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Women -- Societies and clubs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 120 Collections and/or Records:

15th Biennial Convention, National League of Girls Clubs, 1928

 Item
Identifier: A1996-008-027
Scope and Contents

Panorama photograph. Women in formal attire standing on the front steps of a building of Wheaton College, Norton, Mass. One man standing near the middle of the group.

Dates: 1928

38th Annual Convention, Pythian Sisters of Massachusetts, 1928

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Identifier: A2002-001-006
Scope and Contents

Panorama photograph of members of the Pythian Sisterhood, who were women relatives of Knights of Pythias. This organization had its own ritual and officers parallel with the Knights of Pythias. Photo taken at the Lowell High School

Dates: 1928

52nd Annual Session, Grand Lodge, 1910 April 22

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Identifier: A1996-008-021
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View of men and women in formal dress, wearing fraternal and sororal sashes and ribbons. Annual session located in Boston, Massachusetts. Dated April 22, 1910. A.O. U. W. was founded in 1868, one of the oldest fraternal Orders in United States. They provided insurance benefits to their membership. Only white males could join this fraternity. Much Masonic influence in ritual and symbols. (Stevens, Cyclopedia of Fraternities, p.128-130)

Dates: 1910 April 22

Annual Convention of Independent Order of Daughters of St. George, 1919 October 1

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Identifier: A2001-099-005
Scope and Contents

Women sitting and standing in formal attire wearing badges of the secret sisterhood of the Independent Order of St. George, at Lowell, Mass., Oct. 1, 1919

Dates: 1919 October 1

Arminia Loge, No. 459, records, 1882-1893

 Collection
Identifier: A2022-230-001
Abstract The Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library recently purchased a collection of fraternal records related to the German Order of Harugari’s Arminia Loge, No. 459. The records, dating from 1882 to 1893, give a brief glimpse into the vibrancy of German culture and brotherhood in Chicago through the lens of August David, the lodge’s Financial Secretary. When twenty-seven-year-old August David immigrated to the United States in 1872, he sought community, advice, and fellowship with other...
Dates: 1882-1893

Business postcard issued by John Harriott, undated

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Identifier: A2025-022-001
Scope and Contents

A postcard issued by jeweler and silversmith John Harriott, with examples of jewels and references on the reverse. Pictured are a Past Sachem Jewel and Past Pocahontas Jewel.

Dates: undated