| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | War Emergency Relief Board of Cleveland, Ohio, Records
| | | | Creator: | War Emergency Relief Board of Cleveland, Ohio | | | | Dates: | 1898 | | | | Abstract: | 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. | | | | Call #: | MS 2339 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Spanish-American War, 1898 -- War work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Women in charitable work.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Daughters of the American Revolution, Western Reserve Chapter Records
| | | | Creator: | Daughters of the American Revolution, Western Reserve Chapter | | | | Dates: | 1891-1917 | | | | Abstract: | Local chapter of the national patriotic society. The Western Reserve Chapter was founded in 1891 in Cleveland, Ohio, by a group of women led by Catherine Hitchcock Tilden Avery. In addition to planning and implementing some of the earliest Americanization programs, the DAR was also involved in providing nursing care and emergency relief to victims of wars and floods. The collection consists of minutes, reports of delegations to the Continental Congress of the DAR, resolutions in memory of deceased members, notices of events, correspondence, addresses given to the DAR and other groups, reports of events of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, and committee reports. | | | | Call #: | MS 0910 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Daughters of the American Revolution. Western Reserve Chapter (Cleveland, Ohio). | Patriotic societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Women in charitable work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Spanish-American War, 1898 -- War work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Societies, etc. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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