Society of Colonial Wars, Louisiana Chapter records, 1916-1960.

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Society of Colonial Wars, Louisiana Chapter records, 1916-1960.

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This collection consists of records of the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Louisiana, including papers concerning the recruitment of charter members in the 1920s. Included are handwritten and typed correspondence, carbons of typed outgoing letters, correspondence with the national General Society of Colonial Wars, membership lists, applications, financial records, yearbooks, reports, stationery, minutes, a constitution and bylaws. Included also are miscellaneous papers of other state chapters, such as California, Tennessee, New Jersey, Connecticut, Illinois, and Ohio.

3 linear feet (3 boxes)

Tulane University, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8206669

Tulane University, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library

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Owen, Allison,

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General Society of Colonial Wars (U.S.)

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Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Louisiana.

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The national General Society of Colonial Wars was established in the early 1890s. The Louisiana chapter was formed during the 1920s by Collins C. Diboll and Allison Owen, partners in the New Orleans architectural firm, Diboll & Owen, Ltd. Members commemorated events occuring within the period beginning with the settlement of Jamestown, Va. (1607), and preceding the battle of Lexington, Va. (1775). Membership was limited to male descendents of prominent men of the Colonial era. Fr...

Diboll, Collins CerreĢ.

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