The Hagler and Milner Family Papers contains scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, photographs, papers, and ephemera primarily documenting the families’ involvement with the American Legion at the local and state levels. Materials relate to the American Legion (1937-1938, 1951), the Eight and Forty Women’s Auxiliary (1936-1950), the Junior Women’s Auxiliary (1938-1939), and Illini Girls’ State (1948-1956).

American Legion papers include photographs and a disassembled scrapbook with newspaper clippings, event invitations and programs, photographs, and related ephemera. The Eight and Forty Auxiliary materials include multiple scrapbooks documenting activities at the local, district, and state levels with newspaper clippings, event invitations, photographs, christmas cards, membership lists, newsletters, and other ephemera. Illini Girls’ State materials are primarily yearly rosters, with a small amount of photographs and publications from the 1953 event. One scrapbook for the Junior Auxiliary contains membership lists, newspaper clippings, meeting notes, activities bulletins, and some photographs.

A small amount of material relates more specifically to the Hagler and Milner families, and contains photographs (undated and unidentified), newspaper clippings, a small amount of correspondence, and one newsletter from a junior high school.

This collection is arranged alphabetically.