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MS 93-009
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Title: Daughters of the American Revolution Rincon del Diablo Chapter Collection
Dates: 1954-1981, 2000-2016
Collection Number: MS 93-009
Creator/Collector:
Daughters of the American Revolution
Daughters of the American Revolution Rincon Del Diablo Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution Rancho San Bernardino Chapter
Extent: 20 linear feet
Repository:
Escondido Public Library, Pioneer Room
Escondido, California 92025
Abstract: The collection of the Rincon del Diablo Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution documents the activities and services
performed by this organization from its inception in 1954 through 1981.
Language of Material: English
This collection is open for research.
Daughters of the American Revolution - Rincon del Diablo Chapter Collection, Pioneer Room, Escondido Public Library.
[Identification of item]. Daughters of the American Revolution Rincon del Diablo Chapter Collection. Collection Number: MS
93-009. Escondido Public Library, Pioneer Room
The records of the Rincon del Diablo Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution were maintained by the various historians
and secretaries of the organization from the years 1954 – 1981. They were brought to the Pioneer Room in August of 1993 by
Eileen Menees. A deed of gift was signed by Mrs. Fred W. Borggreve, Regent, on August 4, 1993 placing the records in the
Pioneer Room. The chapter continues to bring in scrapbooks, yearbooks and genealogical records which are added to the existing
collection.
Biography/Administrative History
The Rincon del Diablo Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution was organized on October 24, 1954, and its charter
was issued January 5, 1956. The organizing members were Mrs. H. V. Arndt, Mrs. C. Victor Brannon, Mrs. Hookes, L. Campbell,
Mrs. George A. McDonald, Mrs. J. Colvin Proctor, Mrs. James Richardson, Mrs. Thomas P. Chambers, Mrs. Eva Barnhart, Mrs. James
A. Bacon, Mrs. James Carnigie, Mrs. James V. Howe, Mrs. William J. Kirk, Mrs. Robert C. Person, Mrs. Harold J. Pranten, Mrs.
Bert Wade, Mrs. Winston Williams, Mrs. William O. Rogers, Miss Mary Jane Richardson, Mrs. Roy Keating, Mrs. Henry F. Bigenhagen,
Mrs. Elva Malone, Mrs. Marion Edgecomb, Mrs. Archie Rumbaugh, Mrs. Edna Evans and Mrs. Harold J. Harper, with Mrs. Wesley
G. Barringer as organizing regent.
Regular monthly meetings were held and dues were $5 per year. By the end of 1954, the chapter consisted of 26 members. The
local chapter is active in programs including national and civil defense, conservation, American history and good citizenship.
As membership dwindled in both the Rancho San Bernardo and Rincon del Diablo chapters in the late 1990’s, the two chapters
merged, retaining the Rincon del Diablo name. The chapter has grown from a very few members in 1998 to just over 100 in 2014.
Since the merger, additional material has been added to the collection. Old scrapbooks from the Rancho San Bernardo Chapter,
yearly press release notebooks and annual scrapbooks of the activities and services in which the Rincon del Diablo Chapter
participated and copies of genealogical records that have been submitted by members to be added to the California State DAR
and the national DAR Library collections are now included.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection of the Rincon del Diablo Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution documents the activities and services
performed by this organization from its inception in 1954 through 1981. The scrapbooks consist of newspaper articles and
photographs detailing the events and people involved; from the local chapter, as well as from chapters across the nation.
The collection contains scrapbooks and miscellaneous records. There are four oversize boxes of scrapbooks dated from 1954
– 1981. The miscellaneous records consist of 3 books of minutes dated from 1954 through 1981, a DAR Handbook, two Manual
of Procedures books, a guest book dated from October 1971 through January 1972, and a handwritten first draft of a talk on
George Washington, prepared by Helen Heckler and dated July 20, 1982.
scrapbooks
genealogical records
magazines