Overview of the Collection
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Repository Name:
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Whitman College and Northwest
Archives
345 Boyer Avenue
Walla Walla, WA 99362
(509) 527-5922
archives@whitman.edu
www.whitman.edu/archives
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Collection Number:
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HTM_WCMss43
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Creator:
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Grand Army of the Republic (Walla Walla, Wash.)
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Title:
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Grand Army of the Republic, Walla Walla, Records
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Dates:
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1881-1923 (inclusive)
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Quantity:
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2.0 linear
feet
4 boxes
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Languages:
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Materials are in English
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Summary:
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The records of the Grand Army of the Republic, Walla Walla, which document the transactions and membership of this Civil War veterans’ organization.
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Historical Note
Immediately following the end of the Civil War, veterans’ clubs began to be established across the United States. The Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.), a fraternal organization of Union Army veterans, was first established in Decatur, Illinois, in April 1866. Other “posts” (as local organizations were called) formed rapidly for the “defense of the late soldiery of the United States, morally, socially, and politically,” and the G.A.R. became a powerful national organization, known for the success of its political lobbying efforts.
G.A.R. Abraham Lincoln Post No. 4, Walla Walla, Washington Territory, was organized February 8, 1881.
Content Description
The Grand Army of the Republic, Walla Walla, Records include the minutes, membership records, correspondence, and financial records that document the activities of this Civil War veterans’ organization.
Arrangement
Materials organized by genre and form.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information Donated to the Whitman College and Northwest Archives prior to 2004.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Access Collection is open to the public.
Restrictions on Use Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. for copyright not held by Whitman College.
Preferred Citation The Grand Army of the Republic, Walla Walla, Records, Whitman College and
Northwest Archives.
Subjects
| Grand Army of the Republic--Archives |
| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans. |
| Veterans -- Washington (State) – Walla Walla. |
Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
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Minute book and membership records
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G.A.R. publications, including Grand Army Blue Book (1893, 1902), G.A.R. Journal of Annual Encampment (Wash. and Alaska Department)
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Correspondence, applications, financial records, and orders
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