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Daughters of the American Revolution Fernanda Maria Chapter
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URB.DAR-FM
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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
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.
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.
Series I: Administrative Records, 1952-2015
Series II: Club History Records, 1952-2015
The collection is open for research 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.
For information about citing items in this collection consult the appropriate style manual,
or see the
Citing Archival Materials
guide.
Mallory Furnier, 2018
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Albums (Books)
Ephemera
Documents
Photographs
Scrapbooks