Social and Fraternal Organizations
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Grand Army of the Republic Lebanon, Missouri Records, 1882-1937 (R0081)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The Grand Army of the Republic, George G. Meade Post No. 48 Records contains a microfilm copy of ledgers, minute books, and miscellaneous papers of the George G. Meade Post No. 48 at Lebanon in Laclede County, Missouri.
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Grand Army of the Republic, Leesville, Missouri Records, 1887 (R0375)
1 folder
This is a "Black List" of the McCook post at Leesville, Henry County, Missouri, containing the
names of two individuals rejected for membership in the GAR. There is also General Orders No. 2
from Department of Missouri headquarters, announcing the rejections and containing news of other
Missouri posts.
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Grand Army of the Republic, Lutesville, Missouri Records, 1883-1889 (R0064)
0.3 cubic foot (2 volumes, 1 folder)
The Grand Army of the Republic, Lutesville, Missouri Records contain record books and miscellaneous papers of the Grand Army of the Republic Franklin Shanks Post No. 100 in Lutesville, Missouri. The volumes include meeting minutes, treasurer’s report, communications addressed to the post, and a history of the Grand Army of the Republic.
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Grand Army of the Republic, Zalma, Missouri Records, 1865-1913 (R0225)
1 roll (3 volumes, 12 folders)
These are minutes, membership records, and miscellaneous papers of the Grand Army of the
Republic's post at Zalma in Bollinger County, Missouri. The collection also includes general orders
and circulars from the Department of Missouri, and programs and proceedings of the annual state
encampments.
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Greater Kansas City Delta Gamma Alumnae Chapter Records, 1935-1997 (K0948)
1 c.f.
Organizational records of the Chapter, whose purpose is to foster high ideals of friendship, promote educational and cultural interests, create a true sense of social responsibility, and develop the finest qualities of character. Includes meeting minutes, directories, printed and published material, and event planning files.
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Nelle Claycomb Greenwaide Papers, 1877-1988 (K1104)
0.3 c.f.
Family photographs, baby book, school/sorority composites, passports, a framed letter and embroidery, an autograph book, and several photograph albums belonging to Greenwaide.
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The Guardians, Inc. (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1971-1985 (C3878)
0.4 cubic feet
By-laws, corporation records, correspondence, financial records, meeting minutes and notices, photographs and miscellaneous records of a black men's social and service organization, founded in Columbia, MO, in 1971.
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Rickie Schere Haith Papers, 1940-2008 (K1151)
1 c.f.
Haith has been a member and officer of a number of Jewish women's organizations in Kansas City including Midwest Branch of Women's league for Conservation, Beth Shalom Sisterhood, and Hadassah. Personal papers contain DVDs, photographs, booklets, and scrapbooks for these activities.
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Natalie K. Hammer and Hanan J. Hammer Papers, 1950-2004 (K1100)
0.05 c.f.
Includes Aleph Zadik Aleph (AZA) materials and a Boy Scout photographs and other local programs.
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Heart of America Genealogical Society (HAGS) Records, 1955-2005 (K0720)
19 c.f.
Organizational records including financial and business related materials, newsletters, minutes, membership directories, scrapbook, correspondence, and query files,incorporation and dissolution papers.
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Henry County Veterans' Association Records, 1890 (R0223)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Henry County Veterans’ Association Records contain a photocopy of a printed program from the second annual meeting of the Henry County Veterans’ Association. The meeting took place from September 30 to October 2, 1890.
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George Edward Hicks Papers, 1983-2003 (K0611)
2 c.f.
Research and other papers created and collected by Hicks, a local historian. Includes newspaper and magazines articles, correspondence, flyers, a project manual, booklets, photographs, maps, and a grant proposal related to the Pioneer Park Committee of the Westport Historical Society, and to other projects of the Native Sons and Daughters of Greater Kansas City.
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History and Origin of Order of the Eastern Star of Missouri and Jurisdiction Manuscript, 1976 (S0103)
0.01 cubic feet, 1 folder
This collection contains a manuscript titled The History and Origin of the Order of Eastern Star of Missouri and Jurisdiction 1887-1976, written by John W. Thomas. The manuscript chronicles the history of the Eastern Star of Missouri, an African American masonic temple founded in 1887 in St. Louis, Missouri.
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"History of Freemasonry," Lewis Daugherty, no date (C3492)
0.2 cubic feet (10 folders)
Traces the development of the Masonic fraternity from the Middle Ages through Europe, England, and South and Central America to the U.S. Includes history of Freemasonry in Missouri and has sections on symbols and ritual.
Theresa M. Holt Collection, 1858-2011 (K1218)
0.1 c.f.
Holt is a resident of Leavenworth, KS, and the caretaker of Mount Zion Cemetery. Includes research notes concerning the history of the Jewish Community in Leavenworth, particularly Mount Zion Cemetery, the Society of the Sons of Truth, First Jewish settlers in Leavenworth, and Orthodox Temple history.
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W.A. Hopkins Papers, 1897-1944 (C2369)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Miscellaneous papers of a Wabash Railroad official, including reference book of Tobotacahi Mining Company, Kansas City, KS; receipts for contributions made to Toledo Monroe Highway, 1915; certificate of membership in the Mystic Shrine, St. Louis; and certificate of honorary membership, Masonic Temple Association of St. Louis.
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James Franklin Hornback Papers, 1931-1998 (S0667)
2 cubic feet, 60 folders
Born in 1919 in Clinton, Missouri, James (Jeff) Hornback joined the Chicago Ethical Society in 1941 and served as a leader-in-training in New York and Brooklyn 1942-1944. Hornback became the leader of the Ethical Society of St. Louis in September 1951, where he remained until his retirement in November 1984. The collection consists of correspondence and subject files.
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Improved Order of Red Men Photograph, no date (P0417)
1 photograph
Photo of Improved Order of Red Men Degree Team.
Independent Order of Good Templars Lathrop Lodge No. 76 Record Book, 1869-1879 (C1111)
0.07 cubic feet (1 volume)
Officer lists and minutes of Lodge No. 76 which became Prosperous Lodge No. 512 in 1873.
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Independent Order of Good Templars, Walnut Grove Lodge No. 683 (Rocheport, Mo.) Quarterly Return, 1874 (C0631)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Return for quarter ending October 31, 1874, lists membership, dues, payments, and officers.
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Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) Records, Southwestern Missouri, 1868-2008 (K1321)
10 c.f.
organizational records of several Missouri lodges which merged into the Debolt Lodge, framed items (frames removed), bound ledgers, member registers, account and minute books
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Organizational records of several southwestern Missouri women's lodges of the Rebekah Assembly, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Materials range from c. 1893 to c. 2007. The collection consists primarily of bound ledgers, such as member registers and account and minute books. Many of the older ledgers are quite fragile. Earlier record books may show occupations of members and their spouses. Records also show support services provided to members.
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Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF), Savannah Lodge # 14, Records, 1846-1965 (K0170)
1 MR
A Degree Book and an Historical Register for the lodge in Savannah, Andrew County, MO.
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Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Beta Phi Theta Rho Girl's Club No. 10, Joplin, Missouri Records, 1946-1950 (R0539)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Beta Phi Theta Rho Girls’ Club No. 10 Records is the microfilmed minute book of the Beta Phi Theta Rho Girls’ Club at Joplin in Jasper County, Missouri, spanning January 1946 through December 1950.
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These are the byLaws of Blendville Lodge No. 573 in Joplin, Missouri, approved on April 17, 1922. Also included is an official certificate of good standing for member R. A. Barton, indicating all dues and fees were paid through July 1, 1926. Blendville Lodge No. 573 was located at Joplin in Jasper County, Missouri.
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Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Canton Lincoln No. 17, Joplin, Missouri Records, 1895-1905 (R0533)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Canton Lincoln No. 17 Records is the minute book of the Odd Fellows (Patriarchs Militant) lodge in Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri, covering the years 1895 through 1905.
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Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Carterville Lodge No. 314 Records, 1907-1911 (R0501)
(1 roll of mircofilm)
These are the minute books of the Odd Fellows Lodge at Carterville in Jasper County, Missouri.
The volumes contain minutes of weekly meetings from 19 November 1907 through 10 October
1911. Lodge business included initiation of new members, work on the various degrees of the
order, payments of benefits to members, and discussion of matters concerning the lodge hall.
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Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Carterville Lodge No. 314 Records, 1918-1930 (R0534)
(1 roll of microfilm)
These are the papers of Odd Fellows Lodge No. 314 at Carterville in Jasper County, Missouri.
Included are business papers concerning the Carterville Lodge, and correspondence from
individual members, the Jasper County IOOF Association, the Grand Lodge of Missouri, and
conclaves at Kansas City and Butler, Missouri, and Pittsburg, Kansas.
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This is a minute book for cotton Hill Lodge No. 306, a chapter of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows located at Malden in Dunklin County, Missouri.
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Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Cuba Lodge No. 270 Records, 1915-1922 (R0963)
(1 volume)
These are minutes of meetings of the Odd Fellows lodge at Cuba in Crawford County, Missouri. The minutes begin on February 3, 1915 and continue through March 1, 1922.
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Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Cuba Lodge No. 887 Records, 1947-1955 (R0964)
(1 folder, 1 volume)
These are the by-laws and membership register for the Odd Fellows lodge at Cuba in Crawford, County, Missouri, beginning with the organization of the lodge on June 21, 1947.
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Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Frisco Lodge No. 871, Newburg, Missouri Records, 1923-1929 (R0966)
(1 volume)
This is a record of attendance of officers of the Odd Fellows Lodge at Newburg in PHelps County, Missouri. The records are for meetings beginning on December 31, 1923 and continuing through December 31, 1929.
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Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Granby Lodge No. 113 Records, 1867-1873 (R1242)
(1 roll of microfilm)
This is a minute book for Granby Lodge No. 113 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Granby in Newton County, Missouri. The minutes begin on March 30, 1867 and end on February 12, 1873. Minutes between October 12, 1867 and April 11, 1868 are missing.
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Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Joplin Lodge No. 287 Records, 1917-1920 (R0967)
(1 folder)
These are two booklets containing the bylaws adopoted in 1917 and 1920 by Joplin Lodge No. 287 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The lodge was located at Joplin in Jasper County, Missouri. Both bookklets contain articles devoted to fees, dues, benefits, attendance on the sick, salaries, non-payment of dues, miscellaneous rules, and the order of business.
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Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Mount Vernon Lodge No. 151 Records, 1865-1974 (R0689)
(4 rolls of microfilm)
These are the records of Odd Fellows Lodge No. 151 in Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri. The records consist of minutes of meetings, rolls of officers, reports to the Grand Lodge of Missouri, membership records, and miscellaneous papers.
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Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Nixa, Missouri Records, 1898-1909 (R0602)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Nixa, Missouri Records include microfilm copies of membership registers, roll of officers, and official reports to the state lodge from 1869 to 1931 for the Nixa Lodge No. 561.
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Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Owensville Lodge No. 654 Records, 1914-1972 (R0965)
(2 volumes)
This is Roll of Officers, 1946-1972, of Odd Fellows Lodge No. 654 at Owensville in Gasconade County, Missouri, earlier known as Red Bird Lodge. Also included in the collection are the Secretary's Cash book and roll of Officers of Crawford Lodge No. 840 for 1914-1935. The location of Crawford Lodge No. 840 is not known, but presumably it was in Crawford County, Missouri.
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Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Ozark, Missouri Records, 1869-1931 (R0601)
(1 roll of microfilm)
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Ozark, Missouri Records include microfilm copies of membership registers, roll of officers, and official reports to the state lodge from 1869 to 1931 for the Finley Lodge No. 206.
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Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Rolla Lodge No. 416 Records, 1928-1958 (R0962)
(1 folder, 10 volumes)
These are records of the Odd Fellows Lodge at Edgar Springs, later (1936) at Rolla, in Phellps county, Missouri. Included are minute books, membership records, roll of officers, abstracts of semi-annual reports to the Grand Lodge of Missouri, a visitors register, and a letter concerning consolidation with the lodge at St. James, Missouri. Until 1948, the chapter was known as Spring Creek Lodge No. 416, after which it became Rolla Lodge No. 416.
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Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Sarcoxie Encampment No. 98, Pierce City, Missouri Records, 1951-1974 (R0712)
(1 roll of microfilm, 1 folder)
These are records of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at the Sarcoxie Encampment No. 98 in Pierce City, Missouri, containing minutes of meetings, reports to the Grand Lodge of Missouri, correspondence, membership applications, and financial papers. Included are minutes of the Aurora Encampment, 1966-1968.
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Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Springfield Lodge No. 218 Records, 1894-1939 (R0614)
0.3 cubic foot (2 volumes, 1 folder)
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Springfield Lodge No. 218 Records contain the records of the Odd Fellows lodge at Springfield in Greene County, Missouri. The records consist of volumes containing semi-annual reports to the Grand Lodge of Missouri, 1894-1932, and a folder of miscellaneous papers, 1897-1939.
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Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Tuscumbia Lodge No. 305 Records, 1873-1903 (R0507)
(1 roll of microfilm)
These are the minute books of the Odd Fellows lodge at Tuscumbia in Miller County, Missouri.
The volumes contain minutes beginning with the organizational meeting on 17 September 1873 and
continuing through 14 March 1903. Routine lodge business consisted of acceptance and dismissal of
members, payments of sick and funeral benefits, and work on the various degrees of the order.
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Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Webb City Lodge No. 79 Records, 1888-1961 (R0502)
(3 rolls of microfilm)
These are the minute books of the Odd Fellows Lodge at Webb City in Jasper County, Missouri. The minutes begin with the organizational meeting on August 9, 1888 and continue through 31 January 1961. Lodge business included the acceptance of new members, payments of sick and funeral benefits, work on the various degrees of the order, matters concerning the lodge hall, and consolidations of the Alba, Carterville, and Duenweg lodges with Webb City.
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Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Wentworth Lodge No. 732 Records, 1914-1972 (R0711)
(2 rolls of microfilm)
These are the records of the Odd Fellows Lodge in Wentworth, Newton County, Missouri. The records consist of minutes of meetings, cash books, membership records, reports to the Grand Lodge of Missouri, and miscellaneous papers.
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Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Winona Lodge No. 574 Records, 1910-1936 (R0739)
(1 folder)
These are dues receipts issued to M. R. Mathews, a member of I.O.O.F. Winona Lodge No. 574 in Winona, Shannon County, Missouri. There are seven receipts dated from August 1910 to October 1936.
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International Order of Good Templars, Lodge No. 513 (Fredericktown, Mo.) Minutes, 1874-1878 (C3011)
1 roll of microfilm
Minutes of Lodge 513 of the Good Templars. Contains membership information and notes election of officers.
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International Order of Oddfellows, Boonslick Lodge (New Franklin, Mo.) Papers, 1868-1871 (C3174)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
Letters regarding invitations to meetings, dedications of buildings or new lodges, protocol, rules of order, and general business of the Oddfellows.
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Irari Club Foundation Records, 1931-1990 (K0727)
2 c.f.
Organizational records of a small, exclusive social organization in the Kansas City Jewish community. Includes minutes, correspondence, publications, financial records, photographs, news articles, and artifacts,
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Italians in St. Louis Collection, 1966-1973 (S0035)
0.25 cubic foot, 4 folders
This collection contains anniversary programs and histories of the Italian Club of St. Louis, the Ladies Auxiliary of the Fratellanza and Societa Unione E Fratellanza Italiana, and an unpublished manuscript titled "Over Here: St. Louis Italo-Americans and the First World War" by Gary Ross Mormio.
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Jewish Community Center Collection, 1945-1975 (K0743)
0.3 c.f.
Program brochures and photographs relating to the Jewish Community Center.