Ohio State Grange Lake Grange No. 2205 (Lake, Wood County, Ohio: Township) records
Collection Overview
Abstract
The records of Lake Grange #2205, Lake Township, Wood County, Ohio, consist of minutes, membership applications, and miscellaneous items, dating from 1917 through 1996.
Dates
- Creation: 1918-1996
Extent
1.97 Cubic Feet (4 legal size archive boxes, 1 oversize flat folder)
Scope and Contents
This collection of Grange records will prove useful to those researchers interested in agricultural and rural studies. While the minutes have some gaps, they provide information on officers, membership, dues, programs, and business conducted. However, this information is in more of an outline format than narrative and thus lacks great detail. There are also scattered minute books representing sub-groups such as the Juvenile Grange and a working group for young women. The few membership information comes from a Roll book from 1919 to 1926 that includes a listing of Charter members, loose applications from 1935-1936 that give some information on members, their name, age, and occupation, and a dues account book from 1969 to 1974. The Grange Hall dedication book provides information on the Grange history, and a list of past Masters, and there are several informal histories included that were presented on various anniversaries and special occasions.
Biographical / Historical
The Grange, organized on a national, state, county, and local level, combines fraternity, ritual, and business with cultural and educational programs. Women have been admitted from the beginning as equal members, and a juvenile grange promotes total family participation in this organization.
The Lake Grange received dispensation to organize by the National Grange on April 1, 1919, with official enrollment with the Ohio State Grange on May 1. There were 41 members in the first class of candidates on May 21 of that year. On June 10, 1925, Lake Grange purchased the old high school for its hall, and continued to meet there until January 19, 1948, when the City of Toledo acquired the property to expand the municipal airport. Construction of a new hall was begun in November, 1948, with dedication taking place on June 5, 1949.
Conditions Governing Access
No known access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Researchers using this collection assume full responsibility for conforming to the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright, and are responsible for securing permissions necessary for publication or reproduction.
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was transferred to the Center for Archival Collections through the cooperation of the Grange during April 1982. Additions were made by Sally Waggoner in December 1999 and Robert Waggoner in 2005 and 2007.
- Title
- Guide to the Ohio State Grange Lake Grange No. 2205 (Lake, Wood County, Ohio: Township) records
- Author
- Marilyn Levinson, Heather Bloom
- Date
- June 1989, October 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Box: 1 (Books)
- Box: 2 (Books)
- Box: 3 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 4 (Mixed Materials)
- Flat File: 1 (Mixed Materials)