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Overview of the Collection

Background Information

Scope and Contents

Index Terms

Administrative Information

Detailed Description of the Collection

Scrapbooks & Ephemera

Ladies Auxiliary. Post 1837

Junior Girls. Post 1837 Dallas

Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Dallas Chapter 1837

Background Information

The Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars Dallas Post 1837 was founded in 1935. The chapter is in district three of the Department of Texas, Veterans of Foreign Wars. In 1962, the chapter founded a Junior Girls unit. In 1977, the chapter renamed itself the Audie L. Murphy Ladies Auxiliary to the V.F.W. post 1837.

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Scope and Contents

The Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Dallas Post 1837 collection contains two scrapbooks, and materials relating to their Junior Girls unit. The scrapbooks are from Iva Clayton, who has served as president of District Three Ladies Auxiliary and Americanism & Loyalty Day Chairman. These scrapbooks contain photographs, clippings, local and national V.F.W. materials. The collection also contains information on Post 1837's Jr. Girls Unit. Membership applications, club dues, reports and national pamphlets can be found on the Jr. Girls Unit. Essays written by students from W.H. Adamson on patriotism for a Ladies Auxiliary contest have also been retained.

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Index Terms

This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

MA06-18 Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Dallas Post 1837 Texas/Dallas History & Archives Division, Dallas Public Library

Processing Information

Processed by Bryan McKinney

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Detailed Description of the Collection