Collection Title: United Daughters of the Confederacy – Calloway County
Series Number: MS86-03
Processed and Cataloged by: Processed by Sheree Wise on September 13, 2010.
Date Listed: September 20, 2010
Date Span: 1863-1987 (Bulk, 1903-1976)
Size of Collection: 10.0 linear feet.
Number of Boxes: 7 legal size document cases and 6 oversized boxes.
Type of Material: Correspondence, financial records, organizational minutes, scrapbooks, photographs, memorabilia and ephemera.
Condition of Material: Fair with some tears, foxing and fading due to improper storage.
Arrangement: Organized into series by format of material; Chronological arrangement.
Biographical / Historical Information: The Calloway County Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy was organized on May 24, 1904 at Murray, Kentucky as the J. N. Williams Chapter. The chapter was chartered by the Kentucky Division of the organization on July 7, 1904. The chapter was responsible for the construction of the Confederate monument on the grounds of the Calloway County Courthouse. The chapter remains active to the present day.
Scope and Content: Collection consists of correspondence, meeting minutes, financial records and reports related to the United Daughters of the Confederacy of Calloway County, Kentucky from 1903 to 1976. The collection contains a record ledger of the Confederate Veterans Association, Camp H. B. Lyon, no. 1259 (1903-1921), membership applications for “Cross of Honor” certificates and various awards received or issued by the organization. Included with the records are scrapbooks, photograph albums, programs, newspaper clippings, memorabilia and ephemera associated with the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Subject Headings / Descriptors:
United Daughters of the Confederacy. Kentucky Division. Calloway County Chapter.
Kentucky – History – Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States – History – Civil War, 1861-1865.
Calloway County (Ky.) – History.
War memorials – Kentucky – Calloway County.
Veterans – Kentucky – Calloway County.
