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Ephemera concerning Abner P. Dufour, 1885-1897

Collection — Box: 3, Folder: 1

Identifier: A2005-001-012

Scope and Contents Two manuscript letters to Abner P. Dufour, Vevay, Indiana. One letter is from Owens Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, concerning handling of a case for them involving children, signed by John Curtis, Secretary of the lodge. The second letter from Charles G. Manning & Company, Cincinnati Ohio concerns billing for I. O. O. F. supplies. Other ephemera with these two letters includes a receipt from the Vevay Reveille (newspaper) for publishing election results of Phoeninx Lodge NO....

Dates: 1885-1897

Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Certificate of Incorporation and Constitution of Beneficiary Fund of the Grand Army of the Republic, USA, 1880

Item — Box: 3, Folder: 1

Identifier: A2009-027-001

Scope and Contents

Includes a history of The Grand Army of the Republic, a list of members of the group, the certificate of incorporation, and the constitution that consists of eight articles. The articles focus on the group's name and organization, membership and fees, officers, management, payment and disposition of funds, transfer of certificates, amount of gratuity, and amendments.

Dates: 1880

Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Program for entertainment given by Clinton Lodge, No. 7, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 1876

Item — Box: 3, Folder: 1

Identifier: A1990-002-003

Scope and Contents

Program for the Clinton Lodge, No. 7, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF), which includes a list of the performance for the evening

Dates: 1876

Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Dance card for the 4th Annual Concert and Ball, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 1899

Item — Box: 3, Folder: 1

Identifier: A1990-002-002

Scope and Contents

Dance card for the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) 4th Annual Concert and Ball which lists the dances and dance partners of the owner

Dates: 1899

Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Letter to A. P. Dufour from J. E. Delano of Browinski Lodge, No. 64, 1894

Item — Box: 3, Folder: 1

Identifier: A2005-001-009

Scope and Contents Manuscript letter to A. P. Dufour of Vevay, Indiana concerning lodge business of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Includes a story about a man who was robbed and embarked on a ferry to reach home. The captain saw the the distress signal (a fraternal sign) made by the man, and as he was also an Odd Fellow, allowed the man to complete his ferry ride. The moral of the story helping a brother in distress is brought up to date in a discussion of fraternal assistance at the turn of the 20th...

Dates: 1894

Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Daily Sunshine newsletter, Woodmen of the World, 1925 November 13

Item — Box: 3, Folder: 1

Identifier: A2006-008-001

Scope and Contents

Newsletter for Woodmen of the World during their train excursion throughout the South during 1925. This was the final edition of the newsletter dated Friday, Nov. 13, 1925 Omaha, the last day of the train trip. Newsletter includes many advertisements from Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., Missouri Pacific Railroad, Evans Model Laundry, and others.

Dates: 1925 November 13

Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library