Call Number:

RG-200

Repository:

Grand Army of the Republic Civil War Museum and Library

Extent:

4.0 cubic feet ((8 volumes and loose items in 3 boxes, plus 2.5 cubic feet unprocessed of unprocessed materials))

Language:

English

Date:

1912-1978 (inclusive)

Creator:

Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. Camp No. 200. (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Abstract:

Camp 200 met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Records of Camp 200, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1912-1978, consist of administrative and financial records of the Camp.

There is little information available on Camp 200. It is known that the Camp met at the Grand Army of the Republic Museum and Library in Frankford, Pennsylvania at one point.

Additional unprocessed records from Camp 200 may not yet be available to researchers.

In the Archives room, unprocessed shelves, are records pertaining to the General Hancock Fund (to restore the tomb of the Civil War General), 1975-1977: scrapbook, correspondence, fundraising records, and restoration work meeting records. There is also a dues book (circa 1944-1950), bills paid (1958-1960), and letters sent to the Sons of Veterans Club (1940s).

In the Museum attic, there is a letter-box, a box in the southeast corner, and a box on the desk in the southwest corner. The letter-box contains correspondence and reports of Kenneth T. Wheeler, 1976-1977. The box in the southeast corner contains a cash book (1927-1934), minutes (1927-1933), printed by-laws, reciept books (1930s), and additional financial records (returned checks, bank statements, etc. from the 1930s). The box on the desk in the southwest corner contains Camp 200 correspondence, quarterly reports (1978), and a dues book.

The records of Camp 200 of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War cover the years 1912 to 1978 and consist of eight bound volumes and 2 loose items. The records are organized into two series, Administrative Records and Financial Records. It is not known how the G.A.R. Civil War Museum and Library acquired the records or if additional records survived or existed. The Administrative Records series consist of four bound minute books dating from 1934 to 1978. The minute book dating June 29, 1971 to July 23, 1963 contains an alphabetical directory of members and their addresses. The Financial Records series has two bound ledger books dating from 1912 to 1950, a 1928dues book, a roll book of officers from 1926 to 1952, and two loose items that contain duplicate copies of Camp Secretary’s Quarterly Reports dating from 1935-1943. The roll book of officers has certificates of merit from the camp tipped into its pages.