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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Ladies of the Maccabees, Progressive Hive No. 8, Morgantown, Papers,
A&M 1687, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Correspondence, reports, and history of Progressive Hive No.8, Ladies Auxiliary of the fraternal order, Knights of the Maccabees.
There are additional papers concerning the Women's Benefit Association which was originally named the Ladies of the Maccabees.
Forms: Manuscript -- report [2 pp.]; Persons: Names of the charter members of the organization listed; Places: Morgantown,
WV; Subjects: History, membership, finances, brief statement of the history of the organization of Hive No. 9, list of charter
members, total number of members in 1907, mention of activities to raise money
1907 May 10
Forms: Manuscript -- report [14 pp.]; Persons: Report of the Morgantown Delegate [Mrs. Daisie D. Reeves] and names other members
of the Knights and Ladies of the Maccabees mentioned in the report; Places: Clarksburg, WV; Subjects: 1st Convention of the
L.O.T.M. held in Clarksburg, 1907 May 7
1907 May
Scope and Contents
Other members of the Knights and Ladies of the Maccabees mentioned in this report include: C.C. Showalter, D.P. Markey, Lillian
M. Hollister, W.H. Sletxer, Helen T. Burt, Bina M. West, Frank H. Rhodes, and Mayor Crile of Clarksburg.
Forms: Manuscript -- sketch [7 pp.]; Persons: Daisie D. Reeves; Places: Morgantown, WV; Subjects: History of national and
local Organization of Ladies of the Maccabees
1908
Forms: Manuscript -- report [8 pp.]; Persons: Daisie D. Reeves and members and officers attending; Places: Morgantown, WV;
Subjects: 2nd Convention of the L.O.T.M. convention held in Wheeling, WV, 1911 May 18-1911 May 19
1911
Forms: Manuscript; Persons: Daisie D. Reeves; Places: Morgantown, WV; Subjects: Remarks on patriotism and the flag
undated
Forms: Manuscript [4 pp.]; Persons: No persons listed; Places: No place listed; Subjects: Invitation of member - ritual
undated
Forms: Printed [5 items]; Persons: No persons listed; Places: No places listed; Subjects: Program, postcard, certificate,
etc.
1908–1915
Form: Autographed letter signed; Persons: Helen T. Burt to Daisie D. Reeves; Places: No place listed; Subjects: Comment on
members and organization rally
undated
Form: Autographed letter signed; Persons: Helen T. Burt to Daisie D. Reeves. Encl. [Enclosure] - Frances D. Partridge to Helen
T. Burt; Places: Wheeling, WV and Port Huron, MI; Subjects: Comment on Daisie D. Reeves's accident and claim statement regarding
claims for Hive No. 8
1913 March 19
Forms: Pictures [4 items]; Persons: Charter members of the Ladies of the Maccabees, Hive No. 8, Degree Team, Emma E. Brooks;
Places: No place listed; Subjects: Group picture
1898, undated
Forms: Manuscript -- Account; Persons: Daisie D. Reeves; Places: Morgantown, WV; Subjects: Account of the meeting of Hive
No. 8 of the Ladies of the Maccabees, 1908 January 16
1908 January 16
Forms: Manuscript -- Report; Persons: Daisie D. Reeves; Places: Morgantown, WV; Subjects: Report for Progressive Hive No.
8 for 1910
1911 May 18
Form: Newspaper clippings; Persons: Woman's Benefit Association (Ladies of the Maccabees, organization name change to the
Women's Benefit Association in 1918), Progressive Hive No. 8, Morgantown, WV; Places: Morgantown, WV; Subjects: Elections,
installation of officers, membership & attendance campaigns, business, entertainment, obituaries
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