Annual 18th Meeting Minutes of the Grand Lodge, Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Minutes from the 18th Annual Meeting of the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World. The meeting was held from April 28-30, 1917. The publication consists of over one hundred (100) pages bounded together with staples and adhered to a tan paper cover. The cover features black text flanking a round emblem in the center. The text reads [ANNUAL 18th MEETING / MINUTES OF THE GRAND LODGE / IMPROVED BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF THE WORLD / Covened in Gray's Armory / CLEVELAND, OHIO / August 28th to 30th inclusive / NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN]. At the center of the emblem is an image of an elk under the word [INCORPORATED] at the center. Text around the circumference reads [GRAND LODGE I.B.P.O.E. OF THE WORLD / CERVUS ALCES]. There are pencil notations covering the last page and back cover. Printed at the center of the back cover is a union logo and the text [73 / MOONEY'S NEW YORK]

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1917
• Printed by: Mooney's, American
• Subject of: Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks of the World, American, founded 1898
• Type: minutes
• Type: pamphlets
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 8 3/4 × 5 7/8 × 1/4 in. (22.2 × 14.9 × 0.6 cm)
• Place depicted: Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
• Place made: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Fraternal organizations
• Object number: 2013.46.17.9
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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