Sam H. Harris, Jr., papers, 1915-1922.

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Sam H. Harris, Jr., papers, 1915-1922.

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Correspondence, postcards, newsclippings, pamphlets, and a periodical titled The Hatchet (published aboard the U.S.S. George Washington) relating to Harris's service with the American Expeditionary Force in France and his life in Chicago after World War I.

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