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Fraternal organizations

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

Found in 1422 Collections and/or Records:

William Parkman Lodge, No. 110, Daughters of Rebekah, records, 1932

 Collection — Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: A2019-013

William Veeder collection of Masonic ephemera, 1910-1923

 Collection
Identifier: A2025-030
Scope and Contents Collection includes receipts, correspondence, and announcements regarding Masonic and fraternal events, with the bulk addressed to William H. Veeder between 1911-1916. Included in the correspondence are letters inquiring regarding membership in Oxford Lodge, No. 367, where Veeder was Secretary circa 1913. Also included is a newsletter from the Masonic Sentinal, an insert from The Signet regarding the history of the Order of the Eastern Star Illinois Grand Chapter, and letters regarding trips...
Dates: 1910-1923

Willshire Temple, No. 494, minute book, 1936-1940

 Item — Box 1
Identifier: A2019-023-001
Dates: 1936-1940

Windmill and Reservoir at the Pythian Home in Ogdensburg, New York, postcard, 1907-1914

 Item — Box 2
Identifier: A1987-1713-001
Content Description

Photolithograph of the windmill and reservoir at the Pythian home in Ogdensburg, New York. There is a woman standing in the foreground and a silo behind her and a windmill. To the left, is a stone building with a barn in the background.

Dates: 1907-1914

With my compliments postcard, 1905

 Item — Box 2
Identifier: A2025-084-001
Scope and Contents

Postcard with an illustration of cattle or buffalo horns with two tridents crossed behind and hoofs below. The top of the postcard reads "With my compliments."

Dates: 1905

Wm. J. Dinsmore Manufacturer of Regalia and Paraphernalia for the Improved Order of Red Men, undated

 Item — Box 17, Folder: 1
Identifier: A2025-105-005
Scope and Contents

This catalog contains regalia, costumes, and paraphernalia for the Improved Order of Red Men. The regalia generally romanticizes and appropriates non-white cultural heritage by using stereotypes and/or caricatures.

Dates: undated

Woburn Encampment, No. 72, Crystal Fount Lodge, No. 9, and Hope Rebekah Lodge No. 39, gathering, 1924 June 8

 Item
Identifier: A1996-008-032
Scope and Contents

View of men and women in formal dress, wearing fraternal and sororal collars and sashes. Dated June 8, 1924.The Rebekahs are the women's auxiliary to men's Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

Dates: 1924 June 8

Woman and man dressed in knight's uniform with a Pythian poem postcard, 1909

 Item — Box 2
Identifier: A1988-042-001
Content Description

Color lithograph of a woman and a man in a knight's uniform. To the left of the couple, is a Pythian poem that reads "I always liked a Pythian/ That tale of a comrade's trust/ Rings down through the year's 'mid echoing cheer's/ that defied a tyrant's 'must'/ No Pythian ever yet outgrew/ His usefulness -- his honor, too/ I certainly do like a Pythian/ He's the friend for me and you." Above the poem is the Knights of Pythias emblem.

Dates: 1909

Woman Sitting on Man's Lap with Elk Head in Background postcard, 1908

 Item — Box 1
Identifier: A1994-094-003
Scope and Contents

Color Lithograph Woman in pink dress sitting on man's lap with Elk head in the background and a grandfather clock pointing to 11. Short poem at the bottom of the card reads "Father calls him William/ Mother calls him Will/ The girls all call him Willie/ But an Elk says Hello Bill".

Dates: 1908

Woman standing on platform that reads "Shall I Jump" with Knights of Pythias emblem, postcard, 1910

 Item — Box 2
Identifier: A1987-219-001
Content Description

Real photo postcard of a woman wearing a white dress and dark shoes, standing on a platform painted with the Knights of Pythias emblem and the words "Shall I jump?"

Dates: 1910