Newbury, George Adelbert, 1895-1984

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection documents the business of the Office of the Sovereign Grand Commander of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction from 1866-2000 with the bulk of the material from 1980-1998. It includes a limited amount of records from Leon M. Abbott and Melvin M. Johnson (see their respective separate collections, A2021/074 and A2019/001) with the bulk of the material from George A. Newbury, Stanley F. Maxwell, George E. Bushnell, Francis George Paul, and Robert Odel Ralston.The bulk...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection documents the business of the Office of the Sovereign Grand Commander of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction from 1866-2000 with the bulk of the material from 1980-1998. It includes a limited amount of records from Leon M. Abbott and Melvin M. Johnson (see their respective separate collections, A2021/074 and A2019/001) with the bulk of the material from George A. Newbury, Stanley F. Maxwell, George E. Bushnell, Francis George Paul, and Robert Odel Ralston.The bulk...

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This collection contains records and correspondence created by the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, and four Sovereign Grand Commanders from 1927-2003. The majority of the correspondence is between the Sovereign Grand Commander and the Active Members of the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains records and correspondence created by the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, and four Sovereign Grand Commanders from 1927-2003. The majority of the correspondence is between the Sovereign Grand Commander and the Active Members of the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction.

Abstract This collection includes the personal and professional papers of George Adelbert Newbury (1895-1984) before and after he was made Sovereign Grand Commander of Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction. The collection covers Newbury’s early years (1948-1964) while he was a Deputy from New York to the Supreme Council. He was then Sovereign Grand Commander of Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction from 1965 through 1975. This collection covers...

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Color photo of Stanley Maxwell being made Sovereign Grand Commander by Sovereign Grand Commander George Newbury. Richard Kern, Honorary Sovereign Grand Commander looks on

Scope and Contents Includes 8 x 10 black and white photographs of George A. Newbury's visit to Harrisburg, PA on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Harrisburg Consistory, SPRS 32° [1865-1965]. The photographs were originally housed in an album. The collection includes a cover letter from Martin D. Rife, 33°, Commander-in-Chief, Harrisburg Consistory, to Newbury, and an index to orignal photo album. The photographs show Rife, Newbury, the 100th anniversary banquet and head tables, and some of the...

Scope and Contents This collection documents the business of the Office of the Sovereign Grand Commander of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction from 1866-2000 with the bulk of the material from 1980-1998. It includes a limited amount of records from Leon M. Abbott and Melvin M. Johnson (see their respective separate collections, A2021/074 and A2019/001) with the bulk of the material from George A. Newbury, Stanley F. Maxwell, George E. Bushnell, Francis George Paul, and Robert Odel Ralston.The bulk...