The Harry L. Hillyard papers, 1934-1981.

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The Harry L. Hillyard papers, 1934-1981.

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Contains the following types of materials: correspondence, personnel documents, awards / certificates, clippings, magazines, newspapers, reports / studies, ephemera, special orders poetry, inventories of personal household goods. Contains information pertaining to the following war: World War I. General description of the collection: The Harry L. Hillyard papers include general officer's papers such as official documents, orders, correspondence and reports of his assignments. There is a good study on the origins of the Joint chief of Staff and of the Army Reserve, Reserve Officer Training Corps [ROTC] and the active Army interaction. There is also a synopsis of the activities of the XXI Corps from 1943 to 1969. There are a lot of papers but not much in the way of substance.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7575435

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United States. Joint Chiefs of Staff

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United States. Army Reserve

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Hillyard, Harry L. (Harry Lester), 1911-

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United States. Army. Corps, XXI.

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United States. Army. Reserve Officers' Training Corps

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The Department of Military Science was established at the University of Oregon in 1919. The school had sponsored military training through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program before the creation of a Military Science department. In January 1916, then University of Oregon, (UO) president Prince Lucien Cambell, established a ROTC curriculum led by LTC John Leader, a retired British officer. Over 100 students participated in the first drill in March 1916, le...