Register of the United Spanish War Veterans Records,

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Title: United Spanish War Veterans Records
Dates: 1898-1972 (inclusive)
Collection Number: Mss B 51
Summary: Correspondence, membership records, publicity material, convention programs, miscellaneous other records.
Repository: Utah State Historical Society

Collection Inventory +/-

Box Folder Contents
box , folder : Papers
box 1, folder 1 : Sleator, Thomas B.; The Story of My Life, n.d.
box 1, folder 2 : Sleator, Thomas B.; military records, discharge papers, certificates, 1898-1899, 1963
box 1, folder 3 : Sleator, Thomas B.; miscellaneous materials, decal, dance card (Third Ball, Utah Society, Army of the Philippines), 8 April 1901; The Soldier's Letter for December 1898; Complete Roster of the Fourteenth, 1898
box 1, folder 4 : Sleator, Thomas B.: scrapbook, newspaper clippings, ca. 1930s-1962
box 1, folder 5 : Sleator, Thomas B.: scrapbook, newspaper clippings, 1951-1953
box 1, folder 6 : Sleator, Harold E.: muster card, correspondence, 1898-1899
box 2, folder 1 : Sleator, Alice P.: United Spanish War Veterans Auxiliary scrapbook, history, roster, reports of department presidents, resolutions, by-laws, special letters, correspondence, financial records, 1918, 1931-1935
box , folder : United Spanish War Veterans (USWV) Department of Utah
box 2, folder 2 : Annual Encampment, Official Proceedings, 1948, 1950-1951
box 2, folder 3 : Annual Encampment, Programs, 1958-1962; 1964-1973
box 2, folder 4 : Applications for headstones or markers, 1952, 1955
box 2, folder 5 : Book of Ceremonies, 1912
box 2, folder 6 : Camp No. 1: E.A. Wedgwood; correspondence, memos, special bulletin, auxiliary credentials, 1960-1974
box 2, folder 7 : Camp No. 3: John F. Critchlow; membership, bulletins, annual report form, newsletters, souvenir program, auxiliary credential, by-laws, 1930-1961
box 2, folder 8-10 : Camp No. 4: Mt. Timpanogos; correspondence/memos, 1929-1962
box 2, folder 11 : Camp No. 4: Mt. Timpanogos; list of members, 1929-1953
box 2, folder 12 : Camp No. 4: Mt. Timpanogos; minutes of meetings, 1929-1930, 1946-1949
box 2, folder 13 : Camp No. 4: Mt. Timpanogos; miscellaneous materials, including pension list, requisition for supplies, 1930; financial report, application for membership, 1936; inspection report, 1942; dues delinquency notice, 1946; articles, 1950; resolution, 1946; Provo Chamber of Commerce newsletter, 1948; "In Memoriam"
box 2, folder 14 : Camp No. 4: Mt. Timpanogos, notices of death, 1946-1957
box 2, folder 15 : Certificates of membership in good standing, 1929-1960
box 2, folder 16 : Constitution and by-laws, 1948, 1964
box 2, folder 17 : Department Commanders and Adjutants Meeting, 25 January 1961
box 3, folder 1 : Financial records; check stubs, returned checks, receipts, accounts, 1921-1956
box 3, folder 2 : Fort Douglas national cemetery; correspondence., 1960; Bill S.3112
box 3, folder 3-4 : Headquarters: General Orders, 1930-1967
box 3, folder 5-7 : Headquarters: Letters sent, 1930-1965
box 3, folder 8 : Military Department, Junior ROTC, Salt Lake City High Schools, "Army Heritage," Speechmaker Series, Talk No. 15, April 1964
box 3, folder 9 : Miscellaneous correspondence, memos, special orders, 1929-1968
box 3, folder 10 : Membership Rosters, 1906, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1955, 1957-1958
box 3, folder 11 : National Convention, reports, 24 May 1947, 16-21 September 1961
box 3, folder 12 : (Provo), Agreements between Utah County, Utah and the Veterans Council of Provo, Utah Co., Utah, 10 August 1944; Provo City, Utah Co., Utah and the Veterans Memorial Board of Provo City, 29 April 1954
box 3, folder 13 : Provo City Cemetery Listing, undated
box 3, folder 14 : Provo Memorial Swimming Pool Committee; correspondence, 1949-1959
box 3, folder 15 : Provo Memorial Swimming Pool; reports, 1958-1960, 1963
box 3, folder 16 : Provo Memorial Swimming Pool; miscellaneous materials, announcement, "The Problem of Swimming Pools in Utah," Your Health, October, 1947; tabulation of bids
box 3, folder 17 : Provo Veterans Council; by-laws, amendments
box 3, folder 18 : Provo Veterans Council; Memorial Swimming Pool, reports, briefs, analysis, rules, supporting data, 1951
box 3, folder 19 : Provo Veterans Council; Ordinances to create a permanent committee for the purpose of promoting, supervising construction of, and the operation of a memorial in honor of the veterans of the wars in which the United States was a belligerent (undated); Ordinance No. 19...creating a veterans memorial board for the city of Provo, Utah, and providing for the name thereof; membership, thereof; tenure of office of members, compensation of members; removal of members; time and place of meeting; and the organization, duties and power of such a board; and to be known and identified as title 57 of the revised ordinances of Provo City, Utah, 1950
box 4, folder 1 : [Provo] Veterans War Memorial Board Meeting; agenda, minutes, 1957-1964
box 4, folder 2 : [Provo] Veterans War Memorial Board; statement of revenue and expenditures, 1952-1953, 1956-1959, 1962-1963
box 4, folder 3 : Utah News, Veterans Employment Service, February-April 1947
box 4, folder 4 : Utah House of Representatives Bill No. 224: Providing for the Transfer of the Graves Registration and Marking Division of the Adjutant General's Office to the Utah State Historical Society...1957; correspondence
box 4, folder 5 : Utah Veterans' Handbook, 1945
box 4, folder 6 : Veterans Administration Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah, VAVS Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes, 27 February 1961
box 4, folder 7 : Veterans Administration Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah, VAVS Newsletter, 6 March 1961
box 4, folder 8 : Veterans Administration Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah; Statistical Information of Psychiatric Patients (Male), January 1961
box 4, folder 9 : War Casualties Lists, Spanish American War, World War II [handwritten lists]
box , folder : United Spanish War Veterans, Auxiliary Department of Utah
box 4, folder 10 : Book of Ceremonies, 1941
box 4, folder 11 : Convention programs, 1935, 1942
box 4, folder 12 : Department President (Martha F. Crosbie); journal, 1947
box 4, folder 13-14 : General Orders, 1931-1974
box 4, folder 15 : "History of the Organization"
box 4, folder 16 : Letters sent, 1930-1943
box 4, folder 16 : Letters received, 1942-1961
box 4, folder 18 : Past President's Club (terms, addresses, birthdays), 1930-1955,1930-1950, 1930-1970
box 4, folder 19 : [pensions] Report of Legislative Committee Chairman, 21 May 1949
box 4, folder 20 : Report of Department Delegate No. 2, National Convention, 4 August 1946
box 4, folder 21 : Roster of members, 1930
box 4, folder 22 : Department President's letters, 1942, 1947, 1962
box , folder : United Spanish War Veterans (national organization)
box 4, folder 23 : Annual Encampments; programs, 1949, 1955-1957, 1960-1961
box 4, folder 24 : Annual Encampments; reports, 1933, 1938, 1961
box 4, folder 25 : Applications for membership
box 4, folder 26 : Book of Ceremonies of the United Spanish War Veterans, 1924, 1929
box 5, folder 1 : Constitution and Rules and Regulations of the United Spanish War Veterans, 1929; National Constitution and By-Laws, ca. 1900; Model Code of By-Laws, ca. 1900
box 5, folder 2 : Forms; bank deposit, selective service, USWV membership, requisition for supplies, inspection reports, merit system, dues notice, claims for burial expense, pension claim, etc.
box 5, folder 3 : National Convention; report, 8-12 September 1929
box 5, folder 4-5 : The National Son, Published by National Organization, S.A.W.V., in the interest of the Sons, U.S.W.V.. and Aux., Daughters of '98, M.O.R.S., M.O.L., 1947-48, 1961, 1962
box 5, folder 6 : Pension legislation; circulars, editorials, government publications, extracts from hearings before the Committee on Pensions, House of Representatives, 74th Congress, 1st Session on H.R. 6995, special legislative bulletins, "Aged, Disabled, and Destitute--What Shall We do for Our Broken Veterans"; Old Age-Conditions in Utah and America in 1930," Summary of Benefits for Veterans with Military Service before February 1, 1955, and their Dependents," etc., 1918-1960
box 5, folder 6 : Radio Program, Fiftieth Anniversary Spanish American War 1898-1902, by Mackie E. Bennett, National Radio Chairman; text
box 5, folder 7 : Ritual of the United Spanish War Veterans, 1928
box 5, folder 8 : Selective Service; regulations, bulletins, etc., 1940, 1944
box , folder : United Spanish War Veterans, Auxiliary [national organization]
box 5, folder 9 : Annual Encampment; program, 16-21 September 1961
box 5, folder 10 : Book of Ceremonies, Forms, Procedures, 1932
box 5, folder 11 : Burial benefit; circular, 1924
box 5, folder 12 : Constitution and Rules and Regulations, Supplements, 1928, 1932,1935, 1936-1939, 1951
box 5, folder 13-14 : National Headquarters, Department Letters; National Americanism, Pan American Study, National Membership, National President, National Defense, National Publicity, National Child Welfare, ca. 1940s
box 6, folder 1 : Department officers, 1961-1962
box 6, folder 2 : Department Officers' Reports and Drill Team Report, May 1931-May 1932
box 6, folder 3 : Department Presidents' Conference, resume, 22-23 January 1947, 13-14 January 1948
box 6, folder 4-7 : General Orders, 1926-1971
box 6, folder 8 : Legislative Report, 1 June 1961, 1-2 June 1963
box 6, folder 9 : National Convention, Official Call, 1947-1973 [arranged by state]
box 6, folder 10 : National Convention, Reports of National President and National Officers, 8-12 September 1929
box 6, folder 11 : Official Catalogue
box 6, folder 12 : Ritual, 1925, 1948, 1959
box 6, folder 13 : Roster of national officers, 1941-1944, 1946-1948, 1953-1955,1961-1962
box 6, folder 14 : Miscellaneous state departments' general orders; Arizona, Colorado and Wyoming, District of Columbia, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Texas, Wisconsin, 1929-1960
box 6, folder 15-18 : Miscellaneous materials
box 6, folder 15-18 1: Sons of Spanish-American War Veterans, Section I, A Brief History, Section II, Why a Son Should Join, Section III, How to Form a Camp, 1960
box 6, folder 15-18 2: A Brief Resume of the Spanish-American War by Colonel E.G. Thomas
box 6, folder 15-18 3: State of Utah Merit System Council, Merit System Examinations, 1947
box 6, folder 15-18 4: The Spanish-American War by John Schoenborn, 1944-1945
box 6, folder 15-18 5: Address book
box 6, folder 15-18 6: Emblem-flag literature
box 6, folder 15-18 7: Poems
box 6, folder 15-18 8: Sons of 1898 and Patriotic Tunes, 1933
box 6, folder 15-18 9: Songs of the Long Ago, undated
box 6, folder 15-18 10: Business cards
box 6, folder 15-18 11: United Spanish War Veterans, Why You Should Belong
box 6, folder 15-18 12: Songs of Yesterday and Greeting, USWV, 1935
box 6, folder 15-18 13: "Hello Buddy" Comics of War, sold by Unemployed or Disabled Ex-Service Men, undated
box 6, folder 15-18 14: Etiquette of the Stars and Stripes
box 6, folder 15-18 15: Why I am Proud to be a Spanish-American War Veteran
box 6, folder 15-18 16: Sunset Memorial Services (Salt Lake City, Utah), 30 May 1953
box 6, folder 15-18 17: Application for Exemption of Property/widow of veteran, 1935
box 6, folder 15-18 18: Patriotic Flag Ceremony for the Opening and Closing ofour Schools, as recommended by the Spanish War Veterans of the Department of Utah
box 6, folder 15-18 19: Encampment ribbons
box 6, folder 15-18 20: Veteran's Patrol, January 1933 [newspaper]
box 6, folder 15-18 21: The American Soldier
box 6, folder 15-18 22: The First American Paper in Manila, 25 December 1898
box 6, folder 15-18 23: Roster of Scout Young Camp No. 2, USWV, Dept. of Oregon, 1931
box 6, folder 15-18 24: Department of Oregon, National Auxiliary, USWV, 1936 Song Book and Roster
box 6, folder 15-18 25: Roster and By-Laws of Theodore Roosevelt, Auxliary No. 5, Dept.of California, USWV, 1953
box 6, folder 19-20 : Miscellaneous newspaper clippings. 1930-1964

Biographical Note/Historical Note +/-

No information available.

Content Description +/-

Correspondence, membership records, publicity material, convention programs, miscellaneous other records.

Collection Use +/-

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Restrictions on Access

Administrative Information +/-

Arrangement:

Creator:

United Spanish War Veterans

Language:

English.

Sponsor:

Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008

Quantity:

6 boxes (3 linear ft.)

Language of the Finding Aid:

Finding aid written in Englishin Latin script

EAD Creation Date:

1999.