Overview of the Collection
Western Reserve Historical Society
War Emergency Relief Board of Cleveland, Ohio
War Emergency Relief Board of Cleveland, Ohio, Records
0.80 linear feet (2 containers)
The War Emergency Relief Board of Cleveland, Ohio, was a charitable organization formed under the auspices of the Daughters of the American Revolution to help provide supplies to the hospitals caring for American men wounded during the Spanish American War. The collection consists of contributions, work done, work returned, and auxiliary societies; receipt book of the committee on appropriations; and letters addressed to various members.
MS 2339
The records are in English
closed stacks1898
Scope and ContentThe War Emergency Relief Board of Cleveland, Ohio, Records, 1898, consist of contributions, work done, work returned, and auxiliary societies; receipt book of the committee on appropriations; and letters addressed to various members.
The collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of Cleveland, Ohio, the Spanish American War, and women's history related to charitable work at the end of the nineteenth century.
Statement of ArrangementThe collection is arranged by document type and then chronologically.
Restrictions on AccessNone.
Preferred Citation[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 2239 War Emergency Relief Board of Cleveland, Ohio, Records, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Acquisition InformationGift of Mrs. Andrew Squire in 1898, and others.
Indexing TermsThe following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects:Spanish-American War, 1898 -- War work -- Ohio -- Cleveland.Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc.Women in charitable work.Detailed Description of The CollectionWar Emergency Relief Board of Cleveland, Ohio, Records1898 undated11-3CorrespondenceMay -December 189814Receipts and miscellany1898 undated15Record book of contributionsSeptember 189816Record book of work returnedAugust-September 189817Record book of work doneJune-August 189818Record book of work passing from headquarters committee to distribution committeeAugust-September 189821Record book of auxiliary societies organized by the Western Reserve Daughters of the American Revolution189822Record book of the committee on appropriations1898