Freemasons (Blue lodge)

Postcard with image of a hobo leaning on a cane

This blue booklet is the program of the funeral service for John Joseph Columbo. It features a poem in the beginning and a group of prayers. There are pages of signatures at the back. Interleaved within the blooklet are two prayers: the prayer at the opening of a lodge and the prayer at the closing of a lodge. At the end of the booklet are a couple of pages signed by Masons.

Incomplete certificate. St. John's Lodge certificate, Third degree Master Mason, Lodge of Les Arts Reunis Regulierement Constitue, Orient of Carpentras, France and issued to unknown person (name crossed out), 1 July 1823. Certificate has wax seal in metal container attached by red and light blue ribbon

This collection contains correspondence, financial material, membership and benefit applications, certificates, reports, and more of several Odd Fellow lodges, encampments and its ladies auxiliary, and rebekah lodges. The majority of the collection is from Carrabassett Lodge, No. 34

This funeral notice from Grand Master John Cutler, Esq., invites Massachusetts Masons to attend the Masonic funeral of Deputy Grand Master John Lowell, which was held at the Concert Hall located at Hanover Street and Queen Street. The notice is dated June 3, 1793, and printed under Cutler’s name is the name of Grand Secretary Samuel Colesworthy.

This collection contains photographs, programs, letters, certificate, Masonic membership cards, reports, minutes, and more from Joseph Montgomery. This collection contains letters from Harry Truman, Herbert Hoover, and J. Edgar Hoover.