Records of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Caroline Meriwether Goodlett Chapter (Clarksville, Tenn. - Chapter 326)

Collection

Identifier: 2022.028

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Records of the United Daughters of the Confederacy contains organizational records from the Caroline Meriwether Goodlett Chapter 326 which is located in Clarksville, Tennessee. This collection, which dates from 1914 to 1970, consists of minute books, membership records, and a scrapbook. These records give evidence to monthly meetings held from 1935 through 1957, as well as the application process and registration records for the local chapter, and newspaper articles highlighting the local organization’s achievements and activities. This collection provides a glimpse into the early history of this local chapter, their goals and functions, and their efforts to keep and honor the memory of the Confederacy in the South. This collection documents a local Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and their contribution to honoring the memory of the Confederacy and Confederate veterans. Researchers interested in Southern history, as well as the Civil War, will find this collection useful and informative on the early and on-going purpose of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, while presenting an understanding of the purpose of local chapters within the UDC.

Dates

1935 - 1957

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

While the Montgomery County Archives houses an item, it does not necessarily hold the copyright on the item, nor may it be able to determine if the item is still protected under current copyright law. It is the user’s obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections

Biographical / Historical

The United Daughters of the Confederacy came to be a national organization on September 10th, 1894, in Nashville, Tennessee by a group of women related to Confederate veterans. Clarksville, Tennessee was the home of Forbes Bivouac, an organization of Confederate Veterans. The wives, daughters, and grand daughters of these veterans came together to form a local UDC chapter in Clarksville. The United Daughters of the Confederacy, Chapter 326 located in Clarksville, Tennessee, first met on September 20th,1899 to take steps to become a local chapter of the UDC. Around mid-1903 this local chapter started to call themselves the Caroline Goodlett Meriwether Chapter in place of the United Daughters of the Confederacy chapter, in honor of the founder and first president of the UDC, Caroline Meriwether Goodlett. This collection provides knowledge and prospective to the monthly and yearly functions of this local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy that continued, and still continues the efforts of the national organization’s purpose of preserving the memory of the Confederacy and Confederate veterans during the early to late 20th century.

Extent

1.25 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

This collection was arranged into three series: I. Minute Books, ca. 1935-1957. II. Membership Records, ca.1914-1957. III. Scrapbook, ca.1942-1970.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Cleo G. Hogan, June 2022.

Processing Information

Loose Materials were taken out of their binders and books and placed in acid free folders. Any metal fasteners were removed from the materials. All materials were cleaned and placed into acid-free folders and boxes. Acid free paper was interleaved between pages with newspaper clippings. The collection was arranged into series based on the original order as received when gifted.