Buckley Post #12, Department of Ohio Grand Army of the Republic
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Repository: University of Akron Archival Services
Title: Records of Buckley Post #12, Department of Ohio Grand Army of the Republic
Dates: 1870-1938
Extent: 2 cubic feet
Creator: Buckley Post #12, Department of Ohio Grand Army of the Republic
Language: English
Access: Collection is open for research.
Finding Aid prepared by: Archival Staff, August 3, 1994
Revised by: Richard Wisneski, July 25, 2007
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Administrative History:
Akron's Buckley Post #12, Department of Ohio, Grand Army of the Republic is part of a national organization founded in 1866 for men who served in the U.S. Army and Navy during the Civil War. One of the important tasks of GAR posts originated in 1868. General John A. Logan, then commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic issued an order setting aside May 30 of each year to hold such memorial exercises as the posts might deem appropriate.
Scope and Content:
Activities of each post are reflected in the minutes and other related documents. This collection includes Buckley Post #12 minutes from October 13, 1870 to March 12, 1938. No minutes are available for the period between September 1889 to February 1896. In addition, inserted in some volumes are postcards, newspaper clippings, resolutions of respect in memory of veterans who passed away, and other type of correspondence.
Two additional volumes are also part of this collection. The first of them is a report of the relief fund for Buckley Post #12. Even though this volume is labeled 1906-1907 Relief Fund Buckley Post #12, the report goes beyond 1907. It covers the period between 1906 though 1938. Reports on individual pages are simply an account of receipts and expenditures. The second item is entitles 1929 Survivors. On the first page of this volume an expanded title is as follows: Surviving Members of Buckley Post, January 12, 1929. In most cases there is one entry per page showing dues payments for 1929-1931. Many pages are blank.
Arrangement: 15 Volumes
Container List:
Minutes of Buckley Post #12, Department of Ohio, GAR:
October 13, 1870 -- September 24, 1874
October 1, 1874 -- January 6, 1882
February 3, 1882 -- December 20, 1885
January 1, 1886 -- August 23, 1889
March 27, 1896 -- June 13, 1902
June 20, 1902 -- December 29, 1905
January 5, 1906 -- December 29, 1907
January 3, 1908 -- August 5, 1910
August 10, 1910 -- December 28, 1918
January 4, 1919 -- December 27, 1924
January 3, 1925 -- July 28, 1928
August 4, 1928 -- March 12, 1938
1906 -- 1907 Relief Fund Buckley Post #12.
This is a report by Joseph Limric, Trustee Buckley Relief Buckley Post #12
Fund. The report goes beyond 1907 and continues all the way to 1938. The individual reports are simply an account of receipts and expenditures.
1929 Survivors (as it appears on the spine)
The title on the first page reads: Surviving Members of Buckley Post #12 Jan. 12, 1929. In most cases there is only one entry per page. The individual pages reflect the record of dues payment for 1929-1931.