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Finding aid to the Woodmen of the World, Applewood Camp No. 696,
records, 1910-1946, MS 4021
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Title: Woodmen of the World, Applewood Camp No. 696, records
Date (inclusive): 1910-1946
Date (bulk): 1914-1917
Collection Identifier: MS
4021
Creator:
Woodmen of the World. Applewood Camp No. 696
(San Francisco, Calif.)
Extent:
2.0 boxes
(0.8 linear feet)
Repository:
California Historical Society
678 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA, 94105-4014
(415) 357-1848
reference@calhist.org
URL: http://www.californiahistoricalsocity.org/
Language of Materials: Collection materials are in English.
Abstract: This collection includes both financial and
administrative records, correspondence, and ephemera. The bulk of the material is
from 1914-1917. Topics dicussed in the correspondence include controversial changes
in the Woodmen’s constitution in 1914, enlistment in the armed forces during World
War I, a sub-group named the Protesting Choppers, and the promotion of H. C.
Carrasco to the position of head clerk.
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[Identification of item], Woodmen of the World, Applewood Camp No. 696, records, MS
4021, California Historical Society.
Photographs removed and filed separately under MSP 4021.
Donated by Stannous Flouride, 1999 September 8.
When the records were received, the arrangement was chronological, by year, and,
within the year, alphabetical, by name or subject. By 1917 this detailed system was
no longer used and all the items had been placed in a single folder by year. The
collection was reorganized in order to make it more accessible. The new arrangement
is based on document type, and within document types, the records are arranged by
year.
Joseph Cullen Root founded the Woodmen of the World on June 6, 1890, in Omaha,
Nebraska. The Woodmen were not only a fraternal society, but also an insurance group
that paid for medical care, burials, and widows’ benefits. Applewood Camp No. 696
was founded in San Francisco, California. It is part of the Pacific Jurisdiction of
the Woodmen of the World.
This collection includes both financial and administrative records, correspondence,
and ephemera. The bulk of the material is from 1914-1917. Topics dicussed in the
correspondence include controversial changes in the Woodmen’s constitution in 1914,
enlistment in the armed forces during World War I, a sub-group named the Protesting
Choppers, and the promotion of H. C. Carrasco to the position of head clerk.
Processed by Matthew Kroot, 2000.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Fraternal insurance--California--San Francisco.
Fraternal organizations--California--San Francisco.