Box 1
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Contains 42 Results:
Good Templar Song, undated
An undated temperance song titled “Good Templar Song” with lyrics written by Reverend C. Shaw. Sung to the melody of Henry Clay Work’s Civil War song “Marching Through Georgia.”
Durhamville Lodge, No. 859, minute book, 1878
This minutebook records the first meeting and several months of Durhamville Lodge, No. 859, International Order of Good Templars. The minutebook was owned by Vernon D. Robbins of Durhamville and inncludes 3 pages regarding Robbins woodworking projects at the end.
Amateur minstrels show handbill, 1907 February 25
Amateur minstrels show handbill. Dated February 25, 1907. This small handbill publicizes an amateur minstrels show held for the "benefit of the Colored Odd Fellows." Wilbur Miles, a world-renowned entertainer, headlined the show. Includes an envelope addressed to William Russ of Clarksburg, West Virginia.
Letter from Lyndon Lodge, No. 46, Knights of Pythias, to Lorenzo Norton, 1909 January 20
Columbia Lodge, No. 32, correspondence, 1865-1895
Letter from the Independent Order of Foresters to Thomas M. Maloney, 1920 April
Letter from M. B. Camburn to J. H. Camburn, 1846 December 26
Letter attributed to Mary E. Elliott, 1876 August 3
A letter, dated August 3, 1876, and attributed to Mary E. Elliott. In this letter, Elliot, the Grand Worthy Secretary for the Grand Lodge Massachusetts of the Independent Order of Good Templars, offers her support and praise to an unnamed female Temperance reformer whose relative suffered from alcoholism.