Fraternal organizations
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Base form
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Fraternal postcard collection, 1905-1928
Collection
Identifier: A2005-024
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the collection contains postcards from the Elks Lodge and the Knights of Pythias. A few other organizations include the Loyal Orange Association, the Improved Order of Red Men (IORM), and the Daughters of the American Revolution. The majority of the collection is American, but there are some foreign postcards as well. The variety of postcards include photographs, drawings, both black and white and color, and even a few small metal postcard decorations. Images are primarily of...
Dates:
1905-1928
Found in:
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library
Loyal Orange Association and fraternal certificates collection, 1878-1950
Collection
Identifier: A2000-059
Loyal Orange Institution and the Royal Black Knights of the Camp of Israel collection, 1892-1984
Collection
Identifier: A1996-049
Loyal Orange Institution membership certificates collection, 1885-1891
Collection
Identifier: A2000-068
Loyal Orange Legion postcard, circa 1880
Item — Box 2
Identifier: A1999-021
Scope and Contents
Postcard of man in Loyal Orange Legion uniform including sash, kepie and lapel pins, standing in front of backdrop painted to look like drapery.
Dates:
circa 1880
Found in:
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library
Loyal Orange Lodges of Massachusetts, 1920
Item
Identifier: A1996-008-012
Scope and Contents
Includes Chelsea Purple Lodge, No. 146; Puritan Daughters Lodge, No. 264; Princess of Orange Lodge, No.10; and men, women, and children. No location or date given. Loyal Orange Institution is British in origin. Only Protestants are eligible. Its role in the United States was to promote civil and religious liberty and loyalty to the government. (Stevens, Cyclopedia of Fraternities, p. 306-309)
Dates:
1920