Fraternal organizations
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Base form
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Loyal Orange Association and fraternal certificates collection, 1878-1950
Collection
Identifier: A2000-059
Loyal Orange Institution membership certificates collection, 1885-1891
Collection
Identifier: A2000-068
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