Sons of the American Revolution records, 1895-1966.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Sons of the American Revolution records, 1895-1966.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/449934756

Records kept by the Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, possibly obtained in multiple accessions.One accession includes annual reports, local and national correspondence, and information on the creation of the General David Humphreys branch. The remainder includes entries from a 1913 high school essay contest, a proposal for the Connecticut Society to secede from the national organization in 1920, meeting minutes (including those from the initial meeting in 1889), addresses given by Society President Jonathan Trumbull, annual congress and banquet proceedings, participation in the New London tercentenary celebration and Nathan Hale Day in 1935, and support for Society member Ernest E. Rogers as he ran for President General in 1927. Much incoming and outgoing correspondence is included in the collection. Among the numerous men who served as officers over the years (up to 1938), the following are well represented within the collection: F. Clarence Bissell, Frederick Bostwick, Lawrence Bostwick, Col. Louis R. Cheney, Howard E. Coe, Charles P. Cooley, Hobart L. Hotchkiss, Harry H. Pritchard, Charles G. Stone, Jonathan Trumbull, Herbert H. White, and Charles B. Whittelsey.

0.5 linear foot (1 box).

Connecticut Historical Society

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7548440

Related Entities

There are 18 Entities related to this resource.

Whittelsey, Charles Barney, 1869-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ft95vt (person)

Bissell, F. Clarence (Frederic Clarence), 1848-1931

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60s78hf (person)

Trumbull, Jonathan, 1844-1919

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68w5xsn (person)

Hotchkiss, Hobart L., b. 1849.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vb5w7t (person)

Stone, Charles Green, 1860-1936.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w645387c (person)

Coe, Howard E., 1902-1992.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kx325m (person)

White, Herbert H., 1858-1934.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62p2n6n (person)

Rogers, Ernest E. (Ernest Elias), 1866-1945

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xh141v (person)

Mayor of New London, Conn. (1915-1918); also lieutenant governor of Connecticut (1929-1930). From the description of Ernest E. Rogers certificates, 1916 and 1918. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 164868035 Businessman and mayor, of New London, Conn.; state treasurer and lieutenant governor; president, Connecticut Chamber of Commerce; honorary president, New London County Historical Society; historian and author. From the description of Ernest E. Rogers certificates...

Bissell, F. Clarence (Frederic Clarence), 1848-1931

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60s78hf (person)

Bostwick, Lawrence, 1893-1972.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v48f7h (person)

Sons of the American Revolution. Connecticut Society

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cv9vk7 (corporateBody)

Cooley, Charles Parsons, 1867-1954.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vr0qhk (person)

Pritchard, Harry H., 1875-1965.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67x3zj6 (person)

Sons of the American Revolution. General David Humphreys Branch

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bp57tc (corporateBody)

Stone, Charles Green, 1860-1935.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69m1zv0 (person)

Coe, Howard Emerson, 1902-1992.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jj16hw (person)

Cheney, Louis Richmond, 1859-1944.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x080p6 (person)

Bostwick, Frederick, 1852-1922.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x99xq9 (person)