Masonic Lodge Records, 1841-1964

Collection Overview

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Box 1

Folder 1: Photographs 1-20

Photograph 1: Mr. Rindlaub of Illinois, 1929

Photograph of a drawing of a man who cast his first vote for president to Abraham Lincoln in 1860

Photograph 2: Sioux Indians, Fort Totten, North Dakota

Photograph 3: Chippewa Indians

Photograph 4: Indians in Hallock, Minnesota, in the 1890s

Photograph 5: Chippewa Indian Woman in a Red River Cart

Photograph 6: Chippewa Indian Women

Photograph 7: Chippewa Baby Carriers, Mittens and Moccasins

Photograph 8: Sioux and Chippewa Pipes and Tobacco Pouches

Photograph 9: Shoshone Relics

Photograph 10: Group of Chippewa Indians at Hallock, Minnesota, 1895

Photograph 11: Group of Chippewa Indians at Hallock, Minnesota, 1895

Photograph 12: Fort Berthold Indian Mission, Elbowoods, North Dakota (postcard), 1939

Photograph 13: Indian Stone Relics

Photograph 14: Sioux and Chippewa Knives and Tomahawks

Photograph 15: Group of Indians at the Red River, 1898

Photograph 16: Display of Sioux Artifacts

Photograph 17: Navajo, Apache and Chippewa Artifacts

Photograph 18: Sioux and Chippewa Beadwork

Photograph 19: Group of Six Unidentified Indians

Photograph 20: Chippewa and Navajo Artifacts

Folder 2: Photographs 21-40

Photograph 21: Group of Indians at the Dedication of a Theodore Roosevelt Roughrider Monument in Mandan, 1924

Photograph 22: Fort Totten, North Dakota

Photograph 23: "Fort Totten near Devils Lake, N.D." (postcard)

Photograph 24: Unidentified Buildings

Photograph 25: Sitting Bull Portrait by Barry

Photograph 26: Rain-in-the-Face Portrait by Barry

Photograph 27: Two Sioux Indians at Fort Totten, North Dakota, 1897

Photograph 28: Sakakawea Statue at the State Capital in Bismarck, North Dakota

Photograph 29: Elizabeth Rindlaub, 1926

Photograph 30: Elizabeth Rindlaub, 1899

Photograph 31: Helen Keller, 1914

Photograph 32: Unidentified Woman

Photograph 33: Golden Jubilee Exposition, Apple Creek, Bismarck, 1939

Photograph 34: Golden Jubilee Exposition, Apple Creek, Bismarck, 1939

Photograph 35: Golden Jubilee Exposition, Apple Creek, Bismarck, 1939

Photograph 36: Golden Jubilee Exposition, Apple Creek, Bismarck, 1939

Photograph 37: Grave of Lieutenant Beavers, Oakland Cemetery in St. Paul

Lieutenant Beavers was killed near Bismarck by Sioux Indians in 1863. His funeral service was the first Masonic Ceremony within the future state of North Dakota.

Photograph 38: Masonic Marker at the Site of the Death of Lieutenant Beavers near Bismarck, 1921

Photograph 39: Grave of Lieutenant Beavers, Oakland Cemetery in St. Paul

Lieutenant Beavers was killed near Bismarck by Sioux Indians in 1863. His funeral service was the first Masonic Ceremony within the future state of North Dakota.

Photograph 40: Grave of Lieutenant Beavers, Oakland Cemetery in St. Paul

Lieutenant Beavers was killed near Bismarck by Sioux Indians in 1863. His funeral service was the first Masonic Ceremony within the future state of North Dakota.

Folder 3: Photographs 41-60

Photograph 41: Fingal, North Dakota (postcard)

Photograph 42: Methodist-Episcopal Church, Dunseith, North Dakota (postcard)

Photograph 43: Axel Lindgard, 1906

Photograph 44: Fort Abraham Lincoln, Dakota Territory, 1884

Photograph 45: Interior of Amy Hiatt's Sod House, Hesper, North Dakota

Photograph 46: Amy Hiatt Aiming a Rifle Outside of Her Sod House, Hesper, North Dakota

Photograph 47: Amy Hiatt Outside of Her Sod House, Hesper, North Dakota

Photograph 48: Portrait of Charles Cavileer (1818-1902)

Placed in the Oversize File Cabinets

Photograph 49: Portrait of Charles Cavileer (1818-1902)

Photograph 50: Jamestown, Dakota Territory, 1877

Photograph 51: Front Street, Fargo, North Dakota, circa 1900

Photograph 52: Grand Forks Flood, 1897

Photograph 53: Fargo Flood, 1897

Photograph 54: Fargo Flood, 1897

Photograph 55: Fargo Flood, 1897

Photograph 56: Fargo Flood, 1897

Photograph 57: Fargo Flood, 1897

Photograph 58: Fargo Flood, 1897

Photograph 59: Fargo Flood, 1897

Photograph 60: Fargo Flood, 1897

Folder 4: Photographs 61-80

Photograph 61: Fargo Flood, 1897

Photograph 62: Fargo Flood, 1897

Photograph 63: Fargo Flood, 1897

Photograph 64: Fargo Flood, 1897

Photograph 65: Fargo Flood, 1897

Photograph 66: Fargo Firefighters in Alexandria, Minnesota

Photograph 67: Fargo Firefighters in Alexandria, Minnesota

Photograph 68: Fargo Firefighters in Alexandria, Minnesota

Photograph 69: Fargo Firefighters in Alexandria, Minnesota

Photograph 70: Fargo Firefighters in Alexandria, Minnesota

Photograph 71: Portrait of L.A. Whittimore of Park River, North Dakota

Photograph 72: First Flour Mill in Clay County, Minnesota

Photograph 73: Oak Grove Seminary, Fargo, North Dakota (color postcard)

Photograph 74: Agriculture Building, North Dakota Agricultural College, Fargo, North Dakota (color postcard)

Photograph 75: Francis Hall, North Dakota Agricultural College, Fargo, North Dakota (color postcard)

Photograph 76: Fargo Clinic and St. Luke's Hospital, Fargo, North Dakota (color postcard)

Photograph 77: Sacred Heart Academy, Fargo, North Dakota (color postcard)

Photograph 78: St. John's Hospital, Fargo, North Dakota (color postcard)

Photograph 79: State Capitol, Bismarck, North Dakota (color postcard)

Photograph 80: Gardner Hotel, Fargo, North Dakota (color postcard)

Folder 5: Photographs 81-108

Photograph 81: George Foster, First Court Commissioner

Photograph 82: George Egbert, First Mayor of Fargo

Photograph 83: George Strout, Organizer of the City of Fargo

Photograph 84: John Haggart, First Fire Marshall, City of Fargo

Photograph 85: Gilbert Haggart, Resident of Fargo

Photograph 86: Gordon Keeney, City of Fargo

Photograph 87: Dr. E.M. Darrow, One of the First Doctors in the City of Fargo

Photograph 88: Terence Martin, First City Clerk of Fargo

Photograph 89: Grand Forks Flood, 1897

Poor condition; duplicate of Photograph 52

Photograph 90: S.G. Roberts, First City Attorney of Fargo

Photograph 91: Andrew McHench, First Superintendent of Schools in Fargo

Photograph 92: Charles Foster, Early Resident of Fargo

Photograph 93: William White, First Superintendent of Sunday School in Fargo

Photograph 94: First Masonic Hall in St. Cloud, Minnesota

Parts of the building were used to construct Fort Abercrombie in Dakota Territory

Photograph 95: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (postcard), 1880

Photograph 96: Fort Garry, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Photograph 97: "Elevator Loaded Beyond Its Capacity Bloom Bros., Minneapolis-St. Paul"

Photograph 98: "Elevator Loaded Beyond Its Capacity Bloom Bros., Minneapolis-St. Paul"

Photograph 99: Model Locomotive

Photograph 100: Unidentified Woman

Photograph 101: Grand Pacific Hotel, Moorhead, Minnesota, 1883

Photograph 102: Grand Pacific Hotel, Moorhead, Minnesota, 1883

Photograph 103: Front Street in Moorhead, Minnesota, 1884

Photograph 104: Front Street in Moorhead, Minnesota, 1884

Photograph 105: Front Street in Moorhead, Minnesota, 1873

Photograph 106: Front Street in Moorhead, Minnesota, 1873

Photograph 107: Unidentified Family Standing Near a Sod House

Photograph 108: Captain Gilbert Grafton

Folder 6: "Civil War Story Related by Harry J. Knodle", 1964

This two page typed document regards the Civil War service of Harry Knodle's father, Josiah.

Folder 7: "Equal Suffrage" by John Burnham, undated

Six page handwritten document

Folder 8: Antoine Labadie Manumission Documents, 1841

Filed in St. Louis County, Missouri

Folder 9: "The Lottery in North Dakota", undated

Six page handwritten document; the author is unknown

Folder 10: Northwood Township, Grand Forks County History, undated

Three handwritten documents; the author is unknown

Oversize Folder 1: Documents Related to Ezra B. Eddy

Ezra B. Eddy (1830-1885) was a Fargo banker and developer. Eddy County in North Dakota was named in his honor.

Item 1: Appointment as First Lieutenant, Third Regiment, Minnesota Volunteers, 1861

Item 2: Resignation and Honorable Discharge from the Minnesota Volunteers, 1862

Item 3: Appointment as Colonel and Aide-de-camp to the Commander in Chief, Militia, Dakota Territory, 1884