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Register of the Odd Fellows, Independent Order of. Charity Lodge (Stockton, Calif.) Records, 1852-1867
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Title: Odd Fellows, Independent Order of. Charity Lodge (Stockton, Calif.) Records,
Date (inclusive): 1852-1867
Collection number: Mss227
Creator:
Wendell Hammon
Extent: 0.25 linear ft.
Repository:
University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections
Stockton, CA 95211
Shelf location: For current information on the location of these
materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Language:
English.
Collection is open for research.
[Identification of item], Odd Fellows, Independent Order of. Charity Lodge (Stockton,
Calif.) Records, Mss227, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of
the Pacific Library
Odd Fellows, Independent Order of. Charity Lodge (Stockton, Calif.)
Friendly societies -California -Stockton -Records and correspondence
Libraries -California -Stockton -History
Stockton (Calif.) -History -Sources
Odd Fellows Charity Lodge of Stockton (Calif.) was organizaed in February 1852.
Initially, the Lodge's membership reached about 150, but internal disputes fostered by
the regionalism that gave rise to the American Civil War led to the establishment of a
second Odd Fellows Lodge in Stockton and a subsequent decline in the Charity Lodge's
membership. Activities of the Lodge included participation in civic events, care of sick
and diseased members and the operation of Stockton's first public library. Charity Lodge
built its own meeting hall in 1865.
The Odd Fellows Charity Lodge Records consist of correspondence, financial statements,
reports, bills and other financial papers (1852-1867).