Disabled American Veterans Gilbert W. Nordmann Auxiliary No. 6 records
Scope and Contents
The collection contains administrative records, financial records, and historical records. The administrative records contain minutes, constitutions and by-laws, correspondence, reports, financial reports, membership lists and officers' rosters, and a membership ledger and index. The financial records contain records of expenditures and receipts and treasurers' statements. The historical records contain publications including radio scripts, government publications, programs, newsletters, hospital volunteer's manual, news clippings, materials from the annual state convention, national citations, and scrapbooks.
Dates
- 1927-1975
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Open for use in the Kathryn A. Martin Library, Archives and Special Collections.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code). It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and to obtain all necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials. Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law.
Biographical / Historical
The Women's Auxiliary to the Gilbert W. Normann Chapter No. 6 of the Disabled Veterans of Duluth, Minnesota was organized in about 1927. The Women's Auxiliary to the Disabled American Veterans promoted the health and welfare interests of disabled veterans and their dependents through legislative lobbying and fund-raising, volunteered services and raised funds for Veterans' Administration hospitals and programs, and participated in a number of patriotic and civic projects, both on the the national and local level. Memberhsip in the Auxiliary was restricted to wives, mothers, sisters, daughters, and grand-daughters of deceased of disabled veterans.
Extent
5.25 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains administrative records, financial records, and historical records.
Physical Location
This collection is located at the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives. For more information about this collection or to make an appointment, contact us at libarchives@d.umn.edu or 218-726-8526.
General
This collection is part of the Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections, which are housed in the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives at the Kathryn A. Martin Library.
- By-laws Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Constitutions Subject Source: Local sources
- Correspondence Subject Source: Local sources
- Duluth (Minn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Financial records Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Financial statements Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Membership Lists Subject Source: Local sources
- Minutes Subject Source: Local sources
- Newsletters Subject Source: Local sources
- Newspaper clippings Subject Source: Local sources
- Organizations Subject Source: Local sources
- People with disabilities Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Programs Subject Source: Local sources
- Publications Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Reports Subject Source: Local sources
- Scrapbooks Subject Source: Local sources
- Social service Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Veterans Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Veterans, Disabled Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Disabled American Veterans Gilbert W. Nordmann Auxiliary No. 6 records
- Author
- Finding Aid Authors: Staff.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Collecting Area Details
Contact The University of Minnesota Duluth Archives and Special Collections Collecting Area
Kathryn A. Martin Library
University of Minnesota Duluth
416 Library Drive
Duluth MN 55812-3001
(218) 726-8526
libarchives@d.umn.edu
