United Daughters of the Confederacy General William B. Bate Chapter scrapbooks and essays, 1959-1965.
(Document/manuscript/pamphlet/archival material)

Materials housed in Special Collections Division of the Main Library, Nashville Public Library.

Housed with unrelated collection: Then and Now Scrapbook.

In library use only. Available by appointment.

Scope and content: Four scrapbooks: 1959-1960; 1960-1961; 1963-1964; 1964-1965, compiled by chapter historian Mrs. Katherine Demerich and her assistant, Miss Bernice Dennison; with accompanying books of essays written by chapter members on various Civil War and Confederate topics. Scrapbooks are mostly composed of news clippings featuring articles about the Civil War, Civil War sites and commemorative activities associated with the Civil War Centennial. Occasionally scrapbooks include a photograph or tourist brochure. Scrapbooks include an index to contents in the front of each book. Essays written by UDC Bate members cover a wide variety of subjects. There is no index or table of contents to the essays. The essays were read at chapter meetings and the author's name is occasionally provided. Also included in the collection are three special newspaper sections about the war in Tennessee and Virginia which are bound in one volume.

Cite as: United Daughters of the Confederacy, General William B. Bate Chapter, Scrapbooks and Essays, Special Collections Division, Nashville Public Library

This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S. Code)

No photocopies due to fragile nature of materials.

Source of acquisition unknown;,Acc. RT-100.

Associated Materials: The Tennessee State Library and Archives holds the United Daughters of the Confederacy Scrapbook Collection which includes additional scrapbooks from the General William B. Bate Chapter.

The United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) was organized on Sept. 14, 1898 in Nashville, Tenn. to honor and commemorate individuals who served as soldiers or government officials in the Confederate States of America and to ensure that Confederate heritage and history was not forgotten. To be eligible for membership, a woman had to trace her lineage to one of these individuals. Caroline Meriwether Goodlett was the UDC's first president.

The General William B. Bate Chapter, No. 245 was organized in Nashville, Tenn. on Nov. 5, 1898. Their motto was: "In memory of Shiloh and Chickamauga" and a white rose was selected as the chapter flower. They were very involved in the Confederate Soldiers' Home; assisted financially with the Confederate Girls' Home; helped place commemorative markers at various battle sites, burial places, and other locations; helped support the Girls' Confederate Dormitory at Peabody College; sponsored a Vanderbilt University scholarship; helped place Confederate flags and history books in schools; and many other activities. The chapter scrapbooks had been recognized as early as 1946 by winning awards.

In English

Unknown provenance.

Rehouse;,2011;,Linda Barnickel;,essays removed from Organizations Ephemera Subject Files.

No further accruals are expected.