Records, [ca. 1861]-1978, (bulk 1904-1965).

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Records, [ca. 1861]-1978, (bulk 1904-1965).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49643502

Records and photographs of the GAR Memorial Hall and its custodians, with the bulk of the material dating from 1904-1965. A significant portion of the collection is from the tenure of Hosea W. Rood, the first custodian of the Hall. Custodian records include correspondence with veterans, GAR officials, and the general public; newspaper columns, essays, poems, and speeches on patriotic themes written by the custodians; six diaries of Hosea Rood from the period during which he was Hall custodian; legislative records about the mandate and operation of the Hall; and correspondence and other records documenting the creation of the Camp Randall Memorial Arch in 1912. The collection also includes budget information about the operation of the Hall; lists of artifacts, flags, pictures, and books; and visitor registers, including GAR members only register dating from 1904 to 1914. Scrapbooks that were created by the Hall custodians or donated to the Hall comprise another large portion of the collection. Most of the scrapbooks feature news clippings about GAR events, reunions, and members, as well as the Women's Relief Corps. Other topics covered include Abraham Lincoln, the assassination of President William McKinley, newspaper clippings containing letters from the 12th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, the First Wisconsin Cavalry, World War I and World War II, and a book of 'curious things' from the Civil War. The photographs series includes depictions of the Hall and its exhibits, including many views of the Gettysburg diorama exhibit, and also includes an extensive collection of Civil War-era carte de vistes that were removed from one of the scrapbooks.

Papers : 13 linear ft. (8 archives boxes, 9 flat boxes, and 4 oversized folders) and.Photographs : 0.6 linear ft. (1 archives box, 4 folders, and 1 carte de visite box)

Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7611693

Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center

Related Entities

There are 8 Entities related to this resource.

Mckinley, William, 1843-1901

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6h23r63 (person)

President William McKinley was the 25th President of the United States. He was beginning his second term as President after winning the election in 1900. On Sept. 5, 1901 he and his wife were attending the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York when he was shot by as assassin waiting in line to shake his hand. After being attended by physicians, he was resting at the exposition's director's home in Buffalo, NY. He seemed to be recovering when his condition rapidly worsened on Sept. 14th. P...

G.A.R. Memorial Hall (Wis.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cc8667 (corporateBody)

Woman's Relief Corps (U.S.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jd9cj2 (corporateBody)

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...

Grand Army of the Republic

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gb5vq8 (corporateBody)

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 ...

Rood, Hosea W. (Hosea Whitford), 1845-1933

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n590zd (person)

United States. Army. Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, 12th (1861-1865)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62r897x (corporateBody)

United States. Army. Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment, 1st (1861-1865)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68d4825 (corporateBody)

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tz44c1 (person)

Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...