Victory Hall Association records, 1920-1921.

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Victory Hall Association records, 1920-1921.

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Records of the Victory Hall Association consist of dossier files and index cards containing basic information on over 8,000 men and women from New York City who died in military or civilian service during World War I. Card indexes contain over 8,000 index cards similar to those in the Dossier files arranged in two series, Branch of Service and Location. Branch of Service card file is divided into eleven subseries: Army, Navy, Marines, Coast Guard, Customs Intelligence Service, War Workers, Nurses, Allied Forces, French Military, Italian Military, and Miscellaneous. In each subseries the cards are arranged alphabetically by the name of the deceased. Location card file is divided into six subseries, the five boroughs of New York and an "out of town" file of families residing outside the Greater New York area. Index cards are arranged alphabetically within each of the subseries.

Originals: 13.5 linear feet (31 boxes)Copies: 17 microfilm reels.

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 6786353

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Wingate, George Wood, 1840-1928

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Victory Hall Association.

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The Victory Hall Association, Inc. was founded in 1919 to collect subscriptions for the erection of a combined war memorial and convention center, Victory Hall, in New York City. The memorial would contain bronze plaques inscribed with the names of the war dead, vaults holding copies of their military records, as well as an auditorium, exhibit halls, meeting rooms, and sports facilities. The site selected for the building was an empty lot stretching the entire block bounded by Lexington and Park...