41/20/230 Guide to the Arthur H. Mason Family Papers Arthur H. Mason Family Papers Finding Aid Authors: Ben Murphy (practicum student, Spring 2013).

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Guide to the Arthur H. Mason Family Papers 1857/2011 University of Illinois Archives Overview of the Collection Arthur H. Mason Family Papers 1857-2011 1894-1983 41/20/230 Mason, Arthur H. 6.90 University of Illinois Archives
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Papers of Arthur H. Mason

Other Information:

Additional information may be found at https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/4120230.pdf

Access Terms

This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Topical Term: Genealogy Photograph Albums Photographs Track and Field University of Illinois World War I World War I -- Service and Training
Arrangement of Materials:

Chronologically divided into five series: Family History; Early Life; University of Illinois; World War I; Family and Professional Life.

Scope and Contents

Arthur H. Mason Family Papers (1857-2011) includes materials documenting the family history, early life in Champaign-Urbana, University of Illinois career, World War I service, and adult life of Arthur H. Mason (1894-1983; B.A., 1916), a noted Illinois track star and officer in the 332nd Field Artillery during World War I; includes materials on father Arthur S. Mason, mother Othilda Helgeson Mason, wife Florence Pray Mason, and children Frances Abbie Mason Penwell and Adele Mason Moore, and genealogical materials on Mason, Helgeson and Norgaard families. Materials include photographs and photo albums, news clippings, correspondence, and scrapbooks; Urbana High School and University of Illinois publications; University of Illinois track memorabilia and awards; Ma-Wan-Da and Delta Upsilon Fraternity documentation; diplomas; army insignia; travel materials including extensive postcard collections and World War I-era French guide books and postcards. Correspondence includes letters from Mason during World War I training and deployment, and war correspondence from Charles A. McLellan and Ralph Norgaard.