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Alice Doster papers

Alice Doster papers

Descriptive Summary

Title: Alice Doster papers
Creator: Doster, Alice, 1917-1994
Inclusive Dates: 1950-1970
Language(s): English
Extent: 7.8 Linear Feet 12 document boxes, 1 carton, 1 oversized box
Collection Number: ms2910
Repository: Hargrett Library

Collection Description

Historical Note

Alice Gertrude Ashley Doster was Clarke County, Georgia participant in various patriotic organizations at the local, state, and national level. Doster's participated in auxiliaries of the American Veterans of World War II and Korea (AMVETS), Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the American Legion in Clarke County, Georgia as well as state and national organizations. She was born in 1917 and died in 1994.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of correspondence, clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, administrative records, and convention materials relating to Doster's participation in auxiliaries of the American Veterans of World War II and Korea (AMVETS), Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the American Legion in Clarke County, Georgia as well as state and national organizations.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Alice Doster papers, ms2910, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.

General Notes

Cataloged as part of the Georgia Archives and Manuscripts Automated Access project: A Special Collections Gateway Program of the University Center in Georgia.


Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

American Legion. Auxillary. Dept. of Georgia
American Veterans of World War II and Korea. Ladies Auxiliary
Clarke County (Ga.)
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Veterans.
Patriotic societies -- Georgia.
Scrapbooks
Veterans -- Georgia -- Societies, etc.
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. Ladies Auxiliary. Dept. of Georgia
Women -- Georgia -- Societies and clubs.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans.

Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 
boxfolder
11Correspondence, 1940,1955-1957
 
12Correspondence, 1958
 
13Correspondence, 1959
 
14Correspondence, 1960-1961
 
15Correspondence, 1962-1963
 
boxfolder
21Correspondence, 1964
 
22Correspondence, 1965
 
23Correspondence, 1966
 
24Correspondence, 1967
 
25Certificates
 
26Constitution and by-laws
 
27Photographs
 
boxfolder
31Minutes, 1954-1956
 
32Minutes, 1957
 
33Minutes, 1958
 
34Minutes, 1959
 
35Minutes, 1960-1963
 
36Minutes, 1964-1965
 
37Minutes, 1966-1967
 
boxfolder
41American Veterans (AMVETS), 1954-1956
 
42AMVETS, 1957
 
43AMVETS, 1958
 
44AMVETS, 1959
 
45AMVETS, 1960
 
46AMVETS, 1961
 
boxfolder
51AMVETS, 1962
 
52AMVETS, 1963
 
53AMVETS, 1964
 
54AMVETS, 1965
 
boxfolder
61AMVETS, 1966
 
62AMVETS, 1967
 
63AMVETS
 
64AMVETS manuals
 
65AMVETS manuals
 
boxfolder
71AMVETS Convention Material, 1956
 
72AMVETS Convention Material, 1957
 
73AMVETS Convention Material, 1958
 
74AMVETS Convention Material, 1959
 
75AMVETS Convention Material, 1960
 
76AMVETS Convention Material, 1961
 
boxfolder
81AMVETS Convention Material, 1962
 
82AMVETS Convention Material, 1963
 
83AMVETS Convention Material, 1964
 
84AMVETS Convention Material, 1965
 
85AMVETS Convention Material, 1966
 
86AMVETS Convention Material, 1967
 
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93Convention Programs, 1959-1960
 
94Convention Programs, 1961
 
95Convention Programs, 1962-1963
 
96Convention Programs, 1964-1965
 
97Convention Programs, 1966
 
98Convention Programs, 1967-1968
 
boxitem
101Scrapbook: Department of Georgia History, 1951-1957
 
102Scrapbook Classic City Unit No. 185 American Legion Auxilary Department of Georgia, 1959-1960
 
boxitem
111Scrapbook: AMVETS Auxillary Department of Georgia History, 1958-1959
 
112Scrapbook: AMVETS Auxillary Post-10 Athens, Georgia, 1956-1957
 
113Ladies Auxiliary Veterans of Foreign Wars Flag
 
114Marker: Ladies Auxiliary V.F.W
 
115oversize photographs (9)
 
boxfolder
121"American Legion" Magazine
 
122Civil Defense
 
123Clippings
 
124Georgia Flags
 
125"Gone With the Wind" cookbook
 
126"The National AMVET"
 
127"The National Bulletin..."
 
128"National News"
 
boxfolder
131"Rome + Floyd County Amvet News"
 
132"Stars and Stripes"
 
133"Veteran's Bulletin"
 
134"V.F.W." magazine
 
135-6miscellaneous printed material
 
boxitem
141Artifacts