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Fraternal organizations

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

Found in 348 Collections and/or Records:

Membership cards issued by Apollo Lodge, No. 33, 1921-1928

 Collection
Identifier: A2024-026-001
Dates: 1921-1928

Membership certificate for the Knights of Pythias postcard, 1907-1914

 Item
Identifier: A1987-031-001
Content Description This postcard is a black and white lithograph of the certificate of membership for the Knights of Pythias, but in postcard form. The image includes an American flag on the left with a knight holding a shield. Above the flag is an open book and an eagle holding a banner with stars. In the center is a road leading to a castle on which there is a knight mounted on a horse. On the right is the abbreviated story of Damon and Pythias, which is the foundation store for the Knights of Pythias....
Dates: 1907-1914

Membership certificate issued by the Society of the Cincinnati to Samuel Newman, 1784 May 5

 Item — Folder 1
Identifier: A1997-025-001
Scope and Contents

Certificate issued to Samuel Newman, dated 1784, signed by George Washington and Knox.

Dates: 1784 May 5

Membership certificate issued to Earl Shoemaker by Rainyday Lodge, No. 553, 1895

 Item — Folder 1
Identifier: A2013-032-001
Scope and Contents

Membership certificate of the Locomotive Firemen issued to Earl Shoemaker, Rainyday Lodge No. 553, Illinois; includes images of railroad car, railroad car falling off broken bridge, fraternal members offering death benefits to fireman's widow, fireman's funeral, and more; has principles of the teachings of fraternity's ceremony across lower edge: charity, industry, sobriety, and protection; in full color.

Dates: 1895

Membership certificate issued to Helen Peck by Temp Star Lodge, No. 146, 1867 December 13

 Item — Folder 1
Identifier: A2005-001-014
Content Description

A membership certificate issued by Temp Star Lodge, No. 146, of Hyde Park, Pennsylvania, to Helen Peck. Dated December 13, 1867. Imprint on bottom reads, "Lith. by A. Valendar [sic] Cleveland Ohio." Note: Vallendar may be the true spelling of the lithographer's name. Founded in Utica, New York, in 1851, the Independent Order of Good Templars is still in existence and has changed its name to the International Order of Good Templars.

Dates: 1867 December 13