DeMolay (Organization)

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34 Photographs of Camp DeMolay in New Hampshire. Locations include Melun Village, New Hampshire and Black Island where the camp was established. Photos of Chester I. Campbell and Albert D. Healey. Chester I. Campbell of Wollaston, Mass. owned the Hotel Waubeek in Melun Village, N. H. and probably also Black Island where he established Camp DeMolay. Both Campbell and Healey were "Dad Advisors" of the Quincy, Mass. DeMolay.

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The collection includes a membership card issued to Robert Allan Murray by the International Supreme Council Order of Demolay, Chula Vista Chapter, in 1965, two copies of a Christmas Observance program for the Asylum of Mount Tabor Commandery, No. 9, Knights Templar, in 1983, an 8x10 1983 Fall Ceremonial Class Picture with a printed page for captions; and a certificate issued by Tangier Temple of Omaha Nebraska to Robert A Murray II, in 1983.

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The following topics are mentioned: John H. Cowles, the Great Depression, Melvin M. Johnson, anti-semitism, cerneau bodies, DeMolay, anti-catholicism

Content Description From the Collection: This collection documents the research and creation of the film, Riding the Rails, produced by Michael Uys and Lexy Lovell, and the companion book, Riding the Rails: Teenagers on the Move during the Great Depression, by Errol Lincoln Uys. The bulk of the collection includes the questionnaires, letters, notes from telephone interviews, cassette tapes, video home system (VHS) tapes, unpublished manuscripts, and photographs received by...