Description
The UDC Sterling Price Chapter Records are organized in eight series, as
follows: Series I-Minute Books (1911-1984); Series II-Membership Reports,
Records and Applications (1912-1997), including genealogical and biographical
information; Series III-Financial Records (1932-1979); Series IV-State Division
Correspondence & Misc. Writings(1937-1994); published yearbooks of the
California Division (1916-1995); Series V-State and Local Histories &
Biographies; Series VI-Publications (1916-1997), including State Division
Convention Programs (1916-1995), Yearbooks (1916-1996) and "Daughters of the
Confederacy Magazine" (1941-1997); Series VII-Scrapbooks & Clippings on
Sterling Price Chapt. (1918-1996); 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.