United Daughters of the Confederacy Scrapbooks

Collection — Box: 1132

Identifier: 2001.071

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Scrapbook consisting primarily of news clippings about the American Civil War and postwar activities, such as veteran reunions, memorials, and tributes, some photographs (10) and postcards (2), as well as news clippings about activities throughout the years. The newspaper clippings and photographs include monuments of major figures and minor figures of the Civil War.

Dates

Creation: 1861-1953

Rights Statement

Materials in this collection may be protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).

Biographical / Historical

The United Daughters of the Confederacy was originally created in 1894 as the National Association of the Daughters of the Confederacy by Caroline Meriwether Goodlett and Anna Davenport Raines and changed to its current name in 1895.1 The UDC states among its goals: preserving a “truthful history of the War Between the States;” assisting the descendants of Confederate veterans with securing proper education; honoring the memory of the Confederate dead; and remembering the sacrifices of southern women during war and Reconstruction. The Missouri Division of the UDC was created in 1898 in Fayette, Missouri. The Missouri Chapter began with four chapters and has since expanded to thirteen chapters divided into three districts. It is unknown which chapter compiled this particular scrapbook.

Extent

1 Scrapbooks

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Scrapbook consisting primarily of news clippings about the American Civil War and postwar activities, such as veteran reunions, memorials, and tributes, photographs (10) and postcards (2), as well as news clippings about activities throughout the years.