Register of the Odd Fellows, Independent Order of Charity
Lodge (Stockton, Calif.) Records,
1852-1867
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Register of the Odd Fellows, Independent Order of Charity Lodge (Stockton,
Calif.) Records,
1852-1867
Collection number: Mss227
Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections
University
Library
University of the Pacific
Contact Information
- Processed by:
- Holt Atherton staff; revised by Don Walker
- Date Completed:
- Sept. 1998
- Encoded by:
- Don Walker
© 1998 University of the Pacific. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Odd Fellows, Independent Order of Charity Lodge
(Stockton, Calif.) Records,
Date (inclusive): 1852-1867
Collection number: Mss227
Creator:
Wendell Hammon
Extent: 0.25 linear ft.
Repository:
University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Department of
Special Collections
Shelf location: For current information on the location of
these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Language: English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Odd Fellows, Independent Order of Charity
Lodge (Stockton, Calif.) Records, Mss227, Holt-Atherton Department of Special
Collections, University of the Pacific Library
Access Points
corporate name
Odd Fellows, Independent Order of Charity Lodge (Stockton,
Calif.)
subject
Friendly societies -California -Stockton -Records and
correspondence
subject
Libraries -California -Stockton -History
subject
Stockton (Calif.) -History -Sources
Biography
Odd Fellows Charity Lodge of Stockton (Calif.) was organizaed in
February 1852. Initially, the Lodge's membership reached about 150, but
internal disputes fostered by the regionalism that gave rise to the American
Civil War led to the establishment of a second Odd Fellows Lodge in Stockton
and a subsequent decline in the Charity Lodge's membership. Activities of the
Lodge included participation in civic events, care of sick and diseased members
and the operation of Stockton's first public library. Charity Lodge built its
own meeting hall in 1865.
Scope and Content
The Odd Fellows Charity Lodge Records consist of correspondence,
financial statements, reports, bills and other financial papers
(1852-1867).
BOX 1: STOCKTON ODD FELLOWS RECORDS, 1852-1867
1.1: Aug 1852-Oct 1855 [27 items]
1.2: Jan 1856-Dec 1857 [35 items]
1.3: Jul 1858-Dec 1859 [21 items]
1.4: Undated material [4 items]
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Footsteps in Odd Fellowship:
History of the Origin, Progress and Work of Stockton Lodges
. Complied by
George H. Tinkham, 1896
-
Proceedings at the Celebration of
the Fortieth Anniversary of the Introduction of Odd Fellowship in the United
States, held in the City of Stockton, Tuesday, April 26, 1859, including an
Oration delivered by P. G. Rep. Nathan Porter, of San Francisco
.
Published by authority of Charity Lodge, No. 6, and Stockton Lodge, No. 11,
I.O.O.F. 1859
-The “Baby Lodge” 19th Anniversary 1903
announcement
