Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
Madison Friendship Lodge Grand United Order of Odd Fellows collection
MSS 16411
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3 Cubic Feet
1 record carton, 1 oversized box, and 2 oversized folders.
1880-1937
English
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Oversized Box S-112
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Historical Note
Madison Friendship Lodge No. 2121 of Madison County, Virginia was founded in 1880 in Madison County, Virginia. The Lodge is a branch of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in America, an African American fraternal order founded in 1843 in New York.
Scope and Contents Note
The Madison Friendship Lodge Grand United Order of Odd Fellows collection (1880-1937; 3 cubic feet) contains minute books, financial records, correspondence, event programs, proceedings, a cemetary plot, a framed faternal collar, a fraternal apron, and a flag. Loose manuscripts, meeting minutes, and notes make up the remainder of the collection.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Nancy Garnett-Williams, accession 2018-0089.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Separated Materials
27 publications, consisting of quarterlies, annual proceedings, and annual reports were separated for cataloging.
Preferred Citation
MSS 16411 Madison Friendship Lodge Grand United Order of Odd Fellows Collection, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in two series: Meeting and subject files; and Artifacts and objects.
minutes (administrative records)
letters (correspondence)
flags
Meeting and subject filesArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/1740771.2 Cubic Feet1 record carton1880-1937ArrangementThis series is arranged in chronological order. Except for the "Meeting minutes and finances" and "Finances" folders, which refelect received order, order has been imposed by the processing archivist.
Scope and ContentsThis series contains a wide variety of materials. The bulk of the materials consist of bound ledgers containing meeting minutes and financial information, including bills, checks, and a financial quarterly report. Other material include correspondence, proceedings, regalia price lists, registration books, catalogs, event programs, and printed ephemera. The material cover a variety of topics, mostly related to member dues and relief given to members, such as sickness or death.
Meeting minutes book1Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/1748221880-1891English1Meeting minutes book
Member registration book1Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/1748231880-1918English1Member registration book
Meeting minutes and finances1Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/1748241881-1919English1Meeting minutes and finances
Meeting minutes1Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/1748251891-1898English1Meeting minutes
Financial ledger1Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/1748261893-1928English1Financial ledger
Finances1Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/1748271900-19361Finances
Financial LedgerArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/1748291919-1923English1Financial Ledger
Meeting minutes bookArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/1748301919-1937English1Meeting minutes book
Member registration book1Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/1748281919-1943English1Member registration book
Artifacts and objectsArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/1740781.8 Cubic Feet1 oversized box and 2 oversized folders.circa 1900s, 1931Scope and ContentsThis series contains three-dimensional objects. These include an American flag, a fraternal order apron, a fraternal order collar, and a map of the Gordon cemetery.
ArrangementItems in this series are not arranged.
Flag2Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/174831circa 1900s2Flag
Fraternal order apron2Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/174832circa 1900sOversized Box S-1122Fraternal order apron
Fraternal order collar2Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/174833circa 1900s2Fraternal order collar
Map of the Gordon Cemetery2Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/17483419311Map of the Gordon Cemetery