Date Original
1925-1932
Description
This collection contains nine membership applications for the United Daughters of the Confederacy from 1925 to 1932.
Biographical/Historical Note
On September 10, 1894, in Nashville, Tennessee, Caroline Meriwether Goodlett and Ann Davenport Raines organized the National Association of the Daughters of the Confederacy. A year later the name was changed to the Daughters of the Confederacy. The group incorporated on July 18, 1919, stating that the organizations' objectives were historic, benevolent, educational, memorial, and patriotic. Arkansas' first chapter was chartered May 7, 1896, the Pat Cleburne Chapter in Hope, Arkansas. It was followed by eighteen chapters spread around the state.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Arkansas
Language
English
Identifier
SMC.074.016
Resource Type
Text
Collection
United Daughters of the Confederacy membership applications, SMC.074.016
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
United Daughters of the Confederacy membership applications, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
United States History
