HISTORY NEBRASKA MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID
RG1471.AM: Czech Fraternal Organizations (Nebraska)
Records: 1881-1953
Nebraska: Czech fraternal organizations
Size: 15 volumes
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
This collection consists of fifteen volumes of records from various Czech fraternal organizations (mostly in and around Wilber, Nebraska). Although some of the volumes are unidentified, most probably relate to the Czecho-Slovak Protective Society (Cesko-Slovensk› PodporujÌcÌ Spolek – C.S.P.S.) and the Western Bohemian Fraternal Association (Z·padnÌ Cesko Bratrsk· Jednota ñ Z.C.B.J.). The records include lodge minutes, receipts and expenditures, membership dues, and other financial information recorded by the lodges and date from 1881-1953.
Accession: 1991.0051, 2006.0244
INVENTORY
Czecho-Slovak Protective Society (C.S.P.S.), lodge #29 (Wilber)
Volume
- Quarterly report book, 1881-1902; Monthly publications of lodge deaths (loose documents), c. 1892-1902 (see OB033)
- Membership record book, 1893-1899
- Minute book, 1896-1928
Western Bohemian Fraternal Association (Z.C.B.J.) (Wilber)
- Receipt book, 1908-1915
- Insurance and dues payment book, 1918
Unidentified (probably Wilber)
- Treasurer’s book, 1882-1892
- Receipts and expenditures, 1881-1887
- Receipts and expenditures, 1887-1892
- Receipts and expenditures, 1904-1909
- Receipts and expenditures, 1909-1914
- Insurance and dues payment book, 1908-1912
- Insurance and dues payment book, 1948
- Death insurance payment book, ca. 1911-1916
Western Bohemian Fraternal Association (Z.C.B.J.), Pathfinder lodge #263 (Omaha)
- Lodge minutes, 1927-1939
- Lodge minutes, 1940-1953
Subject headings:
Czech history
Czechs — Nebraska — Douglas County
Czechs — Nebraska — Saline County
Ethnic groups — Czech Americans
Local history — Nebraska — Omaha
Local history — Nebraska — Wilber
PJE 02-08-1991
Revised TMM 06-21-2005; 07-25-2007
