Fraternal organizations
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Base form
Found in 348 Collections and/or Records:
Death benefits certificate issued by District Grand Lodge, No. 18, to Cornelia Hill, 1913 June 1
Item — Folder 1
Identifier: A2020-017-001
Content Description
A death benefits certificate issued by District Grand Lodge, No. 18, of Atlanta, Georgia, to Cornelia Hill of Winder, Georgia. Dated June 1, 1913. In this document, Cornelia Hill, a member of the Winder Household of Ruth, No. 1445, purchases death benefits to be paid out to her husband in the event of her death. In 1843, Peter Ogden, "a person of color who traveled between New York and Liverpool, England," as a steward on a ship, founded the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, an African...
Dates:
1913 June 1
Found in:
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library
Degree of Ceres certificate issued to John A. Waterhouse by Patrons of Husbandry, 1973
Item
Identifier: A2011-037-083
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:
1973
Degree of Flora certificate issued to John A. Waterhouse by the Connecticut Grange, 1962
Item
Identifier: A2011-037-073
Scope and Contents
Certificate for the Degree of Flora (Grange or Order of the Patrons of Husbandry) issued to John Waterhouse
Dates:
1962
Degree of Flora certificates issued to J. R. Elston and Mrs. J. R. Elston, 1924 January 14
Collection
Identifier: A2023-137-001
Directory and calendar of Onistagrawa Triangle, No. 15, 1974-1975
Item
Identifier: A2023-085-001
Directory Book issued by Lancaster Chapter 767, 1951
Item
Identifier: A2024-037-001
Dispensation issued to Avon Rebekah Lodge, No. 100, 1932 October 11
Item
Identifier: A2021-058-001
Dispensations, Independent Order of Odd Ladies, Manchester Unity, 1896-1922
Collection
Identifier: A1992-164
Draft of the Incorporation of the Knights and Daughters of Liberty, circa 1850
Item
Identifier: A2006-007-002
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
circa 1850
Found in:
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library
Drinking motto card belonging to A. Sherry, undated
Item
Identifier: A2023-119-001