Inventory
GAR (Grand Army of the Republic)
Morton Post No. 1
Dates: 1886-1930
Accession Number: 790724G
Donor: Unknown (Vigo County Historical Society)
Description: Eight file folders in a record storage box
Content and Scope of Collection
Encampment programs in Indiana, 1910-1930, of the GAR and handbooks of rules and rituals are the principal items in this collection. Also included are a few pieces from the Ladies of the GAR, Morton Post No. 1.
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Record Storage Box |
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Folder 1 |
GAR Encampments in Indiana - Programs: Terre Haute |
May 25-27, 1910 |
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GAR Encampments in Indiana - Programs: Marion |
May 26-28, 1915 |
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GAR Encampments in Indiana - Programs: Princeton |
June 9-11, 1925 |
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GAR Encampments in Indiana - Programs: Martinsville |
June 12, 1929 |
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GAR Encampments in Indiana - Programs: Martinsville |
June 10-13, 1929 |
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GAR Encampments in Indiana - Programs: Wabash |
June 8-12, 1930 |
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Folder 2 |
Services for the observance of Memorial Day (two copies; one is incomplete) |
May 1, 1897 |
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Folder 3 |
Ritual |
April 1, 1913 |
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Ritual Cards |
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Folder 4 |
Photograph - Civil War Veteran's Reunion, Gottlieb C. Hauck residence, 1202 Lafayette Avenue |
n.d. |
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Clippings - "The Grand Review and Last Parade," Ind Cath Rec |
May 30, 1919 |
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Folder 5 |
Rules and Regulations: |
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"Rules and Regulations of Morton Post, |
1886 |
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"Rules and Regulations and Rules of |
1893 |
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Ribbons: |
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"Annual RE-UNION, 8th Dist.
Veterans |
Sept. 14-16, 1892 |
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"Morton Post No. 51, G.A.R., Dept. of Ills., Terre Haute, IND., In Memoriam., Honor the Noble Dead." |
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Folder 6 |
Music: |
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Card 1: |
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"Auld Lang Syne" (music and lyrics) |
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"Charity" (music and lyrics) |
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"America" (music and lyrics) |
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Card 2: |
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"Autumn" (music, no lyrics) |
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"Opening Ode" (lyrics, no music) |
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"Initiation Ode" (lyrics, no music) |
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"Installation Ode" (lyrics, no music) |
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"Closing Ode" (lyrics, no music) |
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Card 3 |
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"Funeral Anthem" (music and lyrics) |
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"Nearer, My God, To Thee" |
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Folder 7 |
Ladies of the GAR: |
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Ritual of the Ladies of the Grand
Army |
n.d. |
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Proceedings of the Thirty-Fifth
Annual |
June 18-21, 1928 |
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Folder 8 |
Ladies of the GAR: |
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Convention ribbons |
1929, 1930 |
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Good Will Council, No. 277 Y. M I.: |
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Ribbon |
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