Manchester Unity Independent Order of Odd Fellows records, 1854-2004

MLMSS 9370
PXD 1390
PXX 105

fonds

1854-2004

Textual Records, Architectural and Technical Drawings, Graphic Materials, Drawings, Photographs, Ephemera

890381

2.38 metres of textual material (14 boxes)
80 sketches and drawings
3 architectural plans

Manchester Unity Independent Order of Odd Fellows was established in Australia in 1840. It was a mutual organisation that existed to provide care and security to its members and their families.

Manchester Unity of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows records, 1854-2004. The collection mainly comprises records relating to MUIOOF in New South Wales. Material includes minute books, rules, ritual and procedure books, reports, correspondence, ephemera, photographs, drawings, sketches, architectural drawings and plans.

MLMSS 9370/BOX 1
Bound volumes of the Rules for the Government of the Manchester Unity Independent Order of Odd Fellows Friendly Society in New South Wales; 1865, 1874, 1880, 1882, 1902, 1905, 1907-1939

MLMSS 9370/BOX 2
Bound volumes of the Rules for the Government of the Manchester Unity Independent Order of Odd Fellows Friendly Society in New South Wales, 1940-1969

MLMSS 9370/BOX 3
Bound volumes of the Rules for the Government of the Manchester Unity Independent Order of Odd Fellows Friendly Society in New South Wales, 1970-1988

MLMSS 9370/BOX 4
8 bound volumes of minutes and reports of the Grand Annual Committee; Half Yearly meetings of the G.M and Board of Directors; Half Yearly Report of the G.M. & Board of Directors; and Grand Annual Moveable Committee, 1854-1864; 1864-1872; 1872-1890; 1878- 1887; 1887-1897; 1898-1900; 1901-1903; 1905-1906

MLMSS 9370/BOX 5
7 bound volumes of minutes and reports of the Grand Annual Committee; Half Yearly meetings of the G.M and Board of Directors; Half Yearly Report of the G.M. & Board of Directors; and Grand Annual Moveable Committee; 1906-1907; 1907-1908; 1908-1909; 1910-1911; 1911-1912; 1912-1914; 1914-1916
2 bound volumes of Reports of the Grand Annual Moveable Committee, 1873-1891, 1892-1901

MLMSS 9370/BOX 6
Reports and proceedings of the Grand Annual Moveable Conferences, 1892, 1894, 1899, 1900, 1903-1906, 1910-1916

MLMSS 9370/BOX 7
6 bound volumes of reports, including reports of the Grand Committee, 1889-1895; the Quarterly Committee, 1896-1900, 1901-1902, 1905-1906; Grand Annual Moveable Conferences, 1909-1912, 1913-1916; the Annual Meeting of the Sydney District, Jan. 1912- Dec. 1913

MLMSS 9370/BOX 8
Ritual and Lecture books; Ritual and Procedure books; 1936-1994

MLMSS 9370/BOX 9
2 Dispensation books: completed and blank, n.d.
Printed material including ‘125 years of achievement and friendly service: 1840-1965’; ‘Friendly societies and social services in Australia and other countries’, n.d.; ‘The Manchester Unity Story’, ‘The Home of Peace’, n.d.
Folder of records including general correspondence, insurance certificates, insurance policies, ca. 1964-1968
Folder of records including Odes, n.d.; Guarantee Bonds, 1892, 1904; invitations, 1915, 1947; Secret Handshake books, n.d.; receipts and health fund scales of benefits, n.d.; Directory of List of Lodges, 1957; NSW Handbook of Lodge Procedures, 1990; ‘Ceremony for Past District Grand Master’s Degree’, 1995

MLMSS 9370/BOX 10
Minute book: Friendly Society Supply and Equipment Co-op Limited, including loose attendance book; 1950-1955
Minute book: Centenary Provincial Lodge on Past Grands, No. 103, Sydney District; 1947-1965, 1965-1979
Minute book: Happy Homes Lodge [Western Australia], 1973-1983
Minute book: Loyal Past Grand Lodge No. 18, Bathurst, 1967-1989

MLMSS 9370/BOX 11
Minute book: Cumberland District MUIOOF purple degree meetings, 1953-2004
Loyal Albany Lodge membership ledger, 1893-1894
District Auditor’s Examinations book, 1933-1964

MLMSS 9370/BOX 12
Folder of Reports of the Executive Officers meetings, 1978-1991
2 volumes labelled ‘Decisions on general matters’, relating to decisions on rituals and procedures, 1942, 1950-1952

MLMSS 9370/BOX 13
The Quarterly Magazine of the Independent Order of Odd-Fellows, Manchester Unity / edited by George Frederick Pardon, Manchester: G.M. and the Board of Directors, Vol. 2, Jan. 1859- Oct. 1960; Vol. 5, Jan. 1865- Oct. 1866; Vol. 6, Jan. 1867- Oct. 1868

MLMSS 9370/BOX 14
Printed material relating to MUIOOF in Western Australia a including invitation to the centenary celebration, 11 Oct, 1910; Amendments to the 1947 Print of the Rules of MUIOOF in Western Australia, n.d.; Rules of MUIOOF in Western Australia, 1963
Rules of the MUIOOF in Queensland, with amendments to 1976


PICTURES:
PXD 1390/1 (1 large album)
Album containing 21 black & white photographs of the Presidents of the NSW Conference of the Methodist Church of Australasia, 1901-1921, including:
Rev. George Lane, 1901
Reve. W. Woolls Rutledge, 1902
Rev. Rainsford Bavin, 1903
Rev. W. Halse Rogers, 1904
Rev. Richard Sellors, 1905
Rev. J. G. Morris Taylor, 1906
Rev. John Penman, 1907
Rev. Benjamin Danks, 1908
Rev. Joseph Beale, 1909
Rev. Charles J. Prescott, 1910
Rev. William E. Bromilow, 1911
Rev. Benjamin J. Meek, 1912
Rev. James E. Carruthers, 1913
Rev. Frederick Colwell, 1914
Rev. Joseph Woodhouse, 1915
Rev. William Pearson, 1916
Rev. Patrick J. Stephen, 1917
Rev. James, Green, 1918
Rev. John G. Wheen, 1919
Rev. Thomas B. Holmes, 1920
Rev. W. Henry Howard, 1921

PXD 1390/2 (1 large album)
Album containing 20 black & white photographs of the Presidents of the NSW Conference of the Methodist Church of Australasia, 1922-1942, including:
Rev. Eldred Dyer, 1922
Rev. T. Frederick Potts, 1923
Rev. John C. Hill, 1924
Rev. Harold Wheen, 1925
Rev. Francis W. Hynes, 1926
Rev. George H. Hewitt, 1927
Rev. Henry E. Andrews, 1928
Rev. William E. Bennett, 1929
Rev. William H. Jones, 1930
Rev. John W. Burston, 1931
Rev. H. Clifton Foreman, 1932
Rev. L. E. Bennett, 1933
Rev. Silas, Bembrick, 1934
Rev. Matthew K. Gilmour, 1935
Rerv. E. Coplin Thomas, 1936
Rev. Wallace, Deane, 1937
Rev. Ronald H. Campbell, 1938
Rev. Eli. E. Hynes, 1939
Rev. Percy L. Black, 1940
Rev. William N. Lock, 1941
Rev. T. Manning Taylor, 1942

PXD 1390/3 (1 large album)
Album containing 32 black & white photographs of the Presidents of the NSW Conference of the Methodist Church of Australasia, 1943-75, including:
Rupert J. Williams, 1943
Rev. A Edgar Walker, 1944
Rev. Herbert W. Woodhouse, 1945
Rev. Richard Piper, 1946
Rev. George E. Johnson, 1947
Rev. Raymond H. Doust, 1948
Rev. Robert B. Lew, 1949
Rev. Claude L. Connor, 1950
Rev. Arthur M. Sander, 1951
Rev. Frank. H. Rayward, 1952
Rev. William C. Francis, 1953
Rev. Albert G. Manefield, 1954
Rev. John H. Sorrell, 1955
Rev. D. Forshaw Almond, 1956
Rev. Bertram R. Wyllie, 1957
Rev. S. R. Bowyer Hayward, 1958
Rev. A. J. Keerling, 1959
Rev. N. W. Lickiss, 1961
Rev. C. F. Gribble, 1962
Rev. N. G. Pardey, 1963
Rev. E. T. Walker, 1964
Rev. S. M. Barrett, 1965
Rev. G. L. Walker, 1966
Rev. W. Whitbread, 1967
Rev. W. D. O’Reilly, 1969
Rev. A. Walker, 1970
Rev. E. A. Bennett, 1971
Rev. K. L. Doust, 1972
Rev. C. W. Ritchie, 1973
Rev. A. D. Brand, 1974
Rev. J. R. Brand, 1975

PXD 1390/4 (1 box)
Folders containing approx. 58 colour and black & white photographs and 3 colour slides relating to Methodist Churches in N.S.W. including:
Bonalbo
Bolwarra
Boggabri
Blayney
Blaxland
Blacktown
Blackheath
Binnaway
Bigga
Bexhill
Beverley Hills
Beth Shan Mission (Wyee)
Belvidere
Belmore
Bega
Bankstown
Ashfield
Adamstown
Swansea
Sutherland
Surry Hills
Summer Hill
Strathfield
Spring Hill (Orange Circuit)
Sydney South: Mt Lachlan
South Sydney Amalgamated Trust Properties
South Sydney
Singleton

PXD 1390/5 (1 box)
7 black & white photographs of members of the Manchester Unity Independent Order of Odd Fellows, ca. 1906-1954, including:
MUIOOF Convention, Milthorpe, 1906
MUIOOF Fiftieth Annual Conference; Sydney, 7-15 May, 1907
Grand Annual Moveable Conference, May, 1908
MUIOOF Annual Conference, Newcastle, 1918
Grand Annual Moveable Conference, 1923
Grand Annual Moveable Conference, Orange, 1924
Unidentified group photograph, 1954
Sketches and drawings of bridges, houses, cathedrals and churches in Europe, ca. 1925-1926

PXD 1390/6 (1 box)
Sketches, watercolours, architectural drawings and plans of bridges, cathedrals, houses, canals, castles, fireplaces, gates etc. in Europe, ca. 1925-1938


PXX 105 (1 folder)
4 colour certificates of the Manchester Unity Independent Order of Odd Fellows Friendly Society, n.d.
Architectural plans including ‘Proposed brick lodge & social hall for Manchester Unity Lodge, Lot 2, Sec. 8, 54 Dubbo Street, Dubbo’, n.d.; ‘Proposed lodge room and social hall for MUIOOF Cobra Street, Dubbo’, n.d.; unidentified plan, n.d.

PXX 105 transferred from PXD 1390 Vol. 7, November 2023