| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Daughters of the American Revolution, Ohio Society Records
| | | | Creator: | Ohio Daughters of the American Revolution | | | | Dates: | 1917-1923 | | | | Abstract: | The Ohio Society Daughters of the American Revolution is an affiliate to the National Society. The society's programs include youth scholarship, adult literacy, national defense, community service awards, service to veterans, historic preservation, and conservation. During World War I, the Ohio Society undertook a project to support members of the United States military. The collection consists of Selective Service bulletins, chapter names, check lists, correspondence, expenses and financial records, military and non-military war service records, notes taken in the office, notebooks, officer lists, and volunteer lists. | | | | Call #: | MS 5252 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Daughters of the American Revolution. Ohio Society | Ohio -- Genealogy | Patriotic societies -- Ohio | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Societies, etc. | Women -- Ohio -- Societies and clubs | Women in charitable work -- Ohio | World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- Ohio | Genealogy / Women's History
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | United States Sanitary Commission, Cleveland Branch (Soldiers' Aid Society of Northern Ohio) Records
| | | | Creator: | United States Sanitary Commission, Cleveland Branch | | | | Dates: | 1842-1878 | | | | Abstract: | The United States Sanitary Commission (Soldiers' Aid Society of Northern Ohio) was established in 1861 in Cleveland, Ohio, to provide for the physical needs of soldiers by improving camp hygiene and diets, collecting and disbursing hospital stores, inspecting hospitals and other medical facilities, caring for sick and wounded soldiers, registering and burying the dead, building and supporting a soldiers home, and conducting a special relief system and employment service. The collection consists of correspondence, reports, memoranda, receipt, cash, and memoranda books, acknowledgements of equipment received, bank drafts, insurance policies, newspaper clippings, and other papers. Includes invoices and other papers concerning the Northern Ohio Sanitary Fair, 1864, and a memoir of Caroline Younglove Abbott concerning the work of the organization. | | | | Call #: | MS 1012 | | | | Extent: | 22.00 linear feet (41 containers, 41 oversize volumes, and 1 wrapped package) | | | | Subjects: | United States Sanitary Commission. Cleveland Branch. | Soldiers' homes -- Ohio. | Veterans -- Employment -- Ohio. | Veterans -- Medical care -- Ohio. | Women in charitable work -- Ohio. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- War work. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women.
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