Name/Title
Odd Fellows ledgerEntry/Object ID
2007-0017-0001Scope and Content
Ledger of Odd Fellows Hall, Laurel, MD, which once occupied 419 Main ST; entries from 3/13/1852 to 1854
The Odd Fellows are a national fraternal organization that arrived in Baltimore in the US beginning in 1819. Patuxent Lodge No 45, Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F) was established in Laurel prior to the Civil War and had more than 100 members at that time. The Odd Fellows Hall (now 419 Main Street) was dedicated on July 4, 1860, and is visible on the 1861 Map of Laurel. Names such as Brashears, Snowden, Haslup, and others familiar in Laurel’s history are recorded.Collection
Laurel Museum CollectionLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term
LedgerNomenclature Secondary Object Term
Book, AccountNomenclature Primary Object Term
Record, BookkeepingNomenclature Sub-Class
Financial RecordsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects