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 |