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[Identification of item], in the Lyman Atkinson Cotten Papers, #182, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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• 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.

• See also Elizabeth Henderson Cotten Papers (#1650); Cotten Family Papers (#3589) in the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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.

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.