J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections
Service Star Legion records
Service Star Legion. Salt Lake County Chapter
MS 0222
16.5 linear feet
37 boxes
1905-1985
The Service Star Legion records (1905-1985) contain materials concerning the Salt Lake County Chapter, the Utah Division, and the National group of the Service Star Legion (SSL). The SSL was a patriotic society, which had its beginnings in Maryland during World War I (WWI). It was organized in Utah, and called that Salt Lake County Chapter, also known as the War Mothers.
Collection materials are in English.
The Service Star Legion was organized in Baltimore, Maryland on 10 October 1919, and was incorporated under Maryland law in 1930. At first it was an amalgamation of eleven patriotic societies which had grown up during WWI. In Utah the original group, the Salt Lake County Chapter, became known as the War Mothers. The War Mothers was organized in July 1918 and became affiliated with the SSL in January 1920. The purpose of the group was to bring comfort and aid to service men and their families, and to support the country's government. Throughout the years, the national and Utah groups carried on civic projects, such as assisting veterans' hospitals. Since 1926, the Salt Lake County Chapter has improved and supported Memory Grove Park and Memorial House, by planting trees and dedicating Memorial House to the memory of Utah's war dead.
The Service Star Legion records (1905-1985) contain materials concerning the Salt Lake County Chapter, the Utah Division, and the National group of the SSL. The collection contains SSL annual rosters, bylaws, civic service records, constitutions, convention materials, correspondence, essays, financial records, handbooks, histories, invitations, meeting minute records, newsletters, newspaper clippings, programs, publication copies, several scrapbooks, and similar materials concerning Memory Grove Park and Memorial House in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Salt Lake County Chapter annual rosters span the years 1930-1975, but the run is incomplete. There is a 1951 handbook which describes the organization and its purpose, as well as convention programs. There are papers concerning Memory Grove Park and Memorial House histories, projects, and programs. Utah Division papers include their Articles of Incorporation, bylaws, constitution, minutes, and other materials relating to the Utah-Wyoming Division of the early 1930s. The National portions of the SSL papers contain their constitution, convention programs and minutes, copies of
The Service Star magazine, histories, and magazine and newspaper articles and clippings. There is also an autobiography of Cora Baker, a national character member, titled "Granny's Story," and the national president endorsements of Clara Miller, a member of the Salt Lake County Chapter.
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Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Boxes 1-2 (1.5 linear feet) were donated by Clara Miller in April 1978.
Boxes 3-33 (15 linear feet) were donated by Isabelle Shaw in May 1987.
Boxes 34-37 (watercolors) were donated by Rhea Stucki and Adelia Knudsen (Service Star Legion representatives) in May 1988.
Processed by Marlene Lewis, and unknown in 1980 and 1987.
Boxes 34-37 processed by Betsey Welland in 2015.
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See also the Service Star Legion, Salt Lake County Chapter photograph collection (P0304) in the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.
Everett, Joseph Alma Freestone, 1883-1945
Service Star Legion. Salt Lake County Chapter--Archives
Service Star Legion. Salt Lake County Chapter--History
Service Star Legion--Archives
Memory Grove Park (Salt Lake City, Utah)
World War, 1914-1918--Women--Utah
World War, 1914-1918--Casualties--Utah
World War, 1939-1945--Casualties--Utah
World War, 1939-1945--Missing in action--Utah
Korean War, 1950-1953--Casualties--Utah
Women and the military--Utah--20th century
Veterans--Medical care--Utah--20th century
Families of military personnel--Utah--Societies, etc.--20th century--Archives
Women and the military--Utah--Societies and clubs--20th century--Archives
Military
Handbooks and manuals
Conference materials
Programs (Publications)
By-laws
Charters and articles of incorporation
Autobiographies
Periodicals
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Scrapbooks
Minutes
Membership lists
Financial records
Newsletters
Yearbooks
Watercolors
Obituaries
Business correspondence
Instructional and educational works
Administrative records
Box 1, folders 1-8 contain materials concerning the Salt Lake County Chapter, folders 9-12 contain materials concerning the Utah Division, and folders 13-19 contain materials conerning National SSL.
Salt Lake County Chapter Annual Rosters and Handbook
1930-1973
1
1-5
Convention Programs
1945-1949
1
6
Memorial House
1942
1
7
This folder contains correspondence seeking subscriptions for people to dedicate a chair in "Memorial House" as a memorial to family members lost in war. There is a pamphlet giving a history of "Memorial House." There is also a cover of the Service Star, showing "Memorial House and giving a brief history.
Memory Grove Park
1937-1975
1
8
This foler contains histories of Memory Grove Park, a program for Memorial Day at the park, a dedication program for "The Meditation Chapel" in the park, and a program for "Sunday in the Grove" of the Salt Lake County Bicentennial Horizon Committee.
Utah Division Constitutuion and Bylaws
1948
1
9
Utah Division Articles of Incorporation
1948
1
10
This folder contains correspondence and minutes regarding the establishment of the Articles.
Utah Division Conventions
1947-1954
1
11
Utah Division Convention Programs
1930-1968
1
12
This folder contains programs from the early Utah-Wyoming Division.
National SSL Constitution, Bylaws, and Ritual
1
13
Incorporation
1957
1
14
This folder contains the H. R. 1963 Bill to incorporate the National SSL.
Convention Programs
1941-1956
1
15
This folder does not contain a complete run of the National SSL convention programs.
Organization Histories
1
16
The Service Star
1942-1956
1
17
This folder does not contain a complete run of The Service Star.
Cora Baker Autobiography, "Granny's Story"
1
18
Clara C. Miller National President Endorsements
1952
1
19
Programs and Invitations
1950-1955
1
20
This folder contains the Ohio Division of SSL's Thirty-Fifth Annual State Convention Program, Memorial Day programs, the Pennsylvania State Service Star Legion's invitation to the Thirty-Second Annual Convention, the American Legion's Artistice Day Program for Arlington National Cemetery, Bingham Latter-day Saints (LDS) Sunday School Mother's Day Program, Grand Army of the Republic's Memorial Day service Arlington National Cemetery Program, and Women's Patriotic Conference on National Defense Inc.'s invitation to the Twenty-Ninth Conference.
Salt Lake Tribune and Free Men Speak Newspaper Clippings
1917-1957
1
21
Utah and National SSL Newspaper Clippings
1937-1968
1
22-26
Scrapbooks
SSL Newspaper Clippings Scrapbook
1923-1932
2
1
Memory Grove and Memorial House Scrapbook
1947-1975
2
2
This scrapbook contains reports, newspaper clippings, and other items relating to the history of Memory Grove and Memorial.
War Mothers of America
First National Convention
1918
3
1
Minutes of Meetings
1918
3
2
Report
1918
3
3
"History of the War Mothers of Utah"
3
4
Women of American Patriots, Report
1918
3
5
Women of the American Patriots of the World War, Ogden Chapter History
3
6
Utah County War Mothers Minute Book
1918-1921
3
7
Histories
"Story of the SSL, Past, Present, and Future"
4
1
Unpublished Histories
4
2
Published Histories
4
3
Notes
4
4
Annie Wells Cannon, History of National SSL and Condensed History of Salt Lake County Chapter
4
5
An Eye View of SSL
1963
4
6
History of the Nephi Chapter of the SSL
1925-1940
4
7
History of SSL, Nephi Chpater
1940-1953
4
8
History, Salt Lake County Chapter, SSL, Utah
1920-1955
4
9-10
Membership Records
Lists of Officers
5
1
Lists of Members
5
2
Petitions to Organize Chapters
5
3
Anna Papadopoulo
5
4
Membership Records
1932-1952
5
5
Membership File
1922-1935
6
Membership Records, Applications for Membership
1949-1967
7
Administrative records
Minutes
1920-1942
8
Executive Board Minutes
1926-1928
9
Minutes
1939-1956
10
Minutes
1956-1976
11
Chapter and Committee Reports
1920-1961
12
Correspondence
1919-1965
13
Memorial House and Memory Park
Story of Memorial House
14
1
Memorial House Chairs
1942
14
2
Memorial House Lease
1953
14
3
Memorial House Committee Minutes
1974-1975
14
4
Memory Park Committee
1925-1950
14
5
Memory Park Brochures and Pamphlets
14
6
Memory Park Histories
14
7
Memory Park Materials
14
8
Meditation Chapel
14
9
Community Improvement Program, SSL, Salt Lake County Chapter, Inc.
15
1
Memory Park Committee Minutes
1925-1941
15
2-5
Memorial House Committee Finances
1932-1942
15
6-7
History of War Mothers, SSL, Memory Park, and Memorial House
1961-1962
15
8
Dedication of Beason Memorial
15
9
Meeting of SSL, Salt Lake County Chapter, Inc. at Memorial House
1948
15
10
General Materials
Newspaper Clippings
1918-1970
16
National and State Conventions
National Convention Programs
1920-1969
17
1-3
National Convention Minutes
1927-1957
17
4
State Convention Programs
1927-1968
17
5-6
Publications
Newsletters
1933-1981
18
1
The Service Star
1943-1974
18
2-6
Yearbooks, Ceremonials, and Publications
1930-1982
19
Miscellaneous
1919-1981
Articles and Bylaws
20
1
Constitution
20
2
Forms
20
3
Rituals
20
4
Annual Patriotic Programs
1956-1972
20
5
Programs
1924-1981
20
6
Patriotic Essay Contest
1955
20
7
Resolutions
20
8
American Legion Controversy
1919-1921
20
9
Veteran's Hospital Volunteers Programs
20
10
Veteran's Hospital Volunteers Correspondence
20
11
Veteran's Hospital Volunteers Leadership Training Course
20
12
Beteran's Hospital Volunteers Materials
20
13
Notes
20
14
Financial Records
Records
1919-1920
21
1
Treasurer's Reports
1927-1945
21
2
Audit Reports
1947-1965
21
3-5
Taxes
1980-1985
21
6-11
Safety Deposit Box
21
12
Ledger
1927-1947
21
13
Accounts
1957-1963
21
14-15
Per Capita Tax Refunds
21
16
Bank Statements
1950
21
17
Financial Records Materials
21
18
Ledger
1928-1942
21
19-20
World War II (WWII) Memorial Fund Account Bank Book
1948
21
21
Chapter Account Checks, Statements, Receipts
1960-1965
22
House Account Checks, Statements, Receipts
1961-1965
23
Oversize
Scrapbook
1905-1933
24
Scrapbooks
1918-1970
25
Scrapbooks
1955-1963
26
Scrapbooks
1967-1981
27
Scrapbooks
1967-1981
28
World War I
WWI Dead, Salt Lake City
1917-1953
29
WWI Dead, Salt Lake County
30
WWI Dead, Utah
31
WWI Wounded, Utah
32
Utah Army Personnel Killed in WWII
33
1-6
Utah Navy Personnel Killed in WWII
33
7
Utah Navy and Marine Corps Personnel Killed in WWII
33
8
Utah Military Personnel Missing, Presumed Dead in WWII
33
9
Utah Military Personnel in WWII
33
10
Salt Lake County Chapter Honor Roll
1942
33
11-12
Utah Military Personnel Killed in Korean War
33
13
Artwork
Watercolor by G. Wesley Browning titled, "High in the Wasatch Mountains"
1975
34
Watercolor of Floral Arrangement by Joseph A. F. Everett
1937
35
Watercolor of Landscape with Mountains and Clouds by Joseph A. F. Everett
1937
36
Watercolor of Snowy Cabin in Snowy Woods by Joseph A. F. Everett
1938
37