Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Grand Lodge of Montana records,

Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Grand Lodge of Montana records, 1867-2001 Overview of the Collection Creator Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Grand Lodge of Montana. Title Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Grand Lodge of Montana records Dates 1867-2001 (inclusive) 1867 2001 Quantity 43 linear feet of shelf space Collection Number UPMC 33 (83:4-3) Summary Collection (1867-2001) is correspondence, financial records, minutes, membership and organizational records, scrapbooks, histories and miscellany for statewide and local lodges of the Montana Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) and Association of Rebekah Assemblies. Includes records of Odd Fellows Temple Association, Odd Fellows Association, Odd Fellows Cemetery Association, Joint Relief Committee, Rocky Mountain Encampment #1 (Helena), Canton Schuyler Colfax #2, Patriarchs Militant, Montana Lodge #1 (Helena), Home Circle Lodge #2 (Butte), Western Star Lodge #4 (Bozeman), Excelsior Lodge #5 (Helena), Northstar Lodge #19 (Townsend), Eagle Lodge #22 (Wickes), Marysville Lodge #24, Gate City Lodge #37 (Glendive), Queen City Lodge #42 (Helena), Mary May #25 and Mineral Lodge #84. Statewide lodge and unidentified lodges, and miscellaneous print materials. Lodge records include financial ledgers and lot books for cemetery in Helena and Western Star Lodge #4. Records of Odd Fellows Home included. Repository Montana Historical Society, Research Center Archives Montana Historical Society Research Center Archives 225 North Roberts PO Box 201201 Helena MT 59620-1201 Telephone: 406-444-2681 Fax: 406-444-5297 mhslibrary@mt.gov Access Restrictions Collection is open for research. Languages Sponsor English Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Use of the Collection Restrictions on Use http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv26352 1

The Montana Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Research Library before any reproduction use. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners. Preferred Citation item description and date. Collection Title. Collection Number. Box and Folder numbers. Montana Historical Society Research Center, Archives, Helena, Montana. Administrative Information Arrangement by subgroup and series Location of Collection A8:1-1; A3:2-3; A8:4-7 Acquisition Information Acquisition information available upon request Processing Note Preliminary sorting only Detailed Description of the Collection Original Accession (A8:1-1) Container(s) Description Dates Odd Fellows Temple Association Correspondence 1 / 1-16 Correspondence, A-Z (from letterbox) 1920-1930s 1 / 17 Correspondence 1960s http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv26352 2

1 / 18 Minute book 1878-1910 Volume 1-2 Minute books 1910-1964 1 / 19 Stock book 1884 1 / 20 Journal 1884-1889; 1917-1933 1 / 21 General and dues ledger 1878-1927 Volume 3-5 Distribution journals 1910-1957 Odd Fellows Temple Association 1 / 22 Cash book 1921-1928 1 / 23 Miscellaneous financial 1960s Odd Fellows Cemetery Association Miscellany 1 / 24 Lot register 1896-1919 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv26352 3

1 / 25 Lot ledger 1899-1922 Joint Relief Committee Correspondence 2 / 1 Correspondence received and sent 1897-1915 2 / 2 Minutes 1923 Miscellany 2 / 3 Record of sick benefits 1924-1929 Rocky Mountain Encampment #1 (Helena) 2 / 4 Checkbook (blank) undated 2 / 5 General and dues ledger 1896-1905 2 / 6 "Valuable Papers" undated 2 / 7-9 Officers' roll books 1907-1926 2 / 10 Membership register 1872-1916 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv26352 4

2 / 11 Minutes (scattered) 1926-1932 Volume 6-7a Minute books 1895-1949 Canton Schuyler Colfax #2, Patriarchs Militant Correspondence 2 / 12-14 Correspondence 1930-1970s 2 / 15-16 Receipt books 1932-1950 2 / 17 By-laws undated 2 / 18-20 Minutes 1887-1954 3 / 1 Membership applications and transfers 1880-1910s 3 / 2 Miscellany undated Volume 8 Roster and register (blank) undated Montana Lodge #1 (Helena) http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv26352 5

3 / 3-4 Cash books 1928-1954 3 / 5 Checkbook 1931 Volume 9-11 general dues and ledgers 1876-1953 3 / 6 Journal 1915-1926 3 / 7 Paraphernalia rental (?) 1921 3 / 8 Receipt book 1902-1908 3 / 9 Receipt book 1918-1926 3 / 10 By-laws 1904 3 / 11-13 Officers' roll books 1922-1953 3 / 14-16 Minutes 1922, 1972-1976 3 / 17 Membership application book 1867-1873 4 / 1 Membership register 1867-1950 Volume 12 Minute book 1867-1950 4 / 2 Miscellaneous Home Circle Lodge #2 (Butte) http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv26352 6

4 / 3 Minute book 1878-1880 Western Star Lodge #4 (Bozeman) Miscellany 4 / 4-5 Sunset Hills Cemetery lot books 1912-1962? Excelsior Lodge #5 (Helena) Volume 13 Dues ledger; Cemetery lot ledger 1916-1932 14 Journal 1891-1926 4 / 6-7 Cash books 1874-1882; 1906-1915 4 / 8 Ledger 1928 4 / 9 Receipt book (blank) undated Volume 15-19 Minute books 1874-1926 4 / 10 Members register (chronological) 1874-1891 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv26352 7

4 / 11 Members register (alphabetical) 1874-1894 4 / 12 Petitions for membership 1880-1910 5 / 1 Question books (for new members) 1898-1925 5 / 2 Question books (for new members) 1898-1925 5 / 3 Transfer list (?) 1891-1924 Northstar Lodge #19 (Townsend) 5 / 4 Minute book (includes District 8 and 9) 1927-1940 Eagle Lodge #22 (Wickes) 5 / 5 Dues ledger 1886-1912 5 / 6 Minute book 1897-1920 5 / 7 Question book (for new members) 1886-1915 5 / 8 Officers roll book 1899-1910 Marysville Lodge #24 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv26352 8

5 / 9 Dues ledger 1895-1907 5 / 10 Dues slips 1897-1903 5 / 11 Receipt book 1912-1913 5 / 12 Record of relief 1895-1901 5 / 13 By-laws 1896 5 / 14 Minute book 1903-1908 6 / 1-3 Offices' roll books 1889-1911 6 / 4 Question book (for new members) 1886-1902 6 / 5 Suspensions ("black book") 1893-1906 6 / 6 Blank forms, etc. undated Gate City Lodge #37 (Glendive) Mixed Series 6 / 7 Admission certificates/forms undated 6 / 8 Miscellaneous financial records 1945-1961 6 / 9 Miscellany 1935-1945 6 / 10-11 Petitions for membership 1913-1955 6 / 12 Reports (Annual) 1927-1950 6 / 13 Reports (Semi-annual) 1927-1950 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv26352 9

6 / 14 Transfer certificates 1902-1948 6 / 15-21 Minute books 1903-1950 7 / 1-4 Minute book 1950-1954 7 / 5 Secretary's cash book 1925-1941 7 / 6-9 Ledgers 1903-1983 7 / 10 Ledger and membership register 1917-1933 7 / 11-16 Officers' roll books 1904-1957 7 / 17 Signatures to constitution 1919-1950 Queen City Lodge #42 (Helena) 7 / 18 Cash book 1898-1909 Volume 20 Dues ledger 1906-1914 7 / 19 By-laws 1891,1910 Unidentified Lodges 8 / 1 Membership attendance register 1951-1963 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv26352 10

8 / 2 Register of expelled and suspended members (statewide?) 1892-1929 Rebeccas [state-wide?] 8 / 3 Visitor's register (state-wide meetings?) 1922-1924 Minnehaka Rebecca Lodge (Gallatin Gateway) 8 / 4 Dues Register 1946-1958 Onward Rebecca Lodge (Coffee Creek) 8 / 5 Membership register ("Signatures to Constitution") 1917-1987 8 / 6-9 Minute books 1942-1983 8 / 10 Minutes book (includes attendance and members lists) 1983-1993 Naomi Rebecca Lodge #1 (Helena) 8 / 11 Cash book 1958-1966 Volume 21 Dues ledger 1930-1970s http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv26352 11

8 / 12 Treasurer's book 1930s-1955 8 / 13 Officers' roll book 1936-1954 8 / 14-16 Past Noble Grands roll books 1930-1960s 8 / 17 Membership lists 1930-1970s 8 / 18 Visitor's register 1914-1966 Volume 22-28 Minute books 1896-1973 Norma Rebecca Lodge #9 (Bozeman) Mixed Series 9 / 1-4 Minute books 1907-1940 9 / 5-10 Dues registers 1891-1966 9 / 11 Day book 1919-1932 9 / 12-13 Membership registers 1981-1981 9 / 14 Visitors' register 1892-1980 Vera Rebecca Lodge #12 (Helena) Mixed series http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv26352 12

10 / 1-9 Minute books 1925-1967 10 / 10-13 Dues registers 1892-1959 11 / 1 Dues register 1959-1968 11 / 2 Officers' roll book 1963-1967 11 / 3 Secretary's cash book 1957-1967 Hope Rebecca Lodge #15 (Stevensville) 11 / 4-5 Account ledger ("Triple Link Circle", PNG Circle") 1936-1975 11 / 6-9 Dues registers 1904-1934 11 / 10 Receipt book 11 / 11-17 Minute books 1904-1934 12 / 1-6 Minute books 1935-1992 12 / 7-8 Officers' roll books 1926-1965 12 / 9 Past Noble Grands' roll book 1926-1968 12 / 10 Member admission book 1893-1988 12 / 11 Visitors' register 1923-1971 Eagle Butte Rebecca Lodge #16 (Glendive) Mixed Series http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv26352 13

12 / 12-13 Minute books 1921-1926 13 / 1-8 Minute books 1926-1982 13 / 9 Dues register 1897-1899 13 / 10 Officers' roll book 1915-1920 13 / 11 Secretary's cash book 1963-1981 Yellowstone Rebecca Lodge #27 13 / 12-13 Minute books 1981-1994 13 / 14 Officers' roll books 1975-1993 Sunlight Rebecca Lodge #29 (Whitehall) 14 / 1 Membership register 1899-1910 Ruby Rebecca Lodge #30 (Sheridan) 14 / 2 Membership register 1899-1923 Orpha Rebecca Lodge #36 (Townsend) http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv26352 14

14 / 3-7 Minutes books 1934-1970 14 / 8 Minutes 1994 Gertrude Rebecca Lodge #37 (Ekalaka) 14 / 9-10 Dues register 1902-1995 14 / 11 Membership register 1901-1979 14 / 12-14 Minutes books 1901-1928 15 / 1-7 Minutes books 1929-1995 Diana Rebecca Lodge #42 (Dillon) 15 / 8 History of I.O.O.F. Hall in Dillon, written by, and including history of, Diana Lodge 1980 Silver Crescent Rebecca Lodge #44 (Darby) 15 / 9-10 Dues ledgers 1903-1967 15 / 11-14 Minutes books 1910-1929 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv26352 15

16 / 1-5 Minutes books 1929-1955 16 / 6 Minutes (loose) 1989-1991 16 / 7 Minutes notebook Sept. 1994-Oct. 1995 Bluebell Rebecca Lodge #52 (Radersburg) 16 / 8-14 Minutes books 1906-1964 17 / 1 Minutes books 1965-1972 Miscellany 17 / 2 Radersburg cemetery map with index 1986? Pansy Rebecca Lodge #57 (East Helena) 17 / 3-5 Minutes books 1913-1984 17 / 6 Signatures to Constitution 1909-1993 Friendship Rebecca Lodge #60 (Clyde Park) 17 / 7 Membership register 1910-1922 Mountain Gem Rebecca Lodge #61 (Polson) http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv26352 16

17 / 8 Membership register 1910 Colfax Rebecca Lodge #63 (Deer Lodge) 17 / 9 Minutes book 1969-1980 17 / 10 Officers' roll book 1969-1978 Lincoln Rebecca Lodge #67 (Eureka) Mixed Series 17 / 11-17 Minutes books 1913-1979 18 / 1-2 Minutes books 1979-1993 18 / 3-4 Dues registers 1913-1990 18 / 5-6 Membership registers 1913-1978 18 / 7-9 Officers' roll books 1913-1958; 1985-1992 18 / 10-11 Secretary's cash books 1925-1981 18 / 12 Treasurer's cash books 1982-1992 Jenny Lind Rebecca Lodge #73 (Absarokee) http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv26352 17

18 / 13-17 Minutes books 1914-1952 19 / 1 Minutes books 1952-1956 19 / 2-3 Minutes books 1972-1992 19 / 4 Dues register 1914-1931 19 / 5 Membership register 1919-1962 19 / 6 Officers' roll book 1919-1938 19 / 7 Miscellaneous financial records 1992-1993 Onyx Rebecca Lodge #75 (Manhattan) Mixed Series 19 / 8-9 Officers' roll books 1924-1951 19 / 10-12 Treasurer's cash books 1914-1996 19 / 13-16 Secretary's cash books 1914-1997 19 / 17-18 Dues registers 1914-1952 19 / 19 Minutes book 1914-1918 20 / 1-11 Minutes books 1919-1992 21 / 1-3 Membership registers 1914-1990 21 / 4 Visitors' register 1915-1977 Onyx Rebecca Lodge #75 (Manhattan) http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv26352 18

21 / 5-6 Membership registers 1914-1928 Verna Rebecca Lodge #77 (Scobey) 21 / 7-15 Minutes books 1915-1986 21 / 16 Membership register 1915-1983 Nicol Rebecca Lodge #109 (Three Forks) Mixed Series 21 / 17 Minutes book 1978-1980 22 / 1 Dues register 1947-1950 22 / 2 Visitors' register 1917-1971 22 / 3-4 Treasurers' cash book 1963-1981 Unidentified Rebecca Lodges Mixed Series 22 / 5 Dues ledger 1925-1947 22 / 6 Suspensions ("black books") 1890-1920s 22 / 7 Membership register (Forsyth?) 1896-1950 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv26352 19

22 / 8 Dues register (Miles City?) 1922-1982 22 / 9 Membership register (Miles City?) undated 22 / 10 Ledger 1914-1990 22 / 11 Official Souvenir booklet, IOOF Grand Lodge Session 1910 22 / 12 Miscellaneous loose unsorted financial papers undated Miscellany Mixed Series 23 / 1 Grand Lodge souvenir program (photocopy) from 1910; laws and regulations book for Montana Odd Fellows Home; writing by H. Murrel Kratzer entitled "Life at the Home" re IOOF home, 1918-1927 23 / 2-4 Bulletin, and Montana Oddfellow, monthly newsletters of Montana Rebekah assemblies and I.O.O.F. 23 / 5 "Eastern Montana on Parade" by Claude A. Berry, Brockway, Montana 23 / 6 Proceedings of annual sessions of Grand Lodge I.O.O.F. of Montana 24 / Proceedings of annual sessions of Grand Lodge I.O.O.F. of Montana 25 / Proceedings of annual sessions of Grand Lodge I.O.O.F. of Montana 25 / Proceedings of annual sessions of Grand Encampment I.O.O.F. of Montana 25 / Proceedings of the Rebekah Assembly of Montana 100th Session 1910,1962,1980s? 1915,1920-1983 undated 1877-1898 1899-1956 1957-1999 1899-1994 1998 26 / 1 Scrapbook (Crescent Rebekah Lodge #22, Kalispell, Montana) 1941-1953 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv26352 20

26 / 2 Scrapbook (Esther Rebekah Lodge #5, Missoula, 1949-1975 26 / 3 Scrapbook (Gertrude Rebekah Lodge #37, Ekalaka, Montana ) 1981-1983 26 / 4 Scrapbook (Hope Rebekah Lodge #15, Stevensville, Montana) 1938-1969 26 / 5 Scrapbook (Hope Rebekah Lodge #15, Stevensville, Montana) 1941-1942 26 / 6 Scrapbook (Naomi Rebekah Lodge #1, Helena, Montana) 1921-1968 Volume / 29 Scrapbook (Norma Rebekah Lodge #9, Bozeman, Montana) 1935-1938 26 / 7 Scrapbook (Onyx Rebekah Lodge #75, Manhatten, Montana) 1975-1996 26 / 8 Scrapbook (Zelda Rebekah Lodge #14, Billings, Montana) 1955-1995 Volume 30 Scrapbook (Department Association of Ladies' Auxiliaries, Patriarchs Militant, IOOF, Department of Montana) 1959-1961 26 / 9 Scrapbook (Rebekah State Assembly) 1915-1951 Volume 31 Bible (Montana I.O.O.F. #1) undated 32-34 History of Rebekah Lodges in Montana [Written by Bonnie Van Campen] undated Odd Fellows Home (Helena) http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv26352 21

26a / 1 Odd Fellows Home records (including applications, correspondence, and assets lists of applicants) [RESTRICTED] 1908-1958 Accession 2002-47 (A3:2-3) Container(s) Description Dates Sheridan Lodge #12 (Scobey) Minutes 27 / 1 Minute book 1913-1918 Canton Sanders #13 (Thompson Falls) Minutes 27 / 2 Minute book 1909-1911 27 / 3 Cash book [possibly from Canton Sanders #13) 1917-1966 Canton Keogh #14 (Miles City) Minutes 27 / 4 Minute Book 1917-1940 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv26352 22

27 / 5 Journal 1918-1924 27 / 6 Cash Book 1924-1944 Columbia Lodge #43 (Columbia Falls) 28 / 1 Ledger 1891-1943 28 / 2 Dues book 1955-1964 28 / 3-9 Minute books 1892-1933 Lake Lodge #50 (Kalispell) Minutes 29-32 / Minute books; membership records 1893-1982 Beaver Lodge #65 (Ekalaka) 33 / 1 Constitution and by-laws 1903 Absarokee Lodge #66 (Absarokee) 33 / 2 Ledger undated 33 / 3 Receipt book undated http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv26352 23

33 / 4-5 Officers Roll 1922-1949 33 / 6 Question book 1903-1951 33 / 7 Visitors Register 1913-1944 33 / 8 Minute book 1930-1932 Joliet Lodge #77 (Joliet) 34 / 1 Receipt book 1926-1928 34 / 2 Officers Roll 1967-1975 34 / 3 Visitors Register 1913-1944 Minutes 34 / 4-12 Minute books 1907-1963 Two Medicine Lodge #94 (Cut Bank) 35 / 1 Ledger 1911-1917 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv26352 24

Minutes 35 / 2-4 Minute books 1911-1915, 1935-1942, 1942-1949 35 / 5 Signatures to Constitution 1911-1937 35 / 6 Visitors Register 1955-1975 35 / 7 Member Register 1921-1923 35 / 8 Roll of Officers 1925-1939 Valier Lodge #97 (Valier) 35 / 9 Member register 1949? Glacier Lodge #99 (Whitefish) 35 / 10-11 Cash books 1917-1966, 1952-1975 35 / 12 Signature to Constitution 1912-1964 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv26352 25

35 / 13 Book of Sub Lodges 1954-1963 Saco Lodge #114 (Saco) 36 / 1-5 Ledgers 1910-1987 Minutes 36 / 6-12 Minute books 1926-1930, 1941-1981 36 / 13-15 Officers Roll Book 1926-1928, 1945-1971 Montana Rebekah Assembly 37 / Montana Rebekah Assembly Journal of Proceedings 1910-1938, 1940-1968, 1971-1980, 1982-1999 Crescent Rebekah Lodge #22 (Kalispell) 38 / 1 Treasurer's Cash Book 1918-1931 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv26352 26

Minutes 38 / 2-10 Minute books 1896-1911, 1919-1922, 1940-1952, 1959-1988 38 / 11 Certificates of Transfer, Dismissal, & Withdrawal 1917-1963 Alpha Rebekah Lodge #96 (Hardin) Minutes 39 / 1-2 Minute books 1930-1942 39 / 3-7 Suspensions (State Black Lists) 1872-1946 39 / 8 Uniform Method Book 1925-1928 Valier Rebekah Lodge #104 (Valier) 40 / 1 Cash Book 1970-1993 40 / 2-3 Ledgers 1921-1963, 1967-1989 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv26352 27

40 / 4 Secretary's Cash Book 1947-1970 40 / 5-7 Treasurer's Cash Books 1921-1993 Minutes 40 / 8-9 Minute Books 1962-1976 40 / 10 Officers Roll Book 1969-1989 40 / 11 Rebekah Signatures of Constitution 1921-1948 40 / 12 Report of the Grand Lodge IOOF of Montana 1898 40 / 13 Roll of Officers 1989-1993 40 / 14 Roll of Past Noble Grands 1948-1975 40 / 15 Visitors Register 1928-1962 Melrose Rebekah Lodge #106 (Melrose) Minutes 41 / 1-10 Minute Books 1921-1993 41 / 11 Register of Members 1921-1931 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv26352 28

Names and Subjects Subject Terms : Friendly societies--montana. Geographical Names : Montana--Social life and customs. Finding aid prepared by MHS staff 2006 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Creative Commons Licenses in Archives West: http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/cc-attr.shtml http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv26352 29