Inventory of the Archibald Henderson Scales Scrapbooks, 1883-1929

Collection Number 651


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Biographical Note
Collection Overview
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
Scales, Archibald Henderson, 1868-1952.
Title
Archibald Henderson Scales Scrapbooks, 1883-1929.
Call Number
651
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
6 volumes (0.5 linear feet).
Abstract
Archibald Henderson Scales was a rear admiral in the United States Navy. The collection is scrapbooks containing correspondence, pictures, and clippings documenting the career of Archibald Scales as a United States Naval Academy cadet, officer on active service, commander of the Great Lakes Training Station during World War I, and commander of the Naval Academy, 1919-1921.


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Administrative Information

Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
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 Archibald Henderson Scales Scrapbooks, #651, 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.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Great Lakes Naval Training Center (Great Lakes, Ill.)
Naval education--United States--History.
Scales, Archibald Henderson, 1868-1952.
Scrapbooks.
United States Naval Academy--History--20th century.
United States Naval Academy--Students--History--19th century.
United States. Navy--History--20th century.
United States. Navy--History--World War, 1914-1918.
United States. Navy--Officers--Correspondence.
United States. Navy--Pictorial works.
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Biographical Note

Archibald Henderson Scales (1868-1952) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy.

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Collection Overview

The collection is scrapbooks containing correspondence, pictures, and clippings documenting the career of Archibald Scales as a United States Naval Academy cadet, officer on active service, commander of the Great Lakes Training Station during World War I, and commander of the Naval Academy, 1919-1921.