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Collection material in English
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The family papers of David Dixon Porter (1813-1891), naval officer and author, were purchased by the Library of Congress from various sources between 1901 and 1934. Other material was given by the New York Public Library in 1903 and by Mrs. Oscar H. Rogers in 1934.
The papers of the David Dixon Porter family were arranged and described in 1963. This register was revised in 1997.
Some maps have been transferred to the Library's Geography and Map Division where they are identified as part of these papers.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of the David D. Porter family is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, David D. Porter Family Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of the
The
Family Papers
series, the bulk of which is mounted in bound volumes, includes the papers of
David D. Porter; his father, David Porter; and his mother,
The
David Porter
Papers
series consists of letterbooks, a logbook from the
The bulk of the collection pertains to
David D. Porter.
Correspondence and related material
includes Porter's letters to his mother recounting his apprentice and journeyman years
in the
Porter's Civil War service is documented through correspondence, reports, writings,
financial records, photographs, and sketches and bound journals and letterbooks located
in the
David D. Porter
Papers
series. Letters to Porter provide information on many aspects of the
Union's naval strategy, while Porter's own account of the war is contained in a journal
compiled shortly after the war as well as in his unpublished memoir, reports, and other
writings. Correspondence, reports, and miscellaneous writings from the 1870s and 1880s
while Porter served as an advisor to the secretary of the navy and chairman of the
The collection is arranged in four series:
Correspondence, reports, memoranda, orders, maps, writings, photographs, sketches, and printed matter chiefly pertaining to David Porter; his wife, Evelina Anderson Porter; and their son, David D. Porter.
Organized in three groupings: correspondence and related material, writings, and memorials. Correspondence and memorials are arranged chronologically; writings are sorted alphabetically.
Correspondence, letterbooks, and a ship's logbook supplementing
material relating to David Porter in the
Arranged alphabetically by type of material and chronologically therein.
Correspondence, letterbooks, journals, reports, speeches and
writings, financial records, certificates, patents, scrapbook, photographs and
sketches, newspaper clippings, and other printed matter augmenting material
pertaining to David D. Porter in the
Arranged alphabetically by type of material.
Oversize material consisting of correspondence, certificates, an engraving, sketches, and patents.
Organized and described according to the series, containers, and folders from which the items were removed.