Records of the George H. Thomas Corps, No. 34, Department of Washington and Alaska, Women's Relief Corps, 1891-1926.

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Records of the George H. Thomas Corps, No. 34, Department of Washington and Alaska, Women's Relief Corps, 1891-1926.

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This is a collection of ledgers and cash books for the Geo. H. Thomas Corps, No. 34, Dept. of Washington and Alaska, Women's Relief Corps in Olympia, Wash. The collection includes a ledger for the Grand Army of the Republic, Dept. of Washington and Alaska that lists all the Corps [Posts] and many of their officers.

1 linear foot (1 box)

Washington State Library, Office of Secretary of State

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SNAC Resource ID: 6916840

Washington State Library, Office of Secretary of State

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Women's Relief Corps (U.S.). Geo. H. Thomas Corps No. 34 (Olympia, Wash.)

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The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) quickly became the preeminent veterans' organization formed at the close of the Civil War. Membership reached its peak in 1890, when over 400,000 members were reported. By then the GAR had well over seven thousand posts, ranging in size from fewer than two dozen members in small towns, to more than a thousand in some cities. The organization of the GAR was based upon three objectives: fraternity, charity, and loyalty. The first ideal was encouraged through re...

Crisp, Jeanne

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Rodman, Julius

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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...

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