Fraternal Order of Spiritualists of America
From Kook Science
| Fraternal Order of Spiritualists of America | |
|---|---|
| Purpose/focus | To "teach the religion of spiritualism" |
| Headquarters | Chicago, Illinois; Springfield, Mass. |
| Key people | Alexander Caird, C. B. McDonald, Charles A. Thompson |
The Fraternal Order of Spiritualists of America was a Spiritualist fraternal organisation, founded by Alexander Caird and incorporated during 1908 in parallel filings at Chicago, Illinois and Springfield, Massachusetts. Charles A. Thompson, an Illinois co-incorporator, went on in late 1911 to found the Second Illinois Society of the Fraternal Order of Spiritualists of America for the stated purpose of "employ[ing] mediums to demonstrate phenomena of spiritualism".
Press Coverage
- "NEW INCORPORATIONS: NOT FOR PROFIT.", Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL): 17, 28 Jan. 1908, https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/350236991/, "Fraternal Order of Spiritualists of America, Chicago; teach the religion of spiritualism: incorporators, Alexander Caird, C. B. McDonald, Charles A. Thompson."