Veterans' Organizations
Following in the tradition of the veterans of the American Civil War, the veterans returning home from World War I joined, or created, a number of Veteran's organizations. The two major organizations where the Veteran's of Foreign Wars (VFW) and the American Legion.
Collections
American Legion Auxiliary, Erwin Prieskorn Unit #46 records
Minutes of meetings, 1921-1992; Administrative files include annual reports, membership materials, committee records, correspondence, and subject files relating to fundraising events and charitable activities; and scrapbooks, 1932-1983, containing clippings about activities with a scattering of photographs and letters.
Photos of auxiliary members on parade, of American Legion building in Ann Arbor, Michigan, of members wrapping gifts for veterans; also photos of sons of members who lost their lives in World War I; and scrapbooks containing scattered photographs of auxiliary activities.
American Legion, Dept. of Michigan records
Box 18, Portraits and Group Photographs
American Legion, Dept. of Michigan records
State component of larger national organization serving interests of war-time veterans. Series include meeting minutes, annual reports, convention proceedings, constitution and by-laws, records of American Legion Hospital, and records of various youth programs and other community service projects.
American Legion Auxiliary, Department of Michigan records
Sister organization to the American Legion organization for Michigan veterans. The record group documents the Department’s administrative functions, its publications, and involvement with the Girls State government simulation program.
American Legion, Fort Dearborn Post No. 364 records, 1935-1948.
Rosters and historical sketch.
Roby Burley Papers
Member of the University of Michigan division of the Michigan Naval Militia during World War I, long-time secretary of the University of Michigan Club of Seattle, Washington. Newsletters and related materials concerning reunions and post-war activities of the Militia; also files detailing activities of University of Michigan Club.
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Richard N. Hall Post No. 422 Papers
Correspondence, account book, and minutes of meetings.
American Legion, Dept. of Michigan records
Box 18, Portraits and Group Photographs
Earl C. Michener Papers
Adrian, Michigan attorney and Republican congressman, 1919-1933 and 1935-1951. Correspondence, 1898-1934, newspaper clippings, 1920-1950, including materials concerning veterans and other constituent affairs, political campaigns, the Republican Party, the influence of the Ku Klux Klan in the election of 1924, and personal affairs.
Finding Aid available online.
A. Monroe Repke Collection
Repke was a University of Michigan student who served in the Michigan Naval Militia during World War I. Newsletters, reunion programs, and directories of veterans of the Michigan Naval Militia, most produced by Henry D. Stricker.
- George W Harms, George W. Harms Papers, n.d.
Published Resources
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, The Richard N. Hall Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S.A. at the University of Michigan (Published by W.H. Hobbs for the R.N. Hall Post, V.F.W: Ann Arbor, Mich, 1920)
The Red Arrow (32nd Division Veteran Association: Detroit Mich., )
American Legion, Helpful Hints (Ann Arbor, Mich: American Legion Auxiliary, Unit of Erwin Preiskorn Post No. 46, 193AD).
Harold H Emmons, History of the Cadillac Post, No. 333, American Legion (Detroit, Mich: s.n., 1955).
American Legion, Legion News (Detroit, Mich: Detroit Districts Association, American Legion, Dept. of Michigan, n.d.).
American Legion, Newsletter ([Ann Arbor, Mich: Erwin Prieskorn Post No. 46, n.d.).
American Legion, Passing in Review: American Legion, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1950 (Ann Arbor, Mich: Erwin Prieskorn Post No. 46, American Legion, 1950).
George E McMullen and Legion American, Post History, 1919-1943, 1st ed. [ American Legion. Phillips-Elliott-Hodges-Van Auken Post No. 22 (Saginaw, Mich.)], (Saginaw, Mich: s.n., 1943).
American Legion, Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention of the American Legion of Michigan (Detroit, Mich: Ferris-Crane Print. Co, n.d.).
American Legion, Red Arrow News (Detroit, Mich: Red Arrow 32nd Division Post No. 361, American Legion, n.d.).
“The History of Erwin Prieskorn American Legion Post 46, Ann Arbor, Michigan” ([S.l, 2005).
American Legion, The Lansing Legionnaire (Lansing, Mich.: Maurice Harvey Dixon Post No. 12, American Legion, Dept. of Michigan, n.d.).