Manuscript Group 162, Calvary Of America, Montclair Mounted Troop
Guide to Manuscript Group 162, Junior Calvary of America, Montclair Mounted Troop Records, 1931-1942
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Inventory organized by James Amemasor
This collection consists of training manuals, policy statements, reports, memos, broadsides, photographs, newspaper clippings, event programs, membership records, and several letters, a significant number of which were written on institutional letterheads. Among such institutions are the U.S. Military Academy (West Point, N.Y.), Campbell Mining Company (New York), United States Army Band, Keuffel & Esser Co (Hoboken, N.J.), National Security League, Inc. (New York), Fort Hamilton Headquarters First Division (New York), State of New Jersey Department of Police (Trenton, N.J.), Worcester Salt Company (New York), South Shore Country Club of Chicago, U.S. Calvary Association, National Broadcasting Corporation (New York), U.S. War Department (Washington, D.C., Delaware and Raritan Canal Commission, City of New York Police Department, New York Military Academy, Times & Rollinson (New York), U.S. Treasury Department (Washington, D.C.) and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Washington, D.C.).
Others include the White House, Wall Street banks, U.S. Congress, Military Training Camp Association (New York), O’Gorman & Young Company (Newark, N.J.), Abbey Printing Company (East Orange, N.J.), Morgan Park Military Academy (Chicago, IL), Bordentown Military Institute (Bordentown, N.J.), Pennsylvania Military College (Chester, PA), New York Military Academy (Cornwall-On-Hudson) and Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company (Newark, N.J.).
| Box | Folder | Description | Date |
| 1 | 1 | Roaster of mounted scouts, correspondence, group photographs (including one for Second Platoon), orders, historical outline of the mounted scouts, organizational and training instructions, | 1930-1931 |
| 1 | 2 | Correspondence, memos, photos of mounted drill squads, programs of events, roosters, Report, list platoon members, and newspaper clippings, miscellaneous documents | 1930-1932 |
| 1 | 3 | Correspondence, historical notes, broadsides, newspaper clippings | 1932-1933 |
| 1 | 4 | Correspondence, policy statements, Treasurer’s reports, uniform rules, appointments and promotions, Mounted Troop membership list | 1933-1934 |
| 1 | 5 | Photos, correspondence, exhibition notes, memoranda, Treasurer’s Report, programs, menu | 1934 |
| 1 | 6 | Correspondence, Special Orders, list of awardees, exhibition drill, memoranda, Junior Horse Show program, a history of the Montclair Mounted Troop, newspaper clippings | 1934-1935 |
| 1 | 7 | Correspondence, broadsides, Junior Horse Show programs, receipts, Special Orders, photos | 1935 |
| 1 | 8 | Correspondence, Treasurer’s Report, Special Orders, event programs | 1935 |
| 1 | 9 | Newspaper clippings | 1935 |
| 1 | 10 | Photos, Memoranda, correspondence, Special Orders, Military Horse Show, photos, broadsides, certificate of incorporation, newspaper clippings | 1935-1936 |
| 1 | 11 | Minutes, | 1935-1936 |
| 1 | Correspondence, Honor Roll, programs, Junior Hose Show programs, memoranda | 1935-1936 | |
| 1 | 12 | Correspondence, memoranda, Special Order, membership list, photos, newspaper clippings | 1935-1936 |
| 2 | 1 | Correspondence, memoranda, recommendation for membership, application for membership | 1936 |
| 2 | 2 | Correspondence, photos, training schedule | 1936 |
| 2 | 3 | Correspondence, training schedule, memoranda, event reports, Treasurer’s Report, broadsides | 1936-1937 |
| 2 | 4 | Correspondence, Horse show prize lists, schedule of instruction, Mounted Troop List of Candidates, list of promotions, Special Orders | 1937 |
| 2 | 5 | Correspondence, Special Orders, parade program, Treasurer’s Report | 1937 |
| 2 | 6 | Correspondence, group photo of Junior Cavalry of America at U.S.M.A. West Point, NY; memoranda, policies, Annual Trip to West Point, Bear Mountain Inn Menu | 1937 |
| 2 | 7 | Report on Montclair Mounted Troop Camp in Wallingford, Vermont (directed by Keewaydin Camp, Princeton, NJ); Report of The Girl’s Mounted Troop at Songadeewin of Keewaydin | 1937 |
| 2 | 8 | Correspondence, photos, memoranda, travel insurance documents | 1937 |
| 2 | 9 | Junior Cavalry of America: Junior Horse Show of Northern New Jersey | 1937 |
| 2 | 10 | Correspondence, memoranda | 1937-1938 |
| 2 | 11 | Correspondence, memoranda, photos, roster of troops | 1937-1938 |
| 2 | 12 | Correspondence, newspaper clippings | 1938-1939 |
| 2 | 13 | Correspondence, Treasurer’s Report, photos | 1938-1939 |
| 2 | 14 | The Junior Horseman | 1938-1939 |
| 2 | 15 | Correspondence, newspaper clippings, miscellaneous documents | 1938 |
| 2 | 16 | Correspondence, newspaper clippings, miscellaneous documents | 1938 |
| 2 | 17 | Photos | 1938 |
| 3 | 1 | Correspondence, memorandum, photos, miscellaneous documents | 1938-1939 |
| 3 | 2 | Correspondence, memoranda, newspaper clippings | 1938-1939 |
| 3 | 3 | Correspondence, photos, newspaper clippings | 1939 |
| 3 | 4 | Correspondence | 1939 |
| 3 | 5 | Correspondence, photos, clippings | 1939 |
| 3 | 6 | Correspondence, event programs, Business cards, photos, clippings | 1939 |
| 3 | 7 | Correspondence, Treasurer’s Report | |
| 3 | 8 | Correspondence, bulletins, Special Orders, photos, newspaper clipping | 1939 |
| 3 | 9 | Correspondence, Special Orders, List of Advisory Committee, List of Cadets | 1939 |
| 3 | 10 | Correspondence, newspaper clippings | 1939 |
| 4 | 1 | Correspondence, programs, Horse Show mailing lists | 1939 |
| 4 | 2 | Correspondence, newspaper clippings | 1939 |
| 4 | 3 | Junior Horse Show Time Schedule, Prize Lists, newspaper clippings, miscellaneous materials | 1939 |
| 4 | 4 | Montclair Mounted Troop Girls’ Mounted Troop magazine | 1939 |
| 4 | 5 | Montclair Mounted Troop Girls’ Mounted Troop magazine, broadsides | 1939 |
| 4 | 6 | Correspondence, exhibition program, memoranda, photos, cadet rosters, Treasurer’s Report, newspaper clippings | 1939 |
| 4 | 7 | Correspondence, Special Orders, memoranda, postcards, newspaper clippings | 1939 |
| 4 | 8 | Correspondence, Special Orders, memoranda, list of committee members, newspaper clippings | 1940 |
| 4 | 9 | Newspaper clippings | 1940 |
| 4 | 10 | Correspondence, Girls’ Mounted Troop Magazine | 1940 |
| 4 | 11 | Correspondence, newspaper clippings | 1940 |
| 4 | 12 | Correspondence, memoranda | 1940 |
| 4 | 13 | Correspondence, photos, memoranda, miscellaneous materials | 1940-1941 |
| 4 | 14 | Newspaper clippings | 1940-1941 |
| 5 | 1 | Correspondence, photos, prize list, releases, newspapers clippings, Girls’ Mounted Troop Magazine | 1941 |
| 5 | 2 | Correspondence, memoranda, newspapers clippings | 1941 |
| 5 | 3 | Correspondence, prize list, newspapers clippings | 1942 |
| 5 | 4 | Girls’ Mounted Troop Magazine | 1942 |
