James G. Harbord papers, 1886-1938 (bulk 1918-1919).

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James G. Harbord papers, 1886-1938 (bulk 1918-1919).

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Correspondence, personal diary, confidential cables, administrative memoranda of General John J. Pershing, records of conversations, clippings, scrapbooks, operation maps, barrage charts, sketches, a portrait, and other papers pertaining to Harbord's service in the U.S. Army. Pertains primarily to his service as Pershing's chief of staff during World War I; commander of a marine brigade during the battle of Chateau-Thierry, France, in 1918; commander of the U.S. Army 2nd Division in the Soissons offensive; and commander of U.S. Army American Expeditionary Forces Service of Supply (1918-1919). Also documents Harbord's service as chief of the American Military Mission to Armenia (1919) as well as his service prior to World War I, especially as assistant chief of the Philippine Constabulary. Subjects include politics within the U.S. Army and Newton Diehl Baker's activities during World War I. Includes records of the U.S. Army 2nd Division and translations of war diaries of units of the German Army (Heer). Correspondents include Newton Diehl Baker, Harry Hill Bandholtz, Tasker Howard Bliss, Jean Degoutte, Sir Douglas Haig, W.W. Harts, Herbert Hoover, Hugh S. Johnson, Peyton Conway March, Frank Ross McCoy, Frank McIntyre, John McAuley Palmer, John J. Pershing, Philippe Pétain, Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft, and Leonard Wood.

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