African American fraternal organizations
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 40 Collections and/or Records:
Panoramic photograph of the Knights of Pythias of North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa, 1920 July
Item
Identifier: A2003-010-001
Scope and Contents
Panorama photograph of members of the Knights of Pythias of North and South American, Europe, Asia, and Africa, taken at Zanesville, Ohio, July 25-30, 1920, at their state encampment. The image includes both Black men and women, and some young boys in regalia and uniforms. It includes the U.R.K.P. (Uniform Rank Knights of Pythias), No. 31; 2nd Regiment band of Columbus, Ohio; and the C.D.C. Band Co. No.5, also from Columbus, Ohio. The men in the front row are holding swords as well as their...
Dates:
1920 July
Found in:
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library
Philomathian Lodge lady's invitation ticket, 1859 December 29
Item
Identifier: A2022-005-001
Content Description
Attributed to Philomathian Lodge, No. 645, New York City, the first U.S. lodge of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows.
Dates:
1859 December 29
Found in:
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library
Pictorial review of East Rock Lodge, No. 141, Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World, 1957
Item
Identifier: A2023-154-001
Scope and Contents
Great pictures and a history of the East Rock Lodge.
Dates:
1957
Found in:
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library
Postcard of Moses Hall Auditorium, Grand United Order of Moses, undated
Item
Identifier: A2024-036-001
Pythian Hotel and Bath House postcard, 1947 November 23
Item
Identifier: A2023-104-001
Souvenir Journal issued by the Purple Cross Nurses Division, 1969 August
Item
Identifier: A2025-005-001
Scope and Contents
The Health Department was co-run by the Daughters of Improved, Benevolent, Protective Order of Elks of the World and the Improved, Benevolent, Protective Order of Elks of the World.
Dates:
1969 August
Found in:
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library
Staunton, Virginia,Grand United Order of Odd Fellows records, 1904-1934
Collection
Identifier: A2018-053
Thelma Ginn Daughters of the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks collection, 1965-1980
Collection
Identifier: A2023-152-001
United Brothers of Friendship and Sisters of Mysterious Ten photographic spread, 1930
Item
Identifier: A2024-022-001