70 linear ft. Within these series, the items are defined by type and include several formats such as awards, correspondence, financial reports, lyrics, magazines, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, photographs, publications, scrapbooks, sheet music, reports, and unit histories and rosters. Each of these formats is arranged in alphabetical order. The items within each type are arranged in chronological order by date of creation. Items with unknown creation dates are arranged in alphabetically order according to creator's surname.
Special consideration is given to publications and publication excerpts.
These are arranged alphabetically according to creator's surname. When the creator's surname is unknown, the publication is arranged by title. The items within the RDVA Records document the activities and history of the 42nd Rainbow Division and the Rainbow Division Veterans Association from 1917 to 2000. The correspondence is that of soldiers, veterans, and their families, and relates primarily to the activities of the Division and the Association. I to the end of the 20th century, both as individual photographs and as part of scrapbooks.