Odd Fellows Encampment

The records of the Portland, Maine, Odd Fellows Collection span the years 1903-1966, with the bulk of material dating from 1920 to 1924. The collection features approximately 58 items produced and collected by Beersheba Encampment, No. 50, and includes applications, correspondence, receipts, and one cash book. The collection is arranged by document type and chronologically within folders. Beersheba Encampment shared its hall with Deering Lodge, No. 183, F. and A.M.

Certificate issued to Albert Morgenfeld for completion of his term Chief Patriarch of Loyal Encampment, No. 178, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Morgenfeld's term was during the year 1929. The certificate was for presentation to the Grand Lodge of New York.

Collection includes receipts issued to Eben L. Davis for 1901-1902 and a wallet with a receipt book (1886-1887), with a handwritten family history of the Davis family starting from 1788 enclosed in the inside cover.

Circular letter from Chief Marshal Albert Guild of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, dated 1845 May 28, on on the annual celebration of the founding of Odd Fellowship. The celebration will take place in Boston with a procession on Boston Common and consists of lodges and encampments from all of New England and New York.

Court docket of Jacob Fleck vs. Somerset Encampment, No. 113, dated 1889 April 30, on Jacob Fleck being denied benefits

A collection of material found in an Independent Order of Odd Fellows Bible that includes programs, certficiates, invitations and dues receipts. The material is related to the Rautenberg, Schutt, Morganfeld, and Westphal families, who were related through marriage, which are detailed in the Bible on pages entitled Births, Marriages, and Deaths. The Bible was presumably owned by Mary Rautenberg, as her name is written on one of the blank pages near the beginning of the Bible.