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Heather Switzer and Laura Katz Smith
Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech
Identification
Ms.1988.121
Title
Independent Order of St. Luke Records 1877-1970
Quantity
1.1 Cubic Feet, 3 boxes
Creator
Independent Order of St. Luke (Blacksburg, Va.)
Language
The materials in the collection are in English.
Abstract
The bulk of the materials in the Independent Order of St. Luke Records, a social-welfare organization for African Americans,
consist of handbooks, correspondence, receipts, programs, membership records, annual reports, and assessment reports of the
Order, collected primarily from members in Blacksburg, Virginia. Also includes the minutes (1920-1938) of the Blacksburg chapters
of the Busy Bee and Maggie L. Walker (Secretary of the Independent Order of St. Luke) Circles.
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Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials.
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Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open to research.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder],
Independent Order of St. Luke, Ms1988-121, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Independent Order of St. Luke Records was completed in April 1991. Additional
work was completed in 2001.
The Right Worthy Grand Council Independent Order of St. Luke was established in 1867 by Mary Prout of Baltimore, Maryland.
It was organized to "promote the general welfare of society by uniting fraternally Negro persons of good moral character who
are physically, morally, and socially acceptable, to educate and assist its members in thrift, to create and maintain funds
out of which members...may receive benefits for themselves or their beneficiaries, [and] to provide death benefit protection
to members" (Rules and Regulations handbook, 1933).
The bulk of the materials in the Independent Order of St. Luke Records consist of handbooks, correspondence, receipts, programs,
membership records, annual reports, and assessment reports of the Order, collected primarily from members in Blacksburg, Virginia.
Also includes the minutes (1920-1938) of the Blacksburg chapters of the Busy Bee and Maggie L. Walker (Secretary of the Independent
Order of St. Luke) Circles.
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