• Fraternal organizations include organized societies of men dedicated to the social development of its members and charitable aims. Service clubs, benevolent orders, and secret societies are some of the fraternal organizations included under this subject heading.

• Women's clubs include groups of organized women dedicated to self improvement, social reform, public policy, among other issues.

• The categories organized within the communities subject heading are imprecise. These are broad communities grouped by cultural commonalities.

Use for: Asian American, East Asian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Cambodian, Vietnamese, Thai, East Indian, Pakistani, Southeast Asian, Samoan, Filipino, Guamanian, AAPI

Use for: African American, Afro American

Use for: Native American, American Indian

Use for: Latino, Latina, Latinx, Hispanic, Hispanic American, of Latin American descent, of Spanish descent