ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS OF MINNESOTA. LADIES AUXILIARY:

An Inventory of its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Manuscripts Collection

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Creator: Ancient Order of Hibernians of Minnesota. Ladies Auxiliary, creator.
Title:Ladies Auxiliary records.
Dates:1896-1998 (bulk 1921-1998).
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Board minutes, constitutions and bylaws, state convention proceedings, member information, photographs, news clippings, correspondence, brochures and other printed items, song books, scrapbooks, and other records of the ladies auxiliary of an Irish Catholic fraternal organization whose members must be Roman Catholic and either Irish born or of Irish descent. Includes records of various divisions of the Ladies' Auxiliary, including Hennepin County and Ramsey County, as well as numerous out-state Minnesota divisions.
Quantity:9.75 cubic feet (10 boxes, including 45 volumes).
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Ancient Order of Hibernians of Minnesota. Ladies Auxiliary. Ladies Auxiliary Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 16,177; 17,942

Processing Information:

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Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Processed by: David Peterson, February 2011; Leif Kopietz, January 2024.

Catalog ID number: 990072981540104294


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

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129.I.1.1B1Board minutes, 1974-1983.
Minnesota Ladies' Auxiliary to the Ancient Order of Hibernians.
Constitutions and bylaws, 1896-1987. 3 folders.
Includes constitutions and bylaws from both the Ancient Order of Hibernians and the Ladies' Auxiliary Ancient Order of Hibernians.
Hennepin county:
Annual reports, 1970-1986.
History, undated, 1948-1986.
Board members, 1981-1989.
State Vice President, Junior division, 1975-1980.
Mission Chairman, undated, 1975-1979.
State Catholic Chairman, 1972-1978.
Ways and Means, undated, 1974-1979.
State Membership Chairman, 1974-1981.
Burse fund, 1968-1979.
Membership lists, 1972-1981.
Publicity and scrapbook, 1974-1980.
Notre Dame meeting, National State Presidents, undated.
Constitutions and bylaws, 1962-1984.
Minutes and newsletters, 1968-1980.
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129.K.17.2F6Hennepin County Ladies' Auxiliary Ancient Order of Hibernian, financial records, 1896-1970. 1 volume.
Hennepin County Ladies' Auxiliary Ancient Order of Hibernian, financial and membership records, 1970-1980. 1 volume.
Financial records, Division No. 3, Hennepin County Ladies' Auxiliary Ancient Order of Hibernian, 1944-1955. 1 volume.
Hennepin County Ladies' Auxiliary Ancient Order of Hibernian roll call book, 1966-1981. 1 volume.
Division president notebooks:
Division No. 11, Hennepin County, Lucille Johnson, 1973-1975.
Division No. 11, Hennepin County, Beatrice Wahl, 1971-1973.
Gladys Collins, Gladys Smith, Helen Ryan, 1965-1967.
Handwritten meeting notes.
By-laws, Convention minutes, membership lists, 1960-1970.
Helen M. Ryan, audit report and correspondence, 1967-1969.
Letters, memos, and meeting notes from the No. 11 Division, 1963-1964, 1968, 1973.
36th Biennial Convention treasurer's report (1968), forms, letters, memos, clippings, 1968, 1970, 1973.
Memos, by-laws, and president reports of Hennepin County, Division No. 11, 1970s.
Poems sent to Lucy Johnson, president, Division No. 11, undated.
Gladys Collins notes, Convention meetings and information, membership lists, officer rosters, and clippings for Hennepin County No. 11 Division, undated, 1958-1960, 1970-1972.
Biennial Convention, activities, and membership, 1963-1964.
Minutes, reports, and by-laws of Hennepin County, 1957-1962, 1974-1975.
Hennepin County, Division No. 4, meeting minutes, 1924-1941. 1 volume.
Hennepin County No. 11 by-laws and the official constitution of Ladies' Auxiliary Ancient Order of Hibernian, 1974-1975, 1977.
Division No. 11, member and hostess list, 1980-1981.
Miscellaneous correspondence, etc. for Irene Nugent, 1970s.
Correspondence, Division No. 11, 1960s.
Mrs. Mary Doretta Melchior, Section Division No. 11, Ladies' Auxiliary Ancient Order of Hibernian, May 1972.
Meeting minutes, Division No. 11, Ladies' Auxiliary Ancient Order of Hibernian, 1955-1958, 1964-1974. 2 folders.
Division No. 11 Ladies' Auxiliary Ancient Order of Hibernian handwritten meeting minute notes, 1976-1978.
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129.I.1.1B1State Convention proceedings, 1896-1946. 4 folders.
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129.I.1.2F2State Convention proceedings, 1948-1954, 1964. 5 volumes.
Ritual books, undated, 1916, 1976.
History, undated, 1979, 1989.
National Irish history essay correspondence, undated, 1972-1992.
News clippings and correspondence, undated, 1931-1954.
Brochures, pamphlets and programs, undated, 1912-1990. 3 folders.
MacBride legislation and principles, 1929-1992.
Songbooks, undated.
Correspondence, reports and miscellany, undated, 1921-1984.
Scrapbooks:
President Anna K. Bryant: Pictures, news clippings, correspondence and memorabilia, 1929-1933.
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129.I.1.3B3President Anna K. Bryant: Pictures, news clippings, correspondence and memorabilia, 1933-1935.
Memorabilia, news clippings and correspondence of Kitty Novak and others, 1964-1965.
Memorabilia, news clippings and correspondence, 1966-1968.
Memorabilia, news clippings and correspondence of Presidents Violet Forciea, Dorothy Scullen and others, 1978-1980.
MacBride principles, 1988.
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129.H.1.1B4State scrapbook: Publicity Chairman Mary Ann O'Brien Hally, 1975-1977.
State scrapbook: Publicity Director Eileen Sullivan Harrison, 1981-1982.
State scrapbook: Publicity Chairwoman Mary Hanlon and State President Mary Douville, 1985-1987.
Memorabilia, news clippings and correspondence, 1994-1996.
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129.I.1.4F5Minnesota Irish Heritage Fair, 1997.
Memorabilia, correspondence, news clippings, and pictures, 1930-1989.
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129.K.17.3B7Ramsey County:
Members lists, 1989-1995.
Ramsey County, No. 6, 1985-1986, 1990-1991.
Includes financial records, secretary's ledger, and annual reports.
Reproduction pamphlets, compliments of Phil Gallagher, candidate for National Vice President, 1990, 1994, 1996.
Record Division No. 4, AOH of Ramsey County, 1896-1904. 1 volume.
Ramsey County No. 6 minutes, February 9, 1928-July 1932, February 12, 1935-June 10, 1941. 2 volumes.
Ramsey County ledger, 1932-1943. 1 volume.
Ramsey County No. 6 receipts and disbursements, January 1940-July 1959. 1 volume.
Ramsey County No. 6 dues books, January 1950-September 1965. 2 volumes.
Ramsey County No. 6 ledger, 1979-1986. 1 volume.
Historian's binder, Ramsey County, 1950s-1960s.
Disassembled.
Division 3, Ramsey County, meeting minute notebooks, 1962-1994.
Division 7, Ramsey County Ladies' Auxiliary Ancient Order of Hibernians, meeting minutes, September 22, 1910-October 5, 1937. 3 volumes.
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153.A.15.5B-110Division 7, Ramsey County Ladies' Auxiliary Ancient Order of Hibernians ledger books, 1923-1950. 2 volumes.
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129.K.17.4F8Division 9, Ramsey County Ladies' Auxiliary Ancient Order of Hibernians dues books, July 1961-November 1974. 2 volumes.
Amounts paid, received, and disbursed by Treasurer of Division No. 6 Ladies' Auxiliary Ancient Order of Hibernians Ramsey County, 1913-1930. 1 volume.
Ladies' Auxiliary Ancient Order of Hibernians Ramsey County dues, 1947-1973.
Amounts paid, received, and disbursed by Treasurer of Division No. 7 Ladies' Auxiliary Ancient Order of Hibernians Ramsey County, 1912-1924. 1 volume.
Ramsey County Board minutes, January 26, 1940-September 27, 1948, 1958-1972. 2 volumes.
Ladies' Auxiliary Ancient Order of Hibernians, Ramsey County? Division 1, cash received and orders drawn, 1945-1975. 1 volume.
President's Club, Ramsey County, December 13, 1939-November 14, 1948. 1 volume.
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153.A.15.5B-110Minnesota state-wide ledger book, 1939-1974. 1 volume.
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129.K.17.4F8Miscellaneous clippings, centennial celebration programs, recipes, letters, 1910-1990s.
Proceedings of the 58th Biennial National Convention, Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians, Radison Hotel, Saint Paul, Minnesota, July 22-25, 1996.
Clippings scrapbook, 1929-1936. 1 volume.
Ladies Auxiliary, Filmore County No. 1, Lanesboro - minutes, March 1905-April 26, 1925. 1 volume.
Member book, unidentified area and division, undated. 1 volume.
Crow Wing County, Ladies' Auxiliary Ancient Order of Hibernians, meeting minutes, 1913-1925. 1 volume.
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129.K.17.5B9Crow Wing County, Ladies' Auxiliary Ancient Order of Hibernians, meeting minutes, April 14, 1925-1941, 1946. 1 volume.
Division No. 1, Rochester, Minnesota, Ladies' Auxiliary Ancient Order of Hibernians cash journal, December 1950-May 1973. 1 volume.
Journal, Kathryn Lemke, 1982-1998. 1 volume.
Appears to be a member of the Rochester, Minnesota Ladies' Auxiliary.
Division No. 1, Rochester, Minnesota, Ladies' Auxiliary Ancient Order of Hibernians receipts and disbursement, 1948-1970. 1 volume.
Saint Louis County Ladies' Auxiliary Ancient Order of Hibernians cash books, 1936-1981. 2 volumes in 1 folder.
University of Notre Dame Hibernian Fund, 1979.
Division No. 1, Blue Earth County (Mankato), Ladies' Auxiliary Ancient Order of Hibernians receipts and expenditures, 1959-1981. 1 volume.
Division No. 1, Ellsworth, Minnesota, Ladies' Auxiliary Ancient Order of Hibernians roll book, 1897-1946. 1 volume.
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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:
Fraternal organizations -- Minnesota.
Irish Americans -- Minnesota -- History.
Irish Americans -- Minnesota -- Societies, etc.
Organizations:
Ancient Order of Hibernians of Minnesota, author.
Document Types:
Photographs.

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