Guide to the Women's Relief Corps Ribbons MSS.2779
Women's Relief Corps
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
August 2010
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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- Language Usage:
English
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Woman's Relief Corps Ribbons
- Unit ID:
MSS.2779
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet
- Dates:
1901-1905
- Abstract:
Contains three Woman's Relief Corps convention and encampment ribbons. The three ribbons are all different representing three different conventions.
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Woman's Relief Corps Ribbons, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
gift of Wade Hall, 2008
Scope and Contents note
This collection contains three Woman's Relief Corps convention and encampment ribbons. The three ribbons are all different representing three different conventions.
The first being an off-white ribbon, 5 3/4" long (not including the fringe) by 2 1/4" wide. It has an off-white bow with a light blue center knot that also has a small American flag attached. This ribbon also has a 2" gold bullion fringe stitched across the bottom and includes the following text: "W.R.C. - Department of Louisiana and Mississippi - Encampment - Cleveland, Ohio, 1901".
The second ribbon is a deep golden color and is 7" long by 3 1/8" wide with images of Lucy Webb Hayes and an eagle with a shield, arrows and olive branch in its talons. The text of this ribbon is as follows: above the eagle, "Nineteenth National Convention"; below the eagle, "Woman's Relief Corps, Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic"; below the image of Lucy Webb Hayes, "Lucy Webb Hayes - Cleveland, Ohio. September 12th and 13th 1901. Representative"
The third ribbon is a pale mauve ribbon 8 1/4" long and 2 5/8" wide and bears an image of a home above the opening music and words of 'My Old Kentucky Home' and the badge of the Woman's Relief Corps. The following text is printed on the ribbon: above the image of the house, "Kentucky W.R.G. Auxiliary to the G.A.R."; below the badge, "23nd Nat. Convention Denver, Col. 1905."
Ribbons Box SC0041 Folder 2779.1