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Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War records

Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of Illinois at Chicago, Special Collections (Richard J. Daley Library)
801 S. Morgan
Chicago, IL
USA
Repository Number
MSDUV92
Creator
Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1861-1865--Illinois Department.
Title
Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War records
Dates
1911-1980
Quantity
11.0 linear feet.
Abstract
These papers cover the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, primarily in respect to the Illinois Department. They also include documents pertaining to the Maywood Home for Soldiers' Widows.
Language of the Material
English

Administrative Information

Biography/Profile

The Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War (DUV) was representative of the late nineteenth-century organizations founded to honor veterans of the war and speak on their behalf. The first such organization on the national level was probably the Grand Army of the Republic, which Benjamin F. Stephenson founded in 1866 in Decatur, Illinois. By the 1880s, the families and descendents of union war veterans formed their own organizations. They created the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War in 1881 and organized several women's auxiliaries, including the Women's Relief Corps and the Ladies Aid Society, both founded in 1883.

In 1885, the women's auxiliaries met in Massillon, Ohio to form their own autonomous organization, the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, devoted to preserving the memory of the union cause and aiding union veterans and their survivors. In the opinion of one of its local officers, the DUV needed to participate actively in public affairs in order to "spread widely the teaching of patriotism that in peace or war there shall be no stain on the flag our fathers saved." The DUV had a three-tiered structure: a national organization, "departments" at the state level, and "tents" at the local level. The Illinois Department was founded in 1895, with Julia Croft Philips and Alice L. Ingram Hansen as the first two presidents.

In 1912, members of the Illinois Department founded the Logan Home, later known as the Maywood Home for Soldiers' Widows, with Della Hinshaw as the first president. Through the 1970s, the home provided a space "for the maintenance, nursing and care of aged and infirm widows, of Union Veterans of the Civil War, descendants thereof, and widows of veterans of all other wars fought in the defense of the United States of America." The Maywood Home appears to have shut down by the 1980s.

The Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War continues in existence today. The organization has 20 departments and over 40 tents and purports to be "the only Civil War lineal descent women's organization genealogically based on lineal descent."

Scope and Content

This collection deals mostly with the Maywood Home for widows and the Illinois Department of the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War. The documents touching on the Maywood Home include reports of the trustees, the home's by-laws and regulations, its financial records, and correspondence. The documents relating to the Illinois department include minutes of meetings, general orders, account books, officers' reports, and the annual convention proceedings. This collection also has a few documents concerning other state chapters and the national organization, as well as allied groups, such as the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Grand Army of the Republic, and Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. Finally, this collection has hundreds of cemetery records for veterans of the U. S. military.

Access Restrictions

Access restrictions -- Available without restriction.

Use/Re-use Restrictions

Use restrictions -- Available without restriction.

Preferred Citation

Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War records, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Illinois at Chicago

Indexed Terms

Inventory

I
Maywood Home Records
Administrative Information
Description of Material

This series has the records of the Maywood Home for Widows of Veterans, which was founded in 1912. The records include bank account books, officers' reports and correspondence.

Box 1 - Folder 1
Container 1
Title
Maywood Home statements of purpose and non-profit status
Dates
1948-1966
Box 1 - Folder 2
Container 1
Title
Maywood Home documents relating to deeds and property titles
Dates
1912-1953
Box 1 - Folder 3
Container 1
Title
[RESTRICTED] Maywood Home correspondence and reports of Board of Directors
Dates
1945-1974
Box 1 - Folder 4
Container 1
Title
Maywood Home correspondence to board officers
Dates
1920-1979
Box 1 - Folder 5
Container 1
Title
Maywood Home officers' reports and amendments to articles of association
Dates
1915-1976
Box 1 - Folder 6
Container 1
Title
Maywood Home general correspondence
Dates
1920-1979
Box 1 - Folder 7
Container 1
Title
Maywood Home by-laws and committee lists
Dates
1926-1968
Box 1 - Folder 8
Container 1
Title
Maywood Home bank account booklets at Northern Trust Company
Dates
1932-1968
Box 1 - Folder 9
Container 1
Title
Maywood Home bank account booklets at First National Bank of Chicago
Dates
1933-1963
Box 1 - Folder 10
Container 1
Title
Maywood Home bank account booklets at Maywood State Bank
Dates
1925-1926
Box 1 - Folder 11
Container 1
Title
Audit reports for the Illinois department of the Daughters of Veterans of the Civil War
Dates
1951-1959
Box 1 - Folder 12
Container 1
Title
Maywood Home audit reports
Dates
1930-1942
Box 1 - Folder 13
Container 1
Title
Maywood Home correspondence regarding property titles and bond investments
Dates
1927-1979
Box 1 - Folder 14
Container 1
Title
Maywood Home policy book
Dates
1974
Box 1 - Folder 15
Container 1
Title
Blank admission form and note to employees
Dates
1963-1977
Box 2 - Folder 16
Container 2
Title
Maywood Home appointment books
Dates
1971-1974
Box 2 - Folder 17
Container 2
Title
Maywood Home superintendent reports
Dates
1952-1971
Box 2 - Folder 18
Container 2
Title
Newspaper articles on Maywood Hom
Dates
1915; 1965-1972
Box 2 - Folder 19
Container 2
Title
Bequests to Maywood Home
Dates
1915; 1966-1975
Box 2 - Folder 20
Container 2
Title
Daily record books for Mayfield Home
Dates
1947-1959
Box 2 - Folder 21
Container 2
Title
Maywood Home Correspondence with U.S. Treasury Department
Dates
1942-1970
Box 2 - Folder 22
Container 2
Title
Blank forms and ledger
Dates
undated
Box 2 - Folder 23
Container 2
Title
Maywood Home correspondence with welfare agencies
Dates
1928; 1968-1973
Box 2 - Folder 24
Container 2
Title
Veterans' Administration Documents and correspondence with Maywood Home
Dates
1938; 1975-1978
Box 2 - Folder 25
Container 2
Title
Maywood Home welfare documents and correspondence
Dates
1941-1945
Box 2 - Folder 26
Container 2
Title
Nursing Home Association News
Dates
1971
Box 2 - Folder 27
Container 2
Title
Maywood Home documents and correspondence with public health agencies
Dates
1951-1976
Box 2 - Folder 28
Container 2
Title
Maywood Home officers list
Dates
1965-1968
Box 2 - Folder 29
Container 2
Title
Maywood Home correspondence with Chicago Area Association of Commerce and Industry
Dates
1963-1974
Box 2 - Folder 30
Container 2
Title
Maywood Home correspondence with Welfare Council of Metropolitan Chicago
Dates
1953-1971
Box 2 - Folder 31
Container 2
Title
Maywood Home correspondence with Cook County Department of Public Aid
Dates
1962-1975
Box 2 - Folder 32
Container 2
Title
Maywood Home treasury reports
Dates
1958-1962
Box 3 - Folder 33
Container 3
Title
Maywood Home correspondence with Hospital Planning Council for Metropolitan Chicago
Dates
1968-1969
Box 3 - Folder 34
Container 3
Title
Maywood Home correspondence relating to charitable activities
Dates
1920-1973
Box 3 - Folder 35
Container 3
Title
Maywood Home Elm Lawn Cemetery Company documents
Dates
1912-c.1940
Box 3 - Folder 36
Container 3
Title
Maywood Home and Illinois Association of Homes for the Aged
Dates
1961-1975
Box 3 - Folder 37
Container 3
Title
Maywood Home correspondence with Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Dates
1961-1975
II
Records of the Illinois Department of the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Administrative Information
Description of Material

This series has the records of the Illinois Department, which was founded in 1895. The records include minutes of meetings, general orders, financial reports, and proceedings of the department's annual conventions. This series also has a small number of documents relating to other departments of the DUV and to allied organizations.

Box 3 - Folder 38
Container 3
Title
Rosters for Indiana and Illinois departments
Dates
1970-1971
Box 3 - Folder 39
Container 3
Title
Minutes of meetings
Dates
1921-1925
Box 3 - Folder 40
Container 3
Title
Minutes of meetings
Dates
1935-1942
Box 3 - Folder 41
Container 3
Title
Minutes of meetings
Dates
1943-1952
Box 4 - Folder 42
Container 4
Title
Minutes of meetings
Dates
1946-1962
Box 4 - Folder 43
Container 4
Title
Reports of the Treasurer and President
Dates
1948; 1968-1978
Box 4 - Folder 44
Container 4
Title
Audits of DUV Illinois Department
Dates
1930-1957
Box 4 - Folder 45
Container 4
Title
Audits of DUV Illinois Department
Dates
1960-1963
Box 4 - Folder 46
Container 4
Title
Correspondence on admission to DUV membership
Dates
1975-1977
Box 4 - Folder 47
Container 4
Title
DUV Historical Reporter
Dates
1976-1977
Box 4 - Folder 48
Container 4
Title
By-laws for the DUV Illinois Department
Dates
1961
Box 4 - Folder 49
Container 4
Title
Flag and flag pamphlet
Dates
undated
Box 4 - Folder 50
Container 4
Title
Documents relating to DUV Indiana Department
Dates
1978-1979
Box 4 - Folder 51
Container 4
Title
Tent Records from National Convention
Dates
1951-1979
Box 4 - Folder 52
Container 4
Title
Account book regarding DUV members
Dates
1952-1955
Box 4 - Folder 53
Container 4
Title
Ritual books
Dates
1949-1962
Box 4 - Folder 54
Container 4
Title
History of DUV Illinois Department
Dates
c. 1912
Box 4 - Folder 55
Container 4
Title
Veterans of Foreign Wars documents
Dates
1978-1979
Box 4 - Folder 56
Container 4
Title
Grand Army of the Republic documents and correspondence
Dates
1938-1976
Box 5 - Folder 57
Container 5
Title
Simpson family stock certificates
Dates
1911-1936
Box 5 - Folder 58
Container 5
Title
Programs and rosters
Dates
1977-1979
Box 5 - Folder 59
Container 5
Title
General orders for DUV Illinois Department
Dates
1951-1952
Box 5 - Folder 60
Container 5
Title
General Orders for DUV Illinois Department
Dates
1961-1962
Box 5 - Folder 61
Container 5
Title
General Orders for DUV Illinois Department
Dates
1962-1963
Box 5 - Folder 62
Container 5
Title
General orders for DUV Illinois Department
Dates
1976-1977
Box 5 - Folder 63
Container 5
Title
General orders for DUV national and Illinois departments
Dates
1977-1978
Box 5 - Folder 64
Container 5
Title
General orders for various state DUV departments
Dates
1978-1979
Box 5 - Folder 65
Container 5
Title
General orders for various state DUV departments
Dates
1979-1980
Box 5 - Folder 66
Container 5
Title
Account book
Dates
1938-1941
Box 5 - Folder 67
Container 5
Title
Account book
Dates
1942-1947
Box 5 - Folder 68
Container 5
Title
Account book
Dates
1941; 1949
Box 5 - Folder 69
Container 5
Title
Account book
Dates
1956-1962
Box 5 - Folder 70
Container 5
Title
Membership dues
Dates
1940-1962
Box 5 - Folder 71
Container 5
Title
DUV Illinois Department 21st Annual Convention Proceedings
Dates
1915
Box 5 - Folder 72
Container 5
Title
DUV Illinois Department 22nd Annual Convention Proceedings
Dates
1916
Box 5 - Folder 73
Container 5
Title
DUV Illinois Department 24th Annual Convention Journal
Dates
1918
Box 5 - Folder 74
Container 5
Title
DUV Illinois Department 25th Annual Convention Journal
Dates
1919
Box 5 - Folder 75
Container 5
Title
DUV Illinois Department 26th Annual Convention Proceedings
Dates
1920
Box 5 - Folder 76
Container 5
Title
DUV Illinois Department 27th Annual Convention Proceedings
Dates
1921
Box 6 - Folder 77
Container 6
Title
DUV Illinois Department 28th and 29th Annual Convention Proceedings
Dates
1922-1923
Box 6 - Folder 78
Container 6
Title
DUV Illinois Department 30th and 31st Annual Convention Proceedings
Dates
1924-1925
Box 6 - Folder 79
Container 6
Title
DUV Illinois Department 32nd and 33rd Annual Convention Proceedings
Dates
1926-1927
Box 6 - Folder 80
Container 6
Title
DUV Illinois Department 34th and 35th Annual Convention Proceedings
Dates
1928-1929
Box 6 - Folder 81
Container 6
Title
DUV Illinois Department 36th and 37th Annual Convention Proceedings
Dates
1930-1931
Box 6 - Folder 82
Container 6
Title
DUV Illinois Department 38th and 39th Annual Convention Proceedings
Dates
1932-1933
Box 6 - Folder 83
Container 6
Title
DUV Illinois Department 40th and 48th Annual Convention Proceedings
Dates
1934; 1942
Box 6 - Folder 84
Container 6
Title
DUV Illinois Department 49th and 50th Annual Convention Proceedings
Dates
1943-1944
Box 6 - Folder 85
Container 6
Title
Journal of official Reports for year 1944-1945 and Proceedings for 52nd Annual Convention of 1946
Dates
1944-1946
Box 6 - Folder 86
Container 6
Title
DUV Illinois Department 53rd and 54th Annual Convention Proceedings
Dates
1947-1948
Box 6 - Folder 87
Container 6
Title
DUV Illinois Department 56th Annual Convention Proceedings
Dates
1950
Box 7 - Folder 88
Container 7
Title
DUV Illinois Department 57th Annual Convention Journal
Dates
1951
Box 7 - Folder 89
Container 7
Title
DUV Illinois Department 58th Annual Convention Journal
Dates
1952
Box 7 - Folder 90
Container 7
Title
DUV Illinois Department 59th and 60th Annual Convention Journals
Dates
1953-1954
Box 7 - Folder 91
Container 7
Title
DUV Illinois Department 61st Annual Convention Journal
Dates
1955
Box 7 - Folder 92
Container 7
Title
DUV Illinois Department reports to the 62nd annual convention with music and lyrics to the song "Loyalty"
Dates
1956
Box 7 - Folder 93
Container 7
Title
DUV 69th National Annual Convention Journal
Dates
1959
Box 7 - Folder 94
Container 7
Title
DUV 70th and 71st National Annual Convention Journals
Dates
1960-1961
Box 7 - Folder 95
Container 7
Title
DUV 72nd and 73rd National Annual Convention Journals
Dates
1962-1963
Box 7 - Folder 96
Container 7
Title
DUV 74th and 75th National Annual Convention Journals
Dates
1964-1965
Box 7 - Folder 97
Container 7
Title
DUV 76th and 77th National Annual Convention Journals
Dates
1966-1967
Box 7 - Folder 98
Container 7
Title
DUV 78th and 80th National Annual Convention Journals
Dates
1968; 1970
Box 7 - Folder 99
Container 7
Title
DUV 82nd National Annual Convention Journal
Dates
1971
Box 7 - Folder 100
Container 7
Title
DUV 85th National Annual Convention Journal
Dates
1975
Box 7 - Folder 101
Container 7
Title
Photograph
Dates
undated
III
Cemetery Identification Cards
Administrative Information
Description of Material

This series has the records showing the placement of burial plots for veterans of the US armed forces who resided in Illinois. The series also has an assortment of business reply cards that the DUV sent out for various occasions.

Box 8 - Folder 102
Container 8
Title
Cemetery identification cards
Dates
undated
Box 9 - Folder 103
Container 9
Title
Cemetery identification cards
Dates
undated
Box 10 - Folder 104
Container 10
Title
Cemetery identification cards
Dates
undated
Box 10 - Folder 105
Container 10
Title
Business reply cards
Dates
1957-1960
Oversize Folder 106
Original Charter for Tent #20
1911