Scottish Rite (Masonic order). United Supreme Council NJ, Prince Hall Affiliation

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Collection includes certificates and diplomas that are mounted on plaques, encased in leather and velvet folios, previously framed, and loose. Also includes announcement poster, personalized notecards for David A. Glattly, and a photograph of a group of people. The photograph is from 1990s, while the bulk of the collection is from 2017-2021, while Glattly was Sovereign Grand Commander.

Scope and Contents Letter from C. L. Mitchell, Sovereign Grand Commander, United Supreme Council to Leon Abbott, Sovereign Grand Commander, Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction. Mitchell voices concern over the misrepresentations by N. N. Boozier, a Black Mason who claimed his Supreme Council had been recognized by the white United Supreme Council of Scottish Rite Masons. Mitchell denies this recognition and cites Boozier's jail terms and expulsion from the United Supreme Council of the South and...

Scope and Contents Letter from Frederick B. Stevens, Ill. Grand Minister of State, Supreme Council, 33°, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction to Leon M. Abbott, Sovereign Grand Commander with enclosure of correspondence from Robert C. Barnes, United Supreme Council, 33°. Barnes congratulates Stevens for his advancement to second place in the Supreme Council. Stevens' correspondence to Abbott notes concern about the letterhead title of Barnes' letter, United Supreme Council, (considered clandestine by the Supreme...

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Letter from Robert A. Shirrefs to Leon M. Abbott and enclosure of copy of his response to José Oller, Grand Secretary of Supreme Council of Panama. Shirrefs confirms that the United Supreme Council of the United States is not legitimate, in the opinon of the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, and is likely a Black Masonic organization.

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Correspondence relating to Prince Hall Affiliation, including correspondence from George Crawford, Sovereign Grand Commander (Prince Hall Affiliation).

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Correspondence to and from George Crawford, Sovereign Grand Commander, Prince Hall Affiliation. Also includes copies of the Summer Bulletin (July 1950) and Winter Bulletin (February 1950).

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Correspondence to and from George Crawford, Sovereign Grand Commander, and Harry E. Davis, Deputy for Foreign Relations, Prince Hall Affiliation.

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Correspondence relating to the Prince Hall Affiliation and its recognition. Also includes a copy of the Summer Bulletin (July 1953).

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Correspondence to and from members of the Prince Hall Affiliation, including George W. Crawford, Grand Commander.

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Testimonial Banquet Weekend Program with Sovereign Grand Commander Solomon Wallace 33° of the United Supreme Council, Northern Jurisdiction, Prince Hall, with Westchester souvenir.