James G. Harbord papers, 1886-1938 (bulk 1918-1919).
- 24,000 items. 38 containers. 14 linear feet.
Open to research.
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.
Photographs Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. transferred to
Army officer and business executive.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room.
mm 78024844
Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937. Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937 --Correspondence. Bandholtz, Harry Hill, 1864-1925 --Correspondence. Bliss, Tasker Howard, 1853-1930 --Correspondence. Degoutte, Jean, 1866-1938 --Correspondence. Haig, Douglas Haig, Earl, 1861-1928 --Correspondence. Harts, W. W. 1866-1961 --Correspondence. Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 --Correspondence. Johnson, Hugh S. 1882-1942 --Correspondence. March, Peyton Conway, 1864-1955 --Correspondence. McCoy, Frank Ross, 1874-1954 --Correspondence. McIntyre, Frank, 1865-1944 --Correspondence. Palmer, John McAuley, 1870-1955 --Correspondence. Pershing, John J. 1860-1948. Pershing, John J. 1860-1948 --Correspondence. Pétain, Philippe, 1856-1951 --Correspondence. Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 --Correspondence. Taft, William H. 1857-1930 --Correspondence. Wood, Leonard, 1860-1927 --Correspondence.
Germany Heer. United States. American Military Mission to Armenia, 1919. United States. Army. United States. Army --Supplies and stores. United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. Services of Supply. Philippine Constabulary.
Château-Thierry, Battle of, Château-Thierry, France, 1918. World War, 1914-1918. World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--France.