Guide to the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Sacajawea Chapter Oral History Project 2018-2019
Cage 933

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
Creator
Daughters of the American Revolution. Sacajawea Chapter (Olympia, Wash.)
Title
Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Sacajawea Chapter Oral History Project
ID
Cage 933
Date [inclusive]
2018-2019
Extent
0.2 Linear feet of shelf space, 1 Box
Location
LOCATION NOTE (MASC STAFF USE) 1:37:15:5
Language
Collection materials are in English.
Abstract
Collection includes materials created for an oral history project by the Washington State Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Primarily flash drives with photographs, pre-interview biographies, and videotaped interviews with chapter members.

Preferred Citation

[Item description]

Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Sacajawea Chapter Oral History Project, 2018-2019 (Cage 933)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Biography/History

The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), founded in 1890 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., is a non-profit, non-political volunteer women's service organization dedicated to promoting patriotism, preserving American history, and improving education for children. Any woman 18 years or older who can prove lineal descent from a patriot of the American Revolution is eligible for membership.

[source: "About DAR: Who We Are," Daughters of the American Revolution website, accessed June 6, 2013.]

The Sacajawea Chapter of DAR was organized by thirteen Olympia women on November 17, 1905. On December 5, 1906, a charter was granted to the chapter by the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR or DAR).

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Scope and Content

The collection consists of materials created by the oral history project committee of the Washington State Sacajawea Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Planning began in 2018 and interviews were conducted with various chapter members in 2019. Collection consists of one binder containing a printed outline of the project and 16 labelled flash drives. One flash drive contains an outline of the project, recording session log, interview release form, and pre-interview biographies; one flash drive contains an interview with the “Regent Panel”; one flash drive contains photographs of various DAR Washington State Chapter members and their families; and 13 flash drives contain interviews with 14 DAR Washington State Chapter members (some interviews are duplicated on multiple flash drives). Also includes a flash drive and print out of the project outline, recording session log, and interview release form.

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Arrangement

Materials are arranged as they were received.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections  © 2019

http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/

Terrell Library

P.O. Box 645610

Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA

509-335-6691

mascref@wsu.edu

Restrictions on Access

This collection is open and available for research use.

Restrictions on Use

Copyright restrictions apply.

Acquisition Information

Betty A. Lindsay, historian for the DAR Sacajawea Chapter (Olympia, Washington), donated this collection to the Washington State University Libraries in 2019 (MS.2019.15).

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Gayle O'Hara in 2019.

Alternative Form Available

Materials from the flash drives have been uploaded to the MASC storage drive.

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Related Materials

Related Material

Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, Family records of Washington pioneers: typescript 1927-1942. Cage 472

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Names and Subjects

Corporate Name(s)

Subject(s) :
  • Daughters of the American Revolution.

Subject(s)

  • Women -- Societies and clubs -- 20th century
  • Women -- Northwest, Pacific -- Societies and clubs
  • Patriotic societies -- Washington (State)
  • Immigrants -- United States
  • Oral history -- United States
  • Women
  • Oral Histories
  • Washington (State)

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