Abstract
The Daughters of Union Veterans (DUV) of the Civil War, Las Vegas, Nevada Records comprise various materials from the organization ranging from the years 1861 to 1970, with a bulk of the material dating from 1948 to 1954. The contents consist of a scrapbook of memorabilia and newspaper clippings, magazine articles profiling the Grand Army of the Republic, reissues of Harper’s Weekly from 1861, and the correspondence and ephemera of Henrietta Denny.
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The Daughters of Union Veterans (DUV) of the Civil War, Las Vegas, Nevada Records comprise various materials from the organization ranging from the years 1861 to 1970, with a bulk of the material dating from 1948 to 1954. The contents consist of a scrapbook of memorabilia and newspaper clippings, magazine articles profiling the Grand Army of the Republic, reissues of Harper’s Weekly from 1861, and the correspondence and ephemera of Henrietta Denny.
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Collection is open for research.
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Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.
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Biographical / Historical Note
The Daughters of Union Veterans (DUV) of the Civil War, Tent Number 79 (Las Vegas, Nevada) was established on April 17, 1948, with sixteen charter members. As a non-profit organization, they provided medical books for hospitals, wheel chairs and other medical supplies for veterans and their families. The DUV founded two national scholarships for descendants of Union Veterans and provided United States flags for schools and civic organizations. One of the primary goals of the DUV was to have Highway 6 renamed "The Grand Army of the Republic Highway," which was accomplished in 1953. The latest known activity from the Las Vegas tent group is from 1997, when the members were placing markers on the graves of Civil War veterans that are buried in Las Vegas. The full name of the Las Vegas tent of the DUV is Daughters of the Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1861-1865, Elizabeth Benton Freemont, Tent Number 79, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Preferred Citation
Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Las Vegas, Nevada Records, 1861-1970. MS-00234. Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Acquisition Note
Materials were donated by Dorothy Murphy in 1978; accession number 1978-099, and by DUV tent number 79 historian Henrietta Denny; accession number T-124.
Processing Note
Material was processed by Joyce Marshall in 1996. In 2014, as part of a legacy finding aid conversion project, Kayla McDuffie revised and enhanced the collection description to bring it into compliance with current professional standards. Subsequently Kayla McDuffie entered the data into ArchivesSpace.
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There was one photograph of the charter members that was removed and placed in the photo collection, PH-00171, Item 0689.