List of North American fraternal orders explained

List of North American fraternal orders should not be confused with List of North American ethnic and religious fraternal orders.

This is a list of North American fraternal orders. Ethnic- and religious-oriented fraternal orders have their own list.

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C

D

E

F

G

H

I

K

L

M

N

O

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R

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U

V

W

Benefit appendages of non-benefit order

Bibliography

Reference Works

Periodicals

See also

Notes and References

  1. Preuss p.11
  2. Stevens p.122
  3. Preuss p.11
  4. Stevens p.122
  5. Preuss p.11
  6. Preuss p.11
  7. Schmidt p.33
  8. Stevens p.197
  9. Preuss p.11
  10. Stevens p.197
  11. Preuss p.11
  12. Stevens pp.122-3
  13. Fraternal Monitor December 1920 Vol. XXIX #6 p.19
  14. Preuss p.19
  15. Stevens p.123
  16. Preuss p.25
  17. Preuss p.26
  18. Axelrod p.9
  19. Schmidt p.39
  20. Fraternal Monitor December 1920 Vol. XXIX #6 p.19
  21. Preuss p.33
  22. Preuss pp.33-4
  23. Stevens p.182
  24. Preuss p.36
  25. Stevens p.182
  26. Preuss p.36
  27. Stevens p.229
  28. Preuss p.44
  29. Stevens p.128
  30. Statistics, Fraternal Societies, 1904 pp.20-1
  31. Preuss p.46
  32. Preuss p.46
  33. Preuss p.46
  34. Stevens p.229
  35. Stevens p.130
  36. Stevens p.130
  37. Preuss p.66
  38. Preuss pp.73-4
  39. Axelrod p.10
  40. Preuss p.74
  41. Preuss pp.74-5
  42. Fraternal Monitor January 1922 Vol.XXXII #6 p.19
  43. Preuss pp.74-5
  44. Preuss p.75
  45. Fraternal Monitor January 1922 Vol.XXXII #6 p.19
  46. Preuss p.75
  47. Preuss pp.74-5
  48. Axelrod p.269
  49. Stevens pp. 230-1
  50. Preuss p.89
  51. Fraternal Monitor December 1920 Vol. XXIX #6 p.19
  52. Preuss pp.92-3
  53. Fraternal Monitor January 1919 Vol. XXIX #6 p.9
  54. Fraternal Monitor July 1919 Vol. XXIX #12 p.24
  55. Preuss p.94
  56. Stevens p.131
  57. Preuss p.94
  58. Stevens p.197
  59. Preuss pp.94-5
  60. Fraternal Monitor February 1921 XXXI #8 p.17
  61. Fraternal Monitor February 1922 XXXII #7 p. 11
  62. Christian Cynosure September 1914 XLVII #5 p. 168
  63. Schmidt p.75
  64. Axelrod pp.56-7
  65. Schmidt p.75
  66. Acts and Resolves passed by the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations at the January Session, 1890 Providence, E. L. Freeman and Son, State Printer 1890 p.333
  67. Acts and Resolves passed by the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations at the January Session, 1893 Providence, E. L. Freeman and Son, State Printer 1893 p.600 Acts and Resolves passed by the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations at the January Session, 1895 Providence, E. L. Freeman and Son, State Printer 1895 p.295-6
  68. Stevens p.131
  69. Stevens pp.197-8
  70. Preuss pp.112-3
  71. Stevens pp.130-1
  72. Preuss p.113
  73. Stevens p.132
  74. Preuss p.115
  75. Schmidt pp.110-1 Schmidt cites the group's Official Guide Book, Ritual, periodical and by-laws
  76. Axelrod p.78
  77. Preuss p.115
  78. Schmidt pp.110-1
  79. Christian Cynosure March 1919 Vol. LI #11 pp.323-4
  80. Schmidt pp.110-1
  81. Axelrod p.78
  82. Schmidt pp.110-1
  83. Stevens p.132
  84. Preuss p.124 Cites Fraternal Monitor March 1923 Vol. XXXIII #8 p.11
  85. Preuss p. 125
  86. Stevens pp.132-3
  87. Fraternal Monitor March 1920 Vol. XXX #8 p.31
  88. Schmidt p.118
  89. Preuss p.128
  90. Schmidt p.118
  91. Fraternal Monitor March 1920 Vol. XXX #8 p.31
  92. Stevens pp.198, 202-3
  93. Preuss p.129
  94. Stevens p.198
  95. Stevens p.133
  96. Schmidt pp.118-9
  97. Stevens p.133
  98. Stevens p. 133 for date; Fraternal Monitor October 1920 Vol. XXXI #3 p. 13 for place
  99. Stevens pp. 133–34
  100. Schmidt p. 119
  101. Stevens pp. 133–34
  102. Preuss pp. 130-1
  103. The Review September 24, 1920 Vol. X #36 p. 572
  104. Preuss p. 132
  105. News: Stapinski . Helene . Brrrr! Let's Drive to the South Sea . The New York Times . 2013-12-13 .
  106. News: Kamakil . Harriet . Tiki group to hold hot rod hop . Dayton Daily News . 2008-07-15 .
  107. Stevens p. 134
  108. Preuss p. 135
  109. Fraternal Monitor April 1919 Vol. XXIX #9 p. 21
  110. Stevens p. 134
  111. Schmidt p. 119
  112. Stevens p. 134
  113. Stevens p. 134
  114. Stevens p. 136
  115. Stevens p. 136
  116. Twenty Fourth annual report of the Insurance Commissioner Maryland Department of Insurance p.423
  117. Rosen, Peter The Church and Secret Societies pp.275-6
  118. Stevens p.135
  119. Fraternal Monitor Vol. XXIX #12 p.22 July 1919
  120. Fraternal Monitor Vol. XXXII #9 p.13 April 1922
  121. Fraternal Monitor Vol. XXIX #12 p.22 July 1919
  122. Preuss p.154
  123. Stevens p.135
  124. Preuss p.154
  125. Stevens p.189
  126. Schmidt p.161
  127. Preuss p.157
  128. Stevens p.189
  129. Preuss p.157
  130. Stevens p.190
  131. Preuss p.158
  132. Stevens p.190
  133. Schmidt p.161
  134. Stevens p.235
  135. Stevens p.135
  136. Stevens p.135
  137. Fraternal Monitor Vol. XXXIII #10 p.13 April 1922
  138. Preuss pp.170-1
  139. Preuss p.172
  140. Stevens pp.135-6
  141. Stevens pp.136-7
  142. Rosen pp.253-6
  143. Preuss p.173
  144. Fraternal Monitor Vol. XXXII #9 p.10 April 1922
  145. Stevens p.137
  146. Preuss p.173
  147. Fraternal Monitor Vol. XXXI #11 pp.19 sq. June 1921
  148. Preuss pp.173-5
  149. Fraternal Monitor Vol. XXXI #11 p.19 June 1921
  150. Preuss pp.173-5
  151. Fraternal Monitor Vol. XXXI #11 p.20 June 1921
  152. Preuss pp.173-5
  153. Axelrod p.125-6
  154. Stevens p.141
  155. Preuss p.177
  156. Stevens p.137
  157. Preuss p.178
  158. Stevens p.141
  159. Preuss p.192
  160. Stevens p.141
  161. Statistics, Fraternal Societies 1919 pp.78-80
  162. Preuss p.193
  163. Preuss p.195
  164. Stevens p.141
  165. Preuss p.194
  166. Preuss p.195
  167. Stevens pp.198, 202-3
  168. Stevens pp.198, 202-3
  169. Stevens p.198
  170. Judkins, Jay National associations of the United States Washington : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, 1949. p.151
  171. Axelrod p.13
  172. Schmidt pp.166-7
  173. Stevens pp.198-9
  174. Preuss p.211
  175. Stevens p.148
  176. Stevens p.146
  177. Stevens p.148
  178. Preuss p.231
  179. Stevens p.262
  180. Stevens p.147
  181. Preuss p.219
  182. Stevens p.199
  183. Stevens pp.141-2
  184. Preuss p.213
  185. Stevens p.144
  186. Preuss p.215
  187. Stevens p.144
  188. Stevens pp.144-5
  189. Preuss pp.215-6
  190. Stevens p.145
  191. Preuss p.216
  192. Fraternal Monitor June 1922 Vol. XXXII #11 p.14
  193. Stevens p.145
  194. Preuss p.216
  195. https://www.kansasmemory.org/item/215324 Kansas Memory
  196. Stevens p.151
  197. Preuss p.237
  198. Stevens p.147
  199. Stevens p.147
  200. Preuss p.229
  201. Fraternal Monitor June 1921 Vol. XXXI #11 p.12
  202. Preuss p.246
  203. Stevens p.156
  204. Axelrod p.16
  205. Stevens p.156
  206. Fraternal Monitor December 1920 Vol. XXIX #6 p.19
  207. Fraternal Monitor August 1918 Vol. XXIX #1 p.12
  208. Stevens p.156
  209. Preuss p.253
  210. Preuss p.253
  211. Preuss p.254
  212. Stevens p.156
  213. Preuss p.254
  214. Stevens pp.156-7
  215. Axelrod p.14
  216. Schmidt p.208
  217. Fraternal Monitor February 1922 Vol. XXXII #7 p.6
  218. Stevens p.157
  219. Christian Cynosure Vol. XLVI #1 May 1913 pp.25-6
  220. Preuss pp.331-2. Preuss incorrectly calls this the North American Bennefit Association
  221. Fraternal Monitor December 1920 Vol. XXIX #6 p.19
  222. Stevens p.157
  223. Preuss p.273
  224. Stevens p.199
  225. Preuss p.272
  226. Preuss p.273
  227. Schmidt p.218
  228. Preuss p.273
  229. Preuss p.274
  230. Axelrod p.14
  231. Preuss p.274
  232. Preuss p.274
  233. Fraternal Monitor XXXI #8 October 1920 p.8
  234. Preuss p.274
  235. Axelrod p.14
  236. Stevens p.159-60
  237. Fraternal Monitor XXXI #11 June 1921 p.16
  238. Stevens p.159-60
  239. Fraternal Monitor XXXI #11 June 1921 p.16
  240. Preuss p.286
  241. Fraternal Monitor XXXI #11 June 1921 p.16
  242. Fraternal Monitor XXXI #3 October 1920 p.19
  243. Fraternal Monitor XXX #3 June 1920 p.15
  244. Stevens p.159-60
  245. Preuss p.286
  246. Axelrod p.15
  247. Preuss p.288
  248. Stevens p.114
  249. Missouri Red Book 1922, 1921 p.
  250. Preuss p.288-9
  251. Fraternal Monitor February 1922 Vol. XXXII #7 p.11
  252. Fraternal Monitor Vol. XXIX #7 pp.21-2
  253. Stevens p.200
  254. Preuss p.300
  255. Stevens p.114
  256. Preuss pp.300-1
  257. Preuss p.305
  258. Preuss p.314
  259. Preuss p.314-5
  260. http://www.wyomingtalesandtrails.com/cheyenneforders.html Wyoming Tales and Trails
  261. Preuss pp.314-5
  262. Stevens p.200
  263. Preuss p.316
  264. Stevens p.200
  265. Preuss p.316
  266. Stevens p.200
  267. Stevens p.200
  268. Web site: National Protective Legion from "Evening Times Newspaper", Sayre, Tioga Co., N.Y. . September 17, 1979.
  269. hNews: Historic Waverly building to be demolished . Ali Bauman . April 7, 2015 . .
  270. Stevens pp.167-8
  271. Preuss p.316
  272. Stevens p.168
  273. Fraternal Monitor November 1918 Vol. XXIX #4 pp.21-3
  274. Fraternal Monitor October 1919 Vol. XXX #3 p.18
  275. Stevens pp.168-9
  276. Preuss p.322
  277. Stevens p.169
  278. Preuss p.322
  279. Stevens p.168-9
  280. Preuss p.329
  281. Schmidt p.238
  282. Preuss p.329
  283. Fraternal Monitor December 1920 Vol. XXXI #5 p.9
  284. Axelrod p.184
  285. Christian Cynosure Vol. LIII #2 p.37
  286. Fraternal Monitor December 1920 Vol. XXIX #6 p.20
  287. Schmidt pp.240-1
  288. Axelrod p.184
  289. Preuss p.332
  290. Schmidt pp.240-1
  291. Axelrod p.184
  292. Fraternal Monitor December 1920 Vol. XXIX #6 p.20
  293. Preuss p.332
  294. Christian Cynosure Vol. LIII #2 p.37
  295. Fraternal Monitor December 1920 Vol. XXIX #6 p.19
  296. Axelrod p.184
  297. Schmidt pp.240-1
  298. Fraternal Monitor, April 1922, Vol. XXXII #9, p.18
  299. Preuss, p.332
  300. Fraternal Monitor, April 1922, Vol. XXXI #9, p.18
  301. Fraternal Monitor August 1920, Vol. XXXII #1, p.13
  302. Fraternal Monitor, April 1922, Vol. XXXI #9, p.18
  303. "Now You Know," Indianapolis News, Nov. 30, 1984, p. 41.
  304. Fraternal Monitor Vol. XXXII #6 p.9 January 1922, #9 p.8 April 1922
  305. Stevens pp.200-1
  306. Preuss p.344
  307. Stevens p.171
  308. Stevens p.171
  309. Statistics, Fraternal Societies 1904 2nd ed. pp.134-5
  310. Stevens p.171
  311. Stevens pp.201, 202-3
  312. Preuss p.380
  313. Stevens pp.201-2
  314. Preuss p.368
  315. Stevens pp.200-1
  316. Stevens pp.202-3
  317. Preuss p.380
  318. Stevens pp.175-6
  319. Preuss p.373
  320. Preuss p.351
  321. Fraternal Monitor April 1922 Vol. XXXII #9 p.14
  322. Stevens p.202
  323. Preuss pp.373-4
  324. Stevens p.201
  325. Stevens p.202
  326. Stevens pp.180-1
  327. Preuss p.375
  328. Stevens pp.180-1
  329. Preuss p.375
  330. Stevens pp.180-1
  331. Preuss p.375
  332. Fraternal Monitor Vol. XXXII #10 p.11 May 1922
  333. Stevens pp.277-8
  334. Preuss pp.343-4
  335. Stevens pp.277-8
  336. Preuss p.353
  337. Stevens p.174
  338. Stevens p.174
  339. Preuss p.356
  340. Stevens p.174
  341. Preuss p.356
  342. Stevens p.174
  343. Preuss p.356
  344. Stevens p.174
  345. Rosen p.476
  346. Stevens p.202
  347. Stevens p.202
  348. Preuss p.359
  349. Stevens p.202
  350. Preuss p.359
  351. Stevens pp.180-1
  352. Stevens p.202
  353. Stevens pp.202-3
  354. Preuss p.380
  355. Stevens p.182
  356. Preuss p.379
  357. Stevens pp.181-2
  358. The Review Vol. VII #4 p.56 April 18, 1901
  359. Stevens pp.181-2
  360. The Review Vol. VII #4 p.56 April 18, 1901
  361. Stevens pp.174-5
  362. Preuss p.363
  363. Stevens pp.174-5
  364. Preuss p.363
  365. Stevens pp.202-3
  366. Preuss p.380
  367. Stevens pp.201, 202-3
  368. Preuss p.380
  369. Stevens pp.201, 202-3
  370. Preuss p.380
  371. Stevens p.175
  372. Statistics, Fraternal Societies Rochester, N.Y. : Fraternal Monitor 1915 ed. p.132
  373. Stevens p.175
  374. Statistics, Fraternal Societies Rochester, N.Y. : Fraternal Monitor 1915 ed. p.132
  375. Stevens p.175
  376. Taylor v. Order of Sparta 1916 Pa. Super 254
  377. In re Order of Sparta, Vadakin v. Cass et al. 242 Fed 235 3rd. Cir. Ct. App. (No.2218) Third Circuit Court of Appeals May 22, 1917
  378. Stevens p.203
  379. Stevens p.183
  380. Stevens p.183
  381. Preuss p.383
  382. Fraternal Monitor Vol. XXIX #7 p.26 February 1919
  383. Stevens p.184
  384. Preuss pp.385-6
  385. Stevens p.203
  386. Stevens pp.196, 279
  387. Stevens pp.202-3
  388. Preuss p.380
  389. Stevens p.184
  390. Preuss p.390
  391. Stevens pp.202-3
  392. Preuss p.380
  393. Stevens pp.202-3
  394. Preuss p.380
  395. Stevens p.203
  396. Schmidt p.260
  397. Axelrod15-6
  398. Stevens pp.203-4
  399. Preuss p.399
  400. Stevens p.184
  401. Preuss p.401
  402. Stevens pp.184-5
  403. Preuss p.402
  404. Schmidt p.279 Schmidt cites Statistics, Fraternal Societies.
  405. Stevens p.185
  406. Preuss p.402
  407. Stevens p.185
  408. Preuss pp.401-2
  409. Stevens pp.184-5
  410. Schmidt p.279
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  412. Stevens p.185
  413. Preuss p.403
  414. Stevens p.185
  415. Preuss p.403
  416. Stevens p.204
  417. Stevens pp.185-6
  418. Preuss p.411-2
  419. Stevens p.204
  420. Stevens p.187
  421. Preuss p.415
  422. Stevens p.187
  423. Christian Cynosure Vol L. #5 pp.131-2
  424. Preuss p.416
  425. Christian Cynosure Vol L. #5 pp.131-2
  426. Christian Cynosure Vol LI #1 p.2
  427. Preuss p.416
  428. Stevens p.188
  429. Preuss p.416
  430. Stevens pp.187-8
  431. Preuss p.417
  432. Stevens pp.187-8
  433. Fraternal Monitor Vol. XXX #9 March 1920 p.31
  434. Stevens p.188
  435. Stevens p.188
  436. Preuss p.422
  437. Stevens pp.188-9
  438. Preuss p.422
  439. Stevens p.189
  440. Stevens pp.204-5
  441. Stevens p.189
  442. Schmidt p.308
  443. Preuss p.436 Preuss cites Statistics, Fraternal Societies, 1923 ed. p.148
  444. Stevens p.189
  445. Schmidt p.308
  446. Stevens p.205
  447. Preuss p.436
  448. Stevens pp.202-3, 205
  449. Preuss p.380
  450. Fraternal Monitor Vol. XXX #5 p.12 December 1919
  451. Fraternal Monitor Vol. XXXI #3 p.17 October 1920
  452. Preuss p.439
  453. Axelrod p.16
  454. Schmidt p.319
  455. Stevens p.189
  456. Preuss p.449
  457. Stevens p.189
  458. Stevens p.191
  459. Preuss p.462
  460. Stevens pp.202-3, 205
  461. Preuss p.380
  462. Fraternal Monitor Vol. XXXII #9 April 1922 p.17
  463. Fraternal Monitor Vol. XXXI #6 January 1921 p.10
  464. Fraternal Monitor Vol. XXXII #9 April 1922 p.17
  465. Fraternal Monitor Vol. XXXI #6 January 1921 p.10
  466. Stevens pp.202-3, 205
  467. Preuss p.380
  468. Stevens p.192
  469. Preuss p.466
  470. Stevens pp.202-3, 205
  471. Preuss p.380
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  474. Stevens p.193
  475. Preuss p.467
  476. Stevens pp.193-4
  477. Schmidt p.260 Schmidt cites Stevens and Statistics, Fraternal Societies.
  478. Stevens pp.193-4
  479. Stevens p.194
  480. Stevens p.194
  481. Statistics, Fraternal Societies 1916 pp.178-9
  482. Fraternal Monitor January 1918 Vol. XXVIII # 6 p.21
  483. Stevens p.194
  484. Preuss p.477
  485. Preuss p.477. Preuss cites Statistics Fraternal Societies 1923 p.181 and correspondence from President A. Witt dated October 2, 1923
  486. Schmidt p.351
  487. Preuss p.477
  488. Stevens p.196
  489. Schmidt p.308
  490. Preuss p.266
  491. Stevens p.191
  492. Stevens p.289