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The collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Floyd Courthouse Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Records, Ms2005-008, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The Floyd Courthouse Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Records were donated to the Special Collections in 2005.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement and description of the Floyd Courthouse Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Records commenced and was completed in March 2005.

In 2015, the contents list of the finding aid was reorganized to reflect the arrangement of collections from two other local chapters of the NSDAR (Colonel William Christian Chapter, Ms2014-013, and Alleghany Chapter, Ms1995-019).

Administrative History

Founded in Washington, D. C. in 1890, the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution arose from a desire on the part of women to participate more fully in an upsurge of patriotism during the late nineteenth century. A volunteer service organization, the DAR's mission objectives involve patriotism, preservation of American history, and education. With membership restricted to women who can prove a direct descent from a participant in the American Revolution, the DAR by 2004 encompassed approximately 170,000 members in nearly 2,300 chapters.

The Floyd Courthouse Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution was organized in Floyd, Virginia on December 23, 1931. Anne Simmons Proffitt served as the first chapter regent. The chapter, with an initial membership of 14, has held regular meetings since its founding, with each meeting featuring a program relating to the DAR's interests in patriotism, historic preservation and education. The chapter has also undertaken various projects to coincide with DAR objectives.

Scope and Content

This collection contains the records of the Floyd Courthouse Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The collection consists largely of the chapter's meeting minutes, which also include attendance rolls. The collection also contains several of the chapter's yearbooks. Also found here, under the title "Centennial Gift to the Chapters of the Virginia Daughters of the American Revolution," is a set of the chapter's yearly reports to the state organization for the years 1932 to 1997. Among the miscellaneous materials found in the collection are a few pieces of correspondence, a 1959 speech text, and newspaper clippings.

Arrangement

The collection in arranged in five series by type of content. The series are organized in alphabetical order. Materials within each series are in chronological order at the folder level.

Series I: Administrative Information includes history of the organization generated by the chapter.

Series II: Awards contains a newspaper clipping about the award-giving history.

Series III: Correspondence consists of July 1983 letters from the chapter and national organization.

Series IV: Minutes contains more than 50 years of chapter meeting minutes.

Series V: Publications includes individual newspaper clippings and several editions of chapter yearbooks.

Related Material

See the following items also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives:

Alleghany Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Records, Ms1995-019

Colonel William Christian Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Records, Ms2014-013

Library Catalog by the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Call number: CS47 .D38 1983 Spec Folio

Proceedings of the ... State Conference, Virginia Daughters of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (journal). 53rd (1949) - 55th (1951) editions. Call number: E202.5 .V85 Spec Large

Virginia State Conference of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (journal). 32nd (1928)-35th (1931) editions. Call number: E202.5 .V85 Spec Large

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Daughters of the American Revolution. Floyd Courthouse Chapter (1931-) (Floyd, Va)
• Floyd County (Va.)
• Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
• Women -- History

Rights Statement for Archival Description

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