Minutes Of The Thirty-Seventh Annual Convention Of The United Daughters Of The Confederacy Incorporated. Held In Asheville, North Carolina November 18-22, 1930

INC UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY

Publication: Privately published, 1930, N P

First edition. Thick 8vo. White decorated & printed wrappers, 652 pp., index. The United Daughters of the Confederacy developed from local aid societies throughout the South during the Civil War. These groups of Southern women gathered to sew, prepare bandages, and entertain to raise money for the Confederate cause. After the war the organization operated as auxiliaries to Confederate Soldiers Homes, provided pensions to needy Confederate widows, erected memorials, etc. These minutes provide a wealth of information on UDC in 1930. There are financial reports, summary of charitable activities, each state provides a summary of their activities for the year, status reports on the various memorials and proposals for new ones, awards, memorials and tributes for both men and women who died in the previous twelve months, officers of the organization, a list of each chapter within each state and providing a listing of the officers and number of members, etc. Interestingly there were USC chapters in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, and Minnesota. A wealth of interesting information for an organization that is still active. A membership application form is laid-in. The all-white wrappers are lightly soiled and internally clean. Overall a near fine copy.

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