Grand Army of the Republic, Walla Walla, Records
Scope and Contents
The Grand Army of the Republic, Walla Walla, Records includes the minutes, membership records, correspondence, and financial records that document the activities of this Civil War veterans’ organization.
Dates
- 1881-1923
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
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.
Extent
2.2 Linear Feet (3 manuscript boxes, 1 flat box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Grand Army of the Republic, Walla Walla, Records documents the transactions and membership of this Civil War veterans’ organization.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Materials found in collection; provenance is unknown.
- Title
- Guide to the Grand Army of the Republic, Walla Walla, Records
- Author
- Michael Paulus
- Date
- 2007
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid and processing this collection was provided through grants awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Repository Details
Part of the Whitman College and Northwest Archives Repository