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Items associated with name 'Buffalo (Ny.)'
International Order of Odd Fellows Records (Buffalo, New York)
by International Order of Odd Fellows (1889 – 1928)
2 folders (0.2 linear feet)
The records of the International Order of Odd Fellows, written from 1922 to 1928 in Buffalo, New York, is comprised of two journals. The first journal includes a blacklist of people not allowed to join the fraternity. It also contains some loose "Loyal Encampment" applications. The second journal contains the minutes from meetings that occurred between 1889 and 1892. It also includes a proposed act and when they were moved, approved, or declined.
Thomas Family Photographs
by Thomas Family (1909 – 1982)
4 folders (0.4 linear feet)
These approximately 250 photographs were taken between 1909 and 1982, though primarily in the 1930s and 1940s, and document the lives of family and friends of the Thomas family from Detroit, Michigan. Many of the photographs feature Costrella Thomas (later Griggs, then Hightower), who was the daughter of Bill and Lucille (maiden name Nelson). Also included is Lucille's mother, Ella Price, both of whom moved from Mississippi after the death of Lucille's father, John Nelson, between 1920 and 1930. There are photos of members from the Havard family, Mary Washington, George and Gerald Taylor, Mrs. Provost (who owned land in Ontario, Canada), and many other individual photos of identified people.