National Soldiers\u27 Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Togus, Maine

The Eastern Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers was established by act of Congress approved March 21st, 1866, on what was then known as the Togus Springs Estate, and the first member was admitted October 6th, 1866. It is located five miles to the eastward of the cities of Augusta, Hallowell and Gardiner; has an average membership of 2650 men; covers an area of 1894 acres, and is reached by the Lewiston, Augusta and Waterville Electric Railway from Augusta, and the Kennebec Central Railroad from Gardiner. Cost for land, buildings and permanent improvements, $704,596.89. Booklet is almost exclusively photographs of the grounds circa (presumably) 1909. Photographs by Maine Farmer Publishing Company, Augusta, Maine.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1296/thumbnail.jp

Dreams Of Mother

Portrait of soldier wearing uniform and trench coat while sitting on benchhttps://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/cht-sheet-music/11373/thumbnail.jp

Bugle Call (Bugle! You Ain\u27t Calling Me)

Man with cigarette in handhttps://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/cht-sheet-music/5286/thumbnail.jp

Reference to the index of the correspondence, accounts and photographs of the Tasmanian South African Returned Soldiers Association

Minutes of Benevolent Fund 1945-1954 Including lists of subscribers Minutes 15 Feb. 1952 -10 Oct. 1963 Includes Benevolent Fund, social reunions, wreaths, etc. At the last meeting affairs were handed over to the Northern Branch to be administered by that branch as State Branch - Minutes: Northern Branch/State 27 Feb. 1948 -8 Feb. 1970 Branch formed 27 1948. From 1963 it took over tha affairs of the State Association. at the last meeting in 1970 it was resolved that: "we continue as an association but all social activities be dropped". News clippings at back of volume. Correspondence -re-unions (Northern) 1948 -1962 Correspondence and miscellaneous papers relating to re-unions of the T.S.A.R.S.A. (Northern Branch), mainly addressed to T.P. Drake and P. J. Fleming including letters from Col. Burford Sampson (1882-1959). Correspondence -re-unions (Hobart) 1957 -1959 Correspondence relating to Hobart re-unions of T.S.A.R.S.A. - Annual Reports 1946, 1948, 1957-1961 - Photograph album of scenes and people taken in South Africa during the Boer. - Third Australian Light Horse Reunion 1958-9. - Stanley H. Drake letters from father 27 Oct. 1914. - "A Tasmanian's participation in the 'Forgotten War' (The Boer War)" 1983 Reg. A. Watso

Animal Tracking Journal

A journal for children to use to record animal tracks and animal sightings with instructions for identifying track types and safety tips

York County Soldiers Board Of Relief Records- Accession 825

This collection consists of 6 duplicate rolls of microfilm, all of York County Soldiers Board of Relief Papers (1862-1863). This collection “consists of petitions to the soldiers\u27 board of relief, orders by the board to pay, and receipted accounts of the board. Information on the petitions include name of the petitioner, relationship of petitioner to soldier in Confederate service, name of soldier, statement of petitioner\u27s sole dependency on the absent soldier for support, other people in the household, and number of children. Some give time and amount of last money received from the absent soldier, nature and extent of resources available to the petitioner, and the ages and gender of the children. Each petition contains a statement certifying its truth. Many are annotated to show that they were granted and the amount granted. The receipted accounts and orders to pay are generally for provisions provided to the board\u27s clients. Information includes nature and cost of provisions provided, name of recipient, name of payee, date of transaction, and date of receipt.”* *South Carolina Department of Archives and History: Collection Number 000046, Series Number .L 46115. https://scarchcat.rediscoverysoftware.com/MADetailS.aspx?rID=000046/.L%20%2046115&db=series&list=parent&dir=SCARCHIVEhttps://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/2031/thumbnail.jp