Finding aid to the Woodmen of the World, Applewood Camp No. 696, records, 1910-1946,
MS 4021
Finding aid prepared by Matthew Kroot. Revised by Tierney Haupt in 2011.
California Historical Society
678 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA, 94105-4014
(415) 357-1848
reference@calhist.org
2011
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/
Location of Materials: Collection is stored onsite.
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.
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Director
of Library and Archives, North Baker Research Library, California Historical Society, 678 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA
94105. Consent is given on behalf of the California Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner. Restrictions
also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational
purposes.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Woodmen of the World, Applewood Camp No. 696, records, MS 4021, California Historical Society.
Separated Materials
Photographs removed and filed separately under MSP 4021.
Acquisition Information
Donated by Stannous Flouride, 1999 September 8.
System of Arrangement
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.
Organizational History
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.
Scope and Contents
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.
Processing Information
Processed by Matthew Kroot, 2000.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Fraternal insurance--California--San Francisco.
Fraternal organizations--California--San Francisco.
Box 1, Folders 1-4
Announcements and pamphlets
1911-1917
Physical Description:
4.0 folders
Box 1, Folders 5-9, Box 2, Folder 8
Financial records and receipts
1910-1917
Physical Description:
6.0 folders
Box 2, Folder 8
Financial statements
1914
Box 1, Folders 10-12, Box 2, Folders 1-7
Correspondence
1913-1917
Physical Description:
10.0 folders
Box 1, Folders 10-12, Box 2, Folders 1-2
Individuals' correspondence
1913-1917
Physical Description:
5.0 folders
Box 2, Folders 3-7
Organizational correspondence
1913-1917
Physical Description:
5.0 folders
Scope and Contents
Includes a membership listing for the Applewood Camp for 1913 in box 2, folder 3.
Box 2, Folder 8
Calls for assessment
1914-1917
Physical Description:
1.0 folder
Scope and Contents
Assessments include lists of Woodmen of the World members throughout the United States who had died within a particular month
and their cause of death.
Box 2, Folder 9
Membership application materials
1914-1917
Physical Description:
1.0 folder
