Foresters of America Court of Concord, No. 4 Records, 1892-1932

Title:

Foresters of America Court of Concord, No. 4 Records, 1892-1932

Creator:

Foresters of America. Court of Concord, No.4

Accession / Call Number:

1994.054

Object ID:

1994-054

Date:

1892-1932

Physical Description:

4 boxes ; 2.48 linear feet

Scope and Content:

The Foresters of America Court of Concord, No. 4 Records, 1892-1932, contain institutional records for this early insurance organization, including the by-laws, constitution, ritual and initiation books, minutes, and names of members. The by-laws, constitution, and ritual and initiation books are all printed material. The roll books list names of officers and attendance at meetings. Minutes include standardized forms for the entry of information such as date of meeting, list of "brothers" "sick and distressed" by name and condition, reports of standing committees, new business, etc. Names of brothers in need and amounts given out are well recorded. New business and other areas of the forms for details of activities were often not filled out. Inventories list such objects as gavels, seals, battle axes, etc. Insurance covers this regalia and administrative items "contained in Grand Army Hall, situate in McShanes Block on the southerly side of Warren Street, Concord, NH." Applications include name, address, and occupation, and a full list of applicants follows this inventory. Although there are various occupations such as machinists and shoemakers, many list quarry or stone cutting occupations. Much of the correspondence is from doctors documenting medical reasons for inability to work. See the finding aid for a list of applicants.

Subjects:

Account books, Fraternal organizations, Health, Insurance, Meetings, Quarries and quarrying, Physicians, Rites and ceremonies, Stone-cutters, Stone-cutting

Locations:

Concord, NH

Organizations:

Foresters of America, Court of Concord, No.4

Credit Line:

Gift of Kenneth Desjardins.

Restrictions:

Available for research.

Level Description:

Collection

Finding Aid Link:

Foresters_of_America_Court_of_Concord_No._4_Records_1994.054.pdf