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Nesbitt Memorial Library

Shropshire-Upton Chapter, U. D. C. Collection (Ms. 25)

Description:

Minutes and financial records of the Shropshire-Upton Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, and papers, maps, and photographs collected by the chapter for their museum.

 Content:

Colorado Academy:

            Application for lease of by Odd Fellows, 1872 (1-37)

            Receipt from, 1889 (1-29)

Colorado College Daily Register, 1859 (1-1 through 1-11)

Columbus Centennial Pageant, 1923 (1-22)

Columbus High School, graduation materials, 1923 (1-29)

Confederate soldier parole, J. W. Guynn, 1865 (1-36)

County fair brochure on Colorado County (1-24)

Epworth League materials, 1895-1986 (1-30)

F. S. C. Club, concert playbills (1-35)

Frazar Opera House (1-28)

Hinton, Albert P., letters to (1-27)

Independent Order of Odd Fellows, lease of school (1-37)

Schools:

            Colorado College Daily Register, 1859 (1-1 through 1-11)

            Colorado Academy receipt, 1889 (1-29)

            Columbus High School graduation materials, 1923 (1-29)

Shropshire, John S., documents relating to (1-26)

Shropshire, John S., letter to Carrie Shropshire, February 27, 1862 (1-26)

Simpson Bank, checks and account book, 1912, 1913 (1-23)

Stafford family correspondence:

            R. E. Stafford to Sarah Stafford, October 14, 1859 (1-38)

            W. R. Stafford to aunt, April 13, 1896 (1-39)

            B. C. Tarvin to Sarah Stafford, July 11, 1892 (1-40)

            [R. E. Stafford] to Myra Early, May 31, 1884 (1-40)

            R. E. Stafford to Sarah Stafford, May 21, 1890 (1-40)

Stafford Opera House, playbill, 1893 (1-35)

Tait, Charles W., documents relating to (1-25)

United Daughters of the Confederacy, Shropshire-Upton Chapter:

Constitution and Bylaws, 1900 (1-48)

Administrative materials (1-31, 1-32, 1-34, Box 2, Box 3)

Minute Book, 1917-1920, 1940-1945 (3-1)

Minute Book, 1950-1960 (3-2)

Minute Book, 1969-1976 (3-3)

Treasurer's Book, 1930-1938 (2-1)

Treasurer's Book, 1944-1968 (2-2)

Southern Cross of Honor Certificates, 1904 (1-12)

Southern Cross of Honor Certificates, 1907 (1-13)

Southern Cross of Honor Certificates, 1910 (1-14)

Southern Cross of Honor Certificates, 1911 (1-15)

Southern Cross of Honor Certificates, 1912 (1-16 through

1-18)

Southern Cross of Honor Certificates, 1913 (1-19, 1-20)

Southern Cross of Honor Certificates, undated (1-21)

Woman's Parsonage and Home Mission Society, invitation to birthday party, 1895 (1-36)