Constitution and By-Laws of the Grand and Subordinate Temples, Daughters of IBPOE of the World: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Daughters of the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World booklet titled "Constitution and By-Laws of the Grand and Subordinate Temples." Forty-nine (49) white pages bound with two (2) staples between a green paper cover. The cover features black text and a round emblem surrounded by an egg and dart patterned border. The emblem shows an image of an elk at the center with text around the circumference. It reads [DAUGHTERS OF I.B.P.O.E. OF THE WORLD / GRAND TEMPLE]. Text centered above the emblem reads [Constitution and By-Laws / OF THE / Grand and Subordinate Temples]. Text centered below the emblem reads [ADOPTED AUGUST, 1929]. The frontispiece features a headshot of Emma V. Kelley, Mother and Organizer of Daughters of Elks.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1929
• Created by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks of the World, American, founded 1898
• Type: constitutions
• Type: pamphlets
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 5 3/4 × 4 3/16 × 1/8 in. (14.6 × 10.6 × 0.3 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Fraternal organizations
• Topic: Women
• Object number: 2013.46.17.8
• 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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