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Scottish Rite (Masonic order)

 Organization

Found in 1326 Collections and/or Records:

Scottish Rite programs, 1919-1991

 Collection
Identifier: A1993-005
Dates: 1919-1991

Scottish Rite programs, 1981-1982

 Collection
Identifier: A1992-156
Dates: 1981-1982

Scottish Rite Ritual Committee reports, 1893-1986

 Item
Identifier: A2006-026-001
Scope and Contents

Collection includes Reports of Ritual Changes (two different drafts), 1893, including 4° through 14°, "The Sovereign Grand Commander's copy of a General Report on Rituals and Ritualistic Matter," 1940 (sections in report: "Source and Development of Our Rituals," notes on 4th degree through 33rd degree, and other ritualistic matter), and the other Report of the Ritual Committee, 1966-1986.

Dates: 1893-1986

Scottish Rite Ritual Committee survey on the 17°, 1954

 Item — Volume 1
Identifier: A2006-024-001
Scope and Contents

Printed survey on whether to withdraw the 17th degree (established in 1942) from the Northern Scottish Rite ritual, and substitute a shorter 17th degree as a prelude to the 18th degree. Survey is contained in a notebook.

Dates: 1954

Scottish Rite Ritual Committee's Manuals for Degree Directors, 1969-1971

 Item — Volume 1
Identifier: A2006-025-001
Scope and Contents

Collection of manuals for Degree Directors which includes Manual for Degree Directors, 1969 and several Handbooks of Practical Suggestions for Degree Directors, 1971, the Manual for Degree Directors, 1969. All these manuals include sections on blocking, costuming, stage scenery and backdrops, fabrics, lighting (and makeup), flexibility, renovation, latitude, and reference material for ritual degrees.

Dates: 1969-1971

Scottish Rite ritual cue cards and record book, 1895-1898

 Collection — Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: A2017-055-001
Dates: 1895-1898

Scottish Rite Rose Croix summons, 1820

 Item — Box 206
Identifier: GL2004-0308
Scope and Contents

Summons to the Chapter of St. Therese of the Friends of Constancy, Valley of Paris. The business of the meeting is an installation, and celebration of the Feast of the Pascal Lamb

Dates: 1820

Scottish Rite Rose Croix summons, 1779

 Item — Box 206
Identifier: GL2004-0309
Scope and Contents

Summons is covered with symbols of French Freemasonry including the rose on the cross, the bird feeding her young, the open casket and others

Dates: 1779

Scottish Rite Rose Croix summons to Lodge St. Alexandre d'Ecosse, 1804

 Item — Box 206
Identifier: GL2004-0313
Scope and Contents

Engraving printed in sepia-colored ink has many Masonic symbols on it, including pelican feeding her young, two columns, all-seeing eye, and architect's and builder's tools.

Dates: 1804