Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

MSS 16522, Sons of Staunton African American Fraternal Lodge Minute book, Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was purchased from AJeffrey Rovenpor by the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia Library on July 1, 2021.

Biographical / Historical

For more information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_United_Order_of_Odd_Fellows_in_America

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Content Description

Manuscript minutes book of the Sons of Staunton African American Fraternal Lodge in Staunton, Virginia. Containing 154 pages of manuscript in pencil, dated 1914-1919. The Sons of Staunton Lodge no.1833 Grand United Order of Odd Fellow, an African American masonic lodge based in Staunton, Virginia. Each entry lists the officers present, the amount of dues paid, and any other business attended to during the meetings. Also included is a 1927 letter on letterhead of the King Harem Lodge, a sister lodge based in Staunton, two leaves from a 1920's minutes book, a rental receipt for a post office box by the King Hiram Lodge, and a church program from Mount Zion Baptist Church in Staunton, Virginia, Sunday September 12, 1948.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• African American fraternal organizations
• minutes (administrative records)