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Summary Information
Woman's Relief Corps, Robert Chivas Post No. 2 Records
1885-1947
- Woman's Relief Corps (U.S.). Robert Chivas Post No. 2
(Milwaukee, Wis.)
UWM Manuscript Collection 193
1 cubic ft. (1 box)
UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)
This collection contains cash books (1885-1940), meeting
minutes (1885-1944), member account books (1885-1914), and a roll of members (1921-1940) for
the Milwaukee chapter of the Woman's Relief Corps Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the
Republic. This chapter was founded in 1885 by wives and daughters of men having served in
the Robert Chivas Post No. 2 (Milwaukee, Wis.), a branch of the Grand Army of the Republic.
Its aim was to commemorate the deeds of American soldiers and army nurses and to give aid to
war widows and orphans. These volumes document the charitable and patriotic activities of
the society and explicate the roll Corps members aspired to as the female counterparts to
the male body of the Grand Army of the Republic. In addition, the cash books and account
information detail the corps' spending activities as well as individual member initiation
dates, activities, and dues paid. Also included in the collection is a 1945 roster for the
Wisconsin Department of the Woman's Relief Corps, and General Orders, No. 1 and No. 2 for
the year 1947. These documents list state-wide membership information and the names and
addresses of executives and officers. They also indicate the locations for all extant
Wisconsin branches and detail organizational activities and goals.
English
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