Objects

Objects

The Center for Fraternal Collections and Research is actively receiving donations of relevant objects.

The CFCR collection may be browsed in person by appointment. To make an appointment for an in-person visit, please email cfcrinfo@iu.edu. Below is a sampling of objects found in the CFCR collection:

Fraternal hoodwink, circa 1890s. Used to “blindfold” candidates during initiations. Invented by Charles C. Fuller of Massachusetts, this hoodwink was so popular it was sold by nearly all leading regalia manufacturers.

Odd Fellows Vice Grand Jewel, circa 1930. Odd Fellows is an international fraternity consisting of lodges first documented in 1730 in London. The American branch, known as the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) was formed in 1819 in Baltimore, Maryland.

Knights of Pythias Convention Post Card, 1910. Knights of Pythias is a fraternal organization founded in Washington, D.C. on February 19, 1864.

Rose of Sharon Chapter badge, Order of Eastern Star. The Order of the Eastern Star is a Masonic appendant body open to both men and women established in 1850.

Fez, circa 2000s. Shriners International, formally known as the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (AAONMS), is an American society established in 1870, headquartered in Tampa, Florida.