Rhoda Fairchild Chapter, National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution

DAR meeting at Drake Hotel in 1950s. From left to right: Mrs H C Rice of Neosho, Mrs C C Carter, Mrs William Boyd, Mrs Fred Frerer (Carthage Regent), unknown, Mr & Mrs John H Flanigan, unknown, and Mrs Robert Wright. The seated lady in the foreground is unknown. Rollins Photo, Carthage MO (Contact musuem if you can identify any of the other ladies.)

Local Chapter Founded: 1910

Scrapbooks cover years: 1910-1998 (except 1991-1995)

Condition of scrapbooks: Various conditions from poor (two earliest scrapbooks) to good-fair for most and excellent for latest creations.

Scrapbooks cover general chapter activities, local/county/state/US history programs and projects adopted by chapter/state/national DAR organizations such as the School of the Ozarks and other charitable projects. Programs for regional/state/national DAR conventions are part of the scrapbook contents but were not given detailed attention due to their non-local focus; but, general themes of convention when pertinent or of controversial nature (ie. admitting African-Americans into DAR) were noted in subjects of individual scrapbooks.

1923 DAR float in Carthage Defense parade. From left to right: Mrs Flowers, Mrs.Barnes, Mrs. McElroy, Mrs Zane, Mrs Parker and Mrs Izard.

The earliest scrapbook contains most Carthage and Missouri history as well as early photographs of Carthage that pre-date the local DAR chapter. These were duplicated into new copy photographs.

Like the various club scrapbooks, MHRAB grant project work included cleaning, inter-leafing, AF boxing, catalog processing and archiving loose scrapbook contents. Fine-tuning of some entries remains to be done due to alphabetizing problem discussed in introduction/final grant report.

Copy photographs have not been processed yet into catalog records.

Please note that more subjects and names can be accessed by individual scrapbook catalog records.

First Jasper County Courthouse (now on site of Old Cabin Shop on Mound Street Road). Marker placed at chimney courtesy of Carthage DAR, 1933.

Subjects:
American History Month
Arrow Rock, MO
Blair, Emily Newell; writings of
Boonville, MO
Carthage MO
Carthage, 50th Anniversary
Carthage, 100th Anniversary
Carthage, 125th Anniversary
Carthage Centennial
Carthage Quasi-Centennial (125th)
Carthage Stone Industry
Chapter Awards
Chapter Members (& Member Obituaries)
Chapter Officers
Chapter Scrapbooks
Chapter Yearbooks (or Program books)
College of the Ozarks (formerly School of the Ozarks)
Colonial History
Continental Congress of DAR
DAR, Joplin MO
DAR, Lamar MO
DAR, Neosho MO
DAR, Webb City MO
DAR Essay Contest & Award
DAR Good Citizen Award
DAR State Conventions
DAR SW Missouri Conventions
Flag Day
Flag History & Code
Jasper County Courthouse; 1841
Jasper County Courthouse; 1854
Jasper County Courthouse; 1895
July 4 Celebrations
Memorial Day (also known as Decoration Day)
Missouri History
Missouri State Capitol (1913-1917)
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Ozarks History & Region
Patriotic Holidays & Celebrations
Racial Issues
Revolutionary War
Revolutionary War; Soldiers
Roslyn Heights
U S Flag
U S History
Veteran's Day
Women's Clubs
World War I
World War I; Homefront
World War II
World War II; Homefront

Names:
Beckwith, Mrs H H
Blair, Emily Newell
Caffee, Mrs W K
Calhoon, Mrs W W
Charlton, Elizabeth
Cline, Nellie
Crase, Carolyn
During, Mrs H T
Everts, Ava
Fairchild, Rhoda
Flanigan, Della
Flanigan, Gladys
Flower, Mary Hatch
Frerer, Mable
Garnes, Mary Kyle
Hall, Elizabeth
Harris, Mrs J S
Howerton, Dallie
Izard, Lydia Smith
Jensen, Jane
Ketcham, Dr Elizabeth Hall
Knell, Dorothy
Knight, Mary Bridges
Leming, Hazel
Lincoln, Abraham
Magee, Flora Weidman Ayers
Magee, Frederica
McCarthy, Mrs Robert
McElroy, Elsie
McElroy, Julia
McElroy, Mrs C F
McNeerney, Margaret Thompson
McNerney, Irene
McNerney, Mrs P J
Meador, Ellen
Moody, Ruth
Myrtle Carter, Myrtle
Osborn, Georgia
Palmer, Mary Gilmor
Powers, Marian Wright
Puckett, Doris
Rohm, Dorothy
Ross, Betsy
Shull, Dorothy
Snyder, Evah
Spoor, Lena
Stoddard, Gertrude
Thornton, Rachel
Wade, Mary Anne
Washington, George
Willm, Dorothy
Wood, Amelia Wetherell
Wood, Henrietta
Wood, Ruth
Wright, Etha
Wright, Sophia
Zane, Mary

Regents, charter members and other miscellaneous names were recorded here, but by searching individual scrapbook catalog entries with Past Perfect software, other members and program speaker names be accessed for this collection.

Accession: 1998.003 series for scrapbooks (9)
2001.008 series for scrapbooks (4)

AR Box 1998.003 for archival folders (loose items found in scrapbooks)

Other collection items associated with local DAR chapter in the archives of the Powers Museum: See Marian Wright Powers papers associated with membership in chapter including all yearbooks in her possession at death from 1917-1969.

Prior appointment necessary for use of all archival collections. This material is not available for walk-in, on-demand use. Consultation by phone or email prior to your visit, will result in a more successful research visit and allow museum staff to prepare materials and also a work space for your use on site.