Edward Baxter Billingsley Papers

The Edward Baxter Billingsley Collection (1817-1819, 1938–1999, undated) consists of historical research materials, drafts, and a typescript copy (643 pages) of <emph render="italic" xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9">One Destroyer and World War II: A History of the U. S. S. Emmons (DD457-DM22)</emph>, by Edward Baxter Billingsley, that he later published as <emph render="italic" xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9">The Emmons Saga: A History of the U. S. S. Emmons (DD457 – DM22)</emph>. Also included are photographic prints, photocopied naval documents, and microfilm reels concerning his research, and correspondence (1817-1819) related to his dissertation on Chilean and Peruvian wars of Independence.