Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1819
Found in 133 Collections and/or Records:
Letter from Grand Master Matthew Newkirk, 1865 December 17
Item
Identifier: A2022-271-001
Letter from Greenfield Lodge, No. 375, to Hesperian Lodge, No. 42, 1912 March 21
Collection
Identifier: A2016-094
Letter from James Armstrong to the Secretary of Jefferson Lodge, No. 76, 1845 May 24
Item
Identifier: A2018-121-001
Letter from Joel Hatch to Penobscot Lodge, No. 7, 1883 September 30
Item
Identifier: A2018-123-001
Letter from L. Conger and W. B. Conger to Joseph Lund, 1848 May 14
Item
Identifier: A2015-044
Content Description
This letter written by L. Conger and W.B. 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
Letter from La Grange Lodge, No. 36, to John P. Smith, 1888 March 03
Item
Identifier: A2018-122-001
Letter from M. B. Camburn to J. H. Camburn, 1846 December 26
Item
Identifier: A2016-103
Letter from N. H. Hubbard to his brothers and sisters, 1849
Item — Box 4, Folder: 1
Identifier: A2009-078-001
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed by N. H. Hubbard to his brothers and sisters, four pages. Hubbard describes a Masonic funeral that he witnessed in Virginia, close to the North Carolina border. He explains that the Masons at the funeral "all stood in a ring again, and clapped their hands first over their heads, and then across the breast, then down at the side, repeating it 3 times." This "salute" is known as the public "grand honors." Hubbard also wrote that one Mason from each lodge threw a spade...
Dates:
1849
Found in:
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library
Letter from Oberlin Lodge, No. 28, to Central Lodge, No. 12, 1844 November 26
Item
Identifier: A2015-035-001
Scope and Contents
This letter informs the members of Central Lodge, No. 28, of Middletown, Connecticut, that Otis N. Cutler was expelled from Oberlin Lodge, No. 28, for “gross deception used in gaining membership to Oberlin Lodge."
Dates:
1844 November 26
Found in:
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library
Letter from the Grand Lodge of the State of New York, 1938
Item
Identifier: A2021-069-001
Content Description
Regarding the sale of Odd Fellow calendars
Dates:
1938
Found in:
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library