businessman and naval historian and was author
of A Contribution to the Bibliography of the History of the United States Navy (1906),
published with the assistance of the New York and Boston Public Libraries.
Collection consists of papers relating to the U.S. Navy and to naval officers. Material
includes letters, orders, commissions, records of various ships, including the U.S.S.
Constitution, and other documents, primarily dealing with the naval operations of the
Revolutionary War and nineteenth century wars, including the War of 1812 and the Civil War.
There is also a small group of items concerning the British Navy. The collection was
assembled by Charles T. Harbeck for purposes of extra-illustrating Edgar Stanton Maclay's
History of the U. S. Navy, but the project was not completed.
This finding aid was created in 2022 by Melissa Haley as part of the American Presidential
Papers Project with enhanced description of the presidential material present. The items had
been assembled physically and arranged by Huntington Library former staff in the mid-20th
century.
Individual call numbers included in the collection: mssHR 1-539.
Materials are arranged chronologically.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Naval historians -- United States -- Archives
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval
operations
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Naval
operations
United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Naval operations
United States -- History, Naval -- To 1900 -- Sources
Letters (correspondence) -- United States -- 19th century
Military records -- United States -- 18th century
Military records -- United States -- 19th century
Adams, John, 1735-1826
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
Maclay, Edgar Stanton, 1863-1919
Monroe, James, 1758-1831
Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862
Great Britain. Royal Navy -- History
United States. Navy -- History