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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 certificate issued to O. L. Larcomb by Canton Lodge, No. 498, 1878 February 10

 Item — Folder 1
Identifier: A1997-016-003
Content Description

A membership certificate issued by Canton Lodge, No. 498, of Canton, Pennsylvania, to O. L. Larcomb. Dated February 10, 1878. Imprint on bottom reads, "W. J. Morgan & Co Lith Cleveland Ohio." 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: 1878 February 10

Membership certificate issued to William Wesley by Golden Gate Lodge, No. 2007, 1888 February 15

 Item — Folder 1
Identifier: A2018-002-001
Content Description A membership certificate issued by Golden Gate Lodge, No. 2007, of San Francisco, California, to William Wesley. Dated February 15, 1888. Imprint under the graphic reads, "Entered according to Act of Congress 1878 by Wm. M. T. Forrester in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. A Hoen & Co. Richmond, VA." 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...
Dates: 1888 February 15

Memorial for John D. Clark, 1872 January 6

 Item — Folder 1
Identifier: A2022-231-001
Dates: 1872 January 06

Micah Chapman military collection, 1775-1781

 Collection
Identifier: A1983-011
Dates: 1775-1781

Minnehaha Lodge, No. 95, membership application, undated

 Item
Identifier: A2019-136-001
Content Description

An unused International Order of Good Templars membership application. No date provided. On the reverse of this application, Minnehaha Lodge, No. 95, provides a brief article (I.O.G.T. stands for International Order of Good Templars) that defines its parent organization and its mission. Imprint at the bottom of the article reads, "J.W. Dempsey Printing Co., Inc. Elmira, N.Y."

Dates: undated

Minute book of R. B. Capen Lodge, No. 52, 1895-1905

 Item
Identifier: A2004-002-002
Content Description

A minute book by the Daughters of Rebekah, R. B. Capen Lodge, No. 52, (Augusta, Maine) spanning 1895-1905. It includes activities such as Gray's 10th Anniversary wedding party, need of a black book, supper committee, annual report to the state Grand Lodge of Maine IOOF, and other topics.

Dates: 1895-1905

Moapa Tribe, No. 327, reports, 1918-1940

 Collection
Identifier: A2023-072-001
Dates: 1918-1940

Modern Woodmen of America application materials collection, 1914

 Collection
Identifier: A2023-056-001
Content Description

Two song books, one application for membership, and instructions to camp physicians handbook, and two envelopes addressed to A. R. Talbot, Head Consul and Chas. F. Goodell, State Medical Director

Dates: 1914