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Title: Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Capitol Lodge No. 87 (Sacramento, Calif.) records
Dates: 1856-1948
Collection number: MS0021
Creator:
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Capitol Lodge No. 87 (Sacramento, Calif.)
Collection Size:
.25 linear feet
(1 box)
Repository:
Center for Sacramento History
Sacramento, California 95811-0229
Abstract: The Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Capitol Lodge No. 87 (Sacramento, Calif.) records document the establishment and day-to-day
activities of the Capitol Lodge no. 87 in Sacramento, California from it's establishment in 1859 through 1907. The records
are organized into six series: Series 1. Correspondence, Series 2. Petitions, Series 3. Membership and rosters, Series 4.
Financial records, Series 5. Reports, Series 6. Assorted.
Physical location: 28F4
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection is open for research use.
All requests to publish or quote from private collections held by the Center for Sacramento History (CSH) must be submitted
in writing to csh@cityofsacramento.org. Permission for publication is given on behalf of CSH as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the patron.
No permission is necessary to publish or quote from public records.
[Identification of item], Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Capitol Lodge No. 87 (Sacramento, Calif.) records, MS0021, Center
for Sacramento History.
Purchased from archives and artifact dealer Wendell Hammon by the Center for Sacramento History in 1984 (Accession #1984/186).
Collection processed by Sean Heyliger, 2019.
Biography / Administrative History
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Capitol Lodge No. 87 (Sacramento, Calif.) was established on June 10, 1859 by Samuel
Cross as a local chapter of the non-political and non-sectarian fraternal organization Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The
Capitol Lodge no. 87 was the second chapter of Odd Fellows founded in Sacramento, the first established by Albert Winn in
1849. The charter officers included E.F. White, C.M. Mason, John McClintock, Amos Woods, E.M. Heuston, G.A. Basler, C.B. Steane,
Lewis Shuck, Thomas B. Byrne, James Bowstead, M.M.Estee, and F.K. Krauth. The lodge held meetings every Friday evening and
was originally located at the intersection of K Street and 3rd St in downtown Sacramento, California.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Capitol Lodge No. 87 (Sacramento, Calif.) records document the establishment and day-to-day
activities of the Capitol Lodge no. 87 in Sacramento, California. The records are organized into six series: Series 1. Correspondence,
Series 2. Petitions, Series 3. Membership and rosters, Series 4. Financial records, Series 5. Reports, Series 6. Assorted.
The correspondence series includes assorted correspondence written to the Capitol Lodge No. 87 Sacramento California from
various Odd Fellow lodges throughout California regarding various members and lodge activities. Petitions consist of applications
to join the Capitol Lodge No. 87 by potential members and petitions to financially aid other lodges and members throughout
the State of California. Membership and rosters series includes membership applications, rejection letters, and receipt of
membership dues. It also includes one membership application to the Wampanoag Lodge no. 311, 1856 and a membership roster
of the masonic luncheon club of Sacramento, California, 1944. The financial records include membership dues receipts and treasurer
bonds of the Capitol Lodge no. 87 Sacramento, California. Also included is a 1948 booklet of Dewey-Warren Dollar Certificates
in support of the Thomas Dewey-Earl Warren dollar certificate fund. Reports in the collection consist of semi-annual reports
of the Capitol Lodge no. 87 and two reports of the R.W. Grand Lodge of the State of California listing reinstated, suspended,
resigned, and rejected members from lodges across the State of California. The assorted series includes items that were part
of the original purchase of the collection from Wendell Hammon's Archives and Artifact but are not directly related to the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Capitol Lodge No. 87 (Sacramento, Calif.) and include Independent Order of Odd Fellows programs
from other lodges in California, a booklet, "Why let if burn," and two copies of Home News, the newsletter of the Children
of the Rebekah Orphans Home, Gilroy, California.
Series 1. Correspondence
Series 2. Petitions
Series 3. Membership and rosters
Series 4. Financial records
Series 5. Reports
Series 6. Assorted
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Sacramento (Calif.)--History
Fraternal organizations--California--History
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Thompson and West's history of Sacramento County California with illustrations, 1880 pp.165.
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Phoenix Lodge No. 239 (Galt, Calif.) records, Center for Sacramento History.