Madison Friendship Lodge Grand United Order of Odd Fellows collection, 1880/1937

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Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
170 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Special Collections Public Services & Reference Staff
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Preferred citation:

MSS 16411 Madison Friendship Lodge Grand United Order of Odd Fellows Collection, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
3 Cubic Feet 1 record carton, 1 oversized box, and 2 oversized folders.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

MSS 16411 Madison Friendship Lodge Grand United Order of Odd Fellows Collection, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

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.

Biographical / historical:

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.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Nancy Garnett-Williams, accession 2018-0089.
Arrangement:

This collection is arranged in two series: Meeting and subject files; and Artifacts and objects.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard