The records in this collection provide the best coverage for the years 1901-1919. They offer comprehensive information on the official functions and routine activities of the local union. The records reveal an emphasis on benevolent services, social activities, and organizational factors, including a careful observance of the forms and ritual prescribed by the BRT. However, they provide very little material on the Lodge's relations with other locals or the Grand Lodge of the BRT. The records consist of minutes, attendance records, financial records, and miscellaneous records.
Two volumes contain Minutes of regular meetings; roll calls, 1910-1911, 1914-1918; roll calls of officers, 1907, 1909-1910; register of oaths, 1910-1918; and results of annual elections, 1914, 1916-1917.
Financial Records are found in one volume containing quarterly financial reports, 1905-1919; a record of annual membership dues for each member, 1905-1919; cash book reports, 1905-1908, 1916-1919; a membership register, 1905-1915, 1924; and an undated record of miscellaneous expenses.
One volume of Attendance Records lists members of Local 606 present at regular meetings.
Miscellaneous Records include circulars from the Grand Lodge announcing special dues assessments and instructions concerning BRT members serving in the armed forces, a list of Local 606 members serving in the armed forces, a membership application form, and a brief historical sketch of the Lodge, prepared in 1973, in which reminiscences by the donor, daughter of Peter F. Zeimet, an officer in the organization, are incorporated.
