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Fraternal organizations

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

Found in 1101 Collections and/or Records:

Loyal Orange Legion postcard, circa 1880

 Item — Box 2
Identifier: A1999-021
Scope and Contents

Postcard of man in Loyal Orange Legion uniform including sash, kepie and lapel pins, standing in front of backdrop painted to look like drapery.

Dates: circa 1880

Loyal Orange Lodges of Massachusetts, 1920

 Item
Identifier: A1996-008-012
Scope and Contents

Includes Chelsea Purple Lodge, No. 146; Puritan Daughters Lodge, No. 264; Princess of Orange Lodge, No.10; and men, women, and children. No location or date given. Loyal Orange Institution is British in origin. Only Protestants are eligible. Its role in the United States was to promote civil and religious liberty and loyalty to the government. (Stevens, Cyclopedia of Fraternities, p. 306-309)

Dates: 1920

Loyal Order of Moose pamphlets, 1950-1960

 Collection — Box 4, Folder: 1
Identifier: A2023-117-001
Scope and Contents

This collection includes pamplets with the titles, "Lifetimes of Happiness and Security for every wife and mother" and "Moose Members get more out of life because…"

Dates: 1950-1960

Loyal Order of Moose postcard, 1914-1918

 Item — Box 2
Identifier: A1993-038-006
Scope and Contents

Postcard shows an illustration of a moose standing in a field with an American flag waved in the distance by soldiers. A printed message on the bottom says that this card was distributed at a YMCA concert on the war front, by a representative of the Loyal Order of the Moose, and includes a message of well-being. The reverse has a printed message offering to help "your Boy in France" from the Loya Order of Moose in Paris.

Dates: 1914-1918

Loyal Priscilla Lodge, No. 9656, minute books, 1904-1993

 Collection
Identifier: A1998-087
Dates: 1904-1993

Loyal Priscilla Lodge, No. 9656, photograph album, 1902-1984

 Item
Identifier: A1999-020
Scope and Contents

Tan leather photo album with a caricature of a Native American embossed on cover. The album includes photographs and newspaper clipping photos of Past Prov. Grand Ladies, members and officers of the Massachusetts Sub-District, Independent Order of Odd Ladies, Manchester Unity.

Dates: 1902-1984

Loyal Protective Insurance Company card, undated

 Item — Box 4, Folder: 1
Identifier: A2024-001-001
Dates: undated

Lucy Garnett Independent Order of St Luke receipt card collection, 1941-1953

 Collection — Box 4, Folder: 1
Identifier: A2023-155-001
Dates: 1941-1953

M. C. Lilley & Co. catalog, circa 1896

 Item
Identifier: A1980-037-004
Scope and Contents

This catalog contains regalia, costumes, and paraphernalia for the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The costumes are vibrantly colored.

Dates: circa 1896

M. C. Lilley & Co. regalia broadside, 1882-1922

 Item
Identifier: A2025-055
Scope and Contents

One side is on "New and Magnificient Silk Embroidered Costumes for Lodge Officers" and the other states "A Bargain in Knights of Pythias Furniture for Small Lodges." The robes do not seem to be specific to a fraternal organization. On both sides are options with prices.

Dates: 1882-1922