Woman's Relief Corps records, 1883-1984.

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Woman's Relief Corps records, 1883-1984.

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Correspondence and miscellaneous papers (1922-1980), rosters (1971/1972 and 1979/1980), membership cards and convention memorabilia (1922-1984), minute books (1908-1979), cash books (1950-1968), a scrapbook (1935-1936), certificates of organization (1884-1894), and published annual reports and convention proceedings (1908-1959) of an organization affiliated with the Grand Army of the Republic and devoted to promoting the interests of Civil War veterans and their families.

2.75 cu. ft. (3 boxes and 1 partial box).

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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SNAC Resource ID: 6741064

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Woman's Relief Corps (U.S.). Dept. of Minnesota.

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Woman's Relief Corps (U.S.)

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National organization formed in 1883 at the Denver Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, as an auxiliary to that organization and to continue to "care for the Veteran and his dependent ones and to perpetuate the memory of their heroic dead". As the number of Corps grew, each state elected its own governing body, subordinate to the national governing body. In addition to helping veterans, these women worked to get pension help for the nurses who served in the Civil War, founded a home for...

Grand Army of the Republic. Dept. of Minnesota.

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