Charters, ca. 1880-1943, Grand Army of the Republic, Department of KansasManuscript Collection no. 126
Descriptive InformationThis section provides basic data about the collection and a brief overview of its contents. 1.1 Repository 1.2 Creator 1.3 Title 1.4 Dates 1.5 Quantity 1.6 Abstract 1.7 Identification 1.8 Notes In a continuing effort to improve the completeness and accuracy of finding aids, revisions are made as more or new information becomes available. Consequently, this finding aid may differ slightly from what appears on the microfilm or on the Kansas State Historical Society’s web site. History/Biographical SketchThis section contains a brief sketch of the organization that created the records. 2.1 History Scope And ContentsThis section contains a description and analysis of the contents of the collection. This series includes the original surviving charters of some local posts of the Kansas Department of the Grand Army of the Republic. The Kansas Department issued the charters to local posts at the time of their organization. Typically, the charters included the names of the founding members of the post; the post name, number, and location; the department issuing the charter and its location; and the date of issue. The charters are usually signed by the current Department Commander and Adjutant General. Organization of the CollectionThis section describes the order in which the collection’s contents have been placed. The charters are filed in random order in one oversize portfolio case. The charters in this series are the only surviving original charters of Kansas GAR posts, and most are in very fragile condition. Where possible, photocopies of these charters have been filed with muster rolls by post number in Series 8, Post Records (Loose). In some cases, photocopies were made of charters that no longer survive. These photocopies were filed by post number with the muster rolls in Series 8, and no corresponding originals survive in this collection of original charters. Consult Series 8, Post Records (Loose) for photocopies of additional charters not included in this series. Adjunct Descriptive DataThis section includes lists of sources used in the preparation of this finding aid, collections on similar subjects that may be of interest to researchers, items cataloged separately, and items removed from the collection. 5.1 Related Materials Administrative records, 1878-1945 (1882-1914), Grand Army of the Republic, Kansas Department, Manuscript Collection 126, Series 1- 7. See Administrative Records for a list of records in this collection. Post Records (Loose), ca. 1880-1943, Grand Army of the Republic, Kansas Department, Manuscript Collection 126, Series 8. See Post Records (Unbound) for a list of records in this collection. Post Records (Bound), ca. 1880-1943, Grand Army of the Republic, Kansas Department, Manuscript Collection 126, Series 9. See Post Records (Bound) for a list of records in this collection. See the Administrative Records finding aid for a list of additional related materials in allied collections. 5.3 Other Finding Aid Controlled Access HeadingsThe terms listed below may include names, places, subjects, occupations, titles, and other words describing this collection. These terms are used in the ATLAS catalog used by the Kansas State Historical Society and affiliated libraries in Topeka, http://lib.wuacc.edu/search, as well as libraries and archives subscribing to OCLC, an international library/archives database. Searches on these words should produce a description of this collection as well as other books and collections that may be of interest. Names are subjects unless otherwise noted. Topical terms are Library of Congress subject headings unless indicated otherwise. 6.2 Corporate Names 6.3 Geographic Names 6.4 Subjects Administrative InformationThis section provides more detailed information about this collection that may be helpful to those wishing to use it, including its history, restrictions, copyright information, other formats, and a suggested citation form. 7.1 Restrictions on Access 7.2 Restrictions on Use 7.4 Alternate Form Available 7.5 Preferred Citation Bibliography: Grand Army of the Republic, Dept. of Kansas. Charters, ca. 1880– 1943, Kansas State Historical Society, Ms. Collection 126 [box number]; microfilm MS [roll number]. 7.6 Acquisition Information “Records of the Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Kansas, were moved into the archives division from the old office space of the GAR during the past year. Fiscal and reunion records, 1879-1936, have been microfilmed while letters and papers of the organization, totaling 18 manuscript volumes and 14 document boxes, have been arranged and shelved” (KHQ, v XXVI, 1960 [Kansas Historical Collections, v XLII], p. 78). Since the 1950s, the Society has received a number of additional GAR records by donation. The identification of considerable gaps in the Grand Army records has prompted the Society to solicit additional donations. 7.7 Processing Information Suellyn Lathrop, archivist, 1992-1997 Suzanne Guinn, (Lela Barns intern and volunteer), 199os Benjamin Stone, archivist, 2005 Michael A. Church, archivist, 2006-2007 Description Of Subordinate ComponentsThe following table lists those posts for which charters are included in this collection, but the entries do not reflect the order in which the charters appear in the box.
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