b0051 United Spanish War Veterans Records, 1898-1972 A Register of the Collection at the Utah State Historical Society Utah State Historical Society 1999 Finding aid encode in EAD 1.0 by Craig Ringgenberg using XMetaL 1.0, 1999. Finding aid written in English.

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Summary Description Utah State Historical Society Mss B 51 United Spanish War Veterans United Spanish War Veterans Records, 1898-1972 3 lin. ft. (6 boxes) Correspondence, membership records, publicity material, convention programs, miscellaneous other records. Topics: Veterans -- Societies, etc. Places: United States -- History -- War of 1898. Background Background Note

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Correspondence, membership records, publicity material, convention programs, miscellaneous other records.

Series Descriptions

Papers

United Spanish War Veterans (USWV) Department of Utah

United Spanish War Veterans, Auxiliary Department of Utah

United Spanish War Veterans (national organization)

United Spanish War Veterans, Auxiliary [national organization]

 Administrative Information Preferred Citation:

United Spanish War Veterans Records, 1898-1972, Utah State Historical Society.

Acquisition Information:

Gifts of Thomas B. Sleator, Vivian P. Wetzel, and Robert Crosbie.

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 Container list Box Folder Contents Papers 1 1 Sleator, Thomas B.; The Story of My Life, n.d. 1 2 Sleator, Thomas B.; military records, discharge papers, certificates, 1898-1899, 1963 1 3 Sleator, Thomas B.; miscellaneous materials, decal, dance card (Third Ball, Utah Society, Army of the Philippines), 8 April 1901; The Soldier's Letter for December 1898; Complete Roster of the Fourteenth, 1898 1 4 Sleator, Thomas B.: scrapbook, newspaper clippings, ca. 1930s-1962 1 5 Sleator, Thomas B.: scrapbook, newspaper clippings, 1951-1953 1 6 Sleator, Harold E.: muster card, correspondence, 1898-1899 2 1 Sleator, Alice P.: United Spanish War Veterans Auxiliary scrapbook, history, roster, reports of department presidents, resolutions, by-laws, special letters, correspondence, financial records, 1918, 1931-1935 United Spanish War Veterans (USWV) Department of Utah 2 2 Annual Encampment, Official Proceedings, 1948, 1950-1951 2 3 Annual Encampment, Programs, 1958-1962; 1964-1973 2 4 Applications for headstones or markers, 1952, 1955 2 5 Book of Ceremonies, 1912 2 6 Camp No. 1: E.A. Wedgwood; correspondence, memos, special bulletin, auxiliary credentials, 1960-1974 2 7 Camp No. 3: John F. Critchlow; membership, bulletins, annual report form, newsletters, souvenir program, auxiliary credential, by-laws, 1930-1961 2 8-10 Camp No. 4: Mt. Timpanogos; correspondence/memos, 1929-1962 2 11 Camp No. 4: Mt. Timpanogos; list of members, 1929-1953 2 12 Camp No. 4: Mt. Timpanogos; minutes of meetings, 1929-1930, 1946-1949 2 13 Camp No. 4: Mt. Timpanogos; miscellaneous materials, including pension list, requisition for supplies, 1930; financial report, application for membership, 1936; inspection report, 1942; dues delinquency notice, 1946; articles, 1950; resolution, 1946; Provo Chamber of Commerce newsletter, 1948; "In Memoriam" 2 14 Camp No. 4: Mt. Timpanogos, notices of death, 1946-1957 2 15 Certificates of membership in good standing, 1929-1960 2 16 Constitution and by-laws, 1948, 1964 2 17 Department Commanders and Adjutants Meeting, 25 January 1961 3 1 Financial records; check stubs, returned checks, receipts, accounts, 1921-1956 3 2 Fort Douglas national cemetery; correspondence., 1960; Bill S.3112 3 3-4 Headquarters: General Orders, 1930-1967 3 5-7 Headquarters: Letters sent, 1930-1965 3 8 Military Department, Junior ROTC, Salt Lake City High Schools, "Army Heritage," Speechmaker Series, Talk No. 15, April 1964 3 9 Miscellaneous correspondence, memos, special orders, 1929-1968 3 10 Membership Rosters, 1906, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1955, 1957-1958 3 11 National Convention, reports, 24 May 1947, 16-21 September 1961 3 12 (Provo), Agreements between Utah County, Utah and the Veterans Council of Provo, Utah Co., Utah, 10 August 1944; Provo City, Utah Co., Utah and the Veterans Memorial Board of Provo City, 29 April 1954 3 13 Provo City Cemetery Listing, undated 3 14 Provo Memorial Swimming Pool Committee; correspondence, 1949-1959 3 15 Provo Memorial Swimming Pool; reports, 1958-1960, 1963 3 16 Provo Memorial Swimming Pool; miscellaneous materials, announcement, "The Problem of Swimming Pools in Utah," Your Health, October, 1947; tabulation of bids 3 17 Provo Veterans Council; by-laws, amendments 3 18 Provo Veterans Council; Memorial Swimming Pool, reports, briefs, analysis, rules, supporting data, 1951 3 19 Provo Veterans Council; Ordinances to create a permanent committee for the purpose of promoting, supervising construction of, and the operation of a memorial in honor of the veterans of the wars in which the United States was a belligerent (undated); Ordinance No. 19...creating a veterans memorial board for the city of Provo, Utah, and providing for the name thereof; membership, thereof; tenure of office of members, compensation of members; removal of members; time and place of meeting; and the organization, duties and power of such a board; and to be known and identified as title 57 of the revised ordinances of Provo City, Utah, 1950 4 1 [Provo] Veterans War Memorial Board Meeting; agenda, minutes, 1957-1964 4 2 [Provo] Veterans War Memorial Board; statement of revenue and expenditures, 1952-1953, 1956-1959, 1962-1963 4 3 Utah News, Veterans Employment Service, February-April 1947 4 4 Utah House of Representatives Bill No. 224: Providing for the Transfer of the Graves Registration and Marking Division of the Adjutant General's Office to the Utah State Historical Society...1957; correspondence 4 5 Utah Veterans' Handbook, 1945 4 6 Veterans Administration Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah, VAVS Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes, 27 February 1961 4 7 Veterans Administration Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah, VAVS Newsletter, 6 March 1961 4 8 Veterans Administration Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah; Statistical Information of Psychiatric Patients (Male), January 1961 4 9 War Casualties Lists, Spanish American War, World War II [handwritten lists] United Spanish War Veterans, Auxiliary Department of Utah 4 10 Book of Ceremonies, 1941 4 11 Convention programs, 1935, 1942 4 12 Department President (Martha F. Crosbie); journal, 1947 4 13-14 General Orders, 1931-1974 4 15 "History of the Organization" 4 16 Letters sent, 1930-1943 4 16 Letters received, 1942-1961 4 18 Past President's Club (terms, addresses, birthdays), 1930-1955,1930-1950, 1930-1970 4 19 [pensions] Report of Legislative Committee Chairman, 21 May 1949 4 20 Report of Department Delegate No. 2, National Convention, 4 August 1946 4 21 Roster of members, 1930 4 22 Department President's letters, 1942, 1947, 1962 United Spanish War Veterans (national organization) 4 23 Annual Encampments; programs, 1949, 1955-1957, 1960-1961 4 24 Annual Encampments; reports, 1933, 1938, 1961 4 25 Applications for membership 4 26 Book of Ceremonies of the United Spanish War Veterans, 1924, 1929 5 1 Constitution and Rules and Regulations of the United Spanish War Veterans, 1929; National Constitution and By-Laws, ca. 1900; Model Code of By-Laws, ca. 1900 5 2 Forms; bank deposit, selective service, USWV membership, requisition for supplies, inspection reports, merit system, dues notice, claims for burial expense, pension claim, etc. 5 3 National Convention; report, 8-12 September 1929 5 4-5 The National Son, Published by National Organization, S.A.W.V., in the interest of the Sons, U.S.W.V.. and Aux., Daughters of '98, M.O.R.S., M.O.L., 1947-48, 1961, 1962 5 6 Pension legislation; circulars, editorials, government publications, extracts from hearings before the Committee on Pensions, House of Representatives, 74th Congress, 1st Session on H.R. 6995, special legislative bulletins, "Aged, Disabled, and Destitute--What Shall We do for Our Broken Veterans"; Old Age-Conditions in Utah and America in 1930," Summary of Benefits for Veterans with Military Service before February 1, 1955, and their Dependents," etc., 1918-1960 5 6 Radio Program, Fiftieth Anniversary Spanish American War 1898-1902, by Mackie E. Bennett, National Radio Chairman; text 5 7 Ritual of the United Spanish War Veterans, 1928 5 8 Selective Service; regulations, bulletins, etc., 1940, 1944 United Spanish War Veterans, Auxiliary [national organization] 5 9 Annual Encampment; program, 16-21 September 1961 5 10 Book of Ceremonies, Forms, Procedures, 1932 5 11 Burial benefit; circular, 1924 5 12 Constitution and Rules and Regulations, Supplements, 1928, 1932,1935, 1936-1939, 1951 5 13-14 National Headquarters, Department Letters; National Americanism, Pan American Study, National Membership, National President, National Defense, National Publicity, National Child Welfare, ca. 1940s 6 1 Department officers, 1961-1962 6 2 Department Officers' Reports and Drill Team Report, May 1931-May 1932 6 3 Department Presidents' Conference, resume, 22-23 January 1947, 13-14 January 1948 6 4-7 General Orders, 1926-1971 6 8 Legislative Report, 1 June 1961, 1-2 June 1963 6 9 National Convention, Official Call, 1947-1973 [arranged by state] 6 10 National Convention, Reports of National President and National Officers, 8-12 September 1929 6 11 Official Catalogue 6 12 Ritual, 1925, 1948, 1959 6 13 Roster of national officers, 1941-1944, 1946-1948, 1953-1955,1961-1962 6 14 Miscellaneous state departments' general orders; Arizona, Colorado and Wyoming, District of Columbia, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Texas, Wisconsin, 1929-1960 6 15-18 Miscellaneous materials 6 15-18 1 Sons of Spanish-American War Veterans, Section I, A Brief History, Section II, Why a Son Should Join, Section III, How to Form a Camp, 1960 6 15-18 2 A Brief Resume of the Spanish-American War by Colonel E.G. Thomas 6 15-18 3 State of Utah Merit System Council, Merit System Examinations, 1947 6 15-18 4 The Spanish-American War by John Schoenborn, 1944-1945 6 15-18 5 Address book 6 15-18 6 Emblem-flag literature 6 15-18 7 Poems 6 15-18 8 Sons of 1898 and Patriotic Tunes, 1933 6 15-18 9 Songs of the Long Ago, undated 6 15-18 10 Business cards 6 15-18 11 United Spanish War Veterans, Why You Should Belong 6 15-18 12 Songs of Yesterday and Greeting, USWV, 1935 6 15-18 13 "Hello Buddy" Comics of War, sold by Unemployed or Disabled Ex-Service Men, undated 6 15-18 14 Etiquette of the Stars and Stripes 6 15-18 15 Why I am Proud to be a Spanish-American War Veteran 6 15-18 16 Sunset Memorial Services (Salt Lake City, Utah), 30 May 1953 6 15-18 17 Application for Exemption of Property/widow of veteran, 1935 6 15-18 18 Patriotic Flag Ceremony for the Opening and Closing ofour Schools, as recommended by the Spanish War Veterans of the Department of Utah 6 15-18 19 Encampment ribbons 6 15-18 20 Veteran's Patrol, January 1933 [newspaper] 6 15-18 21 The American Soldier 6 15-18 22 The First American Paper in Manila, 25 December 1898 6 15-18 23 Roster of Scout Young Camp No. 2, USWV, Dept. of Oregon, 1931 6 15-18 24 Department of Oregon, National Auxiliary, USWV, 1936 Song Book and Roster 6 15-18 25 Roster and By-Laws of Theodore Roosevelt, Auxliary No. 5, Dept.of California, USWV, 1953 6 19-20 Miscellaneous newspaper clippings. 1930-1964