United Confederate Veterans Records of the forty-second annual reunion, 1931-1932

Access and use

Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Archives Reference Services
Phone: (804) 692-3888

Summary

Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

Records, 1931-1932, of the forty-second annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans, held in conjunction with the thirty-seventh convention of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, and the thirty-third convention of the Confederated Southern Memorial Association, in Richmond, Virginia, on 21-24 June 1932. Robert T. Barton, Jr. served as general chairman of the event. Includes correspondence, reports, lists, financial records, forms, and clippings concerning the preparations for the reunion by thirty committees with a personnel of over 600 individuals. There is a large amount of information concerning the housing accomodations for the veterans while they were attending.

Biographical / historical:

The United Confederate Veterans were organized in New Orleans in 1899 at a meeting of the heads of various departments, divisions, and other Confederate organizations, all meeting and amalgamating into one organization, known as the United Confederate Veterans. The first reunion was held in Chattanooga, Tennessee on 3 July 1890.

Acquisition information:
Donor information unavailable, 1933.
Arrangement:

Arranged alphabetically by folder title.

Physical location:
Organization records, Acc. 36703
Physical description:
3.25 cu. ft. (8 boxes)