Descriptive Summary
Access
Access Restrictions
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Processing Information
Biography / Administrative History
Scope and Content of Collection
Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Otis Tarleton Mansfield papers
Dates: 1918-1921
Collection number: MS 74
Collector:
Mansfield, Otis Tarleton.
Collector:
Branch, Curtis.
Collection Size:
.1 linear feet
(1 folder)
Repository:
African American Museum & Library at Oakland (Oakland, Calif.)
Abstract: 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.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Access
No access restrictions. Collection is open to the public.
Access Restrictions
Materials are for use in-library only, non-circulating.
Publication Rights
Permission to publish from the Otis Tarleton Mansfield Papers must be obtained from the African American Museum & Library
at Oakland.
Preferred Citation
Otis Tarleton Mansfield papers, MS 74, African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library. Oakland, California.
Acquisition Information
The collection was donated by Curtis Branch and Linda Fielding to the African American Museum & Library at Oakland on May
21, 1995.
Processing Information
Processed by Sean Heyliger, 10/12/2013.
Biography / Administrative History
Otis Tarleton Mansfield (1892-1965) was born to D. Edward Mansfield and Dorinda A. Mansfield on March 15, 1892 in Monroe County,
Kentucky. He enrolled with the U.S. Navy on December 12, 1917 and served in the navy until he was honorably discharged on
September 30, 1921. Following the war, he lived in Alameda, California with his Mary Mansfield and children Joseph and June
Mansfield until his death on March 3, 1965.
Scope and Content of Collection
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.
Arrangement
Series I. Photographs
Series II. U.S. Navy certificates
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
World War, 1914-1918--African Americans.