Title: American Legion. Hosford-Chase Post No. 32 Records
Inclusive Dates: 1919-1975

Creator:

• American Legion. Hosford-Chase Post No. 32 (Menomonie, Wis.)

Call Number: Stout Mss 2

Quantity: 3.2 c.f. (8 archives boxes and 1 flat box)

Repository:

Housed at the University Archives and Area Research Center, Library Learning Center, University of Wisconsin-Stout; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

UW-Stout Library Learning Ctr. / Stout Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Records documenting the activities of Post 32 and its Auxiliary, with files on District 10 and the District 10 Auxiliary, the Dunn County Legion Council, and the Menomonie Patriotic Council. The materials were gathered or created by Ada Hosford, a World War I veteran who held several Legion offices including those of Historian of Post 32, the Post Auxiliary, and District 10 and its auxiliary. The records include histories written by Miss Hosford, biographical information compiled on area veterans, minutes, membership records, correspondence, reports, convention announcements and programs, publicity releases, and other papers. They document community service projects, aid for veterans and their families, fund-raising ventures such as the annual poppy sales, and sponsorship of patriotic, educational, and social activities and events. Also included is 1958 correspondence of G. E. Sipple of Menomonie pertaining to his work as a member of the American Legion National Executive Committee.

Language: English

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Organized by World War I veterans in Menomonie, Wisconsin, in the summer of 1919, Post 32 affiliated with the American Legion in the fall of that year and shortly thereafter was named in memory of William Henry Hosford and John Carleton Chase, Menomonie men killed in the war. A women's auxiliary was organized in early 1920.

The Post included in its purposes fostering Americanism, mutual helpfulness, and safeguarding justice, freedom, and democracy. To promote these purposes, it sponsored Memorial Day and other commemorative events, assisted at soldiers' and veterans' funerals, established a welfare committee to lead in assisting veterans in need, adopted positions on governmental actions affecting veterans, and sponsored social events. Early activities included presentation of several plays by touring companies; Post basketball, softball, and bowling teams; holding carnivals, raffles, and other events as fundraisers; participating in naturalization ceremonies; and building a dance pavilion and a golf course at the fairgrounds. Later the Post sponsored Boy Scout troops and youth baseball teams, sent teenagers to Badger Boys State and Girls State, and purchased books for the library.

Always active in district and state affairs, the Post regularly sent delegates to national conventions too. Adalin W. Macauley of Post 32's Auxiliary served as state and national auxiliary president in the 1920's and G. E. Sipple of the Post served as state commander in 1956, as a member of the national executive committee in 1958, and as national vice-commander in 1964.

The records in this collection were generated by various officers of Post 32, its auxiliary, and District 10 and its auxiliary. They were preserved by Ada Hosford, Historian at various times of each of these units. The records include histories written by Miss Hosford, biographical information compiled on area veterans, minutes, membership records, correspondence, reports, convention announcements and programs, publicity releases, and other papers. They document community service projects, aid for veterans and their families, fund-raising ventures such as the annual poppy sales, and sponsorship of patriotic, educational, and social activities and events. Grouped by organizational unit, the records also include minutes of the Dunn County Legion Council and the Menomonie Patriotic Council, and correspondence files of G. E. Sipple while he served on the National Executive Committee in 1958.

The collection provides information on both organizational and community activities, and biographical and genealogical information on auxiliary members and on area soldiers of World War I particularly. The Sipple correspondence includes several letters concerning the patriotism of individuals in the public eye.

Information compiled by Ada Hosford including service records, birth and family data, and death and burial notes.

National Legion forms including applicant's birthdate and place, names of parents, maiden and married names, name of soldier and relationship which provides eligibility, and signature.

Acquisition Information

Most presented by the Dunn County Historical Society, Menomonie, Wisconsin, 1975 and 1981. (The Dunn County Society had received the records from Ada Hosford in 1971.) A portion was transferred from the Dunn County Veterans Service Office, 1984. Accession Number: M75-496, M81-460

Processing Information

Processed by Karen Baumann, June 1984.

	Post 32
Box   1 Folder   1-5	Compiled Histories, 1926-1971
	Minutes
Box   1 Folder   6	1919-1926 Sept.
Box   2 Folder   1-2	1926 Oct.-1943 July; 1967; 1971
Box   9	Financial Recordbooks, 1940-1960
	General Papers
Box   2 Folder   3-6	1919-1945
Box   3 Folder   1-4	1946-1975; undated
Box   3 Folder   5-6	Biographical Information on Area World War I Veterans, A-Z Scope and Content Note: Information compiled by Ada Hosford including service records, birth and family data, and death and burial notes.
Box   3 Folder   7	Biographical Information on Area Veterans of World War II, the Korean War, and the War in Vietnam
Box   3 Folder   8	Burial Information on Area Veterans
	Post 32 Auxiliary
Box   4 Folder   1	Compiled Histories, 1926-1930
Box   4 Folder   2-5	Minutes, 1920-1960 April; 1970
	Membership Applications Scope and Content Note: National Legion forms including applicant's birthdate and place, names of parents, maiden and married names, name of soldier and relationship which provides eligibility, and signature.
Box   4 Folder   6	A-F
Box   5 Folder   1-3	G-Z
	Membership Lists and Yearbooks
Box   5 Folder   4-7	1920-1959
Box   6 Folder   1	1960-1971
	General Papers
Box   6 Folder   2-7	1920-1959
Box   7 Folder   1	1960-1970
Box   7 Folder   2	Past Presidents' Parley, 1943-1969
	10th District
Box   7 Folder   3	Compiled Histories, 1919-1969
Box   7 Folder   3	General Papers, 1927-1970; undated
	10th District Auxiliary
Box   7 Folder   4-6	Compiled Histories, 1928-1932
Box   7 Folder   7	General Papers, 1923-1969; undated
Box   8 Folder   1	Dunn County Legion Council, 1947-1972
Box   8 Folder   2	Menomonie Patriotic Council, 1959-1969
Box   8 Folder   3-4	G. E. Sipple National Executive Committee Files, 1958