Floyd Courthouse Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Records,
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.
Dates
- Creation: 1935 - 2004
Creator
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from the Floyd Courthouse Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Records must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Historical Information
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.
Full Extent
0.5 Cubic Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Records of Floyd Courthouse Chapter (Floyd, Virginia) chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, including minutes, yearbooks, and yearly reports.
Arrangement
The collection in arranged in five series by type of content. 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.
The series are organized in alphabetical order. Materials within each series are in chronological order at the folder level.
Acquisition Information
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).
Subject
- Title
- A Guide to the Floyd Courthouse, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Records 1935-2004
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- John M. Jackson
- Date
- © 2005 By Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. All rights reserved.
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu