United Spanish War Veterans, Archie Butt Camp no. 5 records
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of records of Archie Butt Camp No. 5 (Augusta, Ga.) of the United Spanish War Veteransfrom 1898-1928. The records include minutes, a ledger, a scrapbook containing clippings pertaining to Spanish War veterans in Georgia, applications for membership, and a printed volume (1903) of general orders of the U.S. Army. The minutes (1912-1916) document the activities of the organization including election of officers, application of members, and memorials to Spanish War and other veterans. The ledger (1912-1928) contains a list of the member's occupation, address, dates of military service, rank, unit, and often place and date of birth.
Dates
- Created: 1898-1928
- Other: Date acquired: 06/26/1991
Conditions Governing Access
No current access restrictions on this collection. Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Augusta University Special Collections & Institutional Archives is the owner of the physical collection and makes reproductions available for research purposes only. Materials within the collection are subject to the copyright law of the United States and item condition. Augusta University Special Collections & Institutional Archives may or may not own the rights to materials in the collection. It is the researcher's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and obtain permission from the copyright holder before publication, reproduction, or display of the materials beyond what is reasonable under copyright law. Researchers may quote selections from the collection under the fair use provision of copyright law.
Biographical or Historical Information
The United Spanish War Veterans was an American veterans organization for veterans who served in the Spanish-American War (1898), the Philippine-American War (1899-1902), and the China Relief Expedition (1898-1901). Originally comprised of several small veterans organizations for each war or military conflict, the organizations merged into a single organization, the United Spanish American War Veterans, from 1904-1906. The organization began in 1899, shortly after the end of the Spanish-American War, and ended in 1992, when the final surviving member of the organization died.
The Archie Butt Camp no. 5, department of Georgia, United Spanish War Veterans was founded on May 17, 1912 at Augusta, Ga. The camp was named for Major Archie Butt, U.S. Army, who died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912. The camp had difficulty attracting membership although there were many veterans in the Augusta, Georgia area.
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Extent
0.00 Linear Feet
Language
English
Source of Acquisition
Augusta Richmond County Museum
Method of Acquisition
This material was transferred to Reese Library Collections, Augusta University by the Augusta Richmond County Museum on 06/26/1991. Acc#1980.12
Other Descriptive Information
Accession documentation cites that this collection was acquired on 06/26/1991, but was assigned a 1980 accession number.
- Title
- Inventory of the United Spanish War Veterans, Archie Butt Camp no. 5 records
- Author
- Kara Flynn
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the Reese Library Archives Repository