Scrapbook No 1, March 1927-May 1942

The Jonathon Dayton Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution is one chapter of this organization to bring together female decedents of soldiers of the American Revolution and to keep their spirits alive through a variety of different activities around the Dayton area. This collection is predominately scrapbooks from several years of their activities with documents, photographs and newspaper clippings inside. This collection is only divided into two series:

Series I, Scrapbooks, contains scrapbooks detailing local chapter and national society activities and events from 1927 to 2002. The activities include local and American history, local political and social issues, social events, details of chapter meetings and national conventions, various programs, awards and honors given to the chapter, and lists of chapter members.

While the original labeling of the scrapbooks was maintained, there appears to be some inconsistency in the dating and order of the scrapbooks. Dates in some were easily identified while the dates in others were uncertain. There seems to be some overlap in the dates of several scrapbooks, as though a new scrapbook was started as the older one was being completed. It is also possible that several scrapbooks were maintained at the same time since there are several scrapbooks with similar starting and ending dates. In later years, the chapter maintained a scrapbook and a press book at the same time. The information in the press book is similar to the information in the chapter scrapbook.

Several of the scrapbooks contain folders with assorted items: loose newspaper articles and Xerox copies of scrapbooks which showed some deterioration.

Scrapbooks 22 and 23 have no clear dates. Scrapbook 22 contains copies of newspaper articles entitled "Our Forefathers" by Lindsey M. Brien, and "Your Clan and Mine" by Ralph E. Pearson. These articles contain genealogical information about Dayton families. Scrapbook 23 contains assorted newspaper articles about early U.S. Presidents and early American history. There are also newspaper articles written by Lindsey M. Brien about local Ohio towns.

There is a break in the date span of the scrapbooks from 1963-1979.

Series II, Chapter History, contains a detailed chapter history from 1896-1976. The history was written to commemorate the Bicentennial. The history describes the formation of the HSDAR on the national level in 1890, and the formation of the local chapter in 1896.