{"value"=>"<p>The Research files are arranged into five subgroups: Soldiers, States, Subject files, Individuals, and the \"Black Man and the Sea\". The Soldiers subgroup is further divided chronologically by particular wars, beginning with the Revolutionary War and ending with the Vietnam War. The Revolutionary War files, which are the largest grouping, are arranged by state, then by individual, since the focus of Harris's research was the individual soldier. Harris conducted most of his research at the National Archives where he obtained copies of muster rolls, individual enlistment and discharge papers, and military and pension records. The States subgroup consists of material regarding the presence of black people in the states as documented through wars, the colonial period, and slavery. The files contain correspondence, research notes, news articles, and photocopies of documents. The Subject file is an alphabetical file that includes 19th-century and 20th-century topics and contains articles, programs, brochures, letters, photocopies of original documents, and research notes. The Individuals subgroup consists of Harris's notes and research primarily on noteworthy African Americans, such as Thomas Clarkson, William Lloyd Garrison, Ira Aldridge, Richard Allen, Countee Cullen, Benjamin Davis, Richard Greener, Hubert Humphrey, J. A. Rogers, Mary Church Terrell, and Lucy Terry. A few individuals have several files, including Lewis Latimer and Granville Woods, who were included in Harris's in his Great Inventors series. The \"Black Man and the Sea\" appears to have been an area of great interest to Harris, although there is no evidence that he prepared exhibitions or wrote anything on this topic. There are files on individuals, both historical (Williams T. Shorey) and contemporary (Ferdinand Smith); whaling; bibliographies; places; citizenship; and slavery, to name a few.</p>"}