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Fraternal organizations

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Base form

Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:

Alexander Family fraternal collection, 1856-1966

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: A2014-009
Dates: 1856 - 1966

Chart with Society Lodge Emblems, 1900-1910

 Item — Box 3, Folder: 1
Identifier: A2011-018-001
Scope and Contents

Society Lodge Emblems Advertising Sheet made up of celluloid coated paper advertisement sheet with 16 polychrome panels, each containing an illustration of a photo/ emblem for various fraternal and sororal organizations. It reads "Chart No. 8/ SOCIETY LODGE EMBLEMS-IN NATURAL COLORS/ MADE IN 6 INCH, 7 1/2 INCH, 9 INCH DIAMETER ROUND, HAND PAINTED".

Dates: 1900-1910

Chart with Society Lodge Emblems, circa 1900

 Item — Box 3, Folder: 1
Identifier: A2010-010-001
Scope and Contents

A color chart of a collection of ceramic plates on metal stands entitled Chart No. 3--New Photo Flower, Society and Lodge Emblems, Made in 6 inch, 7 1/2 inch and 9 inch Round. In addition to emblems for fraternal and Masonic organizations, it includes emblems for U.S. Military and Florentine Placques.

Dates: circa 1900

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

Flags and Decorations catalog, No. 27, 1896-1908

 Item
Identifier: A1983-025-002
Scope and Contents

This catalog contains flags, banners, draperies, and decorations of all kinds. The company caters to fraternal and Masonic societies as well as selling U.S. and international flags more generally.

Dates: 1896-1908

Franklin Furniture catalog, undated

 Item
Identifier: A2018-107-001
Dates: undated

Fraternal postcard collection, 1897-1945

 Collection
Identifier: A1994-051
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of ten postcards mainly from the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. There is also a postcard from the Grange, Knights and Ladies of Honor, and a Masonic parade procession.

Dates: 1897-1945

Fraternal sight drafts from the Dry Dock Savings Bank collection, 1850-1890

 Collection — Box 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: A1996-063
Scope and Contents

The sight drafts are requests that a certain amount of money be given to a certain person or group. The money in this case is being requested from the Dry Dock Savings Bank in New York for a fraternal organization for one of its members.

Dates: 1850-1890