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The records of the Topeka Chapter of the American War Mothers includes a complete set of minutes, membership rolls, scrapbooks, and miscellaneous material. This collection documents the activities of the American War Mothers focus on patriotic and service since the Topeka Chapter's start in 1927 to its disbandment in 1976. The American War Mothers, a national organization founded in 1917 and incorporated by 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.
Creator: American War Mothers. Topeka Chapter
Date: 1927-1976
Item Number: 40122
Call Number: Manuscripts Collection 122
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 40122
Collections - Manuscript - American War Mothers
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Social and Civic - American War Mothers
Date - 1950s
Date - 1960s
Military - Veterans - Veterans Administration
Military - Wars - World War I
Military - Wars - World War II
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Ledger
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Minutes
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Roster
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Scrapbook
People - Women
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Eisenhower Years, 1946 - 1961
Thematic Time Period - Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1929 - 1941
Thematic Time Period - The Twenties, 1920 - 1929
Thematic Time Period - World War I, 1914 - 1919
Thematic Time Period - World War II, 1939 - 1945
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Ledger
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Organization records
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Roster
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Scrapbooks
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