Photogravure Memories and Album of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks

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An Authentic History
of the Benevolent and Protective
Order of the Elks
By Charles Edward Ellis 1910
473 pages, Illustrated, Indexed, Searchable
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Bonus Book –
Photogravure Memories and
B.P.O.E. album of the
Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks
of America
By J. Henry Chataigne, 1904
566 pages, Illustrated, Indexed, Searchable
History of Elks, featuring photos
and member lists and portraits of 72 Ohio lodges.
(See illustrations of index and illustrations.)
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Bonus Book –
Augusta, GA.
The coming City of The South
By Augusta Lodge, B.P.O.E. No.205
36 pages, Illustrated, Searchable
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Bonus Book –
Illustrated Fraternal Directory
By Bancroft Co., San Francisco 1897
205 pages, Illustrated, Searchable
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Bonus Book –
The Canadian
B.P.O.E.
Openings, Closings, Degrees, Elections, etc.
By F. L. Aikman, 1902
34 pages, Illustrated, Searchable
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The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (BPOE; also often known as the Elks Lodge or simply The Elks) is an American fraternal order and social club founded in 1868.
It is one of the leading fraternal orders in the U.S., claiming nearly one million members.
The Elks had modest beginnings in 1868 as a social club (then called the "Jolly Corks") established as a private club to elude New York City laws governing the opening hours of public taverns. After the death of a member left his wife and children without income, the club took up additional service roles, rituals and a new name. Desiring to adopt "a readily identifiable creature of stature, indigenous to America," fifteen members voted 8-7 in favor of the elk above the buffalo. Early members were mostly from theatrical performing troupes in New York City. It has since evolved into a major American fraternal, charitable, and service order with more than a million members, both men and women, throughout the United States and the former territories of the Philippines and the Panama Canal.
When founded, membership in the BPOE was denied to blacks. Because of this policy, an unaffiliated, primarily black organization modeled on the BPOE was formed in 1898. This "Improved Benevolent Protective Order of the Elks of the World" (IBPOEW) remains a separate organization to this day.
CHARLES E. ELLIS's History: CONTENTS Frontispiece in Colors — "The Flag of Our Country." CHAPTER I. Transatlantic History. Page Early Guilds and Brotherhoods— The Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffa- loes — Theatrical Organizations in pngland — VIVIAN in England — The Old Tavern Near Westminster Bridge, London 12-22 CHAPTER II. Formation of the "Jolly Corks." Popularity of Minstrelsy — The Theatrical Situation in New York in 1867 — The Excise Laws — The "Free and Easies" — VIVIAN arrives in America — Growth and Membership of the "Jolly Corks" — Military Hall — Change of Name Adopted — First Elks' Charter — Passing of the "Corks" — Biographies, Old Songs, etc 23-113 CHAPTER III. The Birth and Rise of the B. and P. O. of Elks. The Formative Period — First Constitution Adopted — Relation of the Early Elks to the R. A. O. B. — First Ball — First Benefit — Origin of "Eleven O'Clock Toast," Auld Lang Syne, and Social Session — • First Death in the Elks — First Lodge of Sorrow — Birth of the Grand Lodge, and Its History by Administrations, with Portraits and Biographies of Past Grand Exalted Rulers, etc. 114-272 Pioneers of Elkdom, Famous Minstrels and Old Players 273-342 CHAPTER IV. First Ten Elk Lodges (Schoolmaster Group) — Elk Lodges in American Insular Possessions, with Portraits, Homes, and Old Benefit Bills. .343-392 The Growth of the Order (Tables), and the Spread of the Order (Maps), etc i-x CHAPTER V. The Forget-me-not (Color Plate) and the Prose and Poetry of Elkdom. . .393-448 » CHAPTER VI. The American Elk (Color Plate) and the History of the Elk (Natural History) 449-458 CHAPTER VII. The Elks' Colors (Color Plate)— -Origin of the Motto— Elks' Rest— Elk Press — National Elks' Home, and Miscellaneous 459-473 PART II. Official History of Chicago Lodge, No. 4 ; Portraits and Biographies of Her Past Exalted Rulers, Members, Illustrations, Necrology, etc. . . 1-232
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