Fraternal Order of Eagles Records, 1928-1953.

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Fraternal Order of Eagles Records, 1928-1953.

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Records, 1928-1953, of the Fraternal Order of Eagles of Calumet, Michigan, established in 1903 as a benefit society. Includes minutes of meetings, records of quarterly audits, sick and funeral benefit records, 50th anniversary booklets and various printed ephemera.

0.90 cubic feet; 2 manuscript boxes (legal size)

Michigan Technological University, J.R. Van Pelt & Opie Library; Michigan Tech

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Michigan Technological University, J.R. Van Pelt & Opie Library; Michigan Tech

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The Fraternal Order of Eagles was founded on February 6, 1898 by six theater owners sitting on a pile of lumber in Moran's shipyard in Seattle. They were competitors who had come together to discuss a musicians strike. After deciding how to handle the strike, they agreed to "bury the hatchet" and form an organization dubbed, "The Order of Good Things." Early meetings were held on local theater stages and after taking care of business, attendees rolled out a keg of beer and enjoyed s...