Woman's Relief Corps time capsule collection, [186-]-1914.

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Woman's Relief Corps time capsule collection, [186-]-1914.

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Documents of the Woman's Reflief Corps including a pamphlet giving their ritual and by-laws, handwritten lists of members, handwritten address given at the unveiling ceremony, handwritten program for the unveiling ceremony, and a silk ribbon from a convention convened in 1913; bill from the monument maker; Daughters of Veterans membership list and constitution; handwritten copy of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address; Sons of Veterans roster; Grand Army of the Republic Nathaniel Lyon Post No. 5 roster and by-laws; and a small silk flag with 46 stars. Also newspaper accounts of the time capsule discovery on 1 May 1996, which appeared in the Boulder Daily Camera, the Colorado Daily, the Longmont Times-Call, and the Rocky Mountain News.

1 box (20 folders).

Boulder Public Library

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