The Caroline Meriwether Goodlett Library is a research facility open to UDC members and non-members by appointment. Included in its collection are books relating to Southern history, diaries, letters and other archival materials suitable for research on the War Between the States.

Contact the UDC Archivist to schedule an appointment.

The Helen Walpole Brewer Library was established in 1996 through a generous bequest of the late Helen Walpole Brewer. It contains microfilm copies of the National Archives Compiled Confederate Service Records and a limited number of regimental histories, family histories, pension records, and cemetery records.

Contact the UDC Archivist to schedule an appointment.

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Submitting Requests for Research

All requests must be submitted in writing accompanied by the appropriate researcher’s fee (check made payable to “Treasurer General UDC”) and a business-size self-addressed envelope. Requests must be addressed to the attention of UDC Libraries.

If you wish to request military record research, please complete the Confederate Ancestor Research Form. Please carefully observe the form’s instructions.  Only the research form marked “Rev. 09/19” will be accepted. FEES COVER CLERK’S SEARCH TIME.

Our goal is to serve you as efficiently as possible. Thank you for your understanding. Please select the link below for more details on Library Services.

Fee Schedule

“Prospective Member” rates are extended only to persons who have been invited to join a specific Chapter. Name of Chapter and Chapter Registrar extending the invitation must be included.

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Library Entrance Fee 
 Members Free
 Non-Members $10.00 per day
Confederate Service Record 
 Members/prospectives $15.00
 Non-members $25.00
*Pension Records 
 Members/prospectives $15.00
 Non-members $25.00
Combination Confederate Service/ *Pension 
 Members/prospectives $25.00
 Non-members $35.00
General Research (Other Than Pension Research) 
 Members $25.00
 Non-members $35.00
Photocopies from Library Documents/Books (Per Page) 
 Members/non-members $0.50
Photocopy of Membership Application (Unless Restricted) 
 Members (emailed copy) $10.00
 Members (printed/mailed) and Non-members $20.00
Southern Cross of Honor Research** 
 Members/non-members $25.00
Postage and handling for total order 
 Members/non-members $6.00

*Available only for Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, South Carolina, and Tennessee.

**From journals; original applications are not in the library collection.