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Brief Descriptions of Connecticut State Agencies

United Spanish War Veterans

Agency Web page | Statutory Authority |Agency History |
Published histories/articles
| State Library Collections | List of Commissioners

Agency Web page :
Not Available

Statutory Authority :
CGS sec. 27-131.

Agency History :

1937, established per 1937 Cum Suppl. sec. 545d. The Commissioner of Public Works is required to maintain a headquarters for Spanish War Veterans to collect their papers, recollections, histories etc.

1980, ceased to exist, when last veteran, Mr. Charles A. Bunel, died March 27, 1980. All collections transferred to the State Library.

Published Histories/Articles :
Armstead, George B. The State Services of Connecticut. Published under the direction of the Committee on Public Information and the House Committee on Publications of the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut. Hartford?: 1946. p. 228. [CSL Call Number ConnDoc G25 ar]

Connecticut. Auditors of Public Accounts. Report on Department of Connecticut, United Spanish War Veterans, 1974-1980, [CSL Call Number ConnDoc Au24 us]

Agency Documents and Records in the State Library Collections :
Check the State Library catalog, CONSULS, under these author headings for publications by the agency available in the State Library :
Not available

Annual Reports are located in :

Digest of Administrative Reports to the Governor. [CSL Call Number ConnDoc Doc F40 d]

State Archives Record Group: RG 081

List of Heads :

Names

Years of Service

Department Adjutant  
Charles P. Dunlay 1946-1956
John V. Engstrom 1956-1958
Edward J. McBriarty 1958-1963
William B. Heald 1963-1972
Commander  
Charles A. Bunel 1973
Ben Johnson 1974-1975
Charles A. Bunel 1976-1980

Prepared by the Government Information and Reference Services Unit, page revised 8/2008.