Manuscripts
Independent Order of Odd Fellows collection
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Membership materials and receipts
Manuscripts
Set of items related to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Charity Lodge No.6 in Stockton, California. Includes petitions for memberships, receipts of dues paid, and a list of members as of December 1856.
mssHM 74107-74113
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Expulsion and rejection notices for members
Manuscripts
Two documents from the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Michigan City, Charity Lodge No. 6. Includes a notice of the rejection of Kimball Raver's membership application (September 30, 1854) and a notice of the expulsion of A.J. Van Trump for contempt (April 14, 1855).
mssHM 73995-73996
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Members' correspondence
Manuscripts
Letters and receipts related to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Alameda, Sacramento, San Andreas, Diamond Spring, and Stockton, California. Includes a letter of resignation as Vice Grand of Charity Lodge No.6 from Benjamin P. Kooser (also includes notes on a ball to attract new members), a printed prospectus and receipt for the I.O.O.F. "Black Book" (1856), a letter about an Indiana member's wife who is searching for him in California, a printed circular asking for donations, a printed list of how many representatives each lodge is entitled to (1858), and a letter from C.A.E. Hertel detailing his illnesses and asking for sick benefits.
mssHM 74309-74314
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Proceedings of the R.W. Grand Lodge of the state of California, Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Rare Books
10267
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Proceedings of the R.W. Grand Lodge of the state of California, Independent Order of Odd Fellows
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14753
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Constitution, by-laws and rules of order of Bodie lodge, no. 279, of the Independent order of odd fellows of the state of California
Rare Books
290776