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Royal Order of Jesters

 Organization

Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

Emblematic Jewelry and Awards for all Masonic Bodies catalog, 1975

 Item
Identifier: A2002-083-001
Scope and Contents

Catalogue of Masonic jewelry includes images of pins, emblems, earrings, buttons, ties, tie clips, button toppers, cufflinks, watches, key rings, rings, auto emblems, plaques, etc. Orgainizations represented include: Blue Lodge, Royal Arch, Scottish Rite, Daughters of Mokanna, Daughters of the Nile, Jobs Daughters, Jesters, Knights Templar, Eastern Star, Rainbow, Shrine, Tall Cedars, and more.

Dates: 1975

Emblematic Jewelry and Awards for all Masonic Bodies catalog, undated

 Item
Identifier: A1996-094-002
Scope and Contents

Catalogue of Masonic jewelry which includes the organizations of Blue Lodge, Amaranth, Scottish Rite, Royal Arch, Mokanna, Grotto, Jesters, Knights Templar, Eastern Star, Rainbow, Shrine, Tall Cedars, White Shrine, etc.

Dates: undated

Honorary certificate for Robert O. Ralston issued by the Royal Order of Jesters, 1994 August 06

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 42
Scope and Contents

Ralston elected honorary member of ROJ, Boston Court No. 103. Certificate is decorated with printed color image of Boston landscape, pot of Boston beans, tall ship, crowned jester with trumpet, and gravestone. The ROJ is a Masonically allied fraternal organization.

Dates: 1994 August 06

John J. Columbo certificate collection, 1965-2003

 Collection
Identifier: A2010-003
Dates: 1965-2003

Livingston Library Royal Order of Jesters, New York Court, No. 30, collection, 1948-1961

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: A1996-075
Scope and Contents

This collection of broadsides and ephemera is from the Royal Order of Jesters Court, No. 30, in New York. The broadsides are invitations to festivities hosted by the ROJ and often include a play and candidates. Common features of the broadsides are alliteration, humor, wordplay, drawings, and always merriment. The collection also includes an invitation to the 50th anniversary cruise in Hawaii and an advertisement for the National Coat of Arms for the Jesters.

Dates: 1948-1960

Official Catalog of the Finest Jester Jewelry and Gift Items, 1973-1975

 Item
Identifier: A2025-047-001
Scope and Contents

This catalog contains regalia, costumes, and paraphernalia for the Royal Order of Jesters. The regalia generally romanticizes and appropriates non-white cultural heritage by using stereotypes and/or caricatures.

Dates: 1973-1975

Royal Order of Jesters 25 Year Member certificate issued to John J. Columbo, circa 2000

 Item
Identifier: A2010-003-002
Scope and Contents

Certificate awarded to John J. Columbo "By virtue of having been a member for twenty- five years and in good standing."

Dates: circa 2000

Royal Order of Jesters catalog, 1987-1988

 Item
Identifier: A2018-056
Dates: 1987-1988

Royal Order of Jesters Certificate of Appreciation, circa 1997

 Item
Identifier: A2010-003-013
Scope and Contents Certificate of Appreciation awarded to John Joseph Columbo. At the top of the certificate is a picture portraying two Jesters on the left and right sides the symbol for the Royal Order of Jesters. The Jester on the left holds a skull in one hand and a scepter in the other. The scepter has a model of a jester's head on it. He is wearing a purple and red full body suit with a red headress. On the right, the Jester is holding the same staff as the first. He is wearing however, a purple and...
Dates: circa 1997

Royal Order of Jesters Certificate of Appreciation awarded to John J. Columbo from New York Court, No. 30, circa 1989

 Item
Identifier: A2010-003-009
Scope and Contents

Certificate of Appreciation awarded to John J. Columbo from the Royal Order of Jesters, New York Court No. 30, New York, New York "In the Pursuit of Mirth Mirth is King- May it ever be"

Dates: circa 1989