Collection 2: The Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows and other friendly societies papers, 1869-2004

MLMSS 11680/Boxes 1-27
MLMSS 11680/Boxes 28X-38X
MLMSS 11680/Items 39X-42X

sub-fonds

1869-2004

Textual Records, Photographs, Graphic Materials

9612082

11.90 metres of textual material (27 boxes, 11 outsize boxes, 4 outsize items)

Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows (MUIOOF) and The Independent Order of Oddfellows (IOOF) are separate friendly societies. The MUIOOF was established in Melbourne on 7 December 1840. The IOOF was established in NSW in 1836 and Melbourne in 1846.
Competition between friendly societies for members was fierce and there was an intense rivalry between the IOOF and the MUIOOF in Victoria. The IOOF was one of the few friendly societies that admitted female members through the Rebekah degree.
In 1993 The MUIOOF merged with the Australian Natives Association Friendly Society to form Australian Unity.
The IOOF continues to successfully promote a network of lodges as a traditional fraternity, catering for both men and women, in Australia and New Zealand through the Grand Lodge of Australasia.

Information from Museums Victoria Collections and Oddfellows Lodge South Australia websites [R.Hill 12/10/2022]

Consists of minutes, ledgers, reports, financial records, handbooks and correspondence.

BOX 1
Court Sherwood Forest No. 8258
Members’ register commenced 1896
Minute book 1896-1899
Minutes of the Juvenile Court 1901-1904
Court Robin Hood
Minute book 1952-1974
Minutes: Ancient Order of Foresters District Trustees’, 1899-1913

BOX 2
Minutes: Loyal Prince Albert Lodge, 1915-1919
Minutes: Loyal Prince Albert Lodge, 1925-1926
Minutes: Loyal Prince Albert Lodge, 1931-1939
Minutes: Loyal Prince Albert Lodge, 1939-1947
Minutes: Loyal Prince Albert Lodge, 1947-1958

BOX 3
Minutes: Loyal Prince Albert Lodge, 1958-1975
Minutes: Loyal Prince Albert Lodge, 1975-1979
Financial register 1889-1920
Ledger: Oakleigh members’ 1889-1920
Rebekah Assembly and Lodge
Independent Order of Oddfellows Victoria rules
Photographs

BOX 4
Manchester United Independent Order of Oddfellows
Minutes of Board 1905-1910
Minutes: Loyal Golden Age Purple Lodge, 1885-1913
Minutes: Loyal Golden Age Purple Lodge, 1907-1931
Meeting attendees 1906-1910
Loyal Golden Age Lodge Adelong 1901-1909
Registration booklet: Loyal Golden Age Lodge No. 47 Sydney district

BOX 5
Night book: Loyal Prince Albert Lodge, 1903-1912
Fine book 1869-1889
Letter book 1889-1905
Doctor Hawke medical list
Deposit slips: Manchester Unity Cumberland District, 1997-2004

BOX 6
Management fund account: Cumberland District, 1923-1934, 1942-1966
Committee meetings: Cumberland District Hall, 1938-1948
Past officer’s degrees, 1937-1978
Attendance book: Purple Degree, 1935-1949, 1956-1958
Management fund book, 1959-1965

BOX 7
Minute books: District Officers’ 1868-1923, 1934-1936, 1948-1967, 1975-1983

BOX 8
Minute books: District Officers’, 1983-1995
Cash book: Cumberland District Ball, 1939-1942
Cash book: Cumberland District, 1934-1939
Annual meeting minutes: Cumberland District, 1924-1936

BOX 9
Correspondence book: Cumberland District, 1879-1890
Minute books: Cumberland District, 1953-1992

BOX 10
Trustees’ minute book 1909-1911
Initiation book: Lord Prince Alfred Lodge, 1868-1880
Manchester Unity Centenary Souvenir Booklet [copy]

BOX 11
Minute book: Sons of Temperance National Division of Victoria and South Australia 1877-1906
Sick pay ledger: Rising Star Division, 1954-1972
Sick pay ledger: South Melbourne Division, 1961-1966

BOX 12
Minute book: Sons of Temperance Barwon Rose Division 1888-1899
Minute book: Sons of Temperance Concord Division No. 10, 1883-1897
Minute book: Sons and Daughters of Temperance Rose of Preston Division, 1891-1896
Minute book: Sons of Temperance General Gordon Division, 1885-1890

BOX 13
Minute books: Lodge Star of Thirlmere, 1951-1988, 1997-2001
Members’ book: Lodge Star of Thirlmere

BOX 14
Financial statements: Lodge Star of Thirlmere 1952-1983, 2001

BOX 15
Attendees’ book: Lodge Star of Thirlmere, 1951-1983
Registration books: Lodge Star of Thirlmere, 1983-1996

BOX 16
Officer’s roll: Loyal Prince Albert Lodge No. 6, 1938-1968.
Sickness register and membership history sheets 1933-1950, Rose of Livingstone Lodge No. 171.
Visitor book: combined Griffith Lodges, 1953-1972.
Question book: Lodge 91, Guildford, 1901-1935
Member's Pledge: Loyal Standard Lodge No. 64, Victoria, 1930-1962

BOX 17
Ritual of a subordinate lodge under the jurisdiction of the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 1928 [some annotations and alterations, 3 copies]
Ritual of a subordinate lodge under the jurisdiction of the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 1908 [some annotations and alterations]
Regulation for the opening, conducting business, and closing the Lodge, together with the form of initiation and installation for the use of subordinate lodges under the jurisdiction of the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 1908 [with ms. annotations]
Independent Order of Oddfellows minutes:
Lodge No. 174, Eastwood Epping, 1912-1922
Lodge No. 174, Eastwood Epping, 1922-1928
Lodge No. 174, Eastwood Epping, 1933-1941
Lodge No. 4, Newcastle, 1940-1970
Lodge 138, Havilah, 1956-1960
Lodge 138, Havilah, 1961-1966
Lodge 138, Havilah, 1966-1980

BOX 18
Minutes: Rebekah Lodge No. 37 Dulwich Hill, 1982-1992
Members register: Dulwich Hill Lodge No, 133, 1939-1964
Receipts: Dulwich Hill Lodge No. 37, 1977-1990
Half-yearly returns: Rebekah Lodge No. 37 Dulwich Hill, 1982-1991
Ritual of a Rebekah Lodge under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Australasia of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 19 [some annotations and alterations]
Rebekah degree code and digest of laws affecting the Rebekah branch of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 1900 [some annotations and alterations]
Constitution of the Rebekah Assembly and Rebekah Lodges of N.S.W. 1934, 1947, 1961
Constitution of the Rebekah Lodge 1909
Reports, Journal of Proceedings and minutes of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Proceedings of the Rebekah Assembly of N.S.W.: third session 1915 – forty-second session 1981 [incomplete]

BOX 19
Independent Order of Odd Fellows Victoria
Record of proceedings of the 84th session of the Grand Lodge, 1941
Record of proceedings of the special session of the Grand Lodge, 1983
Record of proceedings of the 125th session of the Grand Lodge, 1983
Record of proceedings of the 126th session of the Grand Lodge, 1984
Business paper for the Grand Lodge in session Parts I and II, 1984
Business paper for the 127th Grand Lodge in session, 1985
Rules adopted at the Annual Session of the Grand Lodge held in March, 1920, with all amendments registered to 30th November, 1945, published 1946 [3 copies] 1971 [2 copies]
Member’s pledge: 1930-1969
Minute book: 1914-1918

BOX 20
Minutes: Cumberland District Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows, 1937-1952
Executive minutes: Manchester Unity Friendly Society in N.S.W. Cumberland District, 1995-2001

BOX 21
Annual Meeting minutes: Cumberland District Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows, 1938-1984
Annual Meeting minutes: Cumberland District Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows, 1984-1993
Annual Meeting minutes: Manchester Unity in N.S.W. Cumberland District, 1993-2003
Annual Meeting minutes: Bathurst District Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows, 1980-1986
Bank statements: Manchester Unity in N.S.W. Cumberland District,1994-1997
Minutes: Cumberland District Steering Committee, 1994-1996
Minutes: Cumberland District Special Convention, 1992
Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows 150th anniversary papers

BOX 22
Executive minutes: Manchester Unity in N.S.W. Cumberland District, 2001-2003
Cumberland District Grand Master’s report 1945-1993
Cumberland District attendance and expenditure book, 1962-1994

Box 23
Independent Order of Oddfellows
Minutes: Loyal Havillah Lodge No. 123 1909-1913, 1942-1954, 1983-1987

BOX 24
Independent Order of Oddfellows
Minutes: Loyal Rupertswood Lodge No. 191 1935-1969

BOX 25
Independent Order of Oddfellows
Minutes: Loyal Standard Lodge No. 64 1920-1932
Minutes: Loyal Prince Alfred Lodge No. 6 1919-1925
Initiation books

BOX 26
Independent Order of Oddfellows
Minutes: Loyal Oakleigh Lodge No. 133 minutes 1889-1923, 1940-1952

BOX 27
Independent Order of Oddfellows
Minutes: Loyal Oakleigh Lodge No. 133 1952-1977
Minutes: Maribyrnong Lodge No. 128 1949-1953
Ledger and dispensary list: Maribyrnong Lodge No. 128

Box 28X
Income and expenditure book: Loyal Degree Lodge No. 4 Newcastle, 1911-1938
Member’s contribution ledger: Lambton Lodge No. 7, 1990-1992
Members’ registration: Loyal Oakleigh Lodge No. 133, 1889-1923
New South Wales financial and numerical statement September 1909

Box 29X
Contribution ledger by district, 1921-1930
Contribution ledger, 1895-1897

Box 30X
The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, explanatory notes, and a condensed concordance [illustrated]
Portrait sketch of unidentified person

Box 31X
Members’ contribution ledger: Rebekah Lodge No. 37, 1981-1991
Members’ register: Dulwich Hill Lodge No. 133, 1908-1939
General cash book: Rebekah Lodge No. 37 Dulwich Hill,1959-1976

BOX 32X
Lodge reports: Independent Order of Oddfellows of Victoria Loyal Duke of Lodge, 1881

BOX 33X
Lodge reports: Independent Order of Oddfellows of Victoria Loyal Duke of Lodge, 1883

BOX 34X
Lodge reports: Independent Order of Oddfellows of Victoria Loyal Duke of Lodge, 1887

BOX 35X
Minutes: Independent Order of Oddfellows of Victoria District Board, 1945

BOX 36X
Lodge reports: Independent Order of Oddfellows of Victoria Loyal Duke of Lodge, 1882
Expenditure book : Sydney Inner West lodges, 1938-1972

BOX 37X
Night book: Loyal Oakleigh Lodge No. 133
Head into history by Pamela Nichols
Night book: Independent Order of Oddfellows, 1889-1908

BOX 38X
Quarterly returns: Lithgow Lodge No. 48, 1902-1903, 1905-1909
Half yearly balance sheets: Lithgow Lodge No.48, 1902-1906
Annual returns: Lithgow Lodge No. 48, 1905-1907, 1909
Cash summary and balance sheets: Lithgow Lodge No. 48, 1907-1908
Quarterly meeting: Standing Committee of the Grand Lodge of N.S.W. May 8, 1897
Half yearly return and cash summary: Gene J. Bianchi Lodge, June 1968
Letter and receipts relating to employment and sickness fund, 1906

ITEM 39X
Independent Order of Oddfellows contribution ledger: Cessnock, 1912-1927

ITEM 40X
Cash book: Australian Catholic Guild Friendly Society, 1992-1996

ITEM 41X
A Nekcsei-Biblia: legszebb lapjai [printed facsimile copy of medieval bible with facing-page translation in Hungarian]

ITEM 42X
Expenditure book: Cumberland District Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows, 1937-1994

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