Hic-A-Sha-Ba-Ha Chapter, DAR records

Collection

Identifier: MSS-77

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, membership lists, minute books, yearbooks, treasurer's files, historic files, publications, scrapbooks, NSDAR Lineage books, lineage charts for over 330 previous members and other materials documenting the activities of the Hic-A-Sha-Ba-Ha Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (Starkville, Mississippi) and the Children of the American Revolution, Mayhew Mission Chapter.

Dates

1910 - 2009

Creator

Daughters of the American Revolution. Hic-A-Sha-Ba-Ha Chapter (Starkville, Miss.) (Organization)

Access Restrictions

Open to all researchers.

Use Restrictions

Any requests for permission to publish, quote, or reproduce materials from this collection must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian for Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Mississippi State University as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Extent

11.5 Cubic Feet (: 10 record cartons; 1 SMO folder; 1 VMP folder )

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

Series 1. Hic-A-Sha-Ba-Ha Chapter, DAR - Boxes 1-3 Series 2. Scrapbooks - Boxes 4-7 Series 3. Scrapbook materials - Box 3 Series 4. Newspaper clippings - Box 3 Series 5. Miscellaneous - Box 3; Small Oversize Manuscripts Box 47 Series 6. CAR, Mayhew Mission Chapter - Boxes 3, 7; Visual Materials: Photographs Box 5 Series 7. Mississippi DAR - Boxes 3, 8 Series 8. National DAR - Box 9 Series 9. Visual Materials - Box 9; Visual Materials: Photographs Box 5 Series 10. Hic-A-Sha-Ba-Ha Chapter, DAR Registrar records - Box 10

Processing Information

Duplicate publications were disposed of. Original containers and binders were disposed of. Newspaper clippings were copied and disposed of. 0.5 cubic feet.

Processing record

The first records were received in 1972 and further accessions in 1973, 1974 and 1978. MSB completed initial processing of the collection, August 29, 1973. Ashley Hatten processed Inactive Member records in 2005. Laura Vaughn accessioned the 2002-8 and 2005-5 accessions, December 2006. Donisha Smiley completed reprocessing the collection, including 2012-10 accession, in February 2013. Gerald Chaudron did some container consolidation, removal of acidic housing, separation of photographs, and constructed the finding aid, February 2013.

Additional lineage records donated by Ellen Mauldin in Fall 2022; collection updated by Jennifer McGillan.