Edgar Samuel Paxson Commemorative Badge Collection 1902-1920

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Edgar Samuel Paxson Commemorative Badge Collection 1902-1920

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E. S. Pasxon's commemorative badges for annual meetings of groups including Montana Pioneers, USWV (United Spanish War Veterans), IOOF (International Order of Odd Fellows), BPOE (Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks), and M.S.S.A. (Montana State Sportsman's Association), as well as army artillery insignia pins, a Butte badge, an artist's palette-shaped pin, and a Cape Cod Pageant badge.

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University of Montana--Missoula Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library Archives and Special Collections

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Montana State Sportsman's Association

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United Spanish war veterans

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Elks (Fraternal order)

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Independent Order of Odd Fellows

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Men's benevolent and fraternal organization. From the description of Independent Order of Oddfellows records, 1843-1901. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 36794006 The Independent Order of Odd Fellows in North America is a fraternal organization which originated in England. The I.O.O.F. became independent from the English Old Fellows Order in 1834 after lodges were established in New York and Baltimore. Charity Lodge No. 6 was established in Stockt...

Society of Montana Pioneers

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The Society of Montana Pioneers was founded in Helena on September 11, 1884. James Fergus was elected the first president; George Irvine II, recording secretary; and Samuel T. Hauser, treasurer. Thirteen vice presidents represented the state's counties. Membership was open to "all persons who were residents within the Territory, on or before May 26, 1864." In 1901, the date of the residency requirement was changed to December 31, 1868. Dues were set at two dollars a year, "but no pe...

Paxson, E. S., 1852-1919

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Edgar Samuel Paxson was born to a Quaker family in East Hamburg, New York, in 1852. His father, William Hamilton Paxson, had a carriage-building business. After attending the Friends' Institute school, Edgar entered his father's business, painting carriages and signs. In 1874 he married Laura Johnson, and the following year he set out for the West. Paxson worked for a stagecoach company, as a guide, and at other frontier jobs. In 1878 he brought his family to Deer Lodge, Montana, wh...