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Improved Order of Red Men, Tohickon Tribe No. 386 (Green Lane, Pa.) records

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Call Number:
IORTT
Repository:
Goschenhoppen Historians, Inc.
Extent:
7.3 linear feet
Language:
English
Date:
1898-1963 (inclusive)
Creator:
Improved Order of Red Men. Tohickon Tribe No. 386 (Green Lane, Pa.).
Abstract:
The Improved Order of Red Men (IORM) was a fraternal beneficial organization that provided health, disability, and death benefits to members. The Improved Order of Red Men records, 1899-1963, consist of administrative, financial, and membership records of the Tohickan Tribe #386. The collection also includes a small amount of materials relating to the ladies' auxiliary, Order of Pocahontas, Macoby Tribe #269.

The Improved Order of Red Men (IORM) is considered by some to be the oldest patriotic fraternal organization in the United States, with roots tracing back to the "Sons of Liberty" and the Boston Tea Party. For most of its existence, the group was primarily a beneficial aid society that paid out death and sick benefits to the family of members. It is also a social, patriotic, and political fraternity with elaborate secret rituals. The local organizations are called tribes, and IORM's governmental structure, rituals, ritual costumes, and language are based on a stylized interpretation of Native American culture. Ironically, Native Americans were barred from membership for most of the organization's history.

In 1813, the Society of Red Men was formed when members of Sons of Liberty and several other fraternal organizations merged. The name was changed to the Improved Order of Red Men in Baltimore in 1834, and the national organization--the Grand Council of the United States--was formed in 1847. Within 30 years, there were over 150,000 members of the IORM belonging to 21 State Great Councils. By the mid 1920s, membership was over 500,000 individuals in 46 states and territories. At that point, the popularity of the group began to decline. The advent of Social Security and other social support programs during Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency diminished the need for IORM's beneficial aid function, which was eventually phased out. The Improved Order of Red Men still exists as a national organization as of 2012, but is mostly focused on philanthropic and patriotic activities. The national charity project of the Improved Order of Red Men is Alzheimer's research: since 1991, IORM has given over two million dollars to the Alzheimer's Association.

The Degree of Pocahontas is the Women's Auxiliary of the Improved Order of Red Men. It was organized in 1885. Men can be members of Degree of Pocahontas tribes, but women cannot belong to the Improved Order of Red Men.

A tribe of the Independent Order of Red Men was organized in Green Lane, Pennsylvania in 1899. Tohickon Tribe #386 began construction on a meeting space, Redmen's Hall, in 1907. In addition to serving as a home location for tribe meetings, the Tohickon Tribe also rented out the hall as an income source: IORM booked traveling minstrel shows and allowed the space to be used by the local school district for elementary school graduation ceremonies. At the turn of the century, the leadership of Tohickon Tribe was Green Lane's upper-middle class: the president of the Schwenksville Bank, local doctors and lawyers, country school teachers, and successful farmers were all involved. Membership was 95 percent Pennsylvania German and exclusively male. Women (and a few men) belonged to the affiliate Degree of Pocahontas group, Macoby Tribe No. 269. By the second half of the 20th century, the group's membership was dwindling. In 1971, the few remaining members of the Tohickon Tribe disbanded and sold Redmen's Hall to the Goschenhoppen Historians.

Bibliography:

Goschenhoppen Historians. Fact sheet on Redmen's Hall, undated.

Herbert, Keith. "Red Men's Legacy Hall, Group's Artifacts Are In Historians' Hands." The Morning Call, November 14, 1996. Accessed May 30, 2012. http://articles.mcall.com/1996-11-14/news/3118817_1_camp-fire-upper-perkiomen-valley-ritual

The Improved Order of Red Men. "Information." Access May 30, 2012. http://redmen.org/redmen/info/.

The Improved Order of Red Men, Tohickon Tribe No. 386 (Green Lane, Pa.) records consists primarily of records from the Tohickon Tribe, with a small amount of records of the women's auxiliary Macoby Tribe, 21 printed annual reports of the state and national Great Councils of the Improved Order of Red Men, and some artifacts of the Tohickon Tribe. The collection includes minute books, membership logs, financial ledgers, correspondence, receipts, financial records, printed reports, and many other record types. The collection is arranged in six series: "I. Administrative records, 1899-1963"; "II. Financial records, 1901-1961"; "III. Membership records, 1899-1943"; "IV. Great Councils, 1898-1951"; "V. Degree of Pocahontas, Macoby Tribe No. 269, 1921-1944"; and "VI. Artifacts."

"Series I. Administrative Records" includes minute books (1899-1963), correspondence, construction and property records for Redmen's Hall (Green Lane, Pa.), catalogs/advertisements for IORM ritual supplies, electioneering materials, and the tribe's annual reports (Twelve Moons' Reports, circa 1935-1948). There are some materials relating to the "State Haymakers' Association of Pennsylvania," which appears to be a "fun" branch of the lodge, and which feature a layout of the inner sanctum and secret code.

"Series II. Financial records" includes cash books, collections books (dues received), audit reports, receipts and bills, bank records, treasurer's records, expense records, and tax and insurance records.

"Series III. Membership records" includes membership lists, attendance lists, and applications for "adoption" (membership). There are seven "Ledger and Membership Record" books, which do not provide much information other than an account of each member's dues. Of special interest are the undated "Membership List" (Volume 38), and "Membership Record, 1908-1916" (Volume 40), which contain names, occupations, ages, and towns of residence for the members listed.

"Series IV. Great Councils" consists primarily of printed annual reports of the Great Councils of the United States and Pennsylvania, with a small amount of correspondence, other publications, and miscellaneous materials. Annual reports of the Great Council of Pennsylvania span from 1898 to 1951, and annual reports of the Great Council of the United States span from 1901 to 1915; there are many gaps and some duplicates over the time spans.

"Series V. Degree of Pocahontas, Macoby Tribe No. 269" consists of a minute book, a roll of Chiefs (tribe leadership), a Ledger and Membership record (listing member names and dues), and a small amount of bills and receipts, all dating from 1921 to 1944. Additional materials relating to the Macoby Tribe, especially regarding its interactions with the Tohickon Tribe, may also be found in "Series I. Administrative records" and other locations in the collection.

Finally, "Series VI. Artifacts" contains various ritual supplies, ribbons/pins, and other objects from the Tohickon and Macoby Tribes.

This collection provides rich documentation for a case-study of a fraternal organization of the type that flourished in the United States around the turn of the twentieth century. This chapter is particularly interesting because of its proximity to the insular societies of the Pennsylvania Dutch and the largely Pennsylvania German make-up of its membership. It is curious that this particular brand of secret society, with its fetishization of Native American culture and powerful patriotic orientation, flourished in such an environment. Moreover, the extensive membership records may be useful for local historians and genealogists.

When the Goschenhoppen Historians purchased the meeting hall of the Improved Order of Red Men in 1971, these records were inside in the building.

This finding aid was compiled in 2011-2012 as part of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories (HCI-PSAR), using data provided by the Goschenhoppen Historians, Inc. The HCI-PSAR project was funded by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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Finding aid prepared by Celia Caust-Ellenbogen and Michael Gubicza through the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories
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This finding aid was created by staff of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories (HCI-PSAR) using data provided by Goschenhoppen Historians, Inc. The HCI-PSAR project was made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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Collection Inventory

Advertising ink blotters, undated.
Box 1 Folder 1
Billheads and printed copy of the by-laws, 1904.
Box 1 Folder 2
By-laws of the Lodge, mimeograph copy, undated.
Box 1 Folder 3
"By-laws of Red Men's Hall Association Adopted Nov. 8 -- 1906." and copy of amendments, 1906-1912.
Box 1 Folder 4
By-laws on official lodge stationery, undated -- 8 pages, and type-written copy, undated.
Box 1 Folder 5
Card printed with official songs sung by the tribe, undated.
Box 1 Folder 6
Catalogs advertising ritual materials and uniforms for sale, lot #1 -- 10 pieces, circa 1912.
Box 1 Folder 7
Catalogs advertising ritual materials and uniforms for sale, lot #2 -- 7 pieces, circa 1913.
Box 1 Folder 8
Catalogs of costumes, ritual supplies, and book blanks for Redmen Lodges, undated.
Box 1 Folder 9
Constitution and Rules of Order; ritual pamphlets, 1904 and 1934.
Box 1 Folder 10
Construction records for Redmen's Hall in Green Lane, 1907-1908.
Box 1 Folder 11
Construction records, 5% Bonds used to finance construction of Red Men's Hall, 1910.
Box 1 Folder 12
Construction records, bills and letters pertaining to lodge hall, 1909-1910.
Box 1 Folder 13
Construction records, bills and letters pertaining to lodge hall, 1923-1939.
Box 1 Folder 14
Construction records, broadside to members of lodge explaining plans to build Red Men's Hall, 1906 December 27.
Box 2 Folder 1
Construction records, finances, 1908-1935.
Box 2 Folder 2
Documents dealing with the lodge's support of orphans, circa 1930.
Box 2 Folder 3
Election returns and minutes from the Lodge, undated.
Box 2 Folder 4
Election returns, official forms, circa 1920-1940.
Box 2 Folder 5
Electioneering material -- 2 letters and a red cardboard hatchet-shape printed with candidate's name, 1911.
Box 2 Folder 6
Envelope from uniform manufacturer of bands and lodge uniforms and banners [no catalog], undated.
Box 2 Folder 7
Green Lane Trap Rock Company ink blotters, undated.
Box 2 Folder 8
Inventory of food preparation and serving items -- Red Men's cabinet in library, found nailed to the inside of the doors, undated.
Box 2 Folder 9
Inventory of property, 1900.
Box 2 Folder 10
Invitation to the Lodge to participate in the Memorial Day parade in Green Lane, 1925.
Box 2 Folder 11
"Laws of the Improved Order of Red Men Funeral Benefit Reimbursing Association of the United States" and brochure to be filed out by applicants (lists aims and objectives of the organization), 1912-1920.
Box 2 Folder 12
Letter from the Committee on Masonic Homes Elizabethtown, PA to the lodge president -- about a lodge member residing at that home, 1935 December 16.
Box 2 Folder 13
Letter from Tohickon Tribe to Pocahontas group -- subject upcoming meeting, 1922 July 6.
Box 2 Folder 14
Letter to the East Greenville Lodge requesting their degree team to come to the Green Lane Lodge for introduction of new members, 1922.
Box 2 Folder 15
Letters to Tohickon Tribe -- founding of lodge, 1907-1908.
Box 2 Folder 16
Letters and bills to the Lodge, especially correspondence with Macoby, 1920-1925.
Box 2 Folder 17
Letters and documents sent to the Lodge from other Lodges [regarding lodge meetings and transfer of members], 1912-1922.
Box 2 Folder 18
Letters for a bulletin board, undated.
Box 2 Folder 19
Letters from other Lodges, circa 1920-1930.
Box 2 Folder 20
Letters to and from other local lodges, bills and documents relating to operation of the lodge, 1911.
Box 2 Folder 21
List of past presidents of the lodge, circa 1920-1930.
Box 2 Folder 22
Medicine Man's Certificates -- Doctor's certification of illness to receive medical benefits, 1911-1936.
Box 2 Folder 23
Minute book, 1899-1906.
Volume 1
Minute book, 1911-1914.
Volume 2
Minute book, 1914-1917.
Volume 3
Minute book, 1917-1920.
Volume 4
Minute book, 1920-1924.
Volume 5
Minute book, 1924-1929.
Volume 6
Minute book, 1929-1934.
Volume 7
Minute book, 1934-1939.
Volume 8
Minute book, 1939-1943.
Volume 9
Minute book, 1944-1953.
Volume 10
Minute book, 1953-1963.
Volume 11
"Past Sachems Certificate" -- blank, 1948.
Box 2 Folder 24
Redmen's Lodge, National Newsletters, 1923 and 1950.
Box 2 Folder 25
"Red Men's Official Journal," a monthly magazine (12 copies), 1909.
Box 2 Folder 26
Representative's Credentials, 1946.
Box 2 Folder 27
"Seventeen Ways to Kill a Good Organization" -- broadside, undated.
Box 2 Folder 28
Sheet music, "REDMEN'S MARCH" piano copy, Lester G. Wilson, 1919.
Box 2 Folder 29
"State Haymakers' Association of Pennsylvania" broadside [appears to be a charter for a "fun" branch of the lodge], undated.
Box 7
State Haymaker's Association material, including the layout of the inner sanctum and secret code, 1910-1913.
Box 2 Folder 30
Twelve Moons' Reports and Six Moons Reports [financial reports], circa 1935-1950.
Box 3 Folder 1
Twelve Moons' Reports Annual Reports (by secretary) [found in Minute book 1934-1939 (2 envelopes stored with minute books)], 1937-1938.
Box 3 Folder 2
Twelve Moons' Reports Annual Reports (by secretary) [found in Minute book 1939-1943 (5 envelopes stored with minute books)], 1941-1943.
Box 3 Folder 3
Twelve Moons' Report of Tohickon Tribe, No. 386 [4 pamphlets with other papers inserted], 1944-1948.
Box 3 Folder 4
Miscellaneous papers, 1911-1933.
Box 3 Folder 5

American Funeral Benefit Association materials, 1912.
Box 3 Folder 6
Auditing Book (blank), undated.
Volume 12
Auditing Book, 1912-1920.
Volume 13
Audit reports, 1941-1949.
Box 3 Folder 7
Bank drafts to members -- sick and death benefits, orphans payments, 1925-1926.
Box 3 Folder 8
Bank drafts to members -- sick and death benefits, 1926-1927.
Box 4 Folder 1
Bank drafts to members -- sick and death benefits, 1927-1928.
Box 4 Folder 2
Bank statements and checks, 1925-1945.
Box 4 Folder 3
Benefits documents: sickness, death, and orphans, 1918-1944.
Box 4 Folder 4
Bills and documents, 1901-1902.
Box 4 Folder 5
Bills and payment orders, 1905-1910.
Box 4 Folder 6
Bills and receipts, 1907-1933.
Box 4 Folder 7
Bills for operation and activities of the Lodge, 1912-1927.
Box 4 Folder 8
Bills for organizational expenses -- [includes Christmas party expenses], 1911-1912.
Box 4 Folder 9
Bills for the organization, 1920-1921.
Box 4 Folder 10
Bills to the Lodge, circa 1920s.
Box 4 Folder 11
Cash Book, 1899-1902.
Volume 14
Cash Book, 1904-1909.
Volume 15
Cash Book (no detail, lists only), 1909-1922.
Volume 16
Cash Book (members' benefits, dues, and expenses ), 1910-1928.
Volume 17
Cash Book (members' benefits, dues, and expenses ), 1928-1944.
Volume 18
Cash Book (dues, and expenses -- not detailed ), 1947-1950.
Volume 19
Cash Book (dues, and expenses -- not detailed ), 1956.
Volume 20
Cash Book (dues, and expenses -- not detailed ), 1959-1961.
Volume 21
Collections Book (dues received), 1909-1914.
Volume 22
Collections Book (dues received), 1914-1924.
Volume 23
Collections Book (dues received), 1920-1924.
Volume 24
Collections Book (dues received), (includes collection of ephemera), 1924-1928.
Volume 25
Collections Book (dues received), 1929-1933.
Volume 26
Collections Book (dues received), 1934-1939.
Volume 27
Expense Book (in detail), 1908-1916.
Volume 28
Expense records, 1948-1949.
Box 4 Folder 12
Green Lane Bank passbook, 1934-1947.
Box 4 Folder 13
Insurance records, 1924-1939.
Box 4 Folder 14
List of expenses, undated.
Box 4 Folder 15
Medical benefits paid, reminders and requests, 1912-1924.
Box 4 Folder 16
Orders to the Treasurer to pay Lodge expenses, 1935-1951.
Box 4 Folder 17
Receipt book, stubs only, 1915-1916.
Box 4 Folder 18
Receipts, 1912-1925.
Box 4 Folder 19
Tax notices and tax records for Red Men's Hall, undated.
Box 4 Folder 20
Tax, local, receipts -- 3 copies, 1911.
Box 4 Folder 21
Treasurer's Book, 1911-1929.
Volume 29

Applications for adoption [membership], 1909-1910.
Box 5 Folder 1
Attendance Record of Lodge meetings, circa 1920.
Volume 30
Certificate of admission to the Lodge, 1919.
Box 5 Folder 2
Ledger and Membership Record Book 1, 1899-1903.
Volume 31
Ledger and Membership Record Book 2, 1904-1908.
Volume 32
Ledger and Membership Record Book 3, 1909-1913.
Volume 33
Ledger and Membership Record, 1914-1918.
Volume 34
Ledger and Membership Record, 1919-1923.
Volume 35
Ledger and Membership Record, 1924-1928.
Volume 36
Ledger and Membership Record, 1929-1943.
Volume 37
Letters requesting to transfer lodge membership to the Tohickon Tribe from other Red Men's Lodges (2), 1911, 1933.
Box 5 Folder 3
List of past Sachems and untitled list of names, probably members, undated.
Box 5 Folder 4
Membership List (personal questions asked before joining Lodge), undated.
Volume 38
Membership Record, 1906-1915.
Volume 39
Membership Record (includes occupation), 1908-1916.
Volume 40
Notes relating to illnesses and medical benefits to members 6 x 9" tablet, circa 1900-1909.
Box 5 Folder 5
Unfilled certificates -- resolutions of respect [for deceased members], undated.
Box 5 Folder 6

Great Council of Pennsylvania, correspondence.
Box 5 Folder 7
Great Council of Pennsylvania form listing lodge members' deaths, signed but no deaths listed, undated.
Box 5 Folder 8
Great Council of Pennsylvania newsletters, "Speaking Leaves", 1913.
Box 5 Folder 9
Records of the Great Council of Pennsylvania, Vol. XII-No. 3, year 407, 1898.
Box 6 Volume 41
Records of the Great Council of Pennsylvania, Vol. XIII-No. 1, year 408, 1899.
Box 6 Volume 42
Records of the Great Council of Pennsylvania, Vol. XIV-No. 2, year 412, 1903.
Box 6 Volume 43
Records of the Great Council of Pennsylvania, Vol. XIV-No. 3, year 413, 1904.
Box 6 Volume 44
Records of the Great Council of Pennsylvania, Vol. XIV-No. 4, year 414, 1905.
Box 6 Volume 45
Records of the Great Council of Pennsylvania, Vol. XIV-No. 4, year 414, 1905.
Box 6 Volume 46
Records of the Great Council of Pennsylvania, Vol. XV-No. 2, year 416, 1907.
Box 6 Volume 47
Records of the Great Council of Pennsylvania, Vol. XV-No. 2, year 416, 1907.
Box 6 Volume 48
Records of the Great Council of Pennsylvania, Vol. XV-No. 3, year 417, 1908.
Box 6 Volume 49
Records of the Great Council of Pennsylvania, Vol. XV-No. 4, year 418, 1909.
Box 6 Volume 50
Records of the Great Council of Pennsylvania, Vol. XVI-No. 1, year 419, 1910.
Box 6 Volume 51
Records of the Great Council of Pennsylvania, Vol. XVI-No. 1, year 419, 1910.
Box 6 Volume 52
Records of the Great Council of Pennsylvania, Vol. XVI-No. 2, year 420, 1911.
Box 6 Volume 53
Records of the Great Council of Pennsylvania, Vol. XVI-No. 3, year 421, 1912.
Box 6 Volume 54
Records of the Great Council of Pennsylvania, Vol. XVI-No. 4, year 422, 1913.
Box 6 Volume 55
Records of the Great Council of Pennsylvania, Vol. XVII-No. 1, year 423, 1914.
Box 6 Volume 56
Records of the Great Council of Pennsylvania, Vol. XVII-No. 2, year 424, 1915.
Box 6 Volume 57
Records of the Great Council of Pennsylvania, Vol. XXIV-No. 3, 1939.
Box 6 Volume 58
Records of the Great Council of Pennsylvania, Vol. XXVI-No. 1, 1943.
Box 6 Volume 59
Records of the Great Council of Pennsylvania, Vol. XXVI-No. 2, 1944.
Box 6 Volume 60
Records of the Great Council of Pennsylvania, Vol. XXVIII-No. 1, 1949.
Box 6 Volume 61
Records of the Great Council of Pennsylvania, Vol. XXVIII-No. 2, 1950.
Box 6 Volume 62
Records of the Great Council of Pennsylvania, Vol. XXVIII-No. 3, 1951.
Box 6 Volume 63
Records of the Great Council of the United States, Vol. XI-No. 3, year 410, 1901.
Box 6 Volume 64
Records of the Great Council of the United States, Vol. XII-No. 2, year 412, 1903.
Box 6 Volume 65
Records of the Great Council of the United States, Vol. XII-No. 3, year 413, 1904.
Box 6 Volume 66
Records of the Great Council of the United States, Vol. XIII-No. 1, year 414, 1905.
Box 6 Volume 67
Records of the Great Council of the United States, Vol. XIII-No. 3, year 416, 1907.
Box 6 Volume 68
Records of the Great Council of the United States, Vol. XIV-No. 2, year 418, 1909.
Box 6 Volume 69
Records of the Great Council of the United States, Vol. XIV-No. 3, year 419, 1910.
Box 6 Volume 70
Records of the Great Council of the United States, Vol. XVI-No. 1, year 424, 1915.
Box 6 Volume 71
Great Council of the United States, correspondence.
Box 5 Folder 10
Great Council of the United States, "Official Directory of the Improved Order of Red Men G.S.D. 435" [1926] issued by the [national list of Lodges], 1926.
Box 5 Folder 11
Great Council of the United States report, "Long Talk of the Great Sachem" c. 1930's -- report of the National Council, last page cites S.S. death benefit in conflict with local Lodges' benefits; second pamphlet describing funeral benefits, 1909.
Box 5 Folder 12
"Odes Adopted by the Grand Council of the United States" [official songs sung to recognized tunes] and a picture, undated, of Joseph Farley M.D., Great Sachem [fragment], undated.
Box 5 Folder 13
Miscellaneous documents from the State Council and the Grand USA Council to the Lodge, 1903-1913.
Box 5 Folder 14

Bills and receipts, 1921-1927.
Box 5 Folder 15
Ledger and membership record, 1922-1936.
Volume 72
Membership book (blank), undated.
Volume 73
Minute book, 1931-1944.
Volume 74
Receipts, C of W in account with Macoby Tribe, 1921-1934.
Volume 75
Roll of Chiefs, Macoby Tribe, 1922-1941.
Volume 76

Strong box lettered "I.O.R.M Red Men #386".
Box 7
Silk parade ribbons [chest sash] printed "Tohickon Tribe no. 386" in original paper -- 7 items.
Box 7
[Lot] rubber stamp "sinking fund"; stick pin w/ red ribbon & lithographed Indian printed upon it; Patriotic red white and blue bows to be pinned on lapel; red white and blue ribbon 3/4" wide x 16" long; [items in lot IORTT.18.2 found in a paper box of "spool cotton J & P Coates" -- box stored in the Country Store collection with similar spool boxes -- box marked IORTT.18.2 inside the lid].
Box 7
Contents of Red Men's cabinet -- a lot: 3 red velvet printed parade badges for lapels; 4 lithographed lapel stick pins with Indian and red ribbon; 5 red white and blue lapel ribbons formed into a bow 1 1/2" wide, and straight pins for same; gold color tie tack with Indian chief motif in raised relief.
Box 7
Contents of Red Men's cabinet -- red woolen headband with wampum embroidery [perhaps Pocahontas Lodge costume?].
Box 7
Contents of Red Men's cabinet -- a silk sash 24" long x 2 1/2" wide inscribed "TOHICKON TRIBE #386".
Box 7
Contents of Red Men's cabinet -- sample parade ribbon with gold medallion, black velvet with gold fringe, includes cardboard backing.
Box 7
Contents of Red Men's cabinet -- wooden box with a sliding lid, 2 1/2 x 3 x 4" -- containing 2 wooden canisters 1 1/4 x 3" [both containing purple ink].
Box 7
Contents of Red Men's cabinet -- wood cigar box and contents -- a lot.
Box 7
Contents of Red Men's cabinet -- 2 boxes of billiard chalk.
Box 7
Contents of Red Men's cabinet -- cardboard box -- a lot of ritual materials: glass jar with dried tobacco leaves; 12" long wooden straight razor replica; glass jar of wheat seeds; 3 x 5" piece of woolen batting with evidence of blue and white; "checkerboard" decoration; 2 purple and 1 red electric lamps, c. 1907.
Box 7
Contents of Red Men's cabinet -- wire wrapped wooden simulated arrows [perhaps ritual usage].
Box 7

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