Shirrefs, Robert Archibald, 1849-1926

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The following topics are mentioned: Robert A. Shirreffs, Degrees, Robert Wolford Snook, Raoul V. Palermi, Pennsylvania, James Isaac Buchanan, Henry W. Gough

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The following topics are mentioned: George H. Benzenberg, Wisconsin, William W. Perry, Edwin S. Griffith, Ohio L. Wade, Abbott Scholarship, Robert A. Shirreffs

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The following topics are mentioned: Charitable foundation, William D. Babbitt of RI, W. A. A. Balfour of Scotland, Robert A. Shirreffs, Harry P. Ballard, Alfred C. Bame of Buffalo Consistory, J. Rudolph Bartelt, Beaman, Jerry W. Beach, Abraham M. Beitler

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The following topics are mentioned: Shirreffs anniversary, Leroy A. Goddard

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The following topics are mentioned: William Catein Mason, Frederick Charles Thayer, Robert A. Shirrefs

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The following topics are mentioned: Robert A. Shirrefs, Supreme Council of Switzerland, Warrants, Finances, Canada, Southern Jurisdiction, American Masonic Federation, Italian Freemasonry, Lausanne, Jewels

Content Description An honorary 33° certificate issued by the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, to George Washington Gilmore Snyder. Dated September 21, 1920. Signed by Sovereign Grand Commander Barton Smith and Grand Secretary General Robert Archibald Shirrefs. Autographed on the reverse by Sovereign Grand Commander John H. Cowles of the Southern Jurisdiction, future Sovereign Grand Commanders Leon Abbott and George Bushnell, and other Scottish Rite Masons. Imprint at the bottom of the...

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The following topics are mentioned: William M. James, Southern Jurisdiction, Canal Zone, Panama, Asa C. Jewett, Robert A. Shirrefs, Axel P. Johnson, Lausanne, Albert Junod of Switzerland

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Letter from José Oller, Grand Chancellor Secretary of Supreme Council of Panama, to Robert A. Shirrefs, Grand Secretary of Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, with translation and photographic copy of diploma for 32°. Oller is concerned with the Masonic legitimacy of Manuel Elentario Perez, 32°, who applied for affiliation with the Panama Scottish Rite bodies. He has enclosed a photostat of Perez's diploma for 32° issued by the United Supreme Council of America.

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Letter from Robert A. Shirrefs to Leon M. Abbott and enclosure of copy of his response to José Oller, Grand Secretary of Supreme Council of Panama. Shirrefs confirms that the United Supreme Council of the United States is not legitimate, in the opinon of the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, and is likely a Black Masonic organization.