Records and photographs, 1884-1963.

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Records and photographs, 1884-1963.

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Records and photographs of a patriotic women's organization devoted to the care and recognition of Union Civil War veterans. The bulk of the collection consists of administrative and financial records of the Department of Wisconsin from its creation in 1884 through the 1920s. Also included are the registers of delegates and visitors to national and departmental conventions in the early twentieth century. Some records pertain to local corps within the Department of Wisconsin. These records include meeting minutes, financial records, and rolls of members. Particularly complete are records for Corps No. 25 (Wyocena), Corps No. 31 (Waunakee), and Corps No. 79 (Palmyra). The patriotic concerns of the Women's Relief Corps are reflected in the materials relating to the national organization such as a pamphlet concerning the authorship of the "Pledge of Allegiance."

Papers : 8.0 linear ft. (15 archives boxes and 1 flat box) and.Photographs : 0.1 linear ft. (1 folder) and.Paper prints : 0.1 linear ft. (1 folder)

Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7766360

Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center

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Woman's Relief Corps (U.S.)

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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...

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