Freemasons (Blue lodge)

The collection of Peter B. C. Brown, Jr., spans the years 1963-1989, with the bulk of material dating from 1963 to 1968. The collection features approximately 105 items collected by Brown in his role at the Trinity Lodge, No. 18, and includes minutes of meetings, lodge records and correspondence, certificate, personal original writings and notes, personal finance papers, photographs, newspaper clippings, and Masonic pamphlets and ritual books.

Letter from Winyah Lodge, No. 40, to Pacific Lodge, No. 45. Dated June 04, 1873. In this letter, Winyah Lodge, No. 40, describes how white Union soldiers of the 15th Maine torched their lodge building in response to being “relieved by a Battalion of United States colored Troops” under the command of Colonel A. J. Willard. Concludes by appealing to Masons for relief in rebuilding their “lost Temple.”

Letter from Worshipful Master Elwood Evans of Olympia Lodge, No. 1. Dated July 30, 1864. This letter from Elwood Evand, the Worshipful Master of Olympia Lodge, No. 1, warns the Fraternity to be wary of Masonic imposter "O. H. Treat, Tweed, or Treed,"

Kearns wrote to Church about a portrait of her recently deceased husband that they have and offers it to the widow with the lodge's sympathies for the death of her husband, a fellow member. The letter has an Odd Fellow's seal affixed to it.

The letter discusses the history of the Grand Lodge of New York

In this letter to James W. Crossman of King David's Lodge, Taunton, Massachusetts, District Deputy Grand Master Lucien B. Keith waives the waiting period for Masonic candidate Stephen Babcock. Written while at New Bedford, Massachusetts, and dated February 22, 1849.

William Martin, the Worshipful Master of Excelsior Lodge, No. 369, petitions Judge Crane and the members of his lodge for assistance in paying the medical bills of Edward B. Van Norman, a Mason who has been taken to the hospital.