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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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2	Title:	Cleveland Military Units Records
	Creator:	Cleveland Military Units
	Dates:	1877-1964
	Abstract:	Troop A was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1877 as an independent military unit to defend against strikers and unruly mobs. It affiliated with the Ohio National Guard in 1877, formed part of the 1st Ohio Volunteer Cavalry in 1898, was absorbed into the 135th Field Artillery in 1918, and reorganized in 1920 as Troop A of the 107th Cavalry Regiment of the Ohio National Guard. It became part of the 107th Armored Cavalry Regiment in 1947. The Cleveland Gatling Gun Battery was also founded in 1877 to quell labor violence. It disbanded by 1905. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, invoices, vouchers, financial statements and reports, ledger sheets, legal documents and briefs, newspaper clippings, blueprints, and maps of the 1st Cleveland Cavalry (Troop A); constitution, by-laws, minutes, financial accounts, rosters, booklets of memoranda and statistical information, and other materials of the Cleveland Gatling Gun Battery; and records of the Troop A Armory Company, the Cavalry Riding Academy, and the Cavalry Veteran Association.
	Call #:	MS 3000
	Extent:	8.0 linear feet (20 containers)
	Subjects:	United States. Army. -- History -- Punitive expedition into Mexico, 1916. \| Troop A (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Strikes and lockouts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| World War, 1914-1918. \| World War, 1939-1945. \| United States -- Armed Forces -- Reserves. \| United States -- Militia. \| United States -- History, Military. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- History, Military. \| Riots -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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3	Title:	Laurence Harper Norton Papers
	Creator:	Norton, Laurence Harper
	Dates:	1760-1960
	Abstract:	Laurence Harper Norton (1888-1960) was a soldier, banker, industrialist, Ohio state legislator and Cleveland civic and cultural leader. He was also private secretary to Ambassador Myron T. Herrick and president of the Western Reserve Historical Society. The collection consists of correspondence, legal documents, financial records, newspaper clippings, photographs, genealogical materials, certificates and other materials relating to various members of the Norton, Castle and Harper families, including Robert, Alexander J., and Rice Harper, and to Jay Cooke, Myron Herrick, Ohio National Guard Troop A, and the 37th Division of the 135th Field Artillery.
	Call #:	MS 3371
	Extent:	9.90 linear feet (12 containers)
	Subjects:	Norton, Laurence Harper, 1888-1960. \| Norton family. \| Castle family. \| Harper family. \| Ohio. National Guard. Cavalry Regiment, 107th. Troop A. \| United States. Army. Field Artillery, 135th. Division, 37th. \| United States. Army -- History -- Punitive expedition into Mexico, 1916. \| Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. \| World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American.
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4	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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