gr00474.xml Adjutant General: An Inventory of Its Spanish-American War Veterans Relief Payment Records at the Minnesota Historical Society National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Minnesota Historical Society
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 Finding aid encoded by Shelby Edwards and Cheri Thies, October 2011. Finding aid written in English. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Minnesota. Office of the Adjutant General. Spanish-American War veterans relief payment records. 1931-1943. Materials in English. Records of this relief program administered by the Adjutant General as a member of the Spanish War Veterans' Relief Board. 17.05 cu. ft. (17 boxes and 2 partial boxes); 1 microfilm reel. See Detailed Description for shelf locations. SCOPE AND CONTENTS

The records include applications, with index, for relief submitted by Minnesota veterans, or the survivors of veterans, of the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, and the China Relief Expedition, under the provisions of Laws of Minnesota 1931, Chapter 405; supplementary payment files; and an application register. Intermingled with the application files are records of administrative and salary expenses of the Relief Board itself.

 ARRANGEMENT

The collection is organized into the following sections:

Spanish-American War Veterans Relief Payment Index (Microfilm SAM 3, Reel 1) Spanish-American War Veterans Relief Payment Applications Spanish-American War Veterans Relief Payment Supplementary Files Spanish-American War Veterans' Relief Board Application Register Closed Originals CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics: Military pensions -- Minnesota -- Indexes. Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Veterans -- Minnesota. Veterans -- Minnesota -- Indexes. Organizations: Minnesota. Spanish War Veterans' Relief Board. Minnesota. Dept. of Veterans' Affairs. Meetings: China Relief Expedition (1900-1901) Places: Philippines -- History -- Philippine American War, 1899-1902 -- Veterans -- Minnesota. Document Types: Indexes. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Office of the Adjutant General. Spanish-American War Veterans Relief Payment Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

 Microfilm Production:

[Saint Paul, MN? : Dept. of Veterans Affairs, undated.]

Microfilm available for sale or interlibrary loan from the Minnesota Historical Society.

 Provenance:

The microfilm reel was part of the Department of Veterans Affairs security storage microfilm deposited with the State Archives in the 1950s. The index was prepared with assistance from the Work Projects Administration.

 Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 217; 978-40; 992-100; 997-17; 2004-43; 2008-73

Processing Information:

Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Catalog ID number: 001719835

 DETAILED DESCRIPTION Spanish-American War Veterans Relief Payment Index (Microfilm SAM 3, Reel 1)

Arranged alphabetically by surname; each entry gives the first and last name of the recipient of a payment for wartime service, address at the time of payment, and warrant number of the cancelled check. The index does not include claimants whose applications were denied.

The majority of the warrant numbers are prefaced with A, although a few later claims are prefaced with B, C, or D. It appears as though not all of the B, C, and D numbers are represented in the index.

 SAM 3 1 1931-1942. Spanish-American War Veterans Relief Payment Applications

The application packets contain such documents as application forms, affidavits of service, medical reports describing injuries sustained during service, discharge papers, marriage and death certificates, and facilitative correspondence. Intermingled with the application files are records of administrative and salary expenses of the Relief Board itself.

The applications for relief were numbered by the board (with an A prefix) as payment was approved, beginning in April 1931. Some gaps in the numerical sequence exist, and a small number of packets at the end of the series are denoted by a B, C, or D prefix.

114.E.1.1B Warrant Nos. A-32523 - A-358615. 114.E.1.2F Warrant Nos. A-358616 - A-366451. 114.E.1.3B Warrant Nos. A-366452 - A-370002. 114.E.1.4F Warrant Nos. A-370003 - A-382118. 114.E.1.5B Warrant Nos. A-382496 - A-391661. 114.E.1.6F Warrant Nos. A-391662 - A-404380. 114.E.1.7B Warrant Nos. A-404381 - A-418977. 114.E.1.8F Warrant Nos. A-419593 - A-428406. 114.E.1.9B Warrant Nos. A-428407 - A-436714. 114.E.1.10F Warrant Nos. A-436715 - A-448331. 114.E.2.1B Warrant Nos. A-448332 - A-459461. 114.E.2.2F Warrant Nos. A-459462 - A-467594. 114.E.2.3B Warrant Nos. A-467595 - A-480251. 114.E.2.4F Warrant Nos. A-480252 - A-520467. 114.E.2.5B Warrant Nos. A-520468 - A-667318. 114.E.2.6F Warrant Nos. A-667319 - A-990896. Warrant Nos. B-6619 - B-897766. Warrant Nos. C-5953 - C-958052. Warrant No. D-210335, Eva Newman Boothby, 1943. Spanish-American War Veterans Relief Payment Supplementary Files 114.E.2.7B Warrant Nos. A-353518 - A-502238; B-32524, 1930s-1940s.

Usually just a single sheet that documents approval of the initial payment and subsequently of the supplementary payment. Some of the documents may be duplicated in the main set of files, above. Each file is labeled with the initial relief payment warrant number, supplementary payment warrant number, and application number; they are arranged in numerical order by initial relief payment warrant number.

 Spanish-American War Veterans' Relief Board Application Register 112.E.2.6F June 24, 1931 - August 7, 1942. 1 volume in partial box.

Entries are numerical by application number, probably assigned chronologically. Each entry gives name, address, amount approved, date of award or disallowance, and remarks (usually abstract number or note on disallowance or other disposition of the application). Blank amount/date/remarks columns appear to signify applications for which no payment or disallowance decision was made.

CLOSED ORIGINALS

Access restricted. Closed to general use, researchers are directed to use the microfilm.

 123.H.17.1B-1 Spanish-American War Veterans Relief Payment Index,1931-1942. 1 partial volume.

Information includes recipient's name and address, warrant (check) number, and dollar amount of relief payment. Arranged in alphabetical order by recipient's name.