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Abstract | The Richland Valley Lodge, branch number 3945 of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in America, was an African American fraternal organization in Waynesville, N.C. The collection is an appeal, 10 October 1896, from the Richland Valley Lodge No. 3945, Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in America, to their brothers at the Hannibal Lodge No. 11552. The appeal is for donations to support the family of a slain Odd Fellow and the legal campaign against his attacker. It refers to the 9 July 1896 stabbing of Jefferson Turner by a white man. |
Creator | Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in America. Richland Valley Lodge No. 3945 (Waynesville, N.C.) |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
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The Richland Valley Lodge, branch number 3945 of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in America, was an African American fraternal organization in Waynesville, N.C. In 1843, Peter Ogden obtained a charter for an African American arm of the Odd Fellows from an English grand lodge, circumventing the whites-only International Order of the Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.) in the United States. The African American fraternal society flourished in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, but struggled during the Great Depression. While many chapters closed with eventual integration, as of 2008, the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows (G.U.O.O.F. or G.U.O. of O.F.) is still in existence.
Back to TopThe collection is an appeal, 10 October 1896, from the Richland Valley Lodge No. 3945, Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in America, an African American fraternal organization in Waynesville, N.C., to their brothers at the Hannibal Lodge No. 11552. The appeal is for donations to support the family of a murdered Odd Fellow and the legal campaign against his attacker. It refers to the 9 July 1896 stabbing of Jefferson Turner by a white man.
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