This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held in the Research Library at the Nantucket Historical Association. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in our reading room, and not digitally available through the internet.
Summary
The Volunteer Aid Association of Nantucket was organized by a group of Nantucket women in 1898 to assist in the care of wounded soldiers in the Spanish–American War. This collection includes an account book, correspondence, minutes, and receipts recording the fundraising efforts of the Volunteer Aid Association of Nantucket.
Collection Details
- Collection Number:
- MS76
- Title:
- Volunteer Aid Association of Nantucket Records
- Date(s):
- 1898
- Creator:
- Volunteer Aid Association of Nantucket.
- Extent:
- approximately 20 items
- Repository:
- Nantucket Historical Association
- Language:
- Material is in English.
Information for Users
Restrictions to Access: No restrictions. Open for research.
Restrictions to Use: No usage restrictions.
Copyright Notice: Copyright is retained by the authors of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation: [identification of item], in the Volunteer Aid Association of Nantucket Records, Nantucket Historical Association.
Sensitive Materials Statement:Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual’s private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the Nantucket Historical Association assumes no responsibility.
Related Collections
- Massachusetts Volunteer Aid Association Records. State Library of Massachusetts Special Collections.
Subject Headings
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Corporate Name
- Bay State (Hospital ship).
- Volunteer Aid Association of Nantucket.
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Topical Term
- Spanish–American War, 1898—War work.
- Women volunteers in social service—Massachusetts—Nantucket—Societies, etc.
- Women--Societies and clubs—Massachusetts—Nantucket.
Biographical Information
The Volunteer Aid Association of Nantucket was organized by a group of Nantucket women in 1898 to assist in the care of wounded soldiers in the Spanish–American War. The group also assisted other Massachusetts branch organizations in fitting out the hospital ship Bay State.
Scope and Content
This collection includes an account book, correspondence, minutes, and receipts recording the fundraising efforts of the Volunteer Aid Association of Nantucket.
Contents
Folder 1 Account book, 27 June–20 October 1898
Folder 2 Correspondence, 1898
Folder 3 Minutes, 21 June–18 October 1898
Folder 4 Receipts, 1898
Processing Information
Finding aid by Ashley Miller in January 2023.