Patrons of Husbandry, Ohio State Grange, Union Grange #1475 records
Collection Overview
Abstract
The Patrons of Husbandry, Ohio State Grange, Union Grange #1475 records consist of minutes, financial and membership records covering the years 1898 to 1962, with the majority of the material documenting the period from 1920 to 1950. The minutes, roll books, and dues accounts are the most complete records within the collection. The collection also includes recorded interviews with several Wood County farming families and individuals.
Dates
- Creation: 1898-1962
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1920-1950
Extent
1.84 Cubic Feet (4 legal archive boxes)
Creator
- Ohio State Grange. Union Grange #1475 (Bowling Green, Ohio) (Organization)
- Manny, Monica Lynn (Interviewer, Person)
Scope and Contents
The Union Grange records document the membership and activities of the organization for a sixty-four year period. The secretary's minutes (1902-1909, 1929-1962) include names of officers and members present, business and literary programs conducted, and financial reports. Membership records (1898-1940) and dues records (1899-1951) provide member's name, age, occupation, status, and dues paid. Quarterly reports (1936-1938, 1944-1945) and inspection reports (1939, 1942, 1944-1945) provide additional information on membership statistics, projects, and community services. Union Juvenile Grange minutes (1932-1940) and dues account book (1930-1937) include information on membership, activities, and business conducted during meetings.
Financial records include a ledger (1932-1947) and a receipt book (1934-1940). Correspondence (1938, 1940, 1943-1946), a Grange lecture book (1954-1956), and a scrapbook (1956) complete this collection.
Added to the collection in February 1985 are seven tape recordings with transcripts of interviews conducted by Monica Manny for her masters thesis, of Wood County farming families and individuals concerning their relationship with the Union Grange. The people interviewed include Earl and Thelma Avery, Richard and Ethel Avery, Floyd and Anna Legalley, Alva Bachman and George Wilson.
Biographical / Historical
The Union Grange was chartered, with eighteen members, November 19, 1897, by J. B. Smith. Its first Master was J. S. Brigham and first secretary, James Duncan.
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.
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
Materials in English.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The records of the Union Grange, #1475 were donated to the Center for Archival Collections in 1972 through the cooperation of Floyd Legalley, Grange Master, and Paul D. Yon, Associate Director of the Center for Archival Collections.
Subject
- Ohio State Grange. Union Grange #1475 (Bowling Green, Ohio) (Organization)
- Bachman, Alva (Interviewee, Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Patrons of Husbandry, Ohio State Grange, Union Grange #1475 records
- Author
- Elizabeth Charles, Nick Pavlik
- Date
- March 1980, December 2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
- Box: 1 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 2 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 3 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 4 (Mixed Materials)