Manuscript Group 1170, Daughters of the American Colonists, New Jersey Society Records, 1924 – 1981
Archives Documents, Manuscripts, Maps, & Photographs
Manuscript
Group # 1170
Daughters
of the American Colonists
New
Jersey Society
Records,
1924-1981
7
linear feet
Updated
by S. Sullivan
2000
Scope
and Content Notes:
The
New Jersey State Society of the Daughters of the American
Colonists Records contains records of the society that span the
years 1924-1981. The New Jersey Society of the Daughters of
the American Colonists was established by a small group of women
in January of 1924. The group first called itself the
Captain Francis Drake chapter but later changed its name to the
Governor Philip Carteret chapter. Committee reports,
correspondence, meeting minutes, public relations work book, year
books, lineage book of members, eligibility rules, by-laws, and
information on various commemorative activities of the
organization.
Provenance:
The
records were donated as a gift to
Archives
Documents, Manuscripts, Maps, & Photographs from Harriet Stryker-Rodda in 1982.
Manuscript
Group # 1170
Daughters
of the American Colonists
New
Jersey Society
Records,
1924-1981
Container List
Box
Description
Dates
1
Committee Reports
1933-1960s
2
Committee Reports and Correspondence
1945-1979
3
Minutes/ Reports/ Yearbooks
1928-1968
4
Regents Books and Presidents Files
1941-1963
5
Miscellaneous MCR
1944-1979
6
National Organizations Materials
7
National Organizations Materials
8
Reports/ Histories. Photos
9
Scrapbooks
**A
folder level description is contained in an original handwritten
format in the data file.**
ADDED
TO COLLECTION:
The following records of this New Jersey
Chapter were returned to the Chapter sometime during the summer
of 1986 and will be added to the collected records which have
been deposited at the New Jersey Historical Society at 52 Park
Place, Newark, New Jersey:
State Regents Files
Some
contain copies of reports and all contain various miscellaneous
items. Files are marked:
Regents
Book 1943-1944
Regents
Book and Reports 1952-1953
Regents
Book and Official Reports 1952-1961
Annual
Reports 1953-1958
Regents
Book (Presidents file 1961-1962)
Regents
Book (Presidents file 1962-1963)
History
of the State Regents 1944-1954
State Historians Books of Reports
Book
I, 1824-1949
Book
II, 1941-1858
Records
of Meetings, Accomplishments, and Biographies, 1924-1958
Contains certificates of incorporation and other legal matters
Historians Historical Scrapbooks
1
– 1934-1944
1
– 1959-1964
1
– Correct Use of the Flag, Scrapbook by Evelyn L. Ogden,
Chairman of the
committee, 1943-1946
1
-4×6 file of cards: World War II, Family War Service Data
(War Service of the sons and husbands of DAC NJ State members)
These
items were added to Manuscript Group 1170 in 1986.
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