Guide to the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Michael Griffith Camp No.​ 35,​ 1910-​1945

Overview of the Collection

Repository:               
Special Collections & Archives
McIntyre Library
University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire
P.O.  Box 4004
105 Garfield Ave.
Eau Claire, WI 54702 – 4004
(715) 836-2739
https://library.uwec.edu/archives/

Reference Code: USGZE UHC286

Accession Number: 06-126

Collection Number: University Historical Collection 286

Creators: Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. Michael Griffith Camp No. 35 (Eau Claire, Wis.)

Title: Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. Michael Griffith Camp No. 35 (Eau Claire, Wis.) Records

Dates: 1910-1945

Quantity: 1 linear foot (1 record carton)

Location of Collection: A10/3b

Languages: Collection materials are in English

Summary: Membership and ladies’ auxiliary records of a fraternal and political organization of Union Army veterans’ descendants.

Historical Note

The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW) was founded in 1881 as a successor organization to the Grand Army of the Republic.  Membership is open to all male descendants of veterans of the Union Army.  A ladies’ auxiliary organization allows women to participate in activities complementary to those of the SUVCW.

Content Description

This SUVCW collection is unusual in that the activities of the camp’s Ladies’ Auxiliary are much better documented than those of the camp itself.  The collection includes approximately twenty years of the ladies’ auxiliary’s meeting minutes as well as membership records.  The bulk of the camp’s records consist of membership records, but fragmentary correspondence and financial records may be found as well.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information: Donated to Special Collections & Archives, University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire prior to March 2006.

Access Restrictions: Collection is open to the public.

Use Restrictions: Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. Copyright not owned by the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire.

Preferred Citation: Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. Michael Griffith Camp No. 35 (Eau Claire, Wis.) Records, 1910-1945. UHC 286. Special Collections & Archives.  McIntyre Library.  University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire. Eau Claire, WI.

Processing Note: Processed by Colleen McFarland and Jolene Arnold in May 2006

Arrangement: Flat arrangement; alphabetical order

Subjects

Corporate Names:
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. Michael Griffith Camp No. 35 (Eau Claire, Wis.) -- Archives
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. Ladies Auxiliary No. 10 (Eau Claire, Wis.) -- Archives

Subject Terms: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Societies, etc.

Detailed List of Contents

Container 

Contents 

Dates  

Box/Folder 1/1

Correspondence

1936-1941

Box/Folder 1/2

Financial Records

1921-1944

Box/Folder 1/3

Ladies’ Auxiliary Membership Records

1925-1939

Box/Folder 1/4

Ladies’ Auxiliary minutes

1925-1930

Box/Folder 1/5

Ladies’ Auxiliary minutes

1930-1935

Box/Folder 1/6

Ladies’ Auxiliary minutes 

1934-1938

Box/Folder 1/7

Ladies’ Auxiliary minutes 

1938-1943

Box/Folder 1/8

Ladies’ Auxiliary Secretary’s Report

1936, 1939

Box/Folder 1/9

Membership Records

Circa 1910-1930

Box/Folder 1/10

Membership Records

Circa 1910-1930

Box/Folder 1/11

Membership Records

Circa 1910-1940

Box/Folder 1/12

Membership Records 

Circa 1920-1940

Box/Folder 1/13

Membership Records

Circa 1930-1940

Box/Folder 1/14

Membership Records

1941

Box/Folder 1/15

Membership Records

1920-1930

Box/Folder 1/16

Miscellaneous 

1935-1945

Box/Folder 1/17

Miscellaneous

1935-1945