Guide to the Daughters of the American Revolution Fernanda Maria Chapter
Collection
Special Collections & Archives
University Library
California State University, Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8326
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives
Title: Daughters of the American Revolution Fernanda Maria Chapter Collection,
Creator:
Daughters of the American Revolution, Fernanda Maria
Chapter
Identifier/Call Number: URB.DAR-FM
Extent:
20.22 linear feet
Extent:
328 Megabytes
Date (inclusive): 1952-2015
Abstract: The
Daughters of
the American Revolution Fernanda Maria Chapter Collection
documents the
administration and activities of the Northridge based local chapter of the National Society
of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and reflects a segment of San Fernando Valley
social life in the 20th and early 21st centuries. The hereditary based organization's
educational, patriotic, historic preservation, and genealogy activities are reflected
primarily through scrapbooks, meeting minutes, photographs, and awards.
Language of Material: English
Historical Note:
The Daughters of the American Revolution Fernanda Maria Chapter was founded in 1952 in Van
Nuys, but later relocated to Northridge. It is a local chapter of the National Society of
the Daughters of the American Revolution, which is a membership organization that admits
descendants of those that aided the American Revolution in some form. The Fernanda Maria
Chapter was named after the first girl child baptized at Mission San Fernando. The Chapter's
installation ceremony was held at Campo de Cahuenga on October 20, 1952. In 1953 the chapter
organized the San Fernando Valley's first Children of the American Revolution Chapter, and
in January 2001 the chapter merged with the Juan Crespi Chapter.
Scope and Contents
The
Daughters of the American Revolution Fernanda Maria Chapter
Collection
documents the Chapter's founding, administration, committee work, and
philanthropic activities. The Chapter is particularly active in programs that support U.S.
military veterans and educational activities and outreach related to the U.S.
Constitution.
Materials also reflect activities at the state and national level, with Daughters of the
American Revolution California State Society conference programs and photographs, and
records of Chapter members' attendance at national Continental Congresses. The collection is
divided into two major series:
Administrative Records (1952-2015)
and
Club History Records (1952-2015).
Series I,
Administrative Records, contains meeting minutes,
correspondence, awards received by the organization, DAR manuals, member directories, and
two treasurers' books that document how members ran the club. This series also includes
records of the Juan Crespi Chapter, which merged with Fernanda Maria in 2001, and California
Region VIII meeting minutes, attendance records, and awards. These are arranged
alphabetically by type, and then chronologically.
Series II,
Club History Records, contains historian files,
photographs, event ephemera, and scrapbooks created by the club historian to document club
activities. Several scrapbooks contain materials related to the local Children of the
American Revolution chapter. These are arranged chronologically.
Arrangement of Materials:
Series I: Administrative Records, 1952-2015
Series II: Club History Records, 1952-2015
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of
this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge.
Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials
protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires
the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any
use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Patricia Daniele. 05/20/2015.
Preferred Citation:
For information about citing items in this collection consult the appropriate style manual,
or see the
Citing Archival Materials
guide.
Processing Information:
Mallory Furnier, 2018
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Albums (Books)
Ephemera
Documents
Photographs
Scrapbooks
Series I: Administrative Records, 1952-2015
Box 1, Folder 4
Award,
2014 December-2015 January 6
Box 1, Folder 5
Awards Program Los Angeles Unified School Reserve Officers Training
Corps,
1989
Box 1, Folder 6
Constitution Week Committee Report,
September 2013
Box 1, Folder 7
Correspondence,
2009 September 8-2014 February 28
Box 1, Folder 8
Correspondence, Department of Veterans Affairs,
2013 June 3-2013 November 13
Box 1, Folder 10
District VIII Awards, Attendance, and Meeting Minutes,
June 1984-June 2010
Box 1, Folder 11
District VIII Awards, Attendance, and Meeting Minutes,
2004 July 1-2007 July 23
Box 1, Folder 12
District VIII Awards, Attendance, and Meeting Minutes,
2006 February 1-2007 June 9
Box 1, Folder 13
Guest Book,
1971 August 2-2002 October 14
Box 2, Folder 1
Juan Crespi Chapter,
1976 October 6-1991 October 2
Box 2, Folder 2
Juan Crespi Chapter,
1991 October 2-1997 January 31
Box 2, Folder 3
Minutes,
1952 October 20-1963 August 6
Box 2, Folder 4
Minutes,
1963 September 3-1985 December 2
Box 2, Folder 5
Minutes,
1986 January 6-1999 July 12
Box 3, Folder 1
Minutes,
2002 July 3-2005 June 6
Box 3, Folder 2
Minutes,
2002 July 3-2005 June 6
Box 3, Folder 3
Minutes,
2002 July 3-2005 June 6
Box 3, Folder 4
Minutes,
2004 October 1-2009 June 1
Box 3, Folder 5
Minutes,
2004 October 1-2009 June 1
Box 3, Folder 6
Newsletter and 50
th Birthday Tea
Invitation,
August 2002
Box 3, Folder 7
Newsletter,
2008 October 6-2009 June 1
Box 3, Folder 8
Treasurer Book,
1956 June 4-September 1963
Box 3, Folder 9
Treasurer Book,
October 1963-June 1965
Box 7, Item 1
Veterans Administration Los Angeles Healthcare System Award,
2010
Folder 1
Awards,
1984 May 31-May 1989
Digital Folder
District VIII Secretary Files,
2003-2004
Series II: Club History Records, 1952-2015
Box 4, Folder 1
Historian Scrapbook Access Copy,
1968-1991
Box 4, Folder 2
Historian Scrapbook,
1968-1991
Box 4, Folder 3
Historian Scrapbook,
1968-1991
Box 4, Folder 4
Historian Scrapbook,
1968-1991
Box 4, Folder 5
Historian Scrapbook Access Copy,
1991-1999
Box 4, Folder 6
Historian Scrapbook,
1991-1999
Box 4, Folder 7
Historian Scrapbook,
1991-1999
Box 5, Folder 1
Historian Scrapbook Access Copy,
1999-2000
Box 5, Folder 2
Historian Scrapbook,
1999-2000
Box 5, Folder 3
Historian Scrapbook Access Copy,
2000-2002
Box 5, Folder 4
Historian Scrapbook,
2000-2002
Box 5, Folder 5
Historian Scrapbook,
2000-2002
Box 5, Folder 7
Remembering Veterans Who Earned Their Stripes CD, Flyer, and
Photograph,
2005-2013
Box 5, Folder 8
Moore, Frances Sherman Brownell Obituary,
2006
Box 5, Folder 9
Historian Scrapbook Access Copy,
2011-2012
Box 5, Folder 10
Historian Scrapbook,
2011-2012
Box 6, Folder 1
Historian Scrapbook,
2011-2012
Box 6, Folder 2
60th Birthday Power Point Presentation,
2012
Box 6, Folder 3
Historian Files,
2012-2013
Box 6, Folder 4
Historian Files,
2012 December 3-2013 May 31
Box 6, Folder 5
Historian Files,
June 2013
Box 6, Folder 6
Historian Files,
2013 July 24
Box 6, Folder 7
Historian Files,
August 2013
Box 6, Folder 8
Historian Files,
September 2013
Box 6, Folder 9
Historian Files,
October 2013
Box 6, Folder 10
Historian Files,
November 2013
Box 6, Folder 11
Historian Files,
December 2013
Box 6, Folder 12
Historian Files,
January 2014
Box 6, Folder 13
Historian Files,
February 2014
Box 6, Folder 14
District VIII Luncheon Photographs,
2014 February 8
Box 6, Folder 15
Historian Files,
March 2014
Box 6, Folder 16
Historian Files,
April 2014
Box 6, Folder 17
Historian Files,
May 2014
Box 6, Folder 18
Historian Files,
June 2014
Box 6, Folder 19
Induction Ceremony Photographs,
2015
Box 6, Folder 20
"The Women of the Campo" Booklet
Box 8, Item 1
Historian Scrapbook,
1952 April 26-1959 May 28
Box 9, Item 1
Press Scrapbook,
1952-1966 June 6
Box 10, Item 1
Historian Scrapbook,
1954-1972 January
Box 11, Item 1
United States Flag Scrapbook,
1954 February 11-1961 August 31
Box 11, Item 2
Historian Scrapbook,
1966 August 3-1968 June 2
Box 12, Item 1
Historian Scrapbook,
1968 January 28-1979 June
Box 13, Item 1
Historian Scrapbook,
2001-2004
Box 14, Item 1
Historian Scrapbook,
2002-2015
Box 15, Item 1
Historian Scrapbook,
2006-2008
Box 16, Item 1
Historian Scrapbook,
June 2008-June 2009
Box 17, Item 1
Historian Scrapbook,
2009-2010
Box 18, Item 1
Historian Scrapbook,
2012-2013
Folder 3
Promotional Bee-lieve Towel
Digital Folder
Member Photographs,
2008-2010
Digital Folder
Event Photographs,
2014-2015
