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Fraternal organizations

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

Found in 552 Collections and/or Records:

Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Skowhegan, Maine, records, 1870-1973

 Collection
Identifier: A2017-015
Scope and Contents

This collection contains correspondence, financial material, membership and benefit applications, certificates, reports, and more of several Odd Fellow lodges, encampments and its ladies auxiliary, and rebekah lodges. The majority of the collection is from Carrabassett Lodge, No. 34

Dates: 1870-1973

Independent Order of Odd Fellows records books, 1860-1973

 Collection
Identifier: A2024-039-001
Scope and Contents

Contains the Records of Germania Lodge No. 143, 1860-1951 (with envelope interleaved at pp. 214-215); Records of Noah's Dove Lodge No. 20 of Newport, KY, 1943-1973; and Statistical Records of Bellevue Lodge No. 308, 1895-1916.

Dates: 1860-1973

Independent Order of Odd Fellows sesquicentennial package, 1969

 Collection
Identifier: A2019-147
Content Description

Collection includes programs for the Texas Children's home, the Rebekah Assemblies, a souvenir program, and an extra edition of the International Odd Fellows magazine.

Dates: 1969

Independent Order of Rechabites blank pledge form, circa 1850

 Item — Box 2: Series A2001-073-002, Folder: 1
Identifier: A1990-001-001
Scope and Contents

Independent Order of Rechabites [IOR] pledge form is a blank form printed on blue paper, verso blank. Applicant must declare age, occupation and pledge to abstain from all intoxicating liquors and to spread the principle of abstinence from all intoxicating liquors.

Dates: circa 1850

Indiana Pythian building in Indianapolis, Indiana, postcard, 1907-1914

 Item
Identifier: A1987-049-001
Content Description

This postcard is a lithograph in sepia tone, showing the exterior of the Indiana Pythian building in Indianapolis, Indiana. The building is is located at the intersection of two streets, constructed of brick with numerous windows, with a curved front facade. An American flag is flying on the top of the building.

Dates: 1907-1914

Interior Knights of Pythias relief for the Chelsea sufferers postcard, 1914-1930

 Item
Identifier: A1987-144-001
Content Description

Photolithograph, with a caption that reads "Interior Knights of Pythias Relief, Chelsea Sufferers. First on the Ground". The postcard depicts three men in conversation, with an open book on a desk and a framed Pythian document on the wall in the background.

Dates: 1914-1930

International Order of Good Templars Reception Committee for 1911 postcard, circa 1911

 Item
Identifier: A1995-056-006
Scope and Contents

Color lithograph postcard of the International Order of Good Templars' reception committee in 1911. In the center of the postcard is the symbol of the organization. Over it, is a bridge with the faces of the reception committee with a caption that reads "Meet Us in Duluth June 2-24 1911."

Dates: circa 1911

International Order of Odd Fellows, 1907-1914

 Item
Identifier: A1996-066-4525
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Ralph B. Duncan postcard collection consists of postcards with a Masonic connection, either a building used for Masonic purposes, a person connected to Freemasonry, or a subject concerning Freemasonry. Mostly made during 1907-1940s, there are some that are both earlier and later, which can be determined by changes in postcard conventions. Included are portraits, views of buildings, cartoons, among other subjects. Most of the postcards of buildings are in the United States, with some from...
Dates: 1907-1914