Box 1

A.J. Scott, A.W. Chisum, Simon Sales, Proffit Sales, and Phillip Williams request incorporation of a group they represent as the "Knights and Daughters of Liberty as authorized by the laws of the state of Arkansas." Originally a secret African-American society in 1846 that worked toward abolition, the organization later bacame a fraternal group.

Collection of ephemera from United Order of True Sisters, Noemi No. 11 (Newton, MA) includes program books, histories of organization, lodge cards, photograph of UOTS certificate (in German), UOTS stationery, and more.

Independent Order of Good Templars broadside advertising program for the Drama of the Drunkard in five acts with synopsis of scenes performed at the Templeton Lodge, No. 169 on March 28, 29, 1867.

Copied Songs for the Rebekah Assembly, I.O. O. F. [Independent Order of Odd Fellows], Niagara Falls, May 15-17, 1934. Song lyrics for Star Spangled Banner, Toast to Our Past Presidents, Let Me Call You Sweetheart, To Our Deputies, For the Bobbed Heads to Sing, For the Non-Bobs, Down By the Old Mill Stream, and others.

This collection mainly consists of real photo postcards, with one invitation and one commission. Featured heavily is Bunnie Prost's great-uncle, Walter Leak, who was a member of the Junior United Order of American Mechanics.

Letter discusses "carrying out the great and fundamental principles of Atalantianism" and requesting recognition of the order at Wabash from the Terre Haute branch in hope to establish a branch of the order in every "town, Academy, University and College in the Land." Written in brown ink on gray paper. Addressed to D.M. Jones Esq., Eugene, Indiana

Knights of Malta Ephemera and Correspondence, including song sheet, membership application, news clippings (facsimiles), ritual, pamphlet on Protestant Reformation, and correspondence.

Stock certificates (page of 2, uncut) of Odd Fellows' Hall Association printed by H.S. Crocker, Sacramento, CA.

Pamphlet of the Ancient, Honorable, and Accredited Order of Lumberjacks' special convention in Manchester, New Hampshire in 1940. This pamphlet includes a menu for the convention and a photograph of the order's members and the members' wives. There is also a roster of delegates, with a list of the highest ranking officers, such as Head Chopper, Head Skinner, Head Sawyer, Candidate Walking Boss, Assistant Walking Boss, Bull Cook, and Inkslinger.