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African American women -- Societies and clubs

 Subject

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:

74th Annual Session of the New Jersey State Association and Ladies Auxiliary of the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World program, 1970

 Item
Identifier: A2023-150-001
Dates: 1970
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Ancient United Knights and Daughters of Africa collection, 1928-1929

 Collection
Identifier: A2000-020
Dates: 1928-1929
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Daughters of Improved Benevolent Protective Order of Elks certificate issued to Annie Hawell by Melba Temple, No. 445, 1961 December 14

 Item
Identifier: A2023-127-001
Dates: 1961 December 14
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Death benefits certificate issued by District Grand Lodge, No. 18, to Cornelia Hill, 1913 June 1

 Item — Folder 1
Identifier: A2020-017-001
Content Description A death benefits certificate issued by District Grand Lodge, No. 18, of Atlanta, Georgia, to Cornelia Hill of Winder, Georgia. Dated June 1, 1913. In this document, Cornelia Hill, a member of the Winder Household of Ruth, No. 1445, purchases death benefits to be paid out to her husband in the event of her death. In 1843, Peter Ogden, "a person of color who traveled between New York and Liverpool, England," as a steward on a ship, founded the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, an African...
Dates: 1913 June 1
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Draft of the Incorporation of the Knights and Daughters of Liberty, circa 1850

 Item
Identifier: A2006-007-002
Scope and Contents

A.J. Scott, A.W. Chisum, Simon Sales, Proffit Sales, and Phillip Williams request incorporation of a group they represent as the "Knights and Daughters of Liberty as authorized by the laws of the state of Arkansas." Originally a secret African-American society in 1846 that worked toward abolition, the organization later bacame a fraternal group.

Dates: circa 1850
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Fisher family Daughters of Improved Benevolent Protective Order of Elks of the World papers, 1939-1986

 Collection — Exhibit
Identifier: A2024-018-001
Scope and Contents Materials include several souvenir programs from various fraternal organizations and women's auxiliary groups including the N.A.P.E and their Women's Auxiliary, Grand United Order of Oddfellows, Daughters of I.B.P.O.E.W, I.B.P.O.E.W., Lay Organization of the St. James A.M.E. Church in Cleveland, and Amaranth Grand Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star of Ohio. A souvenir journal commemorating the John Brown Memorial Farm is a notable inclusion, along with The John Brown Reader (transferred to...
Dates: 1939-1986; Majority of material found within 1950-1953
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Golden Jubilee souvenir journal issued by Grand Temple, 1949 August 20

 Item
Identifier: A2024-048-001
Scope and Contents

The program is for the Golden Jubilee of the Grand Temple, Popularity Contest Department, August 20th - 26th, 1949 in San Francisco, CA. At the top of the cover is a handwritten note "Mid West Temple #120".

Dates: 1949 August 20
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Grand United Order of Oddfellows Juvenile Branch, No. 44, charter of the Household of Ruth, No. 59, 1898 March 22

 Item — Folder 1
Identifier: A2023-135-001
Dates: 1898 March 22
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Historical program for the dedication of the Pythian Temple of the Grand Lodge and Court of Michigan, 1952 September 21

 Item
Identifier: A2023-151-001
Scope and Contents

This item contains numerous pictures of officiers of the Grand Lodge of Michigan and the Grand Court of Michigan, Order of Calanthe. It also contains histories and pictures of officiers of "blue" lodges and courts.

Dates: 1952 September 21
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Home and Foreign Missionary Department program, 1955 August

 Item
Identifier: A2023-148-001
Dates: 1955 August
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

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