A Peek Inside the NSDAR Archives Photo and Document Collections

These images are just a small sampling of some of the items contained in the NSDAR Archives. You can find many more great historical DAR photos here: http://www.dar.org/celebrate125slideshows

Photo of the newly remodeled Americana Room in 1966.

Storage space for many of the photo and document collections of the NSDAR Archives. Photo circa 1966.

A lease from 1902 from the Washington Loan and Trust for early DAR office space before the headquarters was built.

Photo of charter members of the Merion Chapter dressed in Martha Washington costume as they appeared at the inauguration of the chapter in April 17, 1895.

Program cover from the 8th Continental Congress held in February 1899 at the Grand Opera House in Washington, D.C.

Donated photo of a gravestone of General Varnum, a Revolutionary War officer, in a church yard in Dracut, Massachusetts.

e NSDAR Archives photo collection contains around 40 photos circa 1910-1930 depicting the early history of the community around Tamassee DAR school, showing students, families from the community, buildings, and the surrounding area.

ny great photos of the early offices of the DAR Headquarters building are in the Archives photo collection including this one of the DAR staff offices of the Registrar General circa 1919.

This photo that was donated to the NSDAR Archives collection is adhered to a black board. Letters with genealogy information and membership cards are taped to the back of this photo. Member cards are for Louisa Pine, who joined in 1909-1910, and her daughter, Carrie Pine Faulkner, who joined in 1921. The photo shows a celebration or party concerning DAR, circa 1910. The actual story behind the photo is unknown, as well as the names of the people in the photos.

wspaper clipping of President General Cook and portraits of her cabinet circa 1923.

ny photos and information regarding the DAR’s 1930s-1940s Penny Pines project that created many DAR Forests are contained in the NSDAR Archives collection including this list of historic trees preserved by the DAR circa 1930.

wspaper clippings regarding the National Society are archived including this spread from The Washington Star from April 1967 showing the newly renovated Constitution Hall.

nations to the NSDAR Archives and Americana Collection are always welcome. This picture shows a member donating Revolutionary War documents to the collection in 1976.

st a couple of the many stacks that now hold the NSDAR Archives collections.