Pythian Sisters collection 1893-1932 (bulk 1904-1926)

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Title: Pythian Sisters collection 1893-1932 (bulk 1904-1926)
Date: 1893-1932
Call Number: BHS 308
Contents: 1 box (15 folders).
Description: This collection contains the Colorado Pythian Sisters' annual journals of proceedings for many of the years from the 1893 establishment of the Pythian Sisters in Boulder to 1932. It also contains a booklet of the organization's constitution and statutes, a membership roster for the Boulder group from 1893- 1903, and the program for the annual convention in 1909.
History: The Pythian Sisters was the women's arm of the Knights of Pythias. Its function was, in the words of the 1893 Journal of Proceedings, to promote "the Moral, Mental, Social and Physical elevation of its members; cultivating a spirit of Fraternal Love which shall permeate and control their daily lives; ministering in all ways to the wants of the sick, distressed or needy...and daily exemplifying in every possible way the Golden Rule."
Maude E. Willis, the donor, was the daughter of Jacob and Mary Ullmer, who came to Boulder County in 1874. Willis, born in Warrenton, Missouri, on 13 September 1872, died in Boulder ca. 1960.
Terms of Use: RIGHTS: The historic photographs and documents, with the Source BHS, belong to the Boulder Historical Society/Museum of Boulder and require attribution when used. These items are on permanent loan to the Carnegie Library for Local History. No duplicated materials may be deposited, or placed on file in any other archive, museum, library or similar repository. Questions of copyright are the responsibility of the user.
Format: Documents.
Donor: Willis, Maude E. 1872-1960
Subjects: Willis, Maude E, 1872-1960
Order of Pythian Sisters., Grand Temple of Pythian Sisters of Colorado--Records and correspondence
Order of Pythian Sisters., Silver State Temple No. 8 ( Boulder, Colo.)--Membership
Women--Colorado--Boulder--Societies and clubs
Clubs--Colorado--Boulder
Acquisition Note: Donor: Maude Willis estate 1520 19th St., Boulder, CO. Gift ca. 1960
Note: This collection is on permanent loan from the Boulder Historical Society.
Two booklets in this collection were deaccessioned because they did not concern Colorado. They are the Officers' Reports of Grand Temple No. 5, Pythian Sisters of California, Oakland, May 1925, and the Journal of Proceedings of the Grand Temple, Pythian Sisters of Illinois, Springfield, Sept. 1928.

: Order of Pythian Sisters membership roster 1893-1903

Call Number 308-1-1

Date 1893-1903

Contents 1 volume.

Description This folder contains the membership roster for the Pythian Sisters, instituted in Boulder, Colorado on 13 April 1893. It documents membership status for the period of 1893 through 1903.

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: Pythian Sisters gathering journal of proceedings 1893 Sept. 12-13

Call Number 308-1-2

Date 1893

Contents 1 volume (8 p.)

Description This folder contains the booklet produced for the Pythian Sisters gathering in Pueblo, Colorado on 12-13 September 1893.

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: Colorado Pythian Sisters annual gathering journals of proceedings 1894-1909 (bulk 1904-1909)

Call Number 308-1-(3-6)

Date 1894-1909

Contents 4 volumes.

Description These four folders contain the booklets produced for the Colorado Pythian Sisters' annual gatherings in 1894, 1904, 1908 and 1909.

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: Colorado Knights of Pythias thirty-fourth annual convention Program 1909

Call Number 308-1-7

Date 1909

Contents 1 volume.

Description This folder contains the program produced for the 34th annual convention of the Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias, Colorado, and also for the 15th annual encampment of the Colorado Brigade, uniform rank and the 16th annual convention of the Grand Temple, Pythian Sisters, Colorado. The joint convention was held at Colorado Springs, 28 Aug. - 3 Sept. 1909. Local businesses advertised heavily in the program.

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: Colorado Pythian Sisters annual gathering journals of proceedings 1910-1913

Call Number 308-1-(8-10)

Date 1910-1913

Contents 3 volumes.

Description These three folders contain the booklets produced for the Colorado Pythian Sisters annual gatherings in 1910, 1911 and 1913.

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: Constitution and statutes of the Grand and Subordinate Temples of the order of Pythian Sisters of Colorado 1913 April

Call Number 308-1-11

Date 1913

Contents 2 volumes (91 p. each)

Description This folder contains two copies of the constitution and statutes of the Pythian Sisters of Colorado, as approved in April 1913. One of the copies is missing its cover.

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: Colorado Pythian Sisters proceedings of the Grand Temple 1923-1926

Call Number 308-1-(12-14)

Date 1923-1926

Contents 3 volumes.

Description These three folders contain the booklets produced for the Colorado Pythian Sisters' annual gatherings in 1923, 1924 and 1926.

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: Pythian Sisters gathering journal of proceedings 1932 Aug. 23-24

Call Number 308-1-15

Date 1932

Contents 1 volulme (75 p.)

Description This folder contains the booklet produced for the Pythian Sisters' gathering in Denver, Colorado on 23-24 August 1932.

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