Details
Title

Grand Army of the Republic collection 1881-1956

Date

1881-1956

Call Number

BHS 332

Contents

4 boxes (52 folders).

Summary

This collection contains minutes books, bylaws and ritual handbooks, programs, histories, newspaper clippings, national, departmental and local rosters and other records of the Grand Army of the Republic, and in particular the Department of Colorado and Wyoming, Nathaniel Lyon Post No. 5, Boulder, for the period from 1881 to 1956. The materials also concern auxiliaries of the G.A.R., including the Woman's Relief Corps.

History

The Boulder chapter of the Grand Army of the Republic, comprising veterans of the Civil War, was organized on 19 April 1881 as Boulder Post No. 13, Department of the Mountains. In 1882 the western departments were reorganized and this chapter was renamed the Nathaniel Lyon Post No. 5, Department of Colorado and Wyoming. Two members survived to sign their names to the final pages of the Post's history on 12 May 1940. The last surviving Union veteran in the region died ca. 1944.

Terms of Use

RIGHTS: The historic photographs and documents, with the Source BHS, belong to the Boulder Historical Society/Museum of Boulder and require attribution when used. These items are on permanent loan to the Carnegie Library for Local History. No duplicated materials may be deposited, or placed on file in any other archive, museum, library or similar repository. Questions of copyright are the responsibility of the user.

Format

Documents.
Clippings.

Donor

Willis, Maude E. 1872-1960

Subjects

Grand Army of the Republic., Nathaniel Lyon Post No. 5 (Boulder, Colo.)--Records and correspondence
Grand Army of the Republic., Nathaniel Lyon Post No. 5 (Boulder, Colo.)--Membership
Grand Army of the Republic--Handbooks, manuals, etc
Woman's Relief Corps (U.S.)--History
Veterans--Colorado--Boulder--History
Pioneers--Colorado--Boulder--Biography
Women--Colorado--Societies and clubs
Veterans--Colorado--Congresses
Veterans--Colorado--Directories
Veterans--Wyoming--Directories
Obituaries--Colorado--Boulder
Clubs--Colorado--Boulder
Boulder (Colo.)--Biography
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Biography

Acquisition Note

Donor: Maude Willis 1520 19th St., Boulder, CO. Gift Date unknown, ca. 1958

Note

This collection is on permanent loan from the Boulder Historical Society.

Pages

address delivered in the Curran Opera House, Boulder, Colorado, on Memorial Day, Monday, May 31, 1909 1909 June 7
An address delivered in the Curran Opera House, Boulder, Colorado, on Memorial Day, Monday, May 31, 1909 1909 June 7
Call Number 332-4-9
Date 1909
Contents 2 v. (each 12 p.)
Description This folder contains two printed copies of the Memorial Day address delivered by the Reverend Charles Black in Boulder, Colo., 1909. Black had it printed in response to a request by the Nathaniel Lyon Post No. 5, G.A.R.

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Grand Army of the Republic Newspapers 1905-1941
Grand Army of the Republic Newspapers 1905-1941
Call Number 332-4-10
Date 1905-1941
Contents 1 folder.
Description This folder contains entire sections of newspapers that highlighted activities of the G.A.R. in Colorado, 1905-1941. Contents include the Denver Times of 5 September 1905 and the Boulder Daily Camera of 9 April 1926 and 18-19 June 1928.

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G.A.R. clippings 1907-1956
G.A.R. clippings 1907-1956
Call Number 332-4-11
Date 1907-1956
Contents 1 folder.
Description This folder contains archival photocopies of newspaper clippings (most from the Boulder Daily Camera) about the G.A.R. in Boulder, Colorado, 1907-1956.

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