Records of Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Juneau, Alaska, 1897?-1975

Collection

Identifier: MS 135

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The records pertain to both the Hall of Alaska Lodge A-1 and the Hall of the Silver Bow Lodge No. 2. The volumes, mostly bound, include minutes, benefits records, and membership rosters, which contain officer and committee lists, brief notes on activities, and guest registers. There are also cash books, check books and Register of annual reports which record the financial activities of the lodges. The membership books list some personal data, such as occupation, age, death, etc. Many of the bound volumes are in fragile condition and have mold or water damage.

One publication, Floor work for subordinate lodge degrees...1909, was placed at the end of the collection.

Independent Order of Oddfellows I.O.O.F., Silver Bow Lodge #2-A,Juneau, Alaska. ALPHABETICAL MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS DATA, self-published by Betty J. Miller, Juneau, Alaska, May, 1994, accompanies the finding aid for this collection in Box 1.

Dates

1897?-1975

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is unrestricted.

Conditions Governing Use

Request for permission to publish material from the collection must be discussed with the Librarian. Photocopying does not constitute permission to publish.

Historical

The Independent Order of Odd Fellows was a social and charitable organization which, with the affiliated Daughters of Rebekah (see Ms 123), were active in local and statewide projects. In the Juneau, Alaska, area the Hall of Alaska Lodge A-1 first organized in Douglas city around the turn of the century. In the 1930s, the Douglas I.O.O.F. lodge merged with the Hall of the Silver Bow Lodge No. 2, which had been operating in Juneau concurrently. The Silver Bow Lodge was active until 1985. The group's Juneau building was sold in 1980, by the Grand Lodge of the I.O.O.F., of Tacoma, Washington.

Extent

17 boxes : 14 boxes: 11 1/2x18x3 1/2" ; 3 boxes: 10 1/2x15 1/2x2"

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The records were donated by Niels Finn Larsen of Juneau, through Betty Miller in May 1993.

Processing Information

The records were sorted according to lodge and record type in chronological order. One ledger was moved to Ms 123, Daughters of Rebekah, an affiliated group. The volumes were vacuumed and dry wiped, some wrapped in acid-free tissue.

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Finding aid for the Records of Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Juneau, Alaska, 1897?-1975
Status: In Progress
Author: Processed by: Marilyn Kwock, Aug. 1993 ; Revised by: mlk, July 1993 ; Revised by: Jacki Swearingen, Nov. 2016 ; ArchivesSpace finding aid by: Sandy Johnston
Date: 2019 June
Description rules: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description: Undetermined
Script of description: Code for undetermined script
Language of description note: English