Research


Scope and Content Note

This series contains files documenting the placement, with State financial aid, of hundreds of bronze tablets commemorating sites of historical significance in the colonial, revolutionary, or state formative periods. The series does not contain information on the thousands of iron roadside markers erected under the same legislative appropriation.

The file for each marker contains an application for financial reimbursement giving the following information: name, address, and organization of applicant; amount of aid sought; historical importance of site, structure, person, or event commemorated and citation of sources for this information; description and sketch or plan of marker; text of inscription; and location of marker; ownership of marker site; cost of marker and non-State funding sources; date of dedication; and endowments by local citizens or organizations.

Files also contain all or some of the following documents: correspondence concerning approval of inscriptions, conduct of dedication exercises, and State reimbursement of expenses; dedication literature or programs; photographs of markers; and copies of vouchers or receipts for expenses.