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Fraternal organizations

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

Found in 529 Collections and/or Records:

Traveling certificate issued to Asher Paynton by Mercantile Lodge, No. 47, 1845 July 8

 Item — Folder 1
Identifier: A1991-003-001
Content Description

Traveling certificate issued by Mercantile Lodge, No. 47, (New York, N.Y.) to Asher Paynton and dated July 8, 1845. Imprint at bottom of certificate reads, “Engraved by J. Hufty, Philadea.”

Dates: 1845 July 8

Traveling certificate issued to J. M. Shaw by Lake Dunmore Lodge, No. 11, 1849 April 16

 Item — Folder 1
Identifier: A1997-016-004
Content Description

A traveling membership certificate issued by Lake Dunmore Lodge, No. 11, of Middleburg, Vermont, to J. M. Shaw and dated April 16, 1849. Imprint on bottom reads, "Vignette &c. by J. H. & G. W. Casilear. Lettering by A & J. McLees."

Dates: 1849 April 16

Traveling membership certificate issued by Fraternity Lodge, No. 118, to Thomas M. Dix, 1860 March 1

 Item
Identifier: A2017-015-015
Content Description

A traveling membership certificate issued by Fraternity Lodge, No. 118, of Salem, Massachusetts, to Thomas M. Dix. Dated March 1, 1860. Imprint on bottom reads, "Vignette &c. by J. H. & G. W. Casilear. Lettering by A & J. McLees."

Dates: 1860 March 1

Traveling membership certificate issued by Osgood Lodge, No. 48, to Robert P. Locke, 1878 January 1

 Item
Identifier: A2017-015-016
Content Description

A traveling membership certificate issued by Osgood Lodge, No. 48, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to Robert P. Locke. Dated January 1, 1878. Imprint on bottom reads, "Engd. By W. H. Dougal."

Dates: 1878 January 1

Traveling membership certificate issued to Amos E. Kendall by Howard Lodge, No. 60, 1852 July 21

 Item — Folder 1
Identifier: A2005-001-013
Content Description

A traveling membership certificate issued by Howard Lodge, No. 60, of New York City to Amos E. Kendall. Dated July 21, 1852. Imprint on bottom reads, "Vignette &c. by J. H. & G. W. Casilear. Lettering by A & J. McLees." At the time of this certificate's issuance, Kendall had just finished his term as the Noble Grand, or presiding officer, of Howard Lodge, and before his name, someone has inserted the initials "P.G." or Past Grand in recognition of his achievement.

Dates: 1852 July 21

Traveling Salesman's Pocket Companion to Fraternal Jewlery, 1900

 Item — Box 3, Folder: 1
Identifier: A2006-017-001
Scope and Contents

Reference tool for identifying fraternal pins, buttons, and other jewelry.

Dates: 1900

Two newspaper clipping photocopies and a booklet on the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks, 1923-1988

 Item
Identifier: A2023-005-001
Content Description

The constructed booklet has articles from the Christian Cynosure, an anti-masonic and fraternal newspaper, and the funeral service ritual of the Elks

Dates: 1923-1988