Summary Information
William George Haan Papers
1898-1925
- Haan, William George, 1863-1924
Wis Mss FP; PH 209; PH 319
3.0 c.f. (13 archives boxes) and 482 photographs (2 archives boxes and 1 album)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Personal and military correspondence and papers of William George Haan, a professional soldier who rose to the rank of major general in the United States Army as commander of the famous 32nd “Red Arrow” Division in World War I. The collection documents his work on a general staff board of officers studying fortifications and land defense, and as chief of staff of the eastern department. The photographs document France during World War I and the Spanish American War in the Philippine Islands.
English
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Scope and Content Note
William George Haan's military correspondence to about 1916 touches upon his service with the Cuban Army of Pacification, 1906-1907, but relates mainly to his work on a general staff board of officers studying fortifications and land defense of coast forts, and as chief of staff of the eastern department. Tours of inspection in connection with land defense took him to the Pacific states, the upper Atlantic states, and the Hawaiian Islands. Beginning in 1917, there is a small amount of material on war preparation and Haan's work as a member of the board for the selection of sites for aeronautical stations on the Atlantic Coast. The photographs document France during World War I and the Spanish American War in the Philippine Islands.
Material in regard to the American Expeditionary Forces includes memoranda on soldier training and related subjects; on the killing of prisoners; summaries of intelligence; secret military operation orders; military operations reports; brief histories of combat divisions and brigades; personal letters to Mrs. Haan written from France; and a limited amount of correspondence.
Among miscellaneous items are a diary kept by Haan in 1898-1899 at Camp Miller, San Francisco, aboard the Ohio en route to the Philippine Islands, and in the Philippines; a brief diary kept in 1904 during a mission with confidential orders from the general staff to Panama; a report (1904) on the Panama Canal Zone; lectures delivered at the Army War College; public addresses, usually on military subjects; an official report of the proceedings of the fifth annual convention of the American Legion, Department of Wisconsin (1923); and personal letters to Mrs. Haan at the time of the general’s death.
Administrative/Restriction Information
Presented by Mrs. William G. Haan, March 1925 and undated.
Contents List
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Wis Mss FP
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Correspondence
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Box
1
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1898-1911
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Box
2
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1912-1915
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Box
3
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October 1915-1918
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Box
4
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January-July 15, 1919
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Box
5
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July 16-December 7, 1919
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Box
6
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December 8, 1919-1925
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Box
7-11
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Articles, addresses, orders, reports, and miscellaneous
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Box
12
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Memorandum copy book, February 3, 1900-March 8, 1909, 1915
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Box
12
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Diary at Panama, January 17-29, 1904
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Box
12
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Address book
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Box
12
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Memorandum book, 1917
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Box
12
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Diary of Haan at Camp Miller, San Francisco, aboard the Ohio, and in the Philippine Islands, June 1898-March 1899
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Box
13
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Letter book, September 8, 1903-December 1904
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PH 209
Box
1-2
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World War I, France, 1917-1918
: Photographs, assembled by Haan, primarily document the 32nd Division, American Expeditionary Force in France during World War I, circa 1917-1918. Included are official U.S. Signal Corps photographs of terrain, ruins, trench and camp life, engineering operations, and American and French officers.
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PH 319
Album
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Philippine Islands, 1898-1899
: Photographs in an album collected by Haan during the Spanish American War in the Philippine Islands, 1898-1899. Included are images of U.S. Army groups, life in Camp Dewey, trench fighting, fortifications, and street scenes.
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