Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of "Theodore Roosevelt’s 'Great White Fleet'" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
Admiral Robley Evans, Atlantic Fleet, battleship, cruise, Great White Fleet, maritime, Pacific, Roosevelt.
For articles relating to specific cities or states that the Fleet visited, include that city or state in your search:
Hawaii, Hampton Roads, VA, San Francisco, CA, and Washington State.
For articles relating to specific countries that the Fleet visited, include the country in your search:
Australia, Brazil, Ceylon, Chile, China, Egypt, Gibraltar, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, and Trinidad.
To narrow results, search the dates from July 1907 and February 1909

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"Practice Cruise Asserts Metcalf"
The Times Dispatch (Richmond, VA), July 10, 1907, Page 1, Image 1, col. 2.
"Massing the Navy in the Pacific,"
The National Tribune (Washington, DC), July 11, 1907, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"Eager to Sail"
The Washington Herald (Washington, DC), December 15, 1907, Page 1, Image 1, col. 7.
"Fleet Steams Southward as Cannons Fire Salute to Commander-in-Chief"
The Washington Times (Washington, DC), Decmber 16, 1907, Page 1, Image 1, col. 3.
"Wireless Phones make Battleship Fleet one Gigantic Chain"
The Washington Times (Washington, DC), December 29, 1907, Page 3, image 35, col. 1.
"Uncle Sam's Pacific Fleet"
The Leavenworth Echo (Leavenworth, WA), January 3, 1908, Page 8, Image 8, col. 1.
"Welcome Come In!"
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA), April 26, 1908, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"Japan Resumes Normal Tenor, Well Pleased"
The Los Angeles Herald (Los Angeles, CA), October 26, 1908, Page 1, Image 1, col. 6.
"Atlantic Fleet Weighs Anchor"
The Winchester News (Wichester, KY), December 1, 1908, Page 1, Image 1, col. 6.
"Battleship Fleet Starts on Last Lap of Famous Cruise"
The Pensacola Journal (Pensacola, FL) , February 7, 1909, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"Old Dominion Welcomes World-Circling Fleet on its Return to Virginia Waters"
The Times Dispatch (Richmond, VA), February 22, 1909, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"The Greatest Cruise in History"
The Citizen (Berea, KY), February 25, 1909, Page 3, Image 3, col. 1.
"Around the World with the Fleet"
The Los Angeles Herald (Los Angeles, CA), March 7, 1909, Pages 5-9, Image 39, col. 1.

Theodore Roosevelt’s “Great White Fleet”: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America