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Records, ca. 1904-ca. 1975
Author
United Spanish War Veterans. Dept. of New York.
Pages:
38
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1 copy available at Manuscripts and Special Collections.
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Control Number:
(OCoLC)122487080
Local call number:
SC18859
Corp/Agency author:
United Spanish War Veterans. Dept. of New York.
Title:
Records, ca. 1904-ca. 1975.
Quantity:
38 boxes (ca. 24 cubit ft.)
Arrangement:
Administrative records arranged chronologically by form of material.
Arrangement:
Membership card file arranged alphabetically by surname.
Historical/biog note:
The United Spanish War Veterans was founded in 1904 out of the union of several Spanish-American War organizations, including The National Army and Navy Spanish-American War Veterans, The National Association of Spanish-American War Veterans, and the Servicemen of the Spanish War. Among later organizations to join were the Society of the Hispano-American War, the Legion of Spanish War Veterans (from Massachusetts) and the Society of the Veteran Army of the Philippines. All military personnel who were enlisted during the Spanish-American War and had been honorably discharged or continued to serve were eligible to become a member of the organization. In addition, other non-military personnel who served in the war were eligible to join.
Historical/biog note:
All military personnel who were enlisted during the Spanish-American War and had been honorably discharged or continued to serve were eligible to become a member of the organization. In addition, other non-military personnel who served in the war were eligible to join. The main objectives of the United Spanish War Veterans organization as taken directly from its Constitution were "To unite fraternally members of the United States Military who served in the Spanish-American War. To honor the memory of the fallen comrades. To assist former comrades and their families (widows, orphans, etc...). To perpetuate the memory of the Spanish-American War".
Review:
The records of the United Spanish War Veterans of New York State consists of organizational, administrative, financial, and, membership records ranging in dates from the early 1900s to the mid 1970s. The organizational records include copies of the constitution and by laws, which gives an in depth review of its history, rules, procedures, rituals, and qualifications for membership. Also includes minute books of the women's auxiliary department meetings. The financial records series includes account ledgers and check books, which document income and expenditures of the organization. Administrative records include minutes of the governing council, correspondence, reports, and other records of encampments and other activities and functions.
Review:
The membership card files are housed in separately numbered containers with the contents filed in alphabetical order by surname. These cards are also divided as post-1920 and pre-1920. These cards contain standard directory information as well as information about an individual's military service.
Finding aids:
Unpublished guide available in repository and online: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/msscfa/sc18859.htm
Corporate subject:
United Spanish War Veterans. Dept. of New York Archives.
Subject:
Spanish-American War, 1898--Veterans.
Subject:
Veterans--New York (State)--Societies, etc. Records and correspondence.
Geographic terms:
United States--History--1865-1921.
Geographic terms:
New York (State)--History--1865-
Form/genre terms:
Minutes. aat
Form/genre terms:
Account books. aat
Electronic access:
Finding aid: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/msscfa/sc18859.htm
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