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Detroit Elks Convention of 1910 postcard with plastic elk, circa 1910

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: A1994-005-002
Scope and Contents

Postcard of brown plastic raised elks head on paperstock with a gold border. The bottom of the card reads "Detroit July 1910" also in a gold border.

Dates: circa 1910

Detroit Sheet Metal and Brass Works regalia catalogs, 1899

 Collection
Identifier: A1983-025-001
Scope and Contents

The Detroit Sheet Metal and Brass Works Company, later the Detroit Shipbuilding Company, catered mainly for the need of fraternal organization for realistic props for ritual work and regalia. The catalog offered items such as helmets, shields, spears (hollow and not hollow), pole tops (such as crosses, eagles, etc.), crowns, shackles, and more.

Dates: 1899

Dewey Chapter, No. 420, Order of the Eastern Star, records, 1926-1970

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: A2003-004
Scope and Contents This collection contains a comprehensive record of Dewey Chapter, No. 420, Order of the Eastern Star, located in Port Leyden, New York, from 1926-1970. This collection includes membership certificates, special dispensations, dimits, meeting notices, death annoucenments, reports on the Grand Chapter of New York, Order of the Eastern Star, Annual Sessions, letters and notices from the Grand Chapter of New York, financial receipts and reports from Dewey Chapter, No. 420, and The Lewis-Oneida...
Dates: 1926-1970

Dewey Shepherd collection of Order of the Eastern Star directories, 2012-2020

 Collection
Identifier: A2024-045-001
Scope and Contents This collection includes directories for the Order of the Eastern Star districts in Indiana, particularly from 2018-2019, with an almost complete series from districts 1-21. Also includes several years of directories for the 12th District Association, and several spiral bound calendars issued by the Indiana Grand Chapter. Many are labeled with "Dewey Shepherd, Grand Warder" on the front cover. Dewey Shepherd was the Grand Warder of Fountain City, Chapter No. 552 from at least 2018-2019. Also...
Dates: 2012-2020

Diary of Florence M. Flieler, 1925-1926

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: A2010-009-001
Scope and Contents Manuscript diary of Mrs. Florence M. Flieler, Grand Chief of the Pythian Sisters. The diary describes Mrs. Flieler's first five months in office after her installation as Grand Chief of the Pythian Sisters in 1925. It includes descriptions of visits with other Pythian Sisters in various towns in California, gifts received, and personal accounts of degrees given, initiating candidates, socializing, chicken dinners, impressions of hosting Pythian Sisters and Brothers, description of degree...
Dates: 1925-1926

Diary of Rosa Belle Buck Morton, 1946-1950

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 1
Identifier: A2010-008-001
Scope and Contents

This manuscript five-year diary of Rosa Belle Buck Morton records her daily account of life in the post-World War II years. She wrote about the daily housework, such as washing, ironing, cleaning, details about the weather, descriptions of berrying, canning, pickling, gardening, and making the house comfortable for Mr. Morton. Morton also described her active participation in the Order of Eastern Star and the Grange (Patrons of Husbandry).

Dates: 1946-1950

Diffendorf Family record, 1803 December 16

 Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: A1983-015-002
Content Description

A hand-painted Fraktur drawing created by William Murray of New York. Murray’s Fraktur records the family history of the Diffendorf family and is dated December 16, 1803. The work is decorated in red, blue, and brown hues and adorned by Masonic symbols throughout the drawing.

Dates: 1803 December 16

Dinner menu signed by American aviator Amelia Earhart, 1935 February 16

 Item
Identifier: A1975-003-001
Content Description

A dinner menu created for a banquet held in the honor of Amelia Earhart. The menu includes an original poem written by the author Alonzo Newton Benn and was signed by Earhart on the cover. The event was held at the South Shore Country Club (Chicago, Illinois) on February 16, 1935.

Dates: 1935 February 16

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Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in America 9
Improved, Benevolent, Protective Order of Elks of the World 9
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Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem 9
American News Company 8
Ancient Order of United Workmen 8
Degree of Pocahontas 8
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International Order of Job's Daughters 7
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Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm 7
Pettibone Bros. Mfg. Co 7
Russell, George H., b. 1871 7
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Washington, George, 1732-1799 7
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International Order of Good Templars 6
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Maxwell, Stanley F. (Stanley Fielding), 1910-1997 6
Royal Order of Jesters 6
Woodmen of the World 6
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DeMoulin Brothers (Firm) 5
Drummond, Josiah H. (Josiah Hayden), 1827-1902 5
Foresters of America 5
Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania 5
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Freemasons. Washington Lodge, No. 4 (Vancouver, Wash.) 5
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Oberlin Lodge, No. 28 (Lowell, Mass.) 5
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 5
Reichner Brothers 5
Royal Neighbors of America 5
Scottish Rite (Masonic order). United Supreme Council NJ, Prince Hall Affiliation 5
Scottish Rite (Masonic order). United Supreme Council for the Southern and Western Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States of America, Its Territories and Dependencies 5
Scottish Rite (Masonic order). Valley of Rochester (Rochester, N.Y.) 5
Tall Cedars of Lebanon 5
Van Rensselaer, Kiliaen Henry, 1801-1881 5
Yates, Giles F. (Giles Fonda), 1798-1859 5
Abbott, Leon M., 1867-1932 4
Bainbridge, Charles J. 4
Daughters of the Nile 4
E.C. Kropp Co 4
Ford, Gerald R. (Gerald Rudolph), 1913-2006 4