Independent Order of Odd Fellows Collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: KHC-14

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection contains materials related to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Ford County, Kansas. These materials include record books, letters, and certificates related to the Corono Lodge in Dodge City, and the Spearville Lodge in Spearville, Kansas. These materials span a period of one hundred years, dating from 1887-1987, and contains minutes books, correspondences, certificates, receipts, a few photographs, and other miscellaneous materials.

Dates

Creation: 1887 - 1987

Biographical / Historical

The Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) is an international fraternal organization originating in Baltimore, Maryland in 1819, with earlier Odd Fellows lodges extending back at least to the mid 18th century in England. In Dodge City the local Odd Fellows lodge was known as Corona Lodge, which was established in 1878. A lodge also existed in Spearville for a number of years in the 1910s and 1920s.