Fraternal organizations
Found in 1422 Collections and/or Records:
Dispensation charter for Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Baltimore from Manchester, England, 1826
Dispensation issued to Avon Rebekah Lodge, No. 100, 1932 October 11
Dispensations, Independent Order of Odd Ladies, Manchester Unity, 1896-1922
Documents relating to memorial service for Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sisters, 1958
Collection includes correspondence between Ida M. Nevers of the Order of Pythian Sisters, Grand Temple of Maine, and The Rev. Shirley B. Goodwin regarding the Invocation Benediction for the 1958 joint Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sisters Memorial Service. Most likely were Goodwin's records as the carbon copy of his reply to Nevers is included. Also includes Lodge Prayer, program materials for the service, and a newspaper clipping about the event.
Don't butt in 1000 Islands, Clayton, New York, postcard, 1905 July 6
Leather postcard with an image of a bull attacking a man with its horns. Above is the phrase "Don't butt in" with a penned "where 'Buck' is around" and below is "1000 Islands, Clayton, N. Y."
Draft of Ancient Lodges and Self-Created Societies by John Brooke, 1990
Draft of the Incorporation of the Knights and Daughters of Liberty, circa 1850
A.J. Scott, A.W. Chisum, Simon Sales, Proffit Sales, and Phillip Williams request incorporation of a group they represent as the "Knights and Daughters of Liberty as authorized by the laws of the state of Arkansas." Originally a secret African-American society in 1846 that worked toward abolition, the organization later bacame a fraternal group.