Records of the Carmarthen District Branch of Oddfellows

Corresponding secretary's copy letter book, 1896 - 1908; & Printed notice of a district meeting. Includes rough "estimate of expenditure for June 04", [c. 1904].

Friendly societies with their underlying objective of 'self-help' began to grow in size and importance during the nineteenth century. One of the best known of these societies during this period was the Independent Order of Oddfellows, Manchester Unity. The Oddfellows called their local societies lodges and the first Oddfellow lodge to be established was the Abercrombie Lodge in Manchester c. 1810. By 1820, the order was spreading to other areas of Britain and in Wales the Oddfellows later became particularly strong in the South of the country. Various break-off Oddfellow orders began to appear from the mid-nineteenth century onwards. This archive includes papers concerning the Carmarthen District Branch of Oddfellows.

Arraged by type

Ar Agor / Open

Dim cyfyngiadau / No Restrictions

Adnau preifat / Private deposit

Acc No: 5952.

Mae copiau clawr caled o`r catalogau ar gael yn Archifau Sir Gaerfyrddin ac yn y Gofrestr Cenedlaethol Archifau. Polisi Archifau Sir Gaerfyrddin yw catalogio yn iaith y ddogfen / Hard copies of the catalogue are available at Carmarthenshire Archives and the National Register of Archives. It is the policy of Carmarthenshire Archives to catalogue in the language of the document.

Cyflwr da / Good condition

Compiled by Terry Wells for Archifau Sir Gaerfyrddin / Carmarthenshire Archives.

Mae'r holl gofnodiadau sy'n cydymffurfio â pholisi casglu Archifau Sir Gaerfyrddin wedi eu cadw / All records which meet the collection policy of the Carmarthenshire Archives have been retained

Desposited 8th October 1982.

Mae croniadau yn bosibl / Accruals are possible