Collection context
Summary
- Extent:
- 3 Linear Feet (18 volumes)
- Language:
- English
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection documents Sacramento's Knights of Pythias lodges 11, 42, 78, and 157, through meeting minutes and financial records. Material dates from 1882 to 1933.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Knights of Pythias is a fraternal organization and secret society founded in 1864 by Justus H. Rathbone in Washington D.C. It was the first fraternal organization to be chartered by an act of U.S. Congress. The society originally only accepted white men; black men created their own Knights of Pythias organization.
Sacramento has had four Knights of Pythias lodges: Sacramento Lodge No. 11 (founded December 2, 1869); Columbia Lodge No. 42 (founded April 21, 1877); Confidence Lodge No. 78 (founded August 19, 1882); and Capitol Lodge No. 157 (founded June 22, 1888). Lodges 78 and 157 were consolidated into 157 on March 2, 1909.
- Acquisition information:
- Donated by Harold Loiler in 1978 (accession 1978/054).
- Processing information:
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Processed by Kim Hayden, 2024.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Location of this collection:
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551 Sequoia Pacific Blvd.Sacramento, CA 95811, US
- Contact:
- (916) 808-7072