MARC Record from Library of Congress

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100 1 $aWilkes, Charles,$d1798-1877.
245 00 $aCharles Wilkes papers,$f1607-1959$g(bulk 1841-1865).
300 $a6,500$fitems.
300 $a45$fcontainers plus$a2$foversize plus$a1$fvault container.
300 $a26$fmicrofilm reels.
300 $a18$flinear feet.
506 0 $aOpen to research.
520 8 $aCorrespondence, letterbooks, journals and diaries, autobiography, scientific tracts and notes detailing weather and tidal observations, legal and financial papers, genealogical charts, printed material, and other papers. Subjects include Wilkes's command of an expedition (1838-1842) to the Antarctic, islands in the Pacific, and the northwest coast of the U.S.; his work in Washington, D.C., preparing and publishing (1843-1863) information collected by the expedition; his capture of J.M. Mason and John Slidell in the Trent affair (1861); and his command of the James River Flotilla and the West India Squadron during the Civil War. Subjects include efforts to capture Confederate destroyers, commerce in the North, and dissatisfaction with American leadership during the Civil War; and an outbreak of cholera in Germany in 1873. Also includes letterbooks (1817-1841) of William Compton Bolton. Correspondents include Louis Agassiz, James Dwight Dana, Joseph Drayton, Asa Gray, George Brinton McClellan, Fred D. Stuart, and Gideon Welles.
520 8 $aFamily papers include correspondence of Charles Wilkes, his children John, Jane, and Eliza, and his wives Jane Renwick Wilkes and Mary Lynch Bolton Wilkes; genealogies; and marriage and building contracts, leases, inventories, promissory notes, trust agreements, and debt records dating from the seventeenth century concerning the family in England and America.
530 $aMicrofilm edition of containers 1-31 available,$dno. 16,501.
533 $aMicrofilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division.$bWashington, D.C. :$cLibrary of Congress Photoduplication Service.
541 $cGift,$aRosalee Lockwood-Jones, Mrs. M.L. Hull, and C. Denby Wilkes,$d1921-1964.
541 $cGift,$aGilbert Wilkes and estate of Gilbert Wilkes,$d2002-2010.
545 0 $aNaval officer and explorer.
546 $aCollection material in English.
555 8 $aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms002005
600 10 $aAgassiz, Louis,$d1807-1873$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBolton, William Compton,$dd. 1849$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aDana, James Dwight,$d1813-1895$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aDrayton, Joseph$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aGray, Asa,$d1810-1888$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aMason, J. M.$q(James Murray),$d1798-1871.
600 10 $aMcClellan, George Brinton,$d1826-1885$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aSlidell, John,$d1793-1871.
600 10 $aStuart, Fred D.$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aWelles, Gideon,$d1802-1878$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aWilkes, Eliza$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aWilkes, Jane$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aWilkes, Jane Renwick,$dd. 1843$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aWilkes, John,$d1827-1908$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aWilkes, Mary Lynch Bolton$vCorrespondence.
600 30 $aWilkes family.
610 10 $aConfederate States of America.$bNavy.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bNavy.$bJames River Flotilla.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bNavy.$bPotomac Flotilla.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bNavy.$bWest India Squadron.
611 20 $aUnited States Exploring Expedition$d(1838-1842)
650 0 $aAstronomy.
650 0 $aCholera$zGermany.
650 0 $aMaps.
650 0 $aMeteorology$xObservations.
650 0 $aScientific expeditions$zAntarctica.
650 0 $aScientific expeditions$zHawaii.
650 0 $aScientific expeditions$zOceania.
650 0 $aTides.
650 0 $aTrent Affair, 1861.
651 0 $aAntarctica$xDiscovery and exploration.
651 0 $aHawaii$xDiscovery and exploration.
651 0 $aOceania$xDiscovery and exploration.
651 0 $aUnited States$xCommerce.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xNaval operations.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1861-1865.
656 7 $aExplorers.$2itoamc
656 7 $aNaval officers.$2itoamc
852 $aLibrary of Congress$bManuscript Division$eWashington, D.C. 20540 USA$ndcu$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
856 4 $3Finding aid$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms002005
856 4 $3Finding aid (PDF)$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms002005.3