Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society (U.S.) Columbia Camp #17 (North Baltimore, Ohio)
Collection Overview
Abstract
The records of Woodmen of the World, Columbia Camp #17, North Baltimore, Ohio, consist of meeting minutes, a membership ledger, cash books, correspondence, and account books, dating from 1894 through 1913.
Dates
- Creation: c.1890's, 1894-1914
Extent
0.46 Cubic Feet (1 legal box)
1 Volumes
Creator
Scope and Contents
The records of Columbia Camp #17, Woodmen of the World, document some of the history, structure, and procedures of a secret and ritualistic fraternal life insurance organization from 1894 to 1913.
Biographical / Historical
Woodmen of the World (WOW) was a secret fraternal society organized primarily to provide life insurance for members and, secondarily, to serve social purposes.
Little is known of Columbia Camp #17 of North Baltimore, Ohio. It is possibly the counterpart of the Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle, Oak Grove #18, also of North Baltimore. The Woodmen Circle and WOW were founded in 1891 by Joseph Cullen Root, and incorporated in 1895, with headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska. Root had founded Modern Woodmen in 1883, which had its headquarters in Rock Island, Illinois, and severed ties with that group to found WOW and Woodmen Circle. Woodmen Circle operated as a women's auxiliary of Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society, but with separate and independent management.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions have been placed on the use of the collection.
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 during April 1988 from the Wood County Historical Museum.
Processing Information
The finding aid was completed by Marylin Levinson in March 1990.
- Title
- Guide to the Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society (U.S.) Columbia Camp #17 (North Baltimore, Ohio) Organizational Records
- Author
- Marilyn Levinson, Jacob Branstiter
- Date
- March 1990, February 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Box: 1 (Text)
- Volume: 1 (Text)