- Collection:
- Finding Aids
- Title:
- MS-003 DAR Records
- Creator:
- Daughters of the American Revolution
- Contributor to Resource:
- LaGrange Chapter, Georgia Society, Daughters of the American Revolution
- Date of Original:
- 1991
- Subject:
- Troup County (Ga.)
Education--Georgia--Troup County
Archives--Collection management--Georgia--Troup County - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- finding aids
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- The Susannah Elliott Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution organized in LaGrange in 1894 as one of the first D.A.R. chapters in Georgia only to disband in November, 1902. The LaGrange Chapter organized February 5, 1920, and has remained active as a patriotic and service organization of women since that time. The N.S.D.A.R. is open to women who can prove descent from a soldier or other individual who materially aided the cause of American independence. The Society's objects are to perpetuate the memory and the spirit of the men and women who achieved American independence, to foster patriotic citizenship, and to promote the development of an enlightened public opinion. A paper titled "History of the LaGrange Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, 1920-1956~, (box 1, folder 1) by Louise Haralson Holder, recounts the chapter's early activities. More recent accomplishments are documented in scrapbooks dating from 1976. Details on specific projects can be found in the miscellaneous committee reports (1980-1987) and minutes of monthly meetings (1975-1987). Yearbooks (1964-) contain membership rosters, lists of officers and monthly program schedules. (New records and scrapbooks are periodically added to the collection.) LaGrange Chapter member, Mrs. Neil Glass, served as State Editor and Press Relations Chairman, 1950-1952. Two scrapbooks prepared by Mrs. Glass contain newspaper clippings relating to state and national D.A.R. activities during the early fifties. A chapter of Children of the American Revolution was sponsored by the LaGrange D.A.R. chapter from the late 1920s through the 1940s. Membership applications, including pedigree charts, contain genealogical data on many of Troup County's oldest families. Minutes, treasurers' reports, and a few items of correspondence (1928-1948) comprise the chapters' business records. Five copies of Children of the American Revolution Magazine, 1942-1947, describe the Society's national activities.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://cdm17413.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/findingaids/id/71
- Original Collection:
- MS-003 DAR Records
- Holding Institution:
- Troup County Archives
- Rights:
-
