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United Spanish-American War Veterans Records Rhode Island veterans' organization. Records, 1907 - 1950. Bulk dates 1907 - 1934. Size: 2 linear ft. Catalog number: MSS 766 Processed by: Robin Flynn, February 1997 ©Rhode Island Historical Society Manuscripts Division |
Historical note:
The United Spanish-American War Veterans, R.I. Department was a veteran's association founded in Providence in 1899 or 1900. The association was organized by individual camps throughout the state. Its existence was listed in the Providence City Directory as late as 1970. Each camp was named and numbered. The camps contained in the collection are as follows:
Camp number Camp name Town
1 Allyn K. Capron Providence
3 Chas. M. Thomas Newport
4 Sidney F. Hoar Providence
6 Robert Brucker Westerly
7 Rudolph Breault Woonsocket
8 J. J. Wooley Pawtucket
9 Peter E. Henchey East Greenwich
10 Gardiner C. Sims Providence
Scope and content:
The collection contains records primarily for the R.I. Dept., dating from 1907 - 1934. Included are correspondence, muster rolls, death records, camp rosters, various administrative reports, and miscellaneous items such as bulletins and general orders. Other states are occasionally represented. A report dated 1924 gives detailed psychiatric evaluations of eleven mentally ill veterans institutionalized at Howard, R.I.
Provenance:
These records were a gift of Sons of Union Veterans; the gift also included records of Grand Army of the Republic, and the Sons of Union Veterans.
Processing note:
Most correspondence folders are arranged by original order and category names.
Inventory:
Series 1: Correspondence.
Folder 1. General, 1915 - 1927.
Folder 2. General, 1929 - 1933.
Folder 3. National Headquarters, 1912 - 1925.
Folder 4. R.I. Dept. Headquarters, 1923 - 1925.
Folder 5. R.I. Dept. Headquarters, 1931 - 1932.
Folder 6. R.I. Dept. Headquarters, 1931 - 1932.
Folder 7. Camps 1, 3, and 4, (1925).
Folder 8. Camp 6, (circa 1917 - 1925).
Folder 9. Camps 7 and 8, (circa 1912 - 1925).
Folder 10. Dispute between camps 4 and 10, 1927 - 1930.
Folder 11. Charter, Henchey Camp, 1925.
Folder 12. Salary dispute, Edward Gladding, Camp 4 (Sidney Hoar), 1929.
Folder 13. General, other member states (arranged alphabetically).
Folder 14. Resignations, 1909 - 1917.
Folder 15. Social functions, 1926 - 1930.
Folder 16. Newspapers: American Standard, National Tribune, 1914 - 1917.
Folder 17. Report on "Spanish War Veterans at State Institutions, Howard, R.I.", 1924.
Series 2: Muster rolls.
Folder 1. Camp 1, 1907 - 1934.
Folder 2. Camp 3, 1907 - 1934.
Folder 3. Camp 4, 1907 - 1934.
Folder 4. Camp 6, 1907 - 1934.
Folder 5. Camp 7, 1909 - 1934.
Folder 6. Camp 8, 1915 - 1934.
Folder 7. Camp 9, 1925 - 1934.
Folder 8. Camp 10, 1929 - 1934.
Series 3: Consolidated adjutant and quartermaster reports.
Folder 1. 1911 - 1934.
Series 4: Quartermaster reports.
Folder 1. Camp 1, 1911 - 1925.
Folder 2. Camp 3, 1912 - 1925.
Folder 3. Camp 4, 1911 - 1925.
Folder 4. Camp 6, 1911 - 1925.
Folder 5. Camp 7, 1911 - 1925.
Folder 6. Camps 8 and 9, 1914 - 1925.
Series 5: Death reports.
Folder 1. Camp 1, 1917 - 1931.
Folder 2. Camp 3, 1924 - 1931.
Folder 3. Camp 4, 1924 - 1932.
Folder 4. Camp 6, 1924 - 1931.
Folder 5. Camp 7, 1931.
Folder 6. Camp 8, 1916 - 1932.
Camp 9, 1930.
Series 6: Inspection reports.
Folder 1. Consolidated (all camps), 1910 - 1932.
Folder 2. Individual camps, 1910 - 1915.
Folder 3. Individual camps, 1916 - 1921.
Folder 4. Individual camps, 1922 - 1929.
Series 7: Legislation.
Folder 1. U.S. Congressional bill proposals and calendars; R.I. Dept. legislative committee scrapbook (1909 -1920).
Series 8: Encampments.
Folder 1. National encampment certificates, individual camps, 1913 - 1930.
Folder 2. National encampment certificates, consolidated camps, 1914 - 1930.
Folder 3. National encampments, miscellaneous (correspondence, itineraries, schedules).
Folder 4. R.I. Dept. encampment certificates, 1927 - 1933.
Folder 5. R.I. Dept. encampment records, 1930.
Series 9: Camp rosters.
Folder 1. Circa 1920 - 1930.
Series 10: Annual reports of department commanders.
Folder 1. 1933.
(Box 2)
Series 11: Installations of officers, individual camps.
Folder 1. 1913 - 1933.
Series 12: Supply requisitions.
Folder 1. 1925 - 1932.
Series 13: Bulletins and general orders, various states.
Folders 1 - 3. Miscellaneous bulletins, general orders, and reports, circa 1915 - 1932.
Series 14: Miscellaneous.
Folder 1. Contents:
Spanish-American War Veterans' Creed
Poem: "The Old Volunteer"
Dance program (1930) and invitations (1919, 1930).
Monument dedication souvenirs: Hiker Monument, May 28, 1922.
Spanish-American War Memorial, Marlborough, Ma., Oct. 12, 1924.
Woonsocket Spanish-American War Memorial,
May 30, 1925.
Misc. camp event invitations
By-laws, Sidney F. Hoar Camp (No. 4)
Proclamation, Massachusetts: Establishment of Spanish War Day and Maine Day
(2/5/26)
Muster certificate
Application for charter (camp undetermined)
Reports of 1st meetings, Henchey and Sims Camps
Report of the national historian, August 1918
Parade order, Armistice Day 1924
Identification certificates (2)
Miscellaneous receipts
Blank forms
(Box 3)
Series 15: Records of J. J. Woolley Camp (#8)
Folder 1. Miscellaneous correspondence, Memorial Day records, and miscellaneous notes.
Folder 2. Membership receipts.
Folder 3. Minutes, 1931 - 1936.
Folder 4. Treasurer's book, 1935 - 1941.
Folder 5. Treasurer's book, 1941 - 1946.
Folder 6. Scrapbook.
Subjects:
Spanish-American War, 1898
Veterans - R.I.
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