Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
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PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION RECORDS
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CORRESPONDENCE,
1941. (1 folder)
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- Correspondence of Edwin B. Graham, Secretary, Concerning the process of
obtaining historical wood for a gavel for the State Society, January 1941,
February 1941,March 1941,April 1941,October 1941(folder 12)
- Letters Concerning Wood from Mount Vernon
- 1941 January 3- Edwin B. Graham to James Mott, Edwin B. Graham to James
J. Davis
- 1940 December 19-James J. Davis to Edwin B. Graham
- 1940 December 16-Edwin B. Graham to James J. Davis
- 1941 January 20-Edwin B. Graham to Charles C. Wall
- 1941 January 20-Edwin B. Graham to James J. Davis
- Letters Concerning Wood from White House
- 13 January 1941-H.D. Rouzer to James W. Mott
- 23 January 1941-James W. Mott to Edwin B. Graham
- 20 February 1941-James W. Mott to Edwin B. Graham
- 3 Februay 1941-Edwin B. Graham to James W. Mott
- 1 February 1941-Edwin B. Graham to James W. Mott
- 31 January 1941-Edwin B. Graham to James W. Mott
- Letters Concerning Wood from Valley Forge
- 13 March 1941-Edwin B. Graham to Wilbur L. King
- 24 March 1941-Wilbur L King to Edwin B. Graham
- 25 March 1941-Edwin B. Graham to the Chaplain at Valley Forge
- 25 March 1941-Edwin B. Graham to Wilbur L. King
- 29 March 1941-[illigible] to Edwin B. Graham
- 31 March 1941-Edwin B. Graham to Gilbert Jones
- 1 April 1941-Gilbert S. Jones to Edwin B. Graham
- 2 April 1941-Edwin B. Graham to the Washington Memorial of Valley Forge,
Pennsylvania
- 23 April 1941-Edwin B. Graham to Gilbert S. Jones
- Correspondence Concerning the Full Gavel
- 27 October 1941-Engraving for the Gavel
- 25 April 1941-Gilbert S. Jones to Edwin B. Graham
- 2 January 1941-James J. Davis to Edwin B. Graham
- 14 January 1941-Charles C. Wall to Edwin B. Graham
- Postcard from April 3,1941
- Uniform Express Receipt from Railway Express Agency,
- 16 October 1941- Letter from S.K Stevens to Edwin B. Graham,Secretary, Concerning
Membership with a blank membership form
- 11 October 1941-Letter to the Pennsylvania Federation of Historical Societies
with a blank membership form attached
- 23 October 1941-Edwin B. Graham to the Federal Social Securities Committee
- Correspondence between Graham and James L. deVou concerning dues and membership
- 13 October 1941-Edwin B. Graham to James L. deVou
- 16 October 1941-James L.deVou to Edwin B. Graham
- 17 October 1941-Edwin B. Graham to James L. deVou
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MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY'S
RECORDS, 1941-1961. (1 box)
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- Records of the Membership Secretary, PASSAR: A membership notebook "Members
in the Second World War," ca. 1941-1961 and 2 series of membership files.
The notebook is divided into sections labeled as follows: world war award
medals, supplemental, transfer, deaths, intrastate, dropped, resignations,
suspensions, reinstated, life members, and dues remitted. Further arranged
alphabetically by organization chapter with one card file ca.1938-1960 arranged
alphabetically by surname and by chapter
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MEMBERSHIP RECORDS,
1938-1981. (5 boxes)
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- Financial Slips, Concerning Debits and Credits for a given member- A-HAL
17-4459 box 4
- Financial Slips-Alphabetical-HAM-PH
17-4459 box 5
- Financial Slips-Alphabetical-PI-Z
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- File Cards of Addresses of Members, by Chapter; Misc. Dropped, Deceased,
and Resigned from 1978, Also Blair County, Reinstate, Transfers Out, Resignations,
Deaths, New Member, State, Youghiogheny, Anthony Wayne, Valley Forge, Tiadaghton,Susquehanna,
St. Clair, Somerset Co.,Erie, Continental Congress, Cambria County, Conoccocheague,
Central Co.,Sam'l Brady,Ft. Jackson, Ft. Necessity, Ft. Schuyl., Fort Venango,Christ.
Gist, Harris Ferry, Jos. Hiester, Wm.Maclay
17-4459 box 7
- File Cards of Addresses of Members, by Chapter, Northeast,Phila. Cont.,Pittsburgh,
Jas. Potter,Shenango
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MOTION PICTURE FILM,
1927. (1 box)
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- Motion Picture Film-Two 35 mm films
- "SAR-Richmond, 1927"
- "SAR-Flag Day,1927."
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NEWSLETTERS, 1950-1958.
(2 folders)
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- PASSAR News. An incomplete set of SAR(Sons of the American Revolution)News
published in Pittsburgh, Vol. 5. no. 1 (October 1950) through Vol. 10, no.
8 (February 24, 1958), (folder 1)
- October 1950,Vol.5, no. 1
- March-April 1951, Vol. 5, no. 2
- September-October 1951,Vol. 5, no. 4
- December-January 1951-2,Vol. 6, no. 1
- May-June 1952,Vol. 6, no. 2
- July-August 1952, Vol.6, no. 3
- September-October 1952, Vol. 6. no. 4
- January 1953, Vol.6, no. 5
- May-June 1953, Vol.6, no.6
- August-September 1953,Vol. 6, no.7
- May-June 1954,Vol.7, no.1
- September-October 1954, Vol. 7, no.2
- December 1954,Vol. 7, no.3
- April 1955,Vol. 8, no.1
- June 1955,Vol. 8, no.2
- September 19,1955,Vol. 8, no. 3
- December 5, 1955, Vol. 8, no. 4
- March 31, 1956, Vol. 9, no. 1
- April 19,1957, Vol. 9, no. 7
- February 24, 1958, Vol. 10, no. 8
- Bulletins-Pittsburgh Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution, Concerning
its publication and the business of the Chapter (folder 2)
- October 1,1954
- December 1,1954
- January 1,1955
- March 1,1955
- May 1,1955
- July 1,1955
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PROGRAMS OF THE NATIONAL
SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, 1901-1976. (2 folders)
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Programs of the National Society of SAR- National Congress Programs-1901,
May 1935, 1940, 1941, 1945, 1947, 1949, 1958, 1959, 1961-64
Programs of the National Society of SAR-National Congress Programs) 1965-1976
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PHOTOSTATS, 1776-1783.
(1 folder)
5-cabinet 17, drawer 3 oversized folder
- Scrolls of Declaration of a Freeman by Roderic Marble Olzendam and Facsimile
of the Declaration of Independence (folder 1)
- "The Declaration of Independence," letter from General Cornwallis
- "Declaration of a Freeman" by Roderic Marble Olzendon
- Society of the Cincinatti [a heritary society founded in 1783 by officers
of the War of the American Revolution] membership certificate for Robert Wilson,
1782
- Copy of Facsimile of Declaration of Independence
- Hampshire County Public Claim Papers
- Muster Roll of Captain Hoofnagle's Company, in the First Battalion of Militia
commanded by Colonel George Ross, Lancaster, July 6, 1776
- Revolutionary Papers from the Gentlemen Committee of Safety, December 29,1775
- Letter Regarding Territory Dispute between the Commonwealths of Pennsylvania
and Virginia with Signature Pages
- Contemporary Map of the Encampment at Valley Forge, 1777-1778
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SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE,
1955. (1 folder)
17-4458 box 1
- Special correspondence: including a letter dated 4 November 1955 from Congressional
Congress Chapter President Fitz McMaster to Franklin Blackstone, editor, SAR
News
- Black and white photograph and program of the York-Arles Twinning Celebration,
Sept. 11-20, 1955
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YEARBOOK OF ORGANIZATIONAL
HISTORY, CONSTITUTION, MEETING PROCEEDINGS, 1902, 1903, 1939, 1955, 1958.
(2 folders)
17-4458 box 1
- Organization,Constitution, Proceedings, Membership Requisites,By-laws,Officers
and Management Committees, Chapters, and a Historical Sketch,1903 SAR yearbook;
a copy of the PASSAR constitution circa 1903
- Letter concerning the Attorney General in 1968
- Newspaper clipping from The Spirit of '76, June 1902
- Proceedings of the annual meeting of the PASSAR, February 23,1903
- Broadside of 1939 meeting
- Program of 1955 annual meeting of PASSAR (folder 1)
- Frame of Original Coat of Arms-Presented to Pennsylvania Society, S.A.R.
by Arthur G. Ashbrook (folder 2)