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Fraternal organizations

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

Found in 1411 Collections and/or Records:

Brochure of Modern Woodmen of America, circa 1905

 Item — Box 3, Folder: 1
Identifier: A2008-001-002
Scope and Contents

Brochure of Modern Woodmen of America describing insurance benefits, why it is an American fraternal society, and lists of prominent members. Many members are farmers

Dates: circa 1905

Brochure of the Independent Order of Foresters, circa 1905

 Item — Box 3, Folder: 1
Identifier: A2008-001-001
Scope and Contents

Brochure of the Independent Order of Foresters describing insurance, sick and death benefits

Dates: circa 1905

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, ledger, 1921-1922

 Item — Volume 1
Identifier: A2018-133-001
Dates: 1921-1922

Bucksport Lodge, No. 14, assessment postcard, 1910 April 5

 Item — Box 2
Identifier: A2025-081-001
Dates: 1910 April 5

Bulletin of The Loyal Protective Insurance Company for Odd Fellows Only, 1910 August 1

 Item — Box 4, Folder: 1
Identifier: A2024-012-001
Dates: 1910 August 1

Bungalow Campus at the Pythian Camp in Glen Spey, New York, postcard, 1907-1914

 Item — Box 2
Identifier: A1987-244-001
Content Description

Photolithograph of the bungalow campus at the Pythian Camp in Clen Spey, New York, including groups of people gathered in the picnic area in front of the bungalows.

Dates: 1907-1914

Bungalow Row at the Pythian Camp in Glen Spey, New York, postcard, 1907-1914

 Item — Box 2
Identifier: A1987-242-001
Content Description

Photolithograph of Bungalow Row at the Pythian Camp in Clen Spey, New York.

Dates: 1907-1914

Bunker Hill Monument Association membership certificates, 1823

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: A2009-002

Bunnie Prost collection of Junior Order of United American Mechanics postcards, 1914-1923

 Collection — Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: A2009-036
Scope and Contents

This collection mainly consists of real photo postcards, with one invitation and one commission. Featured heavily is Bunnie Prost's great-uncle, Walter Leak, who was a member of the Junior United Order of American Mechanics.

Dates: 1914-1923

Burlesque and Side Degree Paraphernalia Catalog, No. 256, 1915

 Item
Identifier: A1979-023
Scope and Contents

This catalog is not specific to a particular fraternal organization, but rather contains all sorts of tricks, practical jokes, and hazing tools for candidates and initiates. This includes things such as the electric carpet, deceptive glasses, trick guns, invisible paddle machine, costumes (some of which romanticizes and appropriate non-white cultural heritage by using stereotypes and/or caricatures), and more.

Dates: 1915