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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 papers of Julius Augustus Furer, naval officer, were deposited in the Library of Congress by the Naval Historical Foundation in 1968 and converted to a gift in 1998.
The papers of Julius Augustus Furer were arranged and described by R. S. Nicholson in 1973. The collection was revised in 2010. The finding aid was updated in 2023 by Rachel Telford as part of a division-wide remediation project by the Inclusive Description Working Group.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Julius Augustus Furer is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The papers of Julius Augustus Furer are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Julius Augustus Furer Papers, Naval Historical Foundation Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of Julius Augustus Furer (1880-1963) span the period 1910-1962, with the bulk of the papers falling between the years 1915 and 1961. The papers include a diary, correspondence, subject files, speeches and writings, photographs, and printed matter and are organized into the following series: Diary and General Correspondence, Subject File, Speech Article, and Book File, and Miscellany.
Furer's papers relate to his naval activities, including his role as the director of
the salvaging of the submarine
Furer's reports and minutes as class secretary, letters written to classmates, and photographs of naval academy reunions are in correspondence and subject files. His duties as coordinator of research and development for the Navy Department are documented by reports, letters, speeches, and articles.
Furer was a frequent contributor to technical and professional journals and was the author of many articles on naval and maritime subjects published in the
Correspondents in the Diary and General Correspondence series include Furer's classmates of 1901; relatives Albert B. Furer, Kurt Furer, and Clifton Toal; and naval officers Arleigh A. Burke, Ernest McNeill Eller, William Frederick Halsey, John Heffernan, and Samuel Eliot Morison. Other prominent correspondents are Vannevar Bush, K. T. Compton, John Foster Dulles, Jerome C. Hunsaker, and Charles Little.
This collection is arranged in four series:
Diary, correspondence, and miscellaneous items.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material and therein alphabetically by name of person or topic.
Correspondence, reports, photographs, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and miscellaneous items.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Correspondence, drafts, typescripts, notes, printed matter, and miscellaneous items.
Arranged by type of material and therein alphabetically by title.
Memorabilia, newspaper clippings, photographs, and printed matter.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material.