Patriotic Societies And Genealogical Files,, 1947-1971

Summary: Documents Mary G. Roebling's and her family's involvement in patriotic associations, and their efforts to trace the Gindhart family genealogy so as to be eligible for membership in such social and historical clubs. This series includes, for example, folders concerning the New Jersey chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution (NJDAR) and the Children of the American Revolution (NJCAR) and Isaac D. Gindhart's notes relating to the history of the Weldon family. The materials take the form of correspondence, typed and handwritten notes, membership applications and directories, news releases and clippings, meeting minutes, reports, magazines, society yearbooks, photographs, and one scrapbook of photographs.

A substantial part of this series (9 folders) documents the NJCAR's yearly Patriotic Education Week, for which Mary G. Roebling was Senior State Chairman. As chairman, Roebling judged and awarded prizes for local efforts that sought to raise community awareness of American history. Many documents in this series also pertain to the patriotic endeavors of Margaret G. Finley, Roebling's sister, who was president general of the National Society of Colonial Dames of the Seventeenth Century and state regent of the NJDAR.