Description
The UDC Sterling Price Chapter Records are organized in eight series, as
follows: Series I-Minute Books (1911- ); Series II-Membership Reports, Records
and Applications (1912- ), including genealogical and biographical information;
Series III-Financial Records (1932-2013); Series IV-State Division
Correspondence & Misc. Writings(1937-1994); Series V-State and Local
Histories & Biographies; Series VI-Publications (1916- ), including
California State Division Convention Programs (1916- ), and Yearbooks (1916- );
Series VII-Scrapbooks & Clippings on Sterling Price Chapt. (1918- ); and,
Series VIII-Ephemera and Memorabilia (1911-). Additions to the collection are
anticipated.
Background
The United Daughters of the Confederacy was founded in 1894. Its
membership consists of women descendants of Confederate veterans and supporters
of the Confederacy organized into over 1000 local chapters. The UDC's
objectives are historical, educational and patriotic. The Sterling Price
Chapter (Stockton, Calif.) was chartered April 27, 1911.