Finding Aid for the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodges of Jackson County, Missouri Collection · Genealogy Gallery

Title

Finding Aid for the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodges of Jackson County, Missouri Collection

Rights

Rights Information

Type

Collection

Creator

Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.)

Date

1859-2000

Description

This collection includes fraternal records from Odd Fellows and Rebekah lodges in the Jackson County, Missouri area ranging from as early as 1857 to as recent as 2000. A few of the records are from Encampments, a higher branch, and from the Grand Lodge of Missouri. The collection includes correspondence, financial records, membership records and other materials relating to the organization and operation of the various lodges. The membership records often contain valuable genealogical information such as the members’ birth or death dates. The financial information in the collection consists of ledgers, receipts, and financial reports. Many of the lodges have organizational records such as minutes and roll call books. One journal entitled, Trustee Term Commencing July 1, 1928 contains information regarding payments for burial and payments made to widows or children of lodge members. These records include death dates and widows and children’s names. Certificates in this collection were issued by lodges to members for various reasons, such as membership or transferring to another lodge or for dismissal.

Language

English

Place

Jackson County--Missouri

Publisher

Midwest Genealogy Center, Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence, Missouri

Alternative Title

Finding Aid for the I.O.O.F. Collection

Extent

7 boxes

Identifier

MGC 1031

Subject

Fraternal organizations

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Collection Summary
Title
Independent Order of Odd Fellows lodges of Jackson County, Missouri Collection
Date
1859-2000
Extent
7 boxes—6 archival boxes and 1 oversized archival box
Name and Location of Repository
Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence (Mo.)
Reference code: MGC 1031-IOOF
Processed by: Jolene Clark, 2013; Finding aid created by Jolene Clark, 2013.
Name of Creator
Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.)
Biographical History
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows is a fraternal organization founded in England during the 18th
century. In the United States, the first official lodge was founded as the Washington Lodge #1 in
Baltimore in 1819. Although nothing has been documented, there are several explanations for the
strange name. One explanation is that common laborers associating as a fraternity was peculiar or odd
for the time. Another explanation is that the original Odd Fellows were part of various or odd trades.
The Odd Fellows are divided into branches called lodges. The Odd Fellows became the first fraternal
organization to include men and women when the Rebekah degree was added in 1851. Members can
attain higher degrees within the Odd Fellows. The purpose of the organization is to provide help to the
members and the community. The three links of Odd Fellowship's symbol represent Friendship, Love,
and Truth.
Scope and Content
This collection includes fraternal records from Odd Fellows and Rebekah lodges in the Jackson County,
Missouri area ranging from as early as 1857 to as recent as 2000. A few of the records are from
Encampments, a higher branch, and from the Grand Lodge of Missouri. The collection includes
correspondence, financial records, membership records and other materials relating to the organization
and operation of the various lodges. The membership records often contain valuable genealogical
information such as the members’ birth or death dates. The financial information in the collection
consists of ledgers, receipts, and financial reports. Many of the lodges have organizational records such
as minutes and roll call books. One journal entitled, Trustee Term Commencing July 1, 1928 contains
information regarding payments for burial and payments made to widows or children of lodge
members. These records include death dates and widows and children’s names. Certificates in this
collection were issued by lodges to members for various reasons, such as membership or transferring to
another lodge or for dismissal.

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Collection Inventory
System of Arrangement
These records are arranged in 19 series.
Box 1
Series 1, Baxter Rebekah Lodge #161, Kansas City, MO
Folder 1--Membership Records, Baxter Rebekah Lodge #161, 1895-1897
Folder2--Membership Records, [Baxter Rebekah Lodge #161], 1921-1936
Folder 3--Minutes, Baxter Rebekah Lodge #161, Jul 1905-Apr 1911
Folder 4--Minutes, Baxter Rebekah Lodge #161, January 1947-December 1951
Folder 5--Minutes, Baxter Rebekah Lodge #161, January 1952-November 1956
Folder 6--Minutes, Baxter Rebekah Lodge #161, January 1957-November 1962
Folder 7--Minutes, Baxter Rebekah Lodge #161, January 1963-December 1965
Folder 8--Minutes, Baxter Rebekah Lodge #161, Feb 1970-Oct 1973
Folder 9--Transfer Certificates to Baxter Rebekah Lodge #151
Folder 10--Transfer Request Certificates Issued by Baxter Rebekah Lodge #161
Series 2, Belton Lodge #891, Belton, MO
Folder 11--Folder 11--Membership Records, Belton Lodge #891, 1968-1999
Folder 12--Transfer Request Certificates Issued by Belton Lodge #891
Series 3, Elmwood Lodge #582, Kansas City, MO
Folder 13--Membership Records, Elmwood Lodge #582, 1918-1931
Folder 14--Officers Roll Book, Elmwood Lodge #582, 1975-1978
Series 4, Gates City Lodge #60, Kansas City, MO (Consolidated with Ridgely #435 in 1917)
Folder 15--Membership Records, Gate City Lodge #60, 1914
Box 2
Series 5, Grand Encampment of Missouri
Folder 1--Grand Encampment of Missouri
Series 6, Grand Lodge of Missouri
Folder 2--Grand Lodge of Missouri Election Ballot, 1980
Folder 3--Roll Call Book, Past Noble Grands, 1945-1960
Series 7, Kansas City Encampment #27, Kansas City, MO
Folder 4--Membership Records, Kansas City Encampment #27, 1894-1899
Folder 5--Minutes, Kansas City Encampment #27, 1869-1870, 1889-1904 [oversized]
Folder 6--Petition for Membership, Kansas City Encampment #27, Kansas City, MO
Series 8, Kansas City Encampment #110, Kansas City, MO
Folder 7—Correspondence, Kansas City Encampment #110, 1899-1900
Folder 8—Membership & By-laws, Kansas City Encampment #110, 1894-1900
Folder 9--Minutes, Encampment, Kansas City #110, 1894-1900, 1918-1900
Series 9, Miscellaneous
Folder 10--Application for Admission to the Odd Fellows’ Home of Missouri
Folder 11--Certificate for a Member of a Rebekah Lodge Now Defunct
Folder 12--Certificate for a Member of a Subordinate Now Defunct
Folder 13--Dismissal Certificates
Folder 14--Encampment Transfer Certificates
Folder 15--Newspaper Clippings
Folder 16--Official Certificates, Misc. Lodges
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Folder 17--Rebekah Dismissal Certificates
Folder 18--Rebekah Withdrawal Cards
Folder 19—Receipts
Folder 20--Transfer Certificates to Misc. Lodges
Folder 21--Transfer Certificates to Misc. Rebekah Lodges
Folder 22--Trustee Term Commencing July 1, 1928
Folder 23--Visiting Certificates
Folder 24--Withdrawal Certificates
Peerless Lodge #530 SEE: Union Lodge #168, Kansas City, MO
Series 10, Purity Lodge #201, Lee’s Summit, MO
Folder 25--Ledger, Purity Lodge #201, Mar 1890-Jan 1938
Folder 26--Membership Records, Purity Lodge #201, 1902-1953
Folder 27--Membership Records, [Purity Lodge #201], 1904-1916
Folder 28--Minutes, Purity Lodge #201, Jan 1924-Mar 1927
Box 3
Folder 1--Minutes, Purity Lodge#201, Mar 1927-Dec 1930
Minutes, Purity Lodge #201, Jan 1938-Dec 1943 (See: Minutes, Raytown
Lodge #612 Raytown, MO, Mar 1935-Nov 1936)
Folder 2--Minutes, Purity Lodge #201, Jul 1952-Feb 1956
Folder 3--Minutes, Purity Lodge#201, Feb 1956-Jan 1965
Folder 4--Minutes, Purity Lodge #201, Jan 1965-Nov 1968
Folder 5--Officers Roll Book, Purity Lodge #201, Jan 1922-Jan 1948
Folder 6--Register of Reports, Purity Lodge #201, 1903-1927
Folder 7--Register of Visitors, Purity Lodge #201, [1922]-1936
Series 11, Raytown Lodge #612, Raytown, MO
Folder 8— Membership Records, [Raytown Lodge #612], 1907-1937
Folder 9--Membership Records, Raytown Lodge #612, 1940-1942
Folder 10--Minutes, Raytown Lodge #612, Dec 1923-Sep 1927
Folder 11--Minutes, Raytown Lodge #612, Jun 1931-Feb 1935
Folder 12--Minutes, Raytown Lodge #612, Mar 1935-Nov 1936 and Purity Lodge #201,
Lee’s Summit, MO, Jan 1938-Dec 1943
Folder 13--Officers Roll Book, Raytown Lodge #612, Sep 1907-Dec 1935
Folder 14--Register of Reports, Raytown Lodge #612, Raytown, MO, 1907-1931
Box 4
Series 12, Rebekah District #33, Blue Springs, MO
Folder 1--Ledger, Rebekah District #33, Blue Springs, MO, 1950-2000
Series 13, Sloan Lodge #729, Kansas City, MO
Folder 2--Application for Membership, Sloan Lodge #729
Folder 3--Bank Receipts, Sloan Lodge #729
Folder 4--Blue Valley YMCA Building Fund Receipts, Sloan Lodge #729
Folder 5--By-Laws, Sloan Lodge #729, 1954
Folder 6--Cards, Sloan Lodge #729
Folder 7--Correspondence, Sloan Lodge #729
Folder 8--Financial Report Received Post Cards, Sloan Lodge #729
Folder 9—Ledger, [Sloan Lodge #729], Jan 1963-Dec 1969
Folder 10--Membership Directory, Sloan Lodge #729, 1939
Folder 11--Membership Records, Sloan Lodge #729, A-C
Folder 12--Membership Records, Sloan Lodge #729, D-F
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Folder 13--Membership Records, Sloan Lodge #729, G-J
Folder 14--Membership Records, Sloan Lodge #729, K-N
Folder 15--Membership Records, Sloan Lodge #729, O-R
Folder 16--Membership Records, Sloan Lodge #729, S-T
Folder 17--Membership Records, Sloan Lodge #729, U-Z
Folder 18--Minutes, Sloan Lodge #729, Jan 1967-Dec 1969
Folder 19--Official Certificates, Sloan Lodge #729
Folder 20--Past Dues Notices, Sloan Lodge #729
Folder 21--Petition for Membership, Sloan Lodge #729
Folder 22--Transfer Certificates to Sloan Lodge #729
Folder 23--Transfer Request Certificates Issued by Sloan Lodge #729
Series 14, Sloan Rebekah Lodge #482, Kansas City, MO
Folder 24--Application for membership, Sloan Rebekah Lodge #482, 1908-1910
Folder 25--Membership Records, Sloan Rebekah Lodge #482, 1907-1946
Folder 26--Minutes, Sloan Rebekah Social Club, Jun 1962-Sep 1965
Folder 27--Minutes, Sloan Rebekah Social Club, 1962-1971
Folder 28--Register of Reports, Sloan Lodge #729, July 1943-Dec 1971
Folder 29--Request for Transfer Certificates Made to Sloan Rebekah Lodge #482
Folder 30--Transfer Certificates to Rebekah Sloan Lodge #482
Folder 31--Transfer Request Certificates Issued by Rebekah Sloan Lodge #482
Box 5
Series 15, Sterling Rebekah, Kansas City, MO
Folder 1--Ledger, Sterling Rebekah Lodge #799, 1930-1961
Folder 2--Minutes, Sterling Rebekah Lodge #799, Jan 1954-Sep 1958
Folder 3--Minutes, Sterling Rebekah Lodge #799, Dec 1959-Jan 1962
Folder 4--Transfer Requests Issued by Sterling Rebekah Lodge #799
Series 16, Summit Lodge #263, Lee’s Summit, MO
Folder 5--Ledger, Summit Lodge #263, 1909-1914
Series 17, Union Lodge #168, Kansas City, MO
Folder 6--Membership Records, Union Lodge #168, 1889
Folder 7--Register of Reports, Peerless Lodge #530, 1896-1900 continued as Union
Lodge #168, 1901-1962
Series 18, Unknown lodges
Folder 8--Ledger, [unknown lodge], 1914-1920
Folder 9--Ledger, [unknown lodge], Jan 1936-Dec 1939
Folder 10--Ledger, [unknown lodge], Jan 1958-Dec 1961
Folder 11--Ledger, [unknown lodge], Jan 1960-Oct 1973
Folder 12--Membership Records, [unknown lodge], undated
Folder 13—Membership Records, [unknown lodge], 1859-1862, 1879-1897
Folder 14--Membership Records, [unknown lodge], 1890-1903
Folder 15--Membership Records, [unknown lodge], 1897-1910
Box 6
Folder 1--Minutes, [unknown lodge], Oct 1947-Sep 1950
Folder 2--Roll Call Book, [unknown lodge], 1931-1958
Folder 3--Roll Call Book, [unknown lodge], 1971-1972
Series 19, Veitch Lodge #704, Kansas City, MO
Folder 4--Membership Records, Veitch Lodge #704, 1967-1989 [oversized]
Folder 5--Roll Call Book, Veitch Lodge #704, 1967-1975
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Rights and Access
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use by appointment.
Physical Access
Most records within this collection are housed in file folders. Some items within this collection are
fragile and will require staff assistance. Some items are oversized and are housed in MGC’s oversize
archival storage.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Languages and Scripts of the Material
Materials in the collection are entirely in English.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated by George and Lori Saunders.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected for this collection.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals owned by the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Notes
The following source was consulted during the preparation of the biographical history:
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. "Independent Order of Odd Fellows." Accessed August 12, 2013.
http://www.ioof.org.
Related Materials
Journal of the proceedings of the Grand Lodge of the State of Missouri / Independent Order of Odd
Fellows. Grand Lodge of the State of Missouri. 366.3 IN2 1918.
Album of Odd Fellows homes / Wolfe, Joseph M. 366.3 W832.
Rebekah State Assembly of Missouri I.O.O.F : reports of President, Vice President, Warden, Secretary,
Treasurer, session of 1932, Boonville, May 24 and 25 / Daughters of Rebekah (Missouri). 366.38 D265.

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