Format | • | Manuscript Collection | [X] |
Subject | • | Ohio. National Guard. Cavalry Squadron, 1st. Troop A. | [X] | | • | United States. Army -- History -- Punitive expedition into Mexico, 1916. | [X] | | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History, Military -- Sources. |
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| | • | Construction industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. |
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| | • | Hard, Curtis V., 1845-1917 -- Archives. |
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| | • | Hard, Dudley J., 1872-1950 -- Archives. |
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| | • | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. |
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| | • | Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Personal narratives. |
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| | • | Spence Brothers Construction Company -- Archives. |
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| | • | Spence family. |
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| | • | United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. Division, 37th. |
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| | • | United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. Field Artillery Brigade, 62nd. |
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| | • | United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. Field Artillery, 135th. |
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| | • | United States. Army. Ohio Volunteers, 8th. |
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| | • | World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- France. |
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| | • | World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American. |
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| | • | World War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories -- United States. |
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| | • | World War, 1914-1918 -- United States. |
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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1 | Title: | John Spence Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Spence, John Family | | | | Dates: | 1866-1968 | | | | Abstract: | John Spence immigrated from England in the mid-nineteenth century and worked as a stone contractor. John M. Spence was the first mayor of Cleveland Heights, Ohio (1904-1907), served eighteen years on the Cleveland Heights Board of Education and was active in the state Republican Party executive committee. Along with his three brothers he operated Spence Brothers Construction Company. His nephew, Stanley L. Orr served with Troop A Cavalry Regiment in the Texas-Mexican border dispute of 1916-1917 and was a judge and chairman of the Cleveland Chapter of the Red Cross during World War I. The collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, financial records, and a scrapbook. The collection illustrates the activities of Troop A during the Southwest Expedition, 1916-1917, the business activities of John Spence in the late nineteenth century, and the growth and development of the Spence Brothers Construction Company. | | | | Call #: | MS 4411 | | | | Extent: | 3.01 linear feet (12 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Spence family. | Ohio. National Guard. Cavalry Squadron, 1st. Troop A. | United States. Army -- History -- Punitive expedition into Mexico, 1916. | Spence Brothers Construction Company -- Archives. | Construction industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2 | Title: | 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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