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RG 173:001, Company K Veteran Corps
Inventory of Records
Finding aid prepared by Connecticut State Library staff.
Copyright © 2009 by the Connecticut State Library
Overview of the Collection |
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| Repository: | Connecticut State Library |
| Creator: | Company K Veteran Corps (Hartford, Conn.) |
| Title: | Company K Veteran Corps records |
| Dates: | circa 1878-1948 |
| Quantity: | 2.25 cubic feet |
| Abstract: | The Company K Veterans Corps of Hartford was founded in 1879 "to promote the interests and welfare of the active Company and preserve and continue the recollection of the service in the National Guard." All past members of Company K, First Regiment Infantry, Connecticut National Guard who had received an honorable discharge were eligible for election into this corps. |
| Identification: | RG173_001 |
| Accession: | 1989-029 |
| Language: | The records are in English. |
Historical Note
The Company K Veterans Corps of Hartford was founded in 1879 "to promote the interests and welfare of the active Company and preserve and continue the recollection of the service in the National Guard." All past members of Company K, First Regiment Infantry, Connecticut National Guard who had received an honorable discharge were eligible for election into this corps.
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Scope and Content
Contains organizational histories, minutes of meetings, newspaper clippings, speeches, programs, scrapbooks and photographs.
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Arrangement
This collection is unprocessed. This is a preliminary container list.
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Restrictions
Restrictions on Access
See the Rules and Procedures for Researchers Using Archival Records and Secured Collections policy.
Restrictions on Use
See the Reproduction and Publications of State Library Collections policy.
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Index Terms
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Administrative Information
Provenance
Donated by Rev. Richard Y. Yerrington on July 19, 1989.
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Container List
| Records, circa 1878-1948 | |||||||||||
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| Organizational histories and correspondence relating to previous donations to Connecticut State Library, circa 1948 | 1 | Envelope 1 | |||||||||
| Orders to assemble for annual memorial service and roster of deceased members, 1914-1936 | Envelope 2 | ||||||||||
| Minutes, 1936-1940 | Folder 3 | ||||||||||
| Poem, "Co. K 'Scrap'" written by Corpl (sic) Solon P. Davis, 1884 | Folder 4 | ||||||||||
| Program for a production of Bronson Howard's comedy/drama "Shenandoah," performed by Co. K, First Regiment, Connecticut National Guard, 1898 | Item 5 | ||||||||||
| Newspaper clippings | Folder 6 | ||||||||||
| Addresses (speeches), 1890-1929 | Folder 7 | ||||||||||
| Souvenirs - Programs for annual meetings, 1893-1929 | Folder 8 | ||||||||||
| Bylaws and rosters, 1878-1888 | Folder 9 | ||||||||||
| Correspondence, 1882 | Folder 10 | ||||||||||
| History of Co. K Veterans Corps, 1901 | Item 11 | ||||||||||
| Memorial Committee, Co. K Veterans Association, 1931 | Item 12 | ||||||||||
| U.S. Army recruiting book, 1926 | Item 13 | ||||||||||
| Memorial Committee scrapbook, 1925-1932 | Item 14 | ||||||||||
| Record book, Co. K, 1886-1935 | Item 15 | ||||||||||
| Scrapbooks compiled by William A. Williard, historian, 1916-1929 | Folder 16 | ||||||||||
| Scrapbook, 1929-1935 | Item 17 | ||||||||||
| Scrapbook for the dedication of Soldiers Field, Northwood Cemetery, circa 1932 | Item 18 | ||||||||||
| Record book, Co. B | Item 19 | ||||||||||
| Photographs | 2 | ||||||||||
| Various photographs both identified and unidentified of participants at the Corps annual meetings. | |||||||||||
| Parade and review at Camp Roberts, Niantic, Conn., 1905, oversize | Item 3 | ||||||||||
| Co. K at Camp Roberts, Niantic, Conn., 1905, oversize | Item 4 | ||||||||||