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1Title:  Robert Owen Fritz Letters     
 Creator:  Fritz, Robert Owen 
 Dates:  1898 
 Abstract:  Robert Owen Fritz (d. 1935) was a soldier in Troop C, 1st Regiment, Ohio Cavalry, during the Spanish-American War. The collection consists of letters and postcards written by Fritz to members of his family in Cleveland, Ohio, while he was serving in the Spanish-American War, containing comments about general camp routine and conditions, and the training program at Camp George H. Thomas, Chickamauga Park, Lytle, Georgia, and at a camp in Lakeland, Florida 
 Call #:  MS 3274 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Fritz, Robert Owen, d. 1935. | United States. Army. Ohio Cavalry Regiment, 1st (1898). Troop C. | Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. | Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Personal narratives.
 
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2Title:  William Weisheimer Family Papers     
 Creator:  Weisheimer, William Family 
 Dates:  1870-1949 
 Abstract:  William Weisheimer was a German immigrant who settled in Cleveland, Ohio. His daughter Marie married Harry A. Spencer, the son of Dr. George Spencer of the Cleveland Homeopathic Medical College. John G. Eberhard served in Company H of the 20th United States Infantry Regiment during the Spanish-American War. The collection consists of certificates and letters from Germany addressed to William Weisheimer; autograph albums, school notebooks and attendance registers, and United States travel diaries of Marie Weisheimer; letters to Marie Weisheimer from John Eberhard while he was stationed in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War; letters to Harry Spencer (primarily from his father, Dr. George Spencer); and a scrapbook containing copies of articles by Dr. Spencer, and his chemistry notes. 
 Call #:  MS 3253 
 Extent:  0.60 linear feet (2 containers) 
 Subjects:  Weisheimer family. | United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 20th. | Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. | Physicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Miscellanea. | United States -- Description and travel -- 1900-1920. | Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Personal narratives.
 
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3Title:  Dudley J. Hard Papers     
 Creator:  Hard, Dudley J. 
 Dates:  1864-1944 
 Abstract:  Dudley J. Hard (1872-1950) was a Cleveland, Ohio, businessman and soldier. He was a member of Cleveland's Troop A, serving with the First Squadron Ohio Cavalry during the Mexican border dispute of 1916-1917, and with the 135th Field Artillery in France during World War I, commanding the unit from August 1917 to April 1919. He retired a brigadier general in 1936. His father, Curtis V. Hard, of Wooster, Ohio, served as a colonel in the 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Cuban campaign of 1898. The collection consists of military orders, bulletins, memoranda, rosters, payrolls, maps, war diaries, tactical procedures, discharge records, correspondence, newspaper clippings, certificates of commission, and a souvenir volume and programs. Included are records relating to the Eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, the 135th Field Artillery, the 62nd Field Artillery Brigade and the 37th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, and souvenir volumes concerning various Cleveland military units. Also included are documents relating to the military career and death of Curtis V. Hard, the Spanish-American War, and his manuscript account of the war which was published in 1988 as, Banners in the air. 
 Call #:  MS 3138 
 Extent:  2.10 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  Hard, Dudley J., 1872-1950 -- Archives. | Hard, Curtis V., 1845-1917 -- Archives. | United States. Army -- History -- Punitive expedition into Mexico, 1916. | United States. Army. Ohio Volunteers, 8th. | Ohio. National Guard. Cavalry Squadron, 1st. Troop A. | United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. Field Artillery, 135th. | United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. Division, 37th. | United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. Field Artillery Brigade, 62nd. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- France. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories -- United States. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American. | World War, 1914-1918 -- United States. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History, Military -- Sources. | Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Personal narratives.
 
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