The Otis Tarleton Mansfield Papers include six photographs of Otis Tarleton Mansfield and other African American soldiers who served in the U.S. Army and Navy during World War I. The papers also include Mansfield’s honorable discharge from the U.S. Naval Reserve Force and his war service certificate.
Dates: 1918-1921
Collection number: MS 74
Collector: Mansfield, Otis Tarleton.
Collector: Branch, Curtis.
Collection Size: .1 linear feet (1 folder)
Guide to the Otis Tarleton Mansfield Papers
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