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| Size | 22.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 7500 items) |
| Abstract | Lyman A. Cotten (1874-1926) was a United States naval officer. The collection includes official and personal correspondence, account books, scrapbooks, diaries, lectures, and technical articles of Lyman A. Cotten, relating to his 32 years of naval service, beginning with his education at the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md., 1894-1898, and including his participation in the Spanish-American War, Philippine insurrection, Boxer Rebellion, Naval War College, Japan, China, World War I, and conflicts in the Near East. |
| Creator | Cotten, Lyman A. (Lyman Atkinson), 1874-1926. |
| Language | English |
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Lyman Atkinson Cotten (1874-1926) was a United States naval officer. He was educated at the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md., 1894-1898, and participated in the Spanish-American War, Philippine insurrection, Boxer Rebellion, and the Naval War College, and served in Japan, China, World War I, and conflicts in the Near East. His wife was Elizabeth Brownrigg Henderson Cotten of Salisbury, N.C.
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The collection includes official and personal correspondence, account books, scrapbooks, diaries, lectures, and technical articles of Lyman A. Cotten, relating to his 32 years of naval service, beginning with his education at the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md., 1894-1898, and including his participation in the Spanish-American War, Philippine insurrection, Boxer Rebellion, and the Naval War College, and his involvement in Japan, China, World War I, and conflicts in the Near East. There are also some personal papers and correspondence, chiefly 1950s, of Cotten's wife, Elizabeth Brownrigg Henderson Cotten, particularly related to mutual friends and interests and family concerns. Included in Mrs. Cotten's papers is a note from e. e. cummings.
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Lyman A. Cotten Papers, 1886-1947 and undated.
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, July 2010
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
Diacritics and other special characters have been omitted from this finding aid to facilitate keyword searching in web browsers.
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