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Fraternal organizations

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

Found in 1143 Collections and/or Records:

Daughters of Rebekah cash book, 1953-1988

 Item
Identifier: A2019-150-001
Dates: 1953-1988

Daughters of Woodcraft from Burlington, Vermont, postcard, 1909

 Item — Box 1
Identifier: A1987-029-001
Content Description

Real photograph of the Daughters of Woodcraft from Burlington, Vermont. Young girls dressed in white, holding axes, with the girl in the center holding a sword. This organization was a young girls' auxiliary of the Modern Woodmen of America. Membership was open to daughters of Woodmen.

Dates: 1909

Death benefits certificate issued by District Grand Lodge, No. 18, to Cornelia Hill, 1913 June 1

 Item — Folder 1
Identifier: A2020-017-001
Content Description A death benefits certificate issued by District Grand Lodge, No. 18, of Atlanta, Georgia, to Cornelia Hill of Winder, Georgia. Dated June 1, 1913. In this document, Cornelia Hill, a member of the Winder Household of Ruth, No. 1445, purchases death benefits to be paid out to her husband in the event of her death. In 1843, Peter Ogden, "a person of color who traveled between New York and Liverpool, England," as a steward on a ship, founded the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, an African...
Dates: 1913 June 1

Decorations and Patriotic Novelties catalog, 1931

 Item
Identifier: A2009-020-001
Scope and Contents Catalog of items sold by Annin & Company, such as past and current American flags, storm signals, flags from different countries, the allied nations flag, the Peace or Good Will flag, silk flag bows, city flags and decorations, confederate flags and decorations, religious flags, school and college flags and decorations, advertising flags, sports flags, national decorations, fraternal society items: flags, banners and decorations for groups such as Shriners, Elks, Eagles, Knights of...
Dates: 1931

Decorations in Honor of the Knights of Pythias convention in Boston, postcard, 1908 August

 Item — Box 2
Identifier: A1987-136-001
Content Description

Photolithograph of the exterior of H. W. Coombs groceries and provisions with decorations in honor of the Knights of Pythias' Convention in Boston in 1908. There are large American flags hanging from the top of the store and signs in front of the windows that advertisement food that they are selling

Dates: 1908 August

Degree of Ceres certificate issued to John A. Waterhouse by Patrons of Husbandry, 1973

 Item
Identifier: A2011-037-083
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Includes postcards, brochures, regalia catalogs, certificates, member directories, programs, and summons for Masonic and fraternal organizations, as well as postcards and first day covers for the Eastern States Exposition (also known as The Big E).

Dates: 1973

Degree of Flora certificate issued to John A. Waterhouse by the Connecticut Grange, 1962

 Item
Identifier: A2011-037-073
Scope and Contents

Certificate for the Degree of Flora (Grange or Order of the Patrons of Husbandry) issued to John Waterhouse

Dates: 1962

Degree of Flora certificates issued to J. R. Elston and Mrs. J. R. Elston, 1924 January 14

 Collection — Box 4, Folder: 1
Identifier: A2023-137-001
Dates: 1924 January 14

Degree records for Ordiorn Lodge, No. 47, 1878-1883

 Item
Identifier: A2006-006-005
Scope and Contents

Manuscript degree records from Mt. Ordiorn Lodge, No. 47, IOGT which include records granting the degree of Fidelity, or of Charity. There is one traveling certificate tucked into the front of the manuscript which certifies James W. Ellsworth as a Third Degree member of his lodge and entitled to a seat in any other IOGT lodge.

Dates: 1878-1883