Name/Title
Letter of disbanding of the Order of the Daughters of St. George, 1976Entry/Object ID
2020.72.4Scope and Content
Accession No: 20.72.4 A, B
Subject: Fraternities - Daughters of St. George
Date or Period: 1976
Object Type: letter and envelope
Description:
A. 2-page letter with letterhead with rider and reptile, and gothic lettering: Supreme Lodge, Order Daughters of St. George. Letter is dated August 18, 1976. Also includes impressed seal.
Size: L 14" X W 8 1/2"
B. Off-white Envelope, addressed in blue ballpoint pen to Mrs. Edith McGinnis, 2414 Marti Rae Ct., Alameda. Envelope also has image of rider and reptile, in black, and is post-stamped Philadelphia, 9 Sep 1976, with location for stamps cut off.
Has additional writing in black ballpoint pen: Lodge instituted Golden Poppy - Dec 14, 1922
Size: L 4" X W 9 1/2"
History of Subject:
Letter informing Mrs. McGinnis, president of the Alameda Lodge, that the Order of the Daughters of St. George is disbanding, as a result of the lodges of the main officials disbanding leaving no viable organizations in the seat of the non-profit, Ohio.
Instructions included to destroy all paraphernalia.
Letter found in a box marked Christmas ornaments, likely donated at or before 1985.
Donor: Unknown (Edith McGinnis?)
Donation: 1985?
Accession Date: 12/5/2020
