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Improved Order of Red Men

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1834

Places

Found in 45 Collections and/or Records:

Illustrated Catalogue and Price List of Presentation Jewels, Badges, and Emblems, undated

 Item
Identifier: A2002-072-001
Scope and Contents

Catalogue of jewels, badges, and emblems for many fraternal societies including Masonic Blue Lodge, Royal Arch Chapter, Knights Templar, Order of Eastern Star, Shrine, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Eagles, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Red Men, Knights of Pythias, Aancient Order of United Workmen, and other non-fraternal organizations.

Dates: undated

Improved Order of Red Men and Degree of Pocahontas programs, 1946-1954

 Collection — Box 3, Folder: 1
Identifier: A2010-013-001
Scope and Contents

Collection of five souvenir programs mostly from Degree of Pocahontas of Pennsylvania. Programs include greeting, entertainment, opening song, menu, lists of members and committees. One program has manuscript notes on it by Great Pocahontas of Maryland and autographs of the speakers at the event.

Dates: 1946-1954

Improved Order of Red Men Equipment catalog, No. 114, 1923

 Item
Identifier: A1983-025-004
Scope and Contents

This catalog contains regalia, costumes, and paraphernalia for the Improved Order of Red Men. The regalia generally romanticizes and appropriates non-white cultural heritage by using stereotypes and/or caricatures.

Dates: 1923

Improved Order of Red Men parade postcard, undated

 Item — Box 2
Identifier: A1996-046
Dates: undated

Improved Order of Red Men Regalia Catalogue, Lilley Co., circa 1922

 Item
Identifier: A2010-012-001
Scope and Contents

This catalog contains regalia, costumes, and paraphernalia for the Improved Order of Red Men (I.R.O.M.). The regalia generally romanticizes and appropriates non-white cultural heritage by using stereotypes and/or caricatures. Attached to the front page is a letter from A. G. Rutherford, of the Great Council of the United States of the I.R.O.M., stating that he has examined the catalog and that it conforms with laws and usages of the order and approves it

Dates: circa 1922

Incoming correspondence of Great Chief of Records Thomas G. Harrison, 1902-1906

 Collection — Box 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: A2019-132-042
Content Description

This collection consists of the incoming correspondence of Great Chief of Records Thomas G. Harrison from 1902-1906. The letters contains information regarding Chicakeith Tribe, No. 405, and other tribes throughout Indiana.

Dates: 1902-1906

Interior of the Knights of Pythias and Red Men's Hall in Damariscotta, Maine, postcard, 1907-1914

 Item — Box 1
Identifier: A1988-033-001
Content Description

Photolithograph of the interior of the Knights of Pythias and Red Men's Hall in Damariscotta, Maine. There are three chairs in the back of the room with an American flag on either side of the chairs. In the center of the room, is an altar with an American flag. There is a piano to the right of the room and a desk to the left.

Dates: 1907-1914

Jolly Haymakers' Ball, 1892

 Item
Identifier: A2011-037-027a-b
Scope and Contents

An invitation and program for the Jolly Haymakers' Ball at the Winwam Dakota Tribe, No. 42.

Dates: 1892

Mark Tabbert postcard collection, 1907-1940

 Collection
Identifier: A1999-056
Dates: 1907-1940