Improved Order of Red Men

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

This collection includes one record book, two applications, four letters, and an extract from the "Official History of the Order."

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.

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.

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

Membership Record of I. O. R. M. issued to Charles S. Maus of the Swatara Tribe No. 276 of Lebanon, Pennsylvania. Text indicates that Maus received the degree of "Hunters and Warriors" and Chiefs and Council" in GSD 409. Certificate includes full-color vignettes of I. O. R. M. ritual and history