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Grand Army of the Republic, E. W. Kinsley Post No. 113 (Boston, Mass.) Records

1872-1922

Offsite Storage Inventory

The Grand Army of the Republic, E. W. Kinsley Post No. 113 (Boston, Mass.) records are stored offsite and must be requested at least one business day in advance. Contact the Library at library@masshist.org or (617) 536-1608 to request materials. Please discuss your request with the reading room staff before requesting cartons by barcode.

Note: This collection is PARTIALLY PROCESSED.

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Related Materials

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Summary Description of the Collection

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Printed Materials Removed


Collection Summary

Creator:Grand Army of the Republic. E. W. Kinsley Post No. 113 (Boston, Mass.).
Title:Grand Army of the Republic, E. W. Kinsley Post No. 113 (Boston, Mass.) records
Dates:1872-1922
Physical Description:6 record cartons
Call Number:OFFSITE STORAGE
Repository:Massachusetts Historical Society
1154 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02215
library@masshist.org
Abstract:

This collection consists of the papers of the E. W. Kinsley Post 113 of Boston, a branch of the Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Massachusetts. Records include: minutes, 1872-1921 (10 vols.); scrapbooks, 1887-1905 (6 vols.); accounts, 1872-1882 (1 vol.); record books of orders, circulars, etc., pasted in, 1873-1922 (9 vols.); "Field Days" shooting record, 1895 (1 vol.); committee reports, 1910-1915 (6 vols.); and Personal War Sketches of the Members of E. W. Kinsley Post No. 113 (printed vol. completed in ms.).

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Related Materials

The Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS) holds the following collections related to the Grand Army of the Republic, E. W. Kinsley Post No. 113 (Boston, Mass.) records:

Grand Army of the Republic, E. W. Kinsley Post No. 113 (Boston, Mass.) photograph albums, ca. 1870-ca. 1922. Photo. Coll. 84. Finding aid available at: http://www.masshist.org/findingaids/doc.cfm?fa=fap012.

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Arrangement

This collection has received only a preliminary arrangement. The records are arranged in cartons according to size, and chronologically within each carton.

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Acquisition Information

Donor unknown.

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Restrictions on Access

The Grand Army of the Republic, E. W. Kinsley Post No. 113 (Boston, Mass.) records are stored offsite and must be requested at least one business day in advance. Contact the Library at library@masshist.org or (617) 536-1608 to request materials. Please discuss your request with the reading room staff before requesting cartons by barcode.

Note: This collection is PARTIALLY PROCESSED.

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Summary Description of the Collection

CartonBarcodeContents
Carton 1SH 14ZA 9Accounts, 1871-1882
Carton 1SH 14ZA 9Minutes, 1872-Aug. 1876
Carton 1SH 14ZA 9Minutes, Feb. 1889-1892
Carton 1SH 14ZA 9Minutes, 1893-1896
Carton 1SH 14ZA 9Minutes, May 1896-Apr. 1900
Carton 1SH 14ZA 9Minutes, May 1900-Dec. 1904
Carton 1SH 14ZA 9Report of the Committee on Decoration of Graves, 1910
Carton 1SH 14ZA 9Report of the Committee on Decoration of Graves, 1911
2 copies
Carton 2SH 14ZB AOrders, circulars, etc., 1873-1878
Carton 2SH 14ZB AOrders, circulars, etc., 1880-1887
Carton 2SH 14ZB AScrapbook, 1887-1893
Carton 2SH 14ZB AScrapbook, 24th Natl. Encampment, GAR, Aug. 1890
Carton 2SH 14ZB AScrapbook, 1891-1892
Carton 2SH 14ZB AOrders, circulars, etc., 1891-1893
Carton 2SH 14ZB AScrapbook, 1892-1896
Carton 3SH 14ZC B"Field Days" shooting record, 1895
Carton 3SH 14ZC BOrders, circulars, etc., 1899-Feb. 1905
Carton 3SH 14ZC BMinutes, 1905-1906
Carton 3SH 14ZC BMinutes, 1907-Jan. 1909
Carton 3SH 14ZC BOrders, circulars, etc., 1907-1911
Carton 3SH 14ZC BOrders, circulars, etc., 1907-1911 (diff. from above)
Carton 3SH 14ZC BMinutes, 1909-1912
Carton 4SH 14ZD CReport of the Committee on Decoration of Graves, 1912
Carton 4SH 14ZD COrders, circulars, etc., 1912-1922
Carton 4SH 14ZD CMinutes, 1913-Jan. 1917
Carton 4SH 14ZD CReport of the Memorial Day Committee, 1914
Carton 4SH 14ZD CReport of the Memorial Day Committee, 1915
Carton 4SH 14ZD CMinutes, 1917-1921
Carton 5SH 14ZE DScrapbook, 1892-1897
(large vol.)
Carton 5SH 14ZE DScrapbook, 1904-1905
(large vol.)
Carton 5SH 14ZE DOrders, circulars, etc., 1905-1906
(large vol.)
Carton 6 (Oversize)SH 14ZF EGrand Army of the Republic. Department of Massachusetts. Personal War Sketches of the Members of E. W. Kinsley Post No. 113, Boston.
Printed vol. completed in ms.

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Preferred Citation

Grand Army of the Republic, E. W. Kinsley Post No. 113 (Boston, Mass.) records, Massachusetts Historical Society.

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Access Terms

This collection is indexed under the following headings in ABIGAIL, the online catalog of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related persons, organizations, or subjects should search the catalog using these headings.

Subjects:
Account books--1872-1882.
Scrapbooks--1887-1905
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans.
Veterans--Massachusetts--Societies, etc.

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Printed Materials Removed from the Collection

For a list of printed materials removed from this collection, see Curator of Manuscripts.

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Send reference questions to library@masshist.org.
Prepared by Katherine H. Griffin, March 2003.
Revised 22 Mar. 2005
Encoded by Michael Rush, May 2004


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