Daughters of the American Revolution. Isabella Chapter (Mount Pleasant, Mich.) Organizational records, 1800, 2012, and undated

Summary

Creator:

Daughters of the American Revolution. Isabella Chapter (Mount Pleasant, Mich.)

Abstract:

Organizational records include a constitution, correspondence, membership materials, meeting minutes, publications, financial records, scrapbooks, charter, convention material, historical research, and miscellaneous.

Extent:

3 cubic feet (in 3 boxes, 2 Oversized folders)

Language:

English

Authors:

Collection processed and finding aid created by D. Strom, M. Matyn

Background

Scope and Content:

The collection includes a constitution, undated; correspondence, 1922-1963, undated; membership cards and papers, undated; meeting minutes, 1912-1939; publications, various; photographs, undated; receipts, 1924-1956; records (minutes and financial reports), 1930-1932; reports, 1940-1945; resident membership books, 1933-1944; treasurer’s books, 1912-1933; scrapbooks, 1912-1956; a charter, 1912. Various other materials document state and national conventions; historical research on Michigan ancestry; and programs of the DAR, Isabella Chapter. A 100th year tea program, 2012, is included, as well as a framed edition of the Jan. 14, 1800 Ulster County Gazette.

Processing Notes: General Michigan material was merged into other collections where it would be most apt to be used. Most publications were merged with the appropriate serials and cataloged.

Biographical / Historical:

Organizational History:

The Isabella Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) was founded in 1912 in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Among its various programs has been an Adopted Indian Daughter Program, helping save the Isabella County Courthouse copula, Michigan Ancestry Records, and the Pioneer Ancestors of Michigan, Albion to Lansing and Ludington to Three Rivers. The DAR Isabella Chapter continues to meet and function. (This information is from the collection.)

Acquisition Information:

Acc# 2964, 73423

Arrangement:

Arrangement is alphabetical, and then chronological.

Subjects

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Subjects:

Scrapbooks--Michigan--Mount Pleasant.
Scrapbooks--Michigan--Isabella County.

Names:

Daughters of the American Revolution. Isabella Chapter (Mount Pleasant, Mich.)

Places:

Mount Pleasant (Mich.)
Isabella County (Mich.)