United Daughters of the Confederacy -- Julian S. Carr Chapter scrapbooks

The United Daughters of the Confederacy Collection, 1907-1939, consists of five scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings, histories, photographs, poems, memoirs, postcards, and yearbooks documenting Civil War history and the activities of the organization. Mrs. C. M. Goodlet of Nashville, Tennessee, first organized the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1894. According to its ritual, the group convened to “do homage unto the memory of…gallant Confederate soldiers, and to perpetuate the fame of their noble deeds.” In this aim, the group was committed to preserving “true” Confederate history. The scrapbooks represent Durham’s Julian S. Carr Chapter of the organization, founded December 20, 1899. Their subject matter pertains largely to the history of North Carolina and tribute to those who served in the Confederate Army. Of particular interest, the organization makes a strong distinction that “Civil War” is an inaccurate term. Instead, it directs its affiliates to label the conflict the “War Between the States.”