Guide to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.), Alturas Lodge No. 80, 1858-1986

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Guide to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.), Alturas Lodge No. 80, 1858-1986

California State Library

Sacramento, California

Contact Information:

California History Room
California State Library
Library and Courts Building II
900 N. Street, Room 200
P.O. Box 942837
Sacramento, California 94237-0001
Phone: (916) 654-0176
Fax: (916) 654-8777
Email: cslcal@library.ca.gov
URL: http://www.library.ca.gov/

Processed by:: The California State Library staff
Encoded by:: Brooke Dykman Dockter

Descriptive Summary

Title: Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.), Alturas Lodge No. 80,

Date (inclusive): 1858-1986

Box Number: 2030 - 2033

Creator: Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Alturas Lodge No. 80 (La Porte, Calif.)

Repository: California State Library

Sacramento, California

Language: English.

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[Identification of item], Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.), Alturas Lodge No. 80, California State Library.

Access Points

Friendly societies--California--History.

Independent Order of Odd Fellows--California--History.

Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Alturas Lodge No. 80.--

La Porte (Calif.)--Social Life and customs--History.

Justice, Administration of--California--Plumas County--History.

Trials--California--La Porte.

Contents

Lodge records, 1858-1921: correspondence; I.O.O.F. publications; financial records; annual relief reports listing lodge members; trustees' and treasurers' bonds; committee reports; by-laws and amendments; resolutions, including condolences on the assassination of Abraham Lincoln; 2 gavels; regalia. Proceedings from trials provide an interesting glimpse at lodge justice. Also contains miscellaneous notes and documents (1885-1986) about Plumas County.

History

The Independent Order of Odd Fellows, a fraternal society, was introduced to America by Englishman Thomas Wildey in 1819. The Order was established in San Francisco, Calif. in 1849, and Alturas Lodge was established December 8, 1858 in La Porte, Plumas County. The Lodge served not only as a social and relief organization, but also provided an avenue for justice. Charges of unbecoming conduct brought against a member by an individual or by the lodge were tried by a committee. Sustained charges could mean expulsion and the loss of relief benefits.

Correspondents

Major Correspondents

Pilot Peak Lodge No. 91 (Gibsonville, Sierra County, Calif.)
Table Rock Lodge No. 49 (St. Louis, Sierra County, Calif.)

Other Correspondents

Alturas Lodge, No 60
Aldridge, Samuel
Barnes, R.M.
Blue Range Encampment, No. 8 (Downieville, Calif.)
Brownsville Lodge, No. 283 (Brownsville, Calif.)
Brueck, Karl --See: Grand Master, Grand Lodge of California
Burton, C.O. --See: Grand Master, Grand Lodge of California
Byrne, W[illia]m S.
California. State Board of Health
Case, B.F.
Coates, G.L., M.D.
Committee on Celebration of '91 (Gibsonville, Mich.)
Committee on Hotel Accommodations
Crew, A.H.
Daughters, Ja[me]s. M. --See also: District Deputy Grand Master, District 17
District Deputy Grand Master, District 17, Grand Lodge of California
Drake, H.G.O.
Evans, John
Folsom, F.N., M.D.
Grand Master, Grand Lodge of California
Grand Secretary, Grand Lodge of California
Grass Valley Lodge, No. 12
Greenville Lodge, No. 252 (Greenville, Calif.)
Hall, J.N.
Hill, William H. --See: Grand Master, Grand Lodge of California
Holland, Homer B.
Hossack, David
Indian Valley Lodge, No. 136 (Taylorsville, Calif.)
Jefferson Lodge, No. 97, F & A Masons
Johnson, T. Rodgers --See: Grand Secretary, Grand Lodge of California
Jones, Th[om]as F.
Jubilee Celebration Committee
Kleckner, Amandes
Korsher, James H.
Lakawana Lodge, No. 291 (Scranton, Pa.[?])
Long, W.G. --See: District Deputy Grand Master, District 17
Lord, F.K., Dr.
McClain, J.W.
McClelland, J.A. --See: Grand Master, Grand Lodge of California
McMath, C.
Mussey, J.M., Physician
Nickajak Lodge, No. 89 (Smyrna, Ga)
Norcross, Daniel
Odd Fellows Home of California
Office Appeal Association
Olive Branch Encampment, No. 9 (St. Louis, Calif.)
Oriental Lodge, No. 45 (Marysville, Calif.)
Oroville Lodge, No. 59
Painter, George
Parade Committee, Sovereign Grand Lodge (San Francisco, Calif.)
Pine Grove Committee
Polar Star Lodge, No. 56 (Indian Diggings, Calif.)
Rinehart, M., M.D.
Rosenberg, J.
Rupell, S.S.
Russell, S.S. --See: Deputy District Grand Master
Shaw, Geo. S. --See: Grand Secretary, Grand Lodge of California
Sierra Lodge, No 24 (Downieville)
Spoon, George E.
Stockton Lodge
Summit Lodge, No. 127 (Howland Flat)
Walls, G.K. --See District Deputy Grand Master, District 17, Grand Lodge of California
Walton, G.H. --See: Lakawana Lodge.
Washington, H.
Washington Lodge, No. 40 (Yankee Jim's?, Calif.)
Wells Fargo & Co.
Wendel, A.
West, J.C.
Wheeler, Marcellus E. (Box 2031 [20])
Willard, E.L.
Willard, E.X., M.D.
Williams, John
Yuba and Oriental Lodges, Joint Committee

Antone Arbucco correspondence

Leach, A.M.
Twogoode, G.S.W., Postmaster (Clipper Mills, Butte County)

Material Transferred from the Collection

Books:

Golden Gate Co. Ledger, 1865.
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Alturas Lodge, No. 80.

Ledger, 1865 -ca 1918.

[Minutes], 1865 -1866.

Order Book, Nov. 1893.

Records, Jan. 23, 1864 -Oct. 2, 1869.

Records, Oct. 16, 1869 -April 23, 1887.
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Pilot Peak Lodge, No. 91.

Black Book, 1863.
Spencer, Annie. Ledger, 1901 -1909.
Spencer, William. Notarial Record, Dec. 27, 1909.

Textual file:

[50th Anniversary] Proclamation, I.O.O.F. Office of the N.W. Grand Master of the RW Grand Lodge of the State of California.
[65th Anniversary] Proclamation, Feb. 9, 1884, Sovereign Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Office of the Grand Sire.

Related Collections

IOOF, Grand Lodge of California: SMC, Box 911 (unprocessed).

Box Box 2030

Alturas Lodge No. 80

Incoming Correspondence A-Z

Outgoing Correspondence

Antone Arbucco Correspondence

Certificates

Petitions

Membership Records

Treasurers Bonds

Trustees Bonds

Annual Relief Reports

Semi Annual Reports

Statistical Reports

Box Box 2031

Directory of Lodges

Dues and Benefits

Constitution and by-laws and Amendments to By-laws

Special Committee Reports

Resolutions

Trials:

Alturas Lodge vs. C. Lowry

Alturas Lodge vs. Robert Carter

Alturas Lodge vs. H.G.O. Drake

Alturas Lodge vs. Daniel Daily

Alturas Lodge vs. C.M. Pike

Alturas Lodge vs. Fred (Fritz) Schuster

B.W. Barnes vs. C. Lowry

B.W. Barnes vs. A. Steifel

Wm. Byrne vs. Geo. W. Thompkins and Jso. Wilson

H.G.O. Drake vs. Bro. Allen

Wm. Gaskin vs. Rufus McCreery

Bro. Mullen vs. Marcellus E. Wheeler

George Painter vs. T. Malony

Curtis Powell vs. Peter Smith

L.S. Vaughn vs. H.G.O. Drake

Box Box 2032

Financial records

Treasurers Book

Treasurers Reports

Trustees Reports

Audits

Bills, taxes, cancelled checks

Receipt Book

Forms

Advertising

Miscellaneous Alturas Lodge materials

Miscellaneous Plumas County materials

Box Box 2033

Gavels and regalia