<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 https://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"><eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US"/><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper>Horatio P. Mason World War I scrapbook<num>MS-0543</num></titleproper></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>Virginia Military Institute Archives</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/logos/vmi.jpg" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><address><addressline>VMI Archives</addressline><addressline>Preston Library</addressline><addressline>Lexington, VA 24450</addressline><addressline>Business Number: 540-464-7516</addressline><addressline>archives@vmi.edu</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="http://www.vmi.edu/archives" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="http://www.vmi.edu/archives" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2025-04-09 17:51:51 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>Description is written in: <language langcode="und" scriptcode="Zyyy">Undetermined, Code for undetermined script script</language>.</langusage></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <unittitle>Horatio P. Mason World War I scrapbook</unittitle>
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      <persname rules="dacs">Mason, Horatio P. (Horatio Pleasants), 1895-1936</persname>
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      <physfacet>497 pages of written or printed records and photographs</physfacet>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1917-1919</unitdate>
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<p>This scrapbook documents Horatio P. Mason's service overseas during World War I. It includes documents, correspondence, photographs, postcards, and ephemera.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <head>Biographical / Historical</head>
<p>Horatio Pleasants Mason (1895-1936) graduated from VMI in 1917. During World War I he served overseas as an officer in the 6th Regiment, United States Marine Corps, Second Division, American Expeditionary Forces.</p>  </bioghist>
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<p>The collection is open to research.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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    <head>Conditions Governing Use</head>
<p>Manuscript collections in the VMI Archives are made available for educational and research use. The VMI Archives should be cited as the source. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any copyright holders. Materials from our collections may not be redistributed, published or reproduced without permission from the VMI Archives. Contact the VMI Archives for additional information.</p>  </userestrict>
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<p>Horatio P. Mason World War I scrapbook, 1917-1919. MS 0543. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <subject source="lcsh">United States. Marine Corps—Officers </subject>
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