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Fraternal organizations

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

Found in 1411 Collections and/or Records:

100th Anniversary catalog, 1969

 Item
Identifier: A2015-032

A brave knight well-armed with three women cartoon postcard, 1911

 Item — Box 2
Identifier: A1987-221-001
Content Description

Color lithograph of a black and white drawing of three women hugging a man in a knight's costume. The caption below the picture states "A Brave Knight well armed", with the Knights of Pythias emblem.

Dates: 1911

A little Odd Fellow wearing his first pin, 1909 November 13

 Item — Box 2
Identifier: A2025-073-001
Dates: 1909 November 13

A Recipe for a Good Oddfellow postcard, 1913 April 28

 Item — Box 2
Identifier: A1995-041-003
Scope and Contents

Postcard depicts a drawing of the good samaritan story and tent on the left, with an acrostic poem using the initials I.O.O.F. titled "A Recipe for a Good Oddfellow."

Dates: 1913 April 28

Acacia Jewelry inc. catalog, undated

 Item
Identifier: A2018-104-104
Dates: undated

Adams Express Office, Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Masonic Hall, Volcano, California, 1944

 Item
Identifier: A1996-066-0156
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: 1944

Address to Relief Council, No. 47, Order of United American Mechanics, 1860

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: A2013-033-001
Scope and Contents

Manuscript address to Relief Council No. 47, Order of United American Mechanics delivered by John F. Gaul (1815-1902) at Philadelphia. It is a good example of Nativist sentiment by a member of Order of United American Mechanics. It also references Jr. OUAM that had just been started and was struggling (this organization went on to become more popular than the parent organization). Address is delivered 15 years after the founding of the order.

Dates: 1860

Advertisement for Regalia, jewels, seals, and ornaments, manufactured and sold by Elias Combs, 1854-1855

 Item — Folder 1
Identifier: A1982-021-001
Content Description

This broadside advertises for Elias Combs’ regalia store on 244 Grand Street in New York City. The date of the broadside is an estimate based upon the printer’s name and the address of Combs’ store. Baker, Godwin & Co., the printer of this broadside, used this name from 1850-1855, before renaming the company Baker & Godwin. Combs store was at various locations from 1844 until 1854, when Combs moved his business from 111 Broadway to 244 Grand Street.

Dates: 1854-1855