Administrative records of the Veterans' Facility, 1885-1960 1901-1937.

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Administrative records of the Veterans' Facility, 1885-1960 1901-1937.

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This record group consists of various administrative records of the Michigan Veterans' Facility of Grand Rapids, Michigan. The record group includes: minutes of the Board of Managers (1885-1937); special and general orders (1909-24, 1927-60), relating to the administration of the facility; payrolls of officers and employees (1908-14); population registers (1901-55) of the facility; register of visitors during national encampment (1905); and scrapbooks (1903-48), with newspaper clippings relating to the facility, Grand Army of the Republic, and other patriotic and veteran organizations.

8 mss. boxes 19 v. (10 cu. ft.)

State Archive of Michigan

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SNAC Resource ID: 7592107

State Archive of Michigan

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State Veterans' Facility of Michigan. Board of Managers

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State Veterans' Facility of Michigan.

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The Michigan Soldiers' Home, established by Public Act 152 of 1885, was the direct predecessor of the State Veterans' Facility located near Grand Rapids, Michigan. The facility was created to provide general medical care and a place to live for indigent and disabled veterans of the state of Michigan who were honorably discharged from the U.S. armed forces. Under Public Act 212 of 1893, services were extended to wives and mothers of soldiers and to former nurses. Under Public Act of 1945, the fac...

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 ...