Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes records, with the papers of Alan Barclay, 1912-1990

MLMSS 9063/Boxes 1-43
MLMSS 9063/Boxes 44X-47X

fonds

1912-1990

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Objects, Clippings, Ephemera, Photographs

120149

8.4 metres of textual material (43 boxes and 4 outsize boxes)

The collection comprises minutes, attendance books and other records of the Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes (RAOB), principally of individual lodges located within New South Wales. Also included are the papers of Alan Barclay, mainly relating to his roles within the RAOB as office bearer, newsletter editor and historian.

BOX 1
Grand Lodge of NSW East minutes, 1927-1950

BOXES 2-3
Grand Lodge of NSW East minutes, 1956-1975
Grand Lodge of NSW attendance records, signature book, agendas, notices, reports, financial records, 1928-1975
Provincial Grand Lodge Sydney minutes, 1914-1937

BOX 4
Grand Certifying Council minutes, 1953-1977
NSW Roll of Honour Assembly No. 1 minutes, 1951-1982

BOX 5
Grand Lodge Knights’ Chapter No. 3 minutes, attendance records, signature book, financial records, 1938-1990

BOX 6
Emerald Hill Lodge No. 3 minutes, attendance records, 1953-1970
Southern District Lodge No. 9 signature book, 1952-1977
Oxford Lodge No. 13 minutes, attendance records, financial records, 1955-1961

BOXES 7-8
Broken Hill Lodge No. 15 minutes, financial records, 1912-1938

BOXES 9-12
Prince of Wales Lodge No. 19 minutes, 1957-1964
Pride of Punchbowl / Pride of Bankstown Lodge No. 23 minutes, attendance records, signature book, correspondence, financial records, 1927-1961

BOXES 13-15
Rose of Campsie Lodge No. 24 minutes, attendance records, signature book, financial records, 1928-1955
Halcyon Lodge No. 29 minutes, financial records, 1952-1962
New BCOF Japan Lodge No. 30 signature book, 1953-1956
James Blair Lodge No. 32 minutes, attendance records, signature book, 1936-1946

BOX 16
Ungarie Lodge No. 38 minutes, attendance records, financial records, 1940-1966
Northern Star Lodge No. 57 attendance records, 1944-1946
Progress Lodge No. 71 minutes, signature book, 1941-1982

BOX 17
Canterbury Lodge No. 74 attendance records, correspondence, 1965-1966
Paddington Lodge No. 75 minutes, 1979-1987
Railway Lodge No. 80 minutes, attendance records, financial records, 1960-1973

BOX 18
City of Sydney Lodge No. 84 attendance records, 1966-1968
Paterson River Lodge No. 88 signature book, 1978-1979
John Hawkins Lodge No. 91 minutes, attendance records, 1946-1963
Valley of the Wind Coolah Lodge No. 111 signature book, certificate, 1948-1988
Campbelltown Lodge No. 106 signature book, 1948-1958

BOXES 19-20
Clarence Lodge No. 119 minutes, attendance records, correspondence, financial records, 1950-1981
Break of Day Lodge No. 121 minutes, signature book, 1949-1973

BOX 21
Macquarie Lodge No. 135 minutes, signature book, 1950-1977
Leadville Lodge No. 138 minutes, attendance records, correspondence, signature book, financial records, 1951-1959

BOX 22
Sydenham Lodge No. 143 signature books, 1952-1973
Broadmeadows Lodge No. 221 minutes, 1968-1971
Barwon River Lodge No. 166 attendance records, signature book, financial records, 1956-1960
Sydney Knights’ Chapter No. 188 minutes, 1930-1966
Sturt Lodge No. 2099 minutes, 1914-1918

BOX 23
Mannahill Lodge No. 2239 minutes, 1927-1932
GLE Bowling Club financial records, 1957-1961
City of Newcastle Primo Lodge No. 4 financial records, 1965
Records of unidentified RAOB lodges
‘Red Book’ membership lists, 1954-1969
Conference papers, 1938-1970

BOX 24
RAOB printed material including rule books, instructions, guides, histories and newsletters, 1926-1990

BOXES 25-26
Correspondence of Alan Barclay including letters from Lodge members worldwide and copies of outward correspondence, 1946-1979

BOXES 27-31
Personal papers of Alan Barclay including membership cards, correspondence, research notes and photocopied material, financial papers, photographs, newscuttings, copies of minutes, printed material, also papers pertaining to various RAOB lodges, 1940-1990

BOXES 32-34
Subject files relating to RAOB history and to individual lodges, including correspondence, newscuttings, 1930-1979

BOXES 35-36
Exercise books containing research notes and references including ‘Notes on the RAOB’ volumes 1-37, and ‘History RAOB’ volumes 1-4

BOX 37
Exercise books containing newscuttings, references to newspaper and newsletter articles and transcripts of early minutes, 1964-1970

BOX 38
Exercise books containing rough minutes of Clarence Lodge, Grand Certifying Council, Grand Lodge Knights’ Chapter No. 3 and Sydney Knights’ Chapter No. 188, 1980-1988

BOX 39
Typescript historical research notes and lists of officers of various RAOB lodges in NSW

BOX 40
Papers relating to the Australian and Allied All Services Association and other ex-service organisations, including correspondence, financial records, newsletters, scrapbook of newscuttings, metal plaques (2), embroidered pocket, 1945-1960

BOXES 41-42
Ephemera from various RAOB lodges including invitations, visitor cards, programmes, 1959-1988

BOX 43
Periodicals and other printed material from organisations including Caltex, Freemasonry and the Anglican Church, 1976-1990

BOX 44X
Approximately 100 black & white photographs of various sizes, chiefly of RAOB lodge members and officers, 1934-1972 and undated

BOX 45X
RAOB certificates (4) awarded to Alan Barclay, 1959-1977; photograph captioned ‘RAOB Grand Lodge GLE Ltd Roll of Honor, 1952’; Broken Hill Lodge registration book, 1914-1945; Canadian flag; Australian flag; Clarence Lodge 30th anniversary badge engraved ‘Presented to Bro. Taffy Evans KOM 3.8.79’

BOX 46X
RAOB certificates (10), 1953-1963; framed photograph captioned ‘Grand Lodge of Australasia GLE Ltd’, no date

BOX 47X
RAOB certificate; photographs (3) of Broken Hill Lodge members, 1913 and undated; photograph of Highfield Lodge members, ca. 1946

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