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| LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: | Fonds | No.: | PR0105 | TITLE: | Loyal Orange Lodge 1654 Fonds | CREATOR: | Loyal Orange Association | DATE RANGE: | 1876-2011 | EXTENT: | 8.03 m of textual records and other material. The fonds also includes 4 posters, 98 photographs, and 4 slides. | ADMINISTRATIVE | HISTORY/BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: | Originating in Ireland in the seventeenth century, following William of Orange’s support of Protestantism, Orange Associations have since flourished in the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States, as well as internationally. In 1832, an imperial warrant established the Orange Association in Canada, and it received incorporation through an Act of Parliament in 1890. The association organizes into a system of lodges: Primary Lodges, at the local level, who reported to District, County and Provincial Grand Lodges who in turn reported to the Grand Orange Lodge of Canada. On December 31, 2001, the Grand Orange Lodge of Alberta, in conjunction with the Grand Orange Lodges of British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, amalgamated into the Grand Orange Lodge of Western Canada, effective January 1, 2002. The Canadian Association also participates in numerous charitable organizations, and played an active role during the First and Second World Wars.
The Edmonton Lodge was formed in 1895 and is known as Loyal Orange Lodge (LOL) 1654. The Lodge's meeting place, the Strathcona Orange Hall, was built in 1903 in the Strathcona district of Edmonton. The Hall became a provincially historic resource in 1994. The membership of the Lodge has diminished over the years but the Association continues to distribute money to various groups such as the Edmonton Catholic School Board and the Alberta Protestant Home for Children.<\p>
The Royal Scarlett Chapter is a separate lodge within the Loyal Orange Association. Only members that acquired the third, or Royal Arch Purple degree could become members. It is also a uniquely Canadian organization. Currently, they only exist in eastern Canada. The Grand Orange Lodge of Canada has stopped authorizing the creation of new Scarlet lodges for quite some time now, and their numbers are decreasing like many fraternal organizations.<\p>
The Royal Black Institution, also known as The Royal Black Knights of the British Commonwealth was an entirely separate fraternal organization, although very closely attached to the LOL. One has to be a member of the LOL with the third or Royal Arch Purple degree to become a member. Like the LOL, the Black Knights were originally organized in north Ireland. The Royal Black is focused largely on degrees, or lessons, having 11 in all. The degrees are heavily weighted in biblical scripture. After the member, referred to as a Sir Knight, has achieved the 11th or Red Cross degree, a certificate is awarded. This is another fraternal organization that is withering away, with only two Preceptories (lodges) still existing west of Ontario, in Innisfail, Alberta and Winnipeg, Manitoba.<\p>
| SCOPE AND CONTENT: | The fonds consists of material used, maintained, and received by the Loyal Orange Lodge No. 1654 and includes organizational correspondence, proceedings of annual meetings, commemoratory records, photographs, and minutes from meetings, as well as financial, legal and administrative records of Loyal Orange Lodges including: Grand Lodge of Western Canada, Jasper Lodge, Loyal Orange Lodge No. 2404, Ladies Strathcona Lodge No. 138, Loyal Orange Lodge No. 2501, Provincial Grand Black Chapter of Alberta, Strathcona Loyal Orange Lodge No. 1654, British American Orange Association, United States Orange Association, Loyal Orange Association of Canada, Provincial Grand Lodge of Alberta, County of Alberta Loyal Orange Association, Red Deer Alberta Loyal Orange Lodge No. 1625, Norwood Alberta Loyal Orange Lodge No. 2501, Westlawn Edmonton Loyal Orange Lodge No. 3247, Westlock Invincibles Loyal Orange Lodge No. 2746, Mannville Loyal Orange Lodge No. 1946, Minburn Loyal Orange Lodge No. 2807, Irma Loyal Orange Lodge No. 2066 Royal Scarlet Chapter, Edmonton County Royal Scarlet Chapter, Castor Loyal Orange Lodge No. 2228, Chisholm Loyal Orange Lodge No. 1323, Beaver Loyal Orange Lodge No. 2228, Alexander District Loyal Orange Lodge No. 2228, Ebenezer Loyal Orange Lodge No. 1589, Frontier Loyal Orange Lodge No. 1549, Hanna Loyal Orange Lodge No. 2500, Beaver Lodge No. 2228 Masonic Lodge, Mountain View Loyal Orange Lodge No. 2853, Ontario Loyal Orange County Lodge, Penticton British Columbia Loyal Orange Lodge No. 2030, Rose of Derry Loyal Orange Lodge No. 2794, Strathroy Ontario Loyal Orange Lodge No. 537, Snowflake Manitoba Loyal Orange Lodge No. 1507, Sentinel Loyal Orange Lodge No. 2228, Wentworth/Waterdown County Lodge No. 2837, Woodstock Ontario Loyal Orange Lodge No. 93, Zealanda Saskatchewan Royal Orange Lodge No. 2015, Grand Black Chapter of Britsh America, Royal Black Preceptory No. 948, Berachan Loyal Orange Lodge No. 1987, Imperial Black Chapter of the British Commonwealth Preceptory No. 654, Western Rose Lodge No. 135 of the Ladies Orange Benevolent Association, Ladies Orange Benevolent Association of British America, Alberta Orange Foundation for Children, and the Alberta Protestant Children’s Home, Royal Black Knights of Ireland, Loyal Orange Lodge No. 1078 in the district of Kent, Loyal Orange Association British America in the district of Madoc, Royal Scarlett No. 436 in the district of Madoc, Ladies Orange Benevolent Association of Edmonton and the Black Chapter British America of Edmonton.
Of particular note are the transfer certificates (1876-1954) originating from provinces in Canada, England, Ireland, Scotland and the United States of America, issued when a member relocated to another lodge.
| GENERAL NOTE: | Information for administrative history sourced from the Grand Western Lodge of Canada website located at http://www.orangelodge1654.com/lodgelocations.htm (Accessed June 2, 2014).
The Provincial Museum of Alberta has acquired painted silk banners from Loyal Orange Lodge 1654. The banners were accepted into the Folk Life program by David Goa, Curator. |
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