Title: Fraternal Order of Eagles. Hayward Aerie 1062 Records
Inclusive Dates: 1905-1925

Creator:

• Fraternal Order of Eagles. Hayward Aerie 1062 (Hayward, Wis.)

Call Number: Northland Mss 11

Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (2 archives boxes and 5 separate volumes)

Repository:

Housed at the Area Research Center, History Center and Archives, Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center / Ashland Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Records documenting some of the social and economic programs of Aerie 1062. Included are constitutions and by-laws; minutes, 1910-1924; membership roll, 1905-1915; various financial records, 1905-1924, and a folder of correspondence, 1909-1910, 1923-1924.

Language: English

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In 1898, when a group of theater owners met to form a social organization, which they called the “Seattle Order of Good Things,” they laid the beginnings for the Fraternal Order of Eagles. Chief founder John Cort and the other theatrical people in the first lodge, met on the stage of a local theater to conduct business. In a few years, they adopted the eagle as their animal model. The early lodges emphasized conviviality.

Gradually, the order has broadened its original objectives of providing a good time for its members to that of offering a social, and to some extent an economic program for the member, his wife and children, An Eagle pamphlet explains: “The emphasis has shifted from solely recreation to a more balanced program of wider scope. The accent is no longer on secrecy but rather service. Being abandoned are the elements of secrecy, the colorful regalia of trappings, the secret password, and the roughhouse initiation.”

Subordinate Aerie 1062 of Hayward, Wis., was founded about 1905. Its officers consisted of a president, vice president, chaplain, secretary, treasurer, conductor, two guards, three trustees, and one or more doctors. In order to be chartered, its membership had to consist of fifty or more beneficial members, who, in turn, receive sick and funeral benefits.

One of the fifteen record books in this collection contains the constitution and by-laws for the national Aerie and subordinate Aerie, giving the administrative hierarchy, functions, and objectives of the F.O.E. The volumes are financial and business records. Also included are three letters, 1909-1910, from members; nine letters, 1923-1924, of John Berger, secretary, concerning meetings and finances; and Official Circular No. 138, August 25, 1923.

Acquisition Information

Presented by the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Hayward, Wis., April 27, 1964.

Processing Information

Processed by FGH's Class and Margaret Hafsted, October 15, 1968

Box   1	Correspondence, 1909-1910, 1923-1924
Box   1 Volume   1	Constitution and By-laws, Membership Roll, 1905-1925
Box   1 Volume   2	Dues Paid, 1905-1909
	Secretary's Minute Book
Box   1 Volume   3	1910, Jan. 14-1918, Jan. 1
Box   1 Volume   4	1918, Jan. 15-1924, Sept. 2
	Secretary's Cash Book
Volume   5	1910-1914
Volume   6	1914-1919
Box   2 Volume   7	Treasurer's Cash Book, 1910-1919
	Record of Official Receipts
Box   2 Volume   8	1910-1924
Box   2 Volume   9	1917-1924
	Quarterly Audits
Volume   10	1910-1915
Box   2 Volume   11	1916-1921
Box   2 Volume   12	Black Book of Suspensions, 1905-1925
Box   2 Volume   13	Record of Sick and Funeral Benefits and Visiting Committees, 1910-1915
	Account Books
Volume   14	1910-1919
	Part I-Individual Ledger
	Part II-Special Relief Accounts
	Part III-Fines and Special Assessment Accounts
Volume   15	1919-1924
	Part I-Individual Ledger
	Part II-Miscellaneous and Merchandise Accounts
	Part III-Benefits to Members of Other Aeries