Inventory of the Lyman Atkinson Cotten Papers, 1886-1947
Collection Number 182
Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Contact Information:
- Manuscripts Department
- CB#3926, Wilson Library
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
- Phone: 919/962-1345
- Fax: 919/962-3594
- Email: mss@email.unc.edu
- URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
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Descriptive Summary
- Repository
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
- Creator
- Cotten, Lyman Atkinson, 1874-1926.
- Title
- Lyman Atkinson Cotten Papers, 1886-1947.
- Call Number
- 182
- Language of Materials
- Materials in English
- Extent
- About 7500 items (22.5 linear feet).
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Administrative Information
- Additional Descriptive Resources
- A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], in the Lyman Atkinson Cotten Papers, #182, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Copyright Notice
- Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Online Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
- China--History--Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901.
- Cotten, Lyman Atkinson, 1874-1926.
- Diaries.
- Naval War College (U.S.)--History.
- Philippines--History--Philippine American War, 1899-1902.
- Spanish-American War, 1898--Naval operations.
- United States Naval Academy--Students--History--19th century.
- United States. Navy--Officers.
- United States. Navy--Sea life.
- World War, 1914-1918--Naval operations.
- World War, 1914-1918--United States.
Related Material
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See also Elizabeth Henderson Cotten Papers (#1650); Cotten Family Papers (#3589) in the Southern Historical Collection, University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Biographical Note
Lyman Atkinson Cotten (1874-1926) was a United States naval officer. He was educated at Annapolis (1894-1898), and participated in the Spanish-American War, Philippine insurrection, Boxer Rebellion, Naval War College, Japan, China, World War I, and conflicts in the Near East.
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The collection includes official and personal correspondence, account books, scrapbooks, diaries, lectures, and technical articles of L. A. Cotten, relating to his 32 years of naval service, beginning with his education at Annapolis (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.