Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Boonesborough Chapter Records
Scope and Contents
This collection is composed primarily of scrapbooks and old yearbooks for the DAR - Boonesborough Chapter. Within the scrapbooks are numerous newspaper articles which highlight community involvement by the DAR as well as topics of interest to the organization. Also within the scrapbooks are photos of pageants and community events, correspondence, calendars, programs, yearbooks, etc. There is a large, rolled certificate presented to the Boonesborough Chapter for their involvement in raising funds to preserve Thomas Jefferson's home at Monticello. There is also one small folder containing few pictures. The boxes containing yearbooks are ordered chronologically. Within the collection also exists numerous depositions for land cases.
Dates
- Creation: 1814 - 2011
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1895 - 2000
- Acquisition: 2011-08-04
Creator
Full Extent
4.13 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Source of Acquisition
Elizabeth Burch
Accruals and Additions
Place Names of Madison County, Kentucky was found in the book collection and added to the Chapter Records, 4-11-2017.
- Title
- Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Boonesborough Chapter Records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Kyle Beeler
- Date
- 05/24/2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the Eastern Kentucky University Libraries, Research Center for Special Collections and Archives Repository