Correspondence, 1884-1938 National Archives Identifier 2794671
This series consists of letters sent, letters received, and press copies of correspondence on topics such as river and harbor projects, surveys, and fortifications.
Letters Received and Sent, 1884-1906
Entry 1113; 55 boxes
Box 1-2. Beaufort Harbor Project, 1892-1906
Box 3-4. Beaufort and New River Waterway Project, 1891-1905
Box 5. Beaufort and New Bern River Waterway, 1893-1905
Box 6. Black River Project, 1892-1912
Box 7-24. Cape Fear River Below, 1892-1906
Box 25-28. Cape Fear River Above, 1892-1924
Box 29. Contentnia Creek, 1892-1906
Box 30. Fishing Creek, 1892-1926
Box 31. Georgetown Harbor and Lockwood’s Folly River, 1892-1894
Box 32-33. Neuse River, 1893-1904
Box 34-35. New River, 1892-1906
Box 36. New River and Swainsboro River, 1895-1904
Box 37. Northeast River, 1899-1912
Box 38-40. Ocracoke Inlet, 1892-1904
Box 41-44. Pamlico and Tar River, 1892-1906
Box 45. Shallotte and Stanton River, 1893-1905
Box 46. Town Creek and Northeast River, 1899-1906
Box 47-48. Trent River, 1889-1906
Box 49-52. Wingaw Bay, 1892-1896
Box 53. Yadkin River, 1892-1897
Box 54. Miscellaneous Indexed Letters, 1899-1906
Box 55. Miscellaneous Indexed Letters, 1903-1910
Reports of Operations, 1891-1907
Entry 1121; 3 boxes
Box 1. Reports of Cape Fear Below
Property Records, 1891-1906
Records of Accounts, 1891-1907
Box 2. Reports of Operations
Contracts, 1906
Reports of Steamers and Dredges, 1896-1900
Box 3. Reports of Operations, 1891-1907
Letters Received and Sent, 1892-1909
Entry 1117; 14 boxes (94-98, 1-9)
Box 94. Letters and Civil Service Applications, 1897-1909
Box 95. Letters Received, 1895-1904
Box 96. Letters Received, 1896-1900
Box 97. Miscellaneous Letters, 1896-1903
Box 98. Financial Correspondence, 1892-1898
Box 1. Letters Received related to Funds, 1898-1901
Box 2. Letters Received related to Funds, 1901
Box 3. Letters Received related to Funds, 1902
Box 4. Letters Received related to Funds, 1903
Box 5. Letters Received related to Funds, 1903-1904
Box 6. Letters regarding Monuments, 1905-1906
Box 7. Letters regarding National Defense and Personnel, 1898-1901
Box 8. Letters regarding National Defense and Personnel, 1895-1898
Box 9. Letters regarding National Defense and Personnel, 1898-1901
Letters Received and Sent, 1892-1906
Entry 1114; 16 boxes (56-71)
Box 56-71. Correspondence regarding Fortifications, 1892-1906
Letters Received and Sent, 1892-1906
Entry 1116; 21 boxes (73-93)
Box 73-84. Letters Received, 1892-1903
Box 85. Letters Received, 1904
Box 86-88. Letters Received, 1905
Box 89. Letters Received, 1906
Box 90. Letters Sent, 1892-1893
Box 91. Letters Sent, 1895-1897
Box 92. Letters Sent, 1892-1899
Box 93. Letters Sent, 1903-1906
Reports Received and Sent, 1893-1897
Entry 1120; 5 boxes (1-5)
Box 1. Reports Sent, 1893-1894
Box 2-3. Reports Sent, 1894-1895
Box 4. Reports Sent, 1896-1897
Box 5. Reports Received, 1894-1895
*Endorsements, 1909 (Entry 1119)
Field Survey Notebooks, 1903-1934
Entry 1122; 5 boxes
Box 1. Cape Fear, 1909-1921
Fort Caswell 1913-1921
Box 2. Beaufort Inlet – Wrightrifle Tretle, 1910-1934
Box 3. Cross Section and Field Books, 1903-1934
Box 4. Survey of Spur Dikes on Lower Lilliport, 1903-1934
Box 5. Level Books, 1903-1934
Register of Correspondence, 1905-1906
Entry 1115; 1 box (72)
Each entry of correspondence includes the correspondence number, the date, the name or firm to whom or by whom the correspondence was sent, and a brief description.
Examination and Survey Files, 1907-1938
Entry 1118; 7 boxes (1-7)
There are index sheets throughout the files that list the correspondence number, description of the correspondence, date, and to and from whom the correspondence was written. There are also maps and drawings attached to some of the correspondence throughout the series. The second number denotes the folder number in the box (Box
1.3 = Box 1, Folder 3).
Box 1.1. Bogue Sound near Morehead City, 1909-1910
Box 1.2. Various creeks and rivers, 1909-1917
Little Contentnia Creek, 1909
Box 1.3. Smiths Creek, 1909-1935
White Oak River, 1907-1916
Box 1.4. White Oak River, 1907-1916
Maysville, 1915
Assignments by the Chief of Engineers (with index sheet), 1919-1927
Box 1.5. Assignments by the Chief of Engineers, General Matters of, and Instructions
(with index sheet), 1909-1930
Box 1.6. Assignments by the Chief of Engineers, General Matters of, and Instructions
(with index sheet), 1930-1935
Box 2.1. Swift Creek, 1909-1911
Box 2.2. Contentnia Creek, 1909
Core Creek, 1910-1912
Belhaven Harbor, 1910-1912
Slades Creek, 1910-1912
Box 2.3. Core Sound Channel to Newport River, 1910-1922
Box 2.4. Elizabeth River, 1910-1912
Fishing Creek, 1910-1911
Box 2.5. Shallotte River, 1915-1920
Deep Creek, 1911-1928
Box 2.6. Shelter River, 1912-1920
Box 3.1. Cape Channel, 1912-1913
Harbor at Silver Lake Ocracoke, 1912-1928
Box 3.2. Harbor at Silver Lake Ocracoke, 1912-1928
Inland Waterway Pamlico River at Goose Creek to Jones Bay, 1913
Box 3.3. New River, 1912
Northwest Prong Bay River to Dam Bayboro, 1912-1913
Newport River, 1913
Box 3.4. Newport River, 1913
Hoods Creek, 1915
Neuse River, 1915-1918
Box 3.5. Neuse River, 1915-1918
Town Creek, 1916-1929
Gales Creek, 1916-1917
Box 4.1. Queens Creek, 1917-1918
Waterway from New Bern to Wilmington via Trent and Northeast Rivers, 1919-
1920
Mill Cut – stream flowing into Neuse River 5 miles west of Adams Crek, 1922-
1924
Box 4.2. Mill Cut, 1922-1924
Cape Fear above with a view to 3rd Lock and Dam, 1922-1930
Box 4.3. Cape Fear above with a view to 3rd Lock and Dam, 1922-1930
Box 4.4. Cape Fear above with a view to 3rd Lock and Dam, 1922-1930
Box 5.1. Cape Fear above with a view to 3rd Lock and Dam, 1922-1930
Box 5.2. South River to Sloans Bridge, 1925
Box 5.3. Proposed Improvement to Cape Fear River, 1922-1930
Box 5.4. Lockwood Folly River, 1925
Shallotte River, 1925-1926
Elizabeth River, 1925
Box 5.5. Muddy Slough, 1925
Belhaven Harbor, 1925-1937
Box 5.6. Belhaven Harbor, 1925-1937
Newport River, 1925-1933
Box 6.1. Smiths Creek and Harbor at Oriental, 1925-1939
Box 6.2. North River, 1925-1933
Beaufort Harbor and Gallants Channel, 1925-1939
Box 6.3. Beaufort Harbor and Gallants Channel, 1925-1939
Channel from North River via Black Sound to Lighthouse Bay, 1927-1933
Douglas Bay, 1927-1929
Box 6.4. Far Creek from Pamlico Sound to Engelhard, 1927-1931
Smiths Creek, 1927-1932
Box 6.5. Smiths Creek, 1927-1932
Battlefield at Bentonville, 1928-1929
Fort Fisher, 1928
Box 6.6. Battlefield at Alamance, 1928 (1808 map of location) Box 7.1. Channel Pamlico Sound to Beaufort Harbor, 1930-1940
Box 7.2 Vandemere Harbor, 1935-1936
Channel Pamlico Sound to Beaufort, 1937-1939
Box 7.3. Trent River from Trenton to Tuckahoe Bridge, 1930-1932
Pamlico Sound to Beaufort, 1931-1937
Box 7.4. Contentnia Creek, 1937-1938
Factory Landing near Hampstead, 1936-1937
Flood Control of Drum Inlet, 1936-1938
Box 7.5. Inland Waterway from Cape Fear to St. Johns River (FL), 1936
Mill Creek at Pollocksville, 1930
Limestone Creek, 1930
Box 7.6. Contentnia Creek, 1930-1935
Alligator Creek, 1930-1931
Press Copies of Endorsements, 1909
Entry 1119; 1 small book
This small bound volume is in Box 5 of Entry 1120 – Reports, 1893-1897.
