Independent Order of Odd Fellows Records of California Lodges

Collection

Call Number: WA MSS S-2961

Scope and Contents: Financial records and receipts, account books, membership records, meeting minutes, reports, correspondence, circulars, and ephemera generated by the activities of the Charity Lodge No. 6 of Stockton and the Hanford Lodge, the Lady of the Lake Rebekah Lodge No. 111, and the Lucerne Lodge (all located in Hanford), as well as other California-based Independent Order of Odd Fellows lodges and encampments.
Conditions Governing Access: The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use: The Independent Order of Odd Fellows Records of California Lodges is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
Immediate Source of Acquisition: Purchased from William P. Wreden on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 1972; purchased from Vigilante Rare Documents on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 2004; and purchased from Carmen D. Valentino on the Ramona Lazare Fund, 2006.
Arrangement: Organized into three groupings: July 1972 Acquisition; January 2004 Acquisition; and July 2006 Acquisition.