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Fraternal organizations

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

Found in 1026 Collections and/or Records:

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

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 1
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

Tribal Catalogue, No. 2, undated

 Item
Identifier: A1980-037-002
Scope and Contents

This catalog contains regalia, costumes, and paraphernalia for the Improved Order of Red Men. The regalia generally romanticizes and appropriates non-white cultural heritage by using stereotypes and/or caricatures.

Dates: undated

Troy Paper Company Odd Fellows sample card, No. 961, undated

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: A2019-118-001
Dates: undated

Twenty-seventh anniversary of Cohocksink Tribe, No. 126, program, 1907

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: A2019-179-001

Twilight Rebekah Lodge, No. 285, membership directory, 1915

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: A2019-053-001

Two Elks in Suits with Hats Greeting Each Other postcard, circa 1907

 Item — Box 1
Identifier: A1993-022-001
Scope and Contents

Lithograph of two cartoon elks dressed in suits with hats, shaking hoofs. They are greeting each other by saying "Hello, Bill!" At the bottom of the card it reads "B.P.O.E Convention, Philadelphia, 1907."

Dates: circa 1907

Two knights overlooking ancient ruins postcard, 1915-1930

 Item — Box 1
Identifier: A1995-015-002
Scope and Contents

Color lithograph of two knights standing on either side of a patio overlooking what appears to be ancient ruins. Above the ruins is the emblem of the Knights of Pythias.

Dates: 1915-1930

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

 Item — Box 3, Folder: 1
Identifier: A2023-005-001
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of two newspaper clippings and a booklet. 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