Papers, 1904-1959.

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Papers, 1904-1959.

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Collection consists of correspondence, diary, printed material, official papers, photographs, books, magazines, and memorabilia of Pelham Davis Glassford, retired Brigadier General, United States Army. Includes material on the 1932 Bonus Army and the Imperial Valley (Calif.) labor disputes of 1934.

26 boxes (13 linear ft.)1 oversize box.

University of California, Los Angeles

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University of California, Los Angeles

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Glassford, Pelham D., 1883-1959

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Glassford was born on Aug. 8, 1883 in Las Vegas, NM; raised in Denver, CO, graduating from West Point in 1904; became a field artillery officer, and served three years as an instructor at West Point; in July 1918, assumed command of the 103rd Field Artillery in the American Expeditionary Force in France during World War I; retired from the army in July 1931, and was appointed police chief of Washington, DC; in May 1932, a group of unemployed veterans known as the Bonus Army converged on the capi...

Bonus Expeditionary Forces

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