Mystic Fraternal Organizations

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2026.040.056

Scope and Content

Collection of membership records, booklets, receipts and other records relating to a variety of exclusively male fraternal organizations active in Mystic in the late 1800s - mid 1900s including the Young Men's Christian Association, Masonic Mutual Relief Association, Royal & Select Masters Mystic Council No. 29, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Charity & Relief Council No. 72, Ancient Order of United Workmen No. 8, Non Secret Endowment Order, Knights of Phythias, Free and Accepted Masons, and the Reformed Order of Klansmen, 1878-1958. *5 assessment bills from the Masonic Mutual Relief Association, issued to Leonard Morse, Randall Browne and Edward H. Newbury, 1878-1905. Mentions deaths of August Muller and Isaac Pecor of Stonington and Mystic. *10 membership applications and correspondence for the Mystic branch of the Non Secret Endowment Order, 1891. Varnun Tucker, H.N. Wheeler, James H. Parks, Fred W. Denison, John G. Packer, Joseph W. Noble, Vine A. Starr, Alexander M. Purdy, Charles Reinacher, George McGlaflin, Everett A. Scholfield. *Program for installation of officers for the Knights of Phythias, January 12, 1891 *By Laws of the Charity & Relief Lodge No. 72 of the Free and Accepted Masons, Mystic, 1892. Includes full list of members, published by the Mystic Press Print. *Assessment bill from the Ancient Order of United Workmen, Gary Lodge No. 8, addressed to Everett A. Scholfield, March 1, 1893 *Notice of an assembly of the Mystic Council, No. 29, R. & S. M. addressed to Everett Scholfield, Mystic, April l4, 1894. *Menu for the Mystic Board of Trade, February 10, 1898. *Certificate from the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Fairview Lodge No. 10, Groton, 1901. *3 copies of the Constitution and By Laws of the Stonington Lodge, No. 26, I.O.O.F., Cottrell Street, Mystic, published 1885-1907. *Certificate of initiation into the Free and Accepted Masons Charity & Relief Lodge No. 72, Mystic, for John Jeffrey, December 6, 1921 *Certificate of initiation into the Free and Accepted Masons Charity & Relief Lodge No. 72, Mystic, for Richard Morgan Chapman, June 5, 1928 *Application to the Reformed Order of Klansmen, March 1926 *Correspondence re. the Stonington Lodge, No. 26, I.O.O.F., from Erastus Fish, June 19, 1926 *Postcard with meeting dates for the Mystic Council No. 72 of the Charity & Relief Lodge, a masonic organization, addressed to Mr. E. Carroll Keeler Jr., Mystic, September 1, 1948. Mentions fellow members Patrick N. Michaud, Edward L. Weeks, Harold W. Chapman, Joseph G. Tyler, Charles C. Dodd, Rossie M. Oviatt, Robert E. MacGregor, Gustav A. Yering, Quinten S. Reid, Robert L. Murray, Percy B. Chase, Richard M. Chapman. *Booklet, "Brief Synopsis of Origin and Objects of Order: Knights of Phythias, Mistuxet Lodge No. 42," Mystic, Conn. *Collection of membership cards for Carroll E. Keeler from the Mystic Hook & Ladder Co., Royal Arch Masons, Royal & Select Masters and the Free and Accepted Masons, 1929-1958. *Newspaper, "Old and Young," with a full page add for the Young Men's Christian Association of Mystic, Conn., undated

Collection

Carol Kimball Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2026.040

Source or Donor

Carol Kimball

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Pamphlet

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Program

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Calendar

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Details

Creator

Carol Kimball

Date(s) of Creation

1878 - 1958

Archive Size/Extent

1 folder

Primary Language

English

Provenance

Notes

Part of a collection of records collected by Carol Kimball during her tenure as the Town of Groton Historian; given to the Groton Historical Society following her death; stored for several years at the Avery Copp Museum; donated to the Groton Public Library 2026