Fonds 1986-003 - Independent Order of Foresters - Lyndhurst Fonds

• Textual record
• Object

38cm of textual material.
27 objects.

Found in St. Luke's Anglican Church Hall during renovation in 1986.

1986-003 Independent Order of Foresters Lyndhurst Court Fonds.

1986-003-A 5 Reports of the Endowment Committee 1892-93
1986-003-B 19 Monthly Reports between Aug 1892 and Sept 1894 listing names of Initiates and fees collected.
1986-003-C 26 Monthly reports of assessments remitted to the Independent Order of Foresters Mortuary Department and the Sick and Funeral Department between April 1907 and July 1908.
1986-003-D Semi-Annual report to the Supreme Court of IOF for July 1894 plus a blank report.
1986-003-E Abstract Statements of Cash Account for 1900 and 1901.
1986-003-F Benefit Certificates from 1907 for IOF Members Harold Hicock 1907, J E Berry , R Cavanagh , A R Leadbeater, G G Ferguson, and guarantee Policies from the Employers Liability Insurance Company for Ziba Jackson.
1986-003-G Quantity of used Cheques for amounts paid for assessments and postage.
1986-003-H 2 Books of Cheque stubs as previous.
1986-003-I Reciepts from IOF High Court of Ontario and IOF Supreme Court for assessments and supplies, 1891 to 1895.
1986-003-J Quantity of Invoices for salaries, outlays for hall rentals and other expences, lamp wicks, fire wood, transportation etc, naming A B White, Ziba Jackson, C Sheffield, W H Metcalf, A E Stevens, James Young, F B Sheffield, F Middleton, J Johnson, Merrill C Sweet, Leonard Coon, D W Green, A LandonJ A Warren, Bryce White, William Wiltse, Wm J Kenny, Wm Webster, J E Roddick, W D Simes, Includes billheads for A. B. White J.P. & Conveyancing,, Hay Floral & Seed Co Brockville, R.G Harvey Merchant Miller, D W Green General merchant, Riverside House R W Copeland prop., W.B. Fullerton paint, drugs & chemicals, Gananoque.
1986-003-K Quantity Non-photo Post card correspondence with integral postage stamps 1893-1907.
1986-003-L Quantity misc internal I.O.F. correspondence.
1986-003-M As previous.
1986-003-N Promotional literature for Independent Order of Foresters, includes:

• 44 page booklet from 14th Annual Communication of High Court of Ontario held in Brockville 11 & 12 Aug 1891.
• 18 page “Open Letter” listing all the Courts in Ontario and analyzing the costs of various High Courts, 1895.
• 28 page Reports of Officers of the High Court of Eastern Ontario for 1900.
• High Treasurer’s Report, 1892.
  -Letter from the Office of the Executive Council of IOF suspending a member of Lyndhurst Court for using intoxicants in excess. 1892.
  -Price list for supplies and stationery for IOF Courts.
  -Invitation to advertise meetings in the Athens Reporter 1893.
  -Letter from High Court of Eastern Ontario lamenting the death of Dr. (Chief) Oronhyatekha, 1907.
  1986-003-O Routine correspondence including reports and announcements of IOF events, including the Grand Monster Demonstration and Carnival of Fun in Galt,1893.
  1986-003-P Routine correspondence I.O.F.
  1986-003-Q Blank Application forms for Membership and reinstatement.
  1986-003-R Completed application forms, membership list
  1986-003-S I.O.F. song sheet with the seal of Lyndhurst Court.
  1986-003-T Manuscript motions made and signed at I.O.F. meetings.
  1986-003-U -Colour snapshots of the wooden chest that the Fonds were found in. It was returned to the donor within a short time.
• Colour snapshots of the I.O.F Charter for Court Lyndhurst in its original frame. Now encapsulated in Map Cabinet 1, Drwr # 3.

1986-003-V Artifacts used in Independent Order of Foresters procedings:

V-001-002 Book; “Constitution of Supreme Court of the Independent Order of Foresters”, 390 pages 4 x 6” format, Hunter Rose Printers, Toronto, 1898. 2 copies
V-003-004 Book; “Constitution and Laws of the Independent Order of Foresters”, 408 pages 4 x 6” format, Hunter Rose Printers, Toronto, 1905. 2 copies.
V-005 Cherry wood mallet, was originally one of a pair. The mate may have been adopted for use by R.o.L.L. council.
V-006A Red printed collection box for donations to I.O.F Orphans’ Home on Feresters Island at Deseronto.
V-006B The outer box in which the coin box arrived by mail.
V-007A to I Coins recovered from the collection box V006A.

A- Canadian 5 cent silver1899
B- Canadian 5 cent silver 1913
C- Canadian 5 cent silver 1902
D- USA 5 cent silver 1896
E- USA 5 cent silver 1889
F- USA 5 cent silver 1884
G- USA 5 cent silver 1900
H- USA 5 cent silver 1887
I- USA 1 Dime silver 1900

V-008A&B Book of I.O.F. Ritual Procedures, 102 pages, 5 x 7” format, blue covers, Advertiser Printing & Publishing Co, London ON. 1890. 2 Copies.
V-009A&B Book of Ritual of the Independent Order of Foresters Subordinate Courts, 149 pages, 5 x 7 format, Hunter Rose Co. Toronto, 1905. 2 Copies.
V-010 Minute Book I.O.F Court Lyndhurst meetings from 6 May 1891 to 31 July 1907
V-011 Lyndhurst I.O.F Minute Book of meetings from 30 Oct, 1907 to 1 July, 1914
V-012 12 pin-on rosettes in red and blue fabric with various thin metal silver plated symbols attached, including a Bible, collar, keys, swords, chalice, mallets, quills, all-seeing eye, and arrows.
V013 8 heavy cast metal crosses with symbols of a Moose’s head, shaking hands, all-seeing eye, and walking figures, forming medals mounted on ribbons printed with silver on blue for Court Lyndhurst I.O.F., each with bars on the ribbons and pendant symbols of swords, mallets, keys, battle axe, and shield.
V014 3 face masks of starched and pressed blue fabric with cut out eyes and black elastic holding strings.
V015 1 leather hoodwink consisting of a blue pressed face mask as previous, sewn inside a leather face cover with no eyes, with a shaped leather nose piece sewn on.
V016 2 leather straps with buckles (hand cuffs)

This fond consists of the Charter, records, and effects of the Independent Order of Foresters, Court Lyndhurst. The fonds is organized into the following series:

1. Charter, constitution & rituals
2. Meetings
3. Membership
4. Correspondence
5. Financial Records