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Independent Order of Odd Fellows

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Dates

  • Existence: 1819

Found in 346 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to A. P. Dufour from J. E. Delano of Browinski Lodge, No. 64, 1894

 Item — Box 3, Folder: 1
Identifier: A2005-001-009
Scope and Contents Manuscript letter to A. P. Dufour of Vevay, Indiana concerning lodge business of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Includes a story about a man who was robbed and embarked on a ferry to reach home. The captain saw the the distress signal (a fraternal sign) made by the man, and as he was also an Odd Fellow, allowed the man to complete his ferry ride. The moral of the story helping a brother in distress is brought up to date in a discussion of fraternal assistance at the turn of the 20th...
Dates: 1894
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Letter to Howard M. Miller from Fred W. Rehlinuyer, 1942 July 12

 Collection — Box 3, Folder: 1
Identifier: A2023-017-001
Scope and Contents

Letter to Howard M. Miller from Fred W. Rehlinuyer, Secretary of Massac Lodge, no. 86, on July 12, 1942. Also contains an unaddressed letter from Rehlinuyer that confirms Miller's role as Noble Grand of the lodge.

Dates: 1942 July 12
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Letter to J. A. Campbell from O. F. Burdell, 1877 September 10

 Item — Box 4, Folder: 1
Identifier: A2023-123-001
Dates: 1877 September 10
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Letter to John Tanner from S. D. Spear, 1845 September 16

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: A2001-086-002
Scope and Contents

S. D. Spear, the Secretary of Frontier Lodge, No. 167 (Rouse's Point, New York), requests back issues of The Gavel, an Odd Fellows periodical, and highlights the growth of his lodge. Addressed to John Tanner and dated September 16, 1845. Tanner was co-editor and publisher of The Gavel: A Monthly Periodical Devoted to Odd Fellowship and General Literature.

Dates: 1845 September 16
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Letters announcing withdrawal card of George W. Wilder, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 1877

 Collection — Box 2: Series A2001-073-002, Folder: 1
Identifier: A1985-022
Dates: 1877
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Letters from Balch Bros. & West Company, 1899

 Collection — Box 3, Folder: 1
Identifier: A2005-001-010
Scope and Contents

Letters from Balch Bros. & West Company to Brother Odd Fellows concerning selling of flags for decorating graves on Memorial Day. W. D. Balch, owner of the company is an Odd Fellow himself from Skenandoah Lodge, No. 95, Utica, New York.

Dates: 1899
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Letters from L. Conger and W. R. Conger to mother and Joseph Lund, 1848 May 14

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: A2015-044-388
Content Description This item contains two letters written by L. Conger and W. R. Conger, the Vice Grand and Noble Grand of Sodus Lodge, No. 338, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, to their mother describes the death and funeral of Bezaleel F. Cleveland, a revered Odd Fellow and the founding Noble Grand of Sodus Lodge, No. 338. Cleveland had died of typhoid fever, which had swept Martville, N.Y., in 1848. The two men describe conditions at Martville and make comments regarding James K. Polk’s reelection chances....
Dates: 1848 May 14
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Lilley Light Catalog, 1933

 Item
Identifier: A2000-074-013
Scope and Contents

Magazine articles from "Lilley Light", March 1933, No. 835. It includes advertisements for regalia for Daughters of Rebekah

Dates: 1933
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Lithographs of Independent Order of Odd Fellows of degree symbols, undated

 Collection — Box 2: Series A2001-073-002, Folder: 1
Identifier: A1989-028-003
Scope and Contents

Two lithographs of Independent Order of Odd Fellows symbols that include the symbols the three links, bow and arrow, the Bible, hourglass and many more. One lithograph is for the first and second degrees, and the other is for the fifth and P. D. (Patriarchal Degree) degrees. Both are in full color.

Dates: undated
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Lodge, No. 838, in Pennsboro, Missouri ledger, 1916-1921

 Item — Volume 1
Identifier: A2015-134
Dates: 1916-1921
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

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