Toaping Castle Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution records
Collection
0545-MDHC
The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) is a non-profit, non-political volunteer women's service organization and genealogical society for women who can prove lineal descent from a patriot of the American Revolution. The NSDAR was founded on October 11, 1890, and currently has 3,000 chapters across the United States and internationally and 185,000 members. Members participate in historic preservation projects, educational programs, and acts of patriotism in their local communities. The Toaping Castle Chapter was founded on June 22, 1945, in Hyattsville, Maryland. The name "Toaping Castle" comes from the name of the Isaac Walkers family home on Greenbelt Road. Both Isaac and his son, Nathan, served in the American Revolutionary War. The Toaping Castle Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) records document the society's activities from 1946 to 2018 on a national and local level within the NSDAR organization. This collection includes yearbooks, national magazines, memorabilia from the organization's centennial celebration, membership guides, handbooks, historian's notebooks, meeting minutes, meeting notes, reports, correspondence to and from the regents of the chapter, individual and chapter awards, and scrapbooks. In addition, this collection contains a brick from the original Toaping Castle building and a silver spoon engraved in remembrance of the centennial of the NSDAR. These materials provide insight into the structure and proceedings of the Toaping Chapter, as well as illuminate the Daughters of the American Revolution as a national organization.
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11 Linear Feet (7 paige boxes, 1 legal hollinger box)
The Toaping Castle Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) records document the society's activities from 1946 to 2018 on a national and local level within the NSDAR organization. This collection includes yearbooks, national magazines, memorabilia from the organization's centennial celebration, membership guides, handbooks, historian's notebooks, meeting minutes, meeting notes, reports, correspondence to and from the regents of the chapter, individual and chapter awards, and scrapbooks. In addition, this collection contains a brick from the original Toaping Castle building and a silver spoon engraved in remembrance of the centennial of the NSDAR. These materials provide insight into the structure and proceedings of the Toaping Chapter, as well as illuminate the Daughters of the American Revolution as a national organization.
This collection was donated to the University of Maryland Libraries by Jane Lee Johnson in June 2018. Ms. Johnson made an additional donation of materials in June 2019.
This collection is unprocessed except for basic rehousing tasks. Upon arrival of the first accession, the materials were rehoused into archival quality boxes and placed in acid-free folders. Loose materials were placed in folders and added to the end of the collection. Some items that arrived in binders and plastic sleeves have been removed from the binders and placed in acid-free folders. All notations have been photocopied or transferred onto the new folder under the “Note” on the outside of the folder. All items that have been removed from their original container have been also noted in the preliminary inventory.
Materials recieved in June 2019 were removed from the large plastic bin in which they arrived and transferred to archival quality boxes. Materials were left in their original folders, and the post-it notes designating the title of each folder were left in place. This accession came with a printed-out inventory, which was left loose at the beginning of Box 1. No items were removed and the original order has been preserved.
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