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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:

Odd Fellows calendar page samples, 1940-1942

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: A2020-018
Content Description A salesman’s sample calendar page issued by the Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows. Dated April 1940. In addition to promoting the full calendar, this salesman’s sample reminds members to promote Odd Fellowship in their communities.A salesman’s sample calendar page issued by the Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows. Dated January 1942. In addition to promoting the full calendar, this salesman’s sample reminds members to promote Odd Fellowship in their communities. Imprint at...
Dates: 1940

Odd Fellows certificate issued to P. K. Pickering, 1870-1890

 Item
Identifier: A1997-016-015
Scope and Contents

Membership certificate for P.K. Pickering from an unknown lodge in Massachusetts. The certificate does not have a clear date, but it is estimated to be around 1870-1890. Details are difficult to make out as the ink is fading from this certificate. Seal of the Grand Lodge of I.O.O.F. at bottom of certificate with various images of eagle, all-seeing eye, mother and children, goddesses, and an angel

Dates: 1870-1890

Odd Fellows minute book of Hopewell Lodge, No. 504, 1854-1880

 Item
Identifier: A2013-025-001
Scope and Contents

This minute book includes awarding of degrees, initiations, committee reports, election of officers, expulsions, purchase of lodge supplies, hall rentals, and effects of Civil War on membership.

Dates: 1854-1880

Order of Patrons of Husbandry First Day covers, 1937-1967

 File
Identifier: A2011-037-057a-d
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: 1937-1967

Palmyra Lodge, No. 228, records, 1914-1915

 Collection
Identifier: A2016-063
Dates: 1914-1915

Panorama of Providence Lodge, No. 14, outing at Oakland Beach, 1921 August 10

 Item
Identifier: A2009-080-001
Scope and Contents

Panorama photograph of Providence Lodge No. 14, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and their Outing at Oakland Beach, August 10, 1921. It includes images of 150-200 Elks members in front of beach houses.

Dates: 1921 August 10

Panorama photograph of Glendale Lodge, No. 1289, parade participants, 1915

 Item — Folder 1
Identifier: A2001-096-001
Scope and Contents Black and white panorama photograph of Glendale Lodge, No. 1289, participating in a patriotic parade in Los Angeles, CA, in 1915.The photograph shows men wearing white suits and panama hats, carrying parasols made from stars and stripes fabric. Inscribed in the white ink in the lower left corner is "No. 535 M.F.Weaver Box 1290 L.A." "Glendale 1289 B.P.O.E. Parade L.A. CAL. 1915" is inscribed in white ink in the lower center of the photograph. The verso shows a stamp: Bledsoe Photo Co., Los...
Dates: 1915

Panorama photograph of Nest, No. 147, Fraternal Order of Orioles, undated

 Item
Identifier: A2025-021-001
Scope and Contents

This panorama photograph includes members of the Fraternal Order Orioles Nest, No. 147, and the women's auxilliary group, in a cemetery with a stone Orioles monument and a 48-star flag in the center.

Dates: undated