The Martha Pitkin Chapter, D.A.R. collection consists of materials relating organization and activities of a patriotic women's group in Sandusky, Ohio, whose members had ancestors who fought in the American Revolutionary War. The materials are divided by record group and chronologically within the record groups when possible. The materials date inclusively from 1867 to 1997 and include minutes, financial records, correspondence, scrapbooks, yearbooks, clippings, and printed material. No restrictions exist on the use of this collection.
Duplication is permitted for the purposes of preservation and research.
The collection was processed and register prepared in October 1997 at Bowling Green State University by Marilyn Levinson, Curator of Manuscripts. The chapter was named for an ancestor of the chapter founder, Mrs. Jay Osborne Moss, who was a lineal decendent of Martha Pitkin through her revolutionary ancestor, Matthew Griswold, Governor of the Connecticut Colony. The activities of the Chapter covered a mix of patriotic education, public service projects, genealogical research, and social activities. D.A.R. Papers span the years 1867 to 1997, which are the records of the D.A.R. chapter. The largest portion of the collection are the secretary's books which contain the minutes of the activities of the organization as well as membership lists and committees.