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This is the 1964 scrapbook of the American War Mothers, Topeka Chapter compiled by Pearl Cook, historian. The scrapbook contains photographs, newsclippings; programs, including one for Naturalization Proceedings; certificates; flyers; brochures; and other items documenting the activities of this women's club during that year. The American War Mothers, a national organization founded in 1917 and incorporated by an act of Congress in 1925, is a perpetual, patriotic, non-profit, non-political, non-sectarian, non-partisan organization whose members are mothers of children who have served or are serving in the U.S. Armed Services during a time of conflict. The Topeka chapter was organized in 1927 and disbanded in 1976.
Creator: American War Mothers. Topeka Chapter
Date: 1964
Item Number: 315451
Call Number: Manuscripts Collection 122
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 315451
Collections - Manuscript
Collections - Manuscript - Topeka War Mothers
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Social and Civic - American War Mothers
Date - 1960s - 1964
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Scrapbook
People - Women
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - The Sixties and Vietnam, 1961 - 1975
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Scrapbooks
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