Madison Friendship Lodge Grand United Order of Odd Fellows collection
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.
Dates
- Creation: 1880-1937
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
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.
Extent
3 Cubic Feet (1 record carton, 1 oversized box, and 2 oversized folders.)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in two series: Meeting and subject files; and Artifacts and objects.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Nancy Garnett-Williams, accession 2018-0089.
Separated Materials
27 publications, consisting of quarterlies, annual proceedings, and annual reports were separated for cataloging.
- Title
- Madison Friendship Lodge Grand United Order of Odd Fellows collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Sony Prosper
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States