COLLECTION INFORMATION FORM

PRELIM 1. Catalog No. S3102

X FINAL 2. Accession No. 3755

NORTHEAST MINNESOTA HISTORICAL CENTER

3. COLLECTION TITLE: History of the 40 and 8 (part of the American Legion), Voiture 919.

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INCLUSIVE DATES: 1952-1953

4. DONOR (name & address): Claude B. Butler; 3704 Greysolon Road, Duluth, MN 55804

5. Date Received: March 18, 1982

6. Restrictions: none

7. No. of Boxes: one

8. No. of Vol. (in boxes): one

9. Linear Inches or Feet: 3 1/4 inches

10. No. of Vol. (outside boxes): none

11. Number of Items (Small Collection):

12. Donor Agreement Form Signed (date): March 1982

ABSTRACT SUMMARY OF COLLECTION

Scrapbook containing clippings, photographs, flag, memorabilia of the 40 and 8 organization for the years 1952-1953, as compiled by Mr. John Harney, Chef de Gare of Voiture 919. The volume contains minutes, bulletins, and a folder for each of the service organizations supported by the 40 and 8 local 919. Annual Report of Activities and assorted programs, ritual, memorial and wreck categories are also represented. The book is bound in cork and hinged.

Box Inventory

Box Folder Description

1 Bound Volume for the years of 1952-1953 which contains: Bulletins, Child Welfare, Fatherless Boys, Nurses Training, March of Dimes, Hospital, Memorial, Ritual, Locomotive, Voyageur Activities, and Voiture Activities. Containing some photographs.

2 1 Activities, Minutes, Financial Statements; 1945-1946

2 2 Activities, Minutes, Financial Statements, etc; 1945-1946

2 3 Activities, 1945-1946

2 Bound Volume for the years of 1968-1970 which contain: Voiture Nationale, Volture # 919, Grand Voiture, Child Welfare, Moose Lake State, The Star, Ace of Spades, Locomotive, Americanism, and Taps