Scope and Contents From the Series: Series 1: Biographical Files and Scholarship contains correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, notes, and research created by or documenting the life of Dr. Bob Harmon. The earliest materials are from Harmon's years as a student at Olympia High School in Olympia, Washington in the early 1940s. Of particular note are two World War II-era scrapbooks created by Harmon during his service in the U.S. Army. This series also contains materials documenting Harmon's numerous trips to Germany...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series 2: Research Binders contains the contents of 13 binders created by Dr. Bob Harmon to collect and organize his personal research. Most of the binders relate to military history. Contents of note include Harmon family records from World War I, letters from fellow Pacific Northwest soldier Burton Berger about his experiences during the Bataan Death March of 1942, and a binder of Harmon's personal recollections of the World War II. For preservation purposes, the binders have been...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series 2: Research Binders contains the contents of 13 binders created by Dr. Bob Harmon to collect and organize his personal research. Most of the binders relate to military history. Contents of note include Harmon family records from World War I, letters from fellow Pacific Northwest soldier Burton Berger about his experiences during the Bataan Death March of 1942, and a binder of Harmon's personal recollections of the World War II. For preservation purposes, the binders have been...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series 1: Biographical Files and Scholarship contains correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, notes, and research created by or documenting the life of Dr. Bob Harmon. The earliest materials are from Harmon's years as a student at Olympia High School in Olympia, Washington in the early 1940s. Of particular note are two World War II-era scrapbooks created by Harmon during his service in the U.S. Army. This series also contains materials documenting Harmon's numerous trips to Germany...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series 3: Seattle University contains photographs, correspondence, course materials, and audiovisual materials documenting Dr. Bob Harmon's tenure as a faculty member at Seattle University. Harmon joined the faculty of Seattle University in 1953. This series includes course materials and binders created for classes he taught in the History Department, as well as binders created for his popular "Shop Talk" lectures. (Harmon's Shop Talks were lunchtime history lectures presented to...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series 3: Seattle University contains photographs, correspondence, course materials, and audiovisual materials documenting Dr. Bob Harmon's tenure as a faculty member at Seattle University. Harmon joined the faculty of Seattle University in 1953. This series includes course materials and binders created for classes he taught in the History Department, as well as binders created for his popular "Shop Talk" lectures. (Harmon's Shop Talks were lunchtime history lectures presented to...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series 5: Compiled Materials contains publications, magazine articles, and essays on military history compiled and organized by Dr. Bob Harmon. Although these materials were not written by Harmon himself, some include typewritten contextual notes from Harmon. A sensitive item in this series is a photocopy of an antisemitic children's book from 1936 titled Trau keinem Fuchs auf gruner Heid und keinem Jud bei seinem Eid. Harmon condemned this work and provides annotations in...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series 3: Seattle University contains photographs, correspondence, course materials, and audiovisual materials documenting Dr. Bob Harmon's tenure as a faculty member at Seattle University. Harmon joined the faculty of Seattle University in 1953. This series includes course materials and binders created for classes he taught in the History Department, as well as binders created for his popular "Shop Talk" lectures. (Harmon's Shop Talks were lunchtime history lectures presented to...