MS 406 consists of materials related to social clubs, business, and family documents for 4

generations of the Tillotson, Klenke, and Murphy families. The primary organizer of this

collection is Olive Klenke Tillotson. The family relation is as follows: Henry George Klenke

married to Ida Mae who are the father and mother of Olive Klenke who married Mark Tillotson.

Mark and Olive had one daughter, Rawnie Kay Tillotson who married Rodney Murphey. Rawnie

and Rodney had three children, Virginia Mae, Mark Clinton, and Jim Lloyd Murphy. The date

range of materials is from 1934 – 1991, with a bulk of the materials ranging from 1964 – 1976.

Of particular note is the collection of Benevolent Patriotic Order of Elks and Does documents

and photographs under the series Social Clubs, Scrapbooks, Newspaper Clippings, Photographic

Material, and Audio/Visual Material. Olive and Mark Tillotson and Rawnie Murphy were

Supreme Presidents and their convention planning is heavily documented for those years. The

BPO series is split up into BPO Does, BPO Elks, and BPO. The Does and Elks subseries

contains materials for one group or the other, while the BPO subseries contains materials

pertaining to both groups including correspondence to Olive and Mark and events put on by both

the Does and Elks.

The family business, Klenke Floral, is documented through papers and photographs pertaining to

construction, renovations, events, and business financial records.

The Tillotson/Klenke Family Papers series contains genealogical information collected by Henry

George Klenke, family financial papers, correspondence, and ephemera.

The largest series in the collection, Photographic Materials, consists mostly of BPO and social

club events, as well as family gatherings, construction, and vacations. Photographic Materials

has been separated into photographs and negatives for preservation purposes. Each box of

photographs corresponds to a box of negatives which is identified with the letter N after the box

number and folder number.