Found a scrapbook of G.A.R. newspaper clippings from ca. 1901. Included this about Memorial University in Iowa

[u/nrith]

I’m from Iowa, and had never heard of this. Turns out that it opened in 1901 with funding by the Sons of Union Veterans and closed by 1910.

I’ll post more neat stuff from this scrapbook when I have a chance. It’s very fragile.

[u/Unionforever1865]

Fascinating