Summary Information

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

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-stou0002

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