ELWYN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA 58202

GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC, GRAND FORKS CHAPTER RECORDS

COLLECTION: OGL#958

DATES: 1886-1964

SIZE: 1.25 feet

INTRODUCTION

ACQUISITION: The Grand Army of the Republic, Grand Forks Chapter Records were deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection by the Myra Museum of Grand Forks, North Dakota in February 1984 (Acc.#84-1274).

ACCESS: Available for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Department of Special Collections.

HISTORICAL SKETCH

An organization of Union veterans from the Civil War, the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was established early in 1866 in Springfield, Illinois. The organization's purpose was to provide relief to Civil War veterans and their dependents. The GAR was organized on a national level and consisted of state and local chapters. There was also an auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic called the Women's Relief Corps, which was founded in 1883. Like the GAR, the Women's Relief Corps was organized into state and local chapters, which provided relief and aid to veterans of the Civil War and their dependents. Members of the Corps had to be over age 13, and were not required to be blood relatives of Civil War veterans.

The Grand Army of the Republic was established in North Dakota in approximately 1886. The Grand Forks chapters were the Willis A. Gorman Post #6, and the Willis A. Gorman Women's Relief Corps #2. The women in the relief corps were mainly wives of the men in Post #6.

In 1949, the six surviving members of the Grand Army of the Republic permanently closed the organization.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Grand Army of the Republic, Grand Forks Chapter Records contain financial records as well as membership lists, records of meetings, and miscellaneous enclosures from the Willis A. Gorman Post #6 and the Willis A. Gorman Women's Relief Corps. The records are arranged chronologically dating from 1886 to 1964.

BOX AND FOLDER INVENTORY

Box 1
Folder

1. Ledger- Financial Records. Women's Relief Corps: 1886-1899.
2. Quarterly Record and Roll of Officers, Willis A. Gorman Post #6: 1887-1890.
3. Day Book, Willis A. Gorman Post #6: 1892-1918.
4. Enclosures and Quartermaster's Reports: 1915-1918; Day Book. Willis A. Gorman Post #6: 1892-1918.
5. Ledger- Financial Records. Willis A. Gorman Post #6: 1893-1918.
6. Enclosures: 1896-1918; Ledger. Willis A. Gorman Post #6: 1893-1918.
7. Roll Book and By-Laws. Willis A. Gorman Post #6: 1898-1899.
8. Record of Proceedings, Willis A. Gorman Post #6: 1898-1910.
9. Enclosures: 1902-1927; Willis A. Gorman Post #6: 1898-1910.
10. Cash Book, Women's Relief Corps: 1916-1920.
11. Journal-Meeting Records, Women's Relief Corps: 1938-1944.
12. Enclosures-Journal: 1938-1944, Women's Relief Corps.
13. Cash Book, Women's Relief Corps: 1953-1964.
14. Ledger-Financial Records, Women's Relief Corps (no specific dates).
15. Membership Applications and Financial Enclosures: 1962-1964, Ledger, Women's Relief Corps.
16. History of the Department of North Dakota- Women's Relief Corps.

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