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Ancient Order of United Workmen papers Collection 1975.005 Dates: 1887-1902. Extent: (1 box, oversize). Level of Description: Item level. Name of creator(s): Unknown. Date of creation: Undetermined. Scope and Content: The AOUW Papers consist of the meeting minutes, financial records, and membership rolls of the AOUW Grand Lodge of Guthrie Oklahoma, all dating from 1900-1902. Also included among the papers is a photograph of the casket of Father J. J. Upchurch, the organization's founder, as he lay in state at the Masonic Hall in St. Louis, Missouri, 23 January 1887. Administrative/Biographical History: The Ancient Order of United Workmen, or AOUW, was a fraternal organization, established in 1868 in Meadville, Pennsylvania. At its height it numbered approximately 320,000 members. Access and Copyright: Language and Scripts: English Finding aid/Inventory: Finding aid is available online. Provenance/Source of Acquisition: The provenance of the papers is unknown. Date(s) of description: Apr 1998; rev I. Marc Carlson, Jun 2006. Access Points:
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| Grand Lodge of Oklahoma | |
| 1:1 | Meeting minutes in 2 ledger books with handwritten and typed reports, resolutions, and related notes laid in. 1904-1909. |
| 1:2 | 1912-1915 |
| 1:3 | Membership roll for 1900-1902 in an account book. |
| 1:4 | Financial records in 5 account books with related handwritten and typed notes and figures laid in; 1905-1906. |
| 1908-1911. | |
| 1:5 | 1912-1915. |
| 1915-1917. | |
| 1918-1921. | |
| 1:6 | Photograph of the casket of Father J. J. Upchurch, the organization's founder, as he lay in state at the Masonic Hall in St. Louis, Missouri, 23 January 1887. |
| Oversize | "Ancient Order of United Workmen Grand Lodge of Oklahoma." Charter,14 Mar 1898. |
| Researchers may also be interested in the following items from the Harold Leventhal Proletarian Library: A.O.U.W. Public Ceremonials HD6515.W6 A53 1886; Juvenile Ritual : A.O.U.W. Oklahoma HD6515.W6 A53 1923; Constitution and by-laws ... HD6515.W6 A53 1927;Thirty-first annual session Grand Lodge, A. O. U. W. Guthrie, Oklahoma February 12-13 1929. HD6515.W6 A53 1929; A.O.U.W. Ritual : Oklahoma HD6515.W6 A53 1934. | |
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