Z 1274.000 Bass (Ivan E.) Genealogical Collection

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BASS (IVAN E.) GENEALOGICAL COLLECTION

Ivan Ernest Bass was born near Columbia, Marion County, Mississippi, on July 29, 1877. He was the son of farmer and pecan-nursery owner Isaac Esau Bass and his wife, Mary Eliza Wilkes Bass. One of eight children, Bass graduated from Columbia High School and entered the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, on May 20, 1897. He earned a bachelor of science degree in engineering from the academy on June 7, 1901. After serving two years as a midshipman, Bass received a commission as a second lieutenant in the United States Navy.

On November 26, 1915, Bass married Florence Victoria Bouché of Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. During his long naval career, Bass served as head of the machinery division of the Boston and New York navy yards and as engineer of the Asiatic fleet. He was awarded the Silver Star for meritorious service during World War I. Bass was eventually promoted to the rank of rear admiral on March 1, 1934. He applied for retirement in August of 1941, but after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941, Bass requested to be placed back on active duty. He remained on active duty until his retirement on December 31, 1947.

Bass was an avid genealogical researcher who published two books on the Bass and Wilkes families of Mississippi. He continued his research until his death at the age of ninety on November 1, 1967.

The majority of this collection consists of Ivan E. Basss genealogical research files, which are split between two series: (1) subject files and (3) miscellaneous materials. Both series contain correspondence, notes, and scattered photographs. A copy of Basss History and Genealogy of Thomas Wilkes is in series 2. Papers relating to Basss naval career are in series 4. A scrapbook of newsclippings relating to Basss naval career is in series 5. Various genealogical charts are in series 6.

1. Genealogical Subject Files. ca. 1897-1967. 6.00 c.f. Arranged alphabetically. Boxes 1-7
2. Publication (History and Genealogy of Thomas Wilkes). 1965. 1 item. Box 7
3. Genealogical Materials (Miscellaneous). Various dates. 3.16 c.f. Boxes 7-11
4. Naval Career Papers. ca. 1897-1947. 0.33 c.f. Includes correspondence relating to Basss naval career; arranged chronologically. Box 12
5. Scrapbook. n.d. 0.20 c.f. Includes newsclippings relating to Basss naval career. Box 13
6. Genealogical Charts. n.d. 0.60 c.f. Boxes 13-14

• Box 1: Genealogical subject files:

  Admiral Bass--miscellaneous Bass data.

  Alabama.

  Alabama--county officials; awaiting reply.

  Alabama--Maud McLure Kelly.

  Alabama--Bruce Meyers.

  Alabama--Mrs. B. Pierce Pattilo.

  Alabama--Mrs. Gandrud.

  Alabama letters (A-L).

  Alabama letters (Mc-Z).

  Anson, Bertie, and Bute counties, North Carolina.

  Bass.

  Bass--Alabama.

  Bass--Amite County (2 folders).

  Bass--Georgia.

  Bass--North Carolina and report of F. L. Morris.

  Bass--South Carolina.

  Bass--Virginia.

  Bass--Louisiana.

  Bass--Miscellaneous.

  Bass--Mississippi.

  Brown.

  Buckley.

• Box 2: Genealogical subject files (continued):

  Carr Publishing Company; Shenandoah Publishing House, Inc.; Garrett and Massie, Inc.

  Chatham County, North Carolina.

  Chowan, Craven, Cumberland.

  Conyers--England, Bermuda, miscellaneous.

  Conyers--Arundel--North Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, South Carolina.

  Cranford.

  Cross.

  Data--General.

  Devon and Cornwall Record Society.

  Dobbs, Dublin counties, North Carolina.

  Dr. Albert D. Bell.

  Edgecombe, Franklin counties, North Carolina.

  Granville, Halifax, Hertford counties, North Carolina.

  Genealogical forms.

  Genealogical societies--genealogists.

  Genealogy--general.

  Bass family history.

  Georgia.

  Georgia--inactive correspondence.

  Georgia--Mrs. A. I. Richardson.

  Georgia--Mrs. Albert L. Fisher.

  Georgia--Mrs. C. W. Matthews.

  Georgia--Mrs. Eugene A. Stanley.

  Georgia--Mrs. George Bailey.

  Georgia letters (A-G).

  Georgia letters (H-Z).

  Georgia--state and county officials.

• Box 3: Genealogical subject files (continued):

  Huston E. Johnson, Salt Lake City, Utah.

  John W. Bramlett.

  Jordan.

  Lucian G. Wilkes--North Carolina.

  McNeese--Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia.

  McNeese--South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee.

  Miscellaneous.

  Miscellaneous letters (A-Ba).

  Miscellaneous letters (Be-E).

  Miscellaneous letters (F-L).

  Miscellaneous letters (Mc-K).

  Miscellaneous letters (S-Z).

  Miscellaneous letters--inactive (A-J).

  Miscellaneous letters--inactive (L-Z).

  Miscellaneous purchases and services (furs).

• Box 4: Genealogical subject files (continued):

  Helen Thacker, London, England.

  S. L. England, London, England.

  Mississippi.

  Mississippi--John D. McNeese.

  Mississippi letters (A-B).

  Mississippi letters (C-H).

  Mississippi letters (I-N).

  Mississippi letters (L-Z).

  Mississippi--Mrs. Coy Kelly.

  Mississippi--Mrs. Henry L. Brown; Mrs. B. Frank Smith.

  Mississippi--Mrs. J. H. McBee.

  Mississippi--Mrs. Kirby Thompson.

  Mississippi--Mrs. Richard D. Owen.

  Mississippi--Noble H. Pace.

  John Coker, Birmingham, England; and Alan W. Rolfe.

• Box 5: Genealogical subject files (continued):

  R. G. Hamshaw, England; Society of Genealogists.

  W. E. C. Cotton, London, England; Phillimore and Co., Ltd.; Ottley and Ottley.

  Mrs. G. M. Rouzan--Louisiana.

  Mrs. James Searcy--Virginia.

  Julia H. Langley--South Carolina.

  Mrs. Moffat Ware--North Carolina.

  Mrs. W. M. Bell--North Carolina.

  Margaret Hoffman.

  Mrs. John Keer, Jr.

  Nash, Northampton counties.

  North Carolina.

  North Carolina--Hugh B. Johnston, Jr.; Mrs. J. M. Davis.

  North Carolina--inactive correspondence.

  North Carolina--James Albert Bass, Jr.

  North Carolina--military and census.

  North Carolina--Elizabeth Moore.

  North Carolina--Mrs. B. W. Huggins.

  North Carolina--Mrs. F. K. Biggs, Sr.

  North Carolina--F. L. Morris.

  North Carolina--Mrs. John Kerr, Jr.

  North Carolina--state and county officials.

  North Carolina letters (A-D).

  North Carolina letters (E-Z).

  North Carolina--J. S. Gardner; William Perry Johnson.

  North Carolina--Miss Delamar; Charles R. Holleman.

  Orange, Perquimans, Randolph counties, North Carolina.

• Box 6: Genealogical subject files (continued):

  Original data--copied.

  Pace.

  Pittman.

  R. W. Haw, Richmond, Virginia.

  Richmond, Robeson, Rowen counties, North Carolina.

  Sampson, Stokes, Surry, Tyrrell counties, North Carolina.

  South Carolina--Elizabeth C. Drake.

  South Carolina.

  South Carolina--state and county officials.

  South Carolina--Mrs. W. S. FitzSimons; Mrs. T. R. Simmons; Mrs. S. C. Simmons.

  South Carolina--Mrs. J. W. Crowder.

  South Carolina--H. M. DeLorme.

  South Carolina letters (A-J).

  South Carolina letters (K-Z).

  Virginia--John F. Dorman.

  Virginia.

  Virginia.

  Virginia--state and county officials.

  Virginia letters (A-J).

  Virginia--Ann Waller Reddy; Louise M. Hix; George W. Glass.

  Virginia--Miss Beale Buckley-Pitman.

  Virginia--Mrs. I. J. Lee; J. H. Creecy.

  Virginia--Mrs. W. S. Morton.

  Wayne County, North Carolina.

• Box 7: genealogical subject files (continued):

  Wilkes family history and genealogy.

  Wilkes--general.

  Wilkes--Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee.

  Wilkes--South Carolina publications; miscellaneous genealogical materials.

• Box 8: Miscellaneous genealogical materials (continued).
• Box 9: Miscellaneous genealogical materials (continued).
• Box 10: Miscellaneous genealogical materials (continued).
• Box 11: Miscellaneous genealogical materials (continued).
• Box 12: Naval career papers.
• Box 13: Scrapbook and accompanying materials; genealogical charts; photocopies of research materials; certificate; map.
• Box 14: Oversized genealogical charts; photocopies of research materials; maps; photographs.