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Miscellaneous list of books and articles archived on this site.

Books related to Elks. All are in adobe pdf format.

A biographical sketch of Charles Vivian. . Written by his wife. 1905	A tour through the west with the Elks 1909. Includes GL LA convention. This is a trainload of elks from the east coast who spent several weeks touring the country. This train included the entire Philadelphia drill team (including horses) and marching band	History of the Elks by Charles Ellis1910 Excellent early history of the Elks. The second section is about Chicago #4. Large book with 200+ pages
Elks History 1904. This is a large file that includes some early history of the Order but is mostly about the Ohio Elks.

Interesting articles about Brother Elks

PGER FredHarper Musings Sept 1922 Elksmag Brother Fred was quite the story teller. He actually became Mayor of Lynchburg VA.
Adolph Ronning Inventor. Elks Mag article Feb 2010. He was quite an inventor.

Individual Lodges & State Association articles

Three Far Flung Lodges. Elks Magazine July 1922
California Elk Aug 3 1901 Newsletter
Los Angeles 99. April 1929 Lodge Newsletter. Fascinating newsletter when this lodge was going strong and preparing for the reunion in July.
1936 Convention Social side report from the Elks Magazine. Also, here is the program for the Hollywood pageant. Fascinating.
San Francisco quake ElksMag7_2009 Article
The legendary Louisville KY History book. This Lodge was established in 1877. Lots of Elks history here
Guadalcanal Elks in WWII.

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