State Archives of Michigan scrapbook collection, 1849-1907.

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State Archives of Michigan scrapbook collection, 1849-1907.

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This collection consists of material that has been clipped out of publications and pasted into 15 different books. The material in the collection includes business cards from 1876-1892; cartoons and illustrations from 1885-1886; Civil War news reports from 1861; forestry news clippings from 1899-1901; Grand Army of the Republic news clippings from 1888-1894; news clippings covering many topics from 1849-1907; opera house playbills from 1888-1897; party candidate lists from ca. 1862-1872; political cartoons from 1895-1896; political news clippings from 1874-1894; and Spanish-American war clippings from 1898 and 1901-1902.

7 mss. boxes 3 cu.ft.

State Archive of Michigan

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SNAC Resource ID: 7429812

State Archive of Michigan

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State Archives of Michigan

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Grand Army of the Republic

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Founded in 1866, in Decatur, Ill. From the description of Grand Army of the Republic scrapbooks, 1913. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 276172404 The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was a fraternal organization composed of Civil War Union military veterans, formed in Decatur, Illinois in 1866. The GAR became one of the first advocacy groups in American politics, lobbying for black veterans, pensions, and supporting Republican candidates. The GAR waned during the 1870s as the ...