Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World, Greater Capitol City Lodge, No. 11 (Richmond, Virginia), Records, 1907-1992

Access and use

Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Archives Reference Services
Phone: (804) 692-3888
Restrictions:

Membership applications are restricted until fifty years after their creation date (i.e. 1952 files may be accessed in the year 2002).

Terms of access:

There are no restrictions.

Preferred citation:

Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World, Greater Capitol City Lodge, No. 11 (Richmond, Va.). Records, 1907-1992. Accession 38098, Organization records collection, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Summary

Creator:
Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World, Greater Capitol City Lodge, No. 11 (Richmond, Virginia)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World, Greater Capitol City Lodge, No. 11 (Richmond, Va.). Records, 1907-1992. Accession 38098, Organization records collection, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Records, 1907-1992, of the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World, Greater Capitol City Lodge, No. 11, an African-American fraternal organization located in Richmond, Virginia.

Biographical / historical:

The Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World was formed on 28 September 1898 in Cincinnati, Ohio, and is currently the largest African-American fraternal organization in the world. Known for providing social and financial services to member's families upon their untimely death, the organization also developed specific departments to address concerns related to education, health, veteran's affairs, and civil liberties. Members pay monthly dues and burial fund taxes. The Greater Capitol City Lodge was one lodge under the auspices of the Virginia State Association of the I.B.P.O.E.W., which itself was subordinate to the National Association of the I.B.P.O.E.W.

Acquisition information:
This collection was given to The Library of Virginia in April 2001 by the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World, Greater Capitol City Lodge, No. 11, 526 North 2nd Street, Richmond, Virginia 23223.
Arrangement:
Arrangement

Materials arranged chronologically.

Organization

The collection is organized into the following series:
Series I: Correspondence
Series II: Financial records
Series III: Committee reports and files
Series IV: Minutes
Series V: Constitutions, by-laws, and charters
Series VI: Photographs and posters
Series VII: Publications
Series VIII: Membership files

Physical location:
Organization records collection, Accession 38098
Physical description:
3.6 cubic feet; 6 Hollinger boxes and 1 oversize box; box numbers 1-7