Scottish Rite (Masonic order). Supreme Council for the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction. Committee on Rituals and Ritualistic Matter

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Correspondence and drafts relating to the revision of the Twentieth Degree by the Committee on Rituals and Ritualistic Matter.

Scope and Contents This is the collection of working records for the Committee of Ritualistic Matters. Materials are largely textual, mainly booklets and research pertaining to degrees from 1° to 33° and used as reference material. Collection contents range in date from 1925-1985. The bulk of the collection contains McIlyar Hamilton Lichliter's research into the Scottish Rite Degrees which he was tasked with by Sovereign Grand Commander Melvin Maynard Johnson. There are also suggested revised scripts for...

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Agenda and notes from the 1943 meeting of the Committee on Rituals and Ritualistic Matter.

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This collection consists of a subset of research files of the Committee on Rituals and Ritualistic Matter from 1944-1949. The majority of the files are on Maundy Thursday.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection documents the business of the Office of the Sovereign Grand Commander of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction. It was created, organized, and maintained by Melvin Maynard Johnson and his long-time secretary, Ralph H. Sleeper. The bulk of the collection is comprised of correspondence to and from Melvin Maynard Johnson during his years as Sovereign Grand Commander, 1933-1953. Correspondence usually includes both the original letter, as well as a carbon-paper copy of Johnson's...

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Minutes of the 1942 meeting of the Committee on Rituals and Ritualistic Matter.

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Minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Committee on Ritualistic Matters of the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, which includes updates on each of the 33 degrees, information about the Manual for Degree Directors, publications, selection of members, and the committee's strategic plan.