Collection Information
Historical Sketch
Scope and Content
Cataloging Information
Processed
by
Charles Latham
30 November 1995
Updated 24 March 2004
Manuscript and Visual Collections Department
William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Indiana Historical Society
450 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269
VOLUME OF COLLECTION: 1 bound volume
COLLECTION DATES: 1911-1930
PROVENANCE: John Mullins, Indianapolis, IN, 16 March 1995
RESTRICTIONS: None
REPRODUCTION RIGHTS: Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained in writing from the Indiana Historical Society
ALTERNATE FORMATS: None
OTHER FINDING AIDS: None
RELATED HOLDINGS: None
ACCESSION NUMBER: 1995.0359
The National Society United States Daughters of 1812 was formed in 1892, to promote patriotism by preserving documents and relics, marking historic spots, teaching heroic deeds, recording family histories and traditions, and celebrating patriotic anniversaries. Eligible for membership were white women over eighteen years of age with proof of lineal descent from an ancestor who rendered civil, military or naval service to his country from 1785 to 1815. Many of the original members were actually daughters of participants in the War of 1812; thirty years later there were still 240 members who were "Real Daughters."
The Philip Schoff Chapter of the organization in Indiana was founded in 1911, with a membership limited to fifty residents of Marion County. Through the years, the Daughters of 1812 worked for a strong national defense, for reconditioning "Old Ironsides," and for honoring Francis Scott Key and making "The Star Spangled Banner" the national anthem. They took positions against disarmament, establishing a national Department of Education, and changing a phrase in "America" from "Pilgrims' pride" to "patriots' pride."
This collection contains one item, the scrapbook kept by Alma Winston Winslow, historian of the Philip Schoff Chapter of the Daughters of 1812, from the chapter's organization in 1911 until 1930. It contains programs, reports, bylaws and constitutions of the national and local organizations; clippings; and several leaflets from the National Security League.
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