Johnson, Melvin Maynard, 1871-1957

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Three photographs of Melvin M. Johnson, Sovereign Grand Commander of the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction. Photographs likely taken when Johnson was a member of Monitor Lodge in Waltham, and "S.G.W." or Senior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, 1909.

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Seven photos depicting a bust of Melvin Maynard Johnson, all undated.

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Two copies of a photograph featuring Johnson addressing a crowd at the unveiling of the Washington statue by Bryant Baker in 1950.

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Portrait photographs of Melvin Maynard Johnson, neither dated, one labeled as Sovereign Grand Commander.

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Portrait photograph of Melvin Maynard Johnson, undated, Conway Studios, N.Y.

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Portrait photographs of Melvin Maynard Johnson, one dated February 20, 1915.

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Program for 128th Annual Convocation, Supreme Council 33°, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, on Cincinnati, Ohio in Sept. 21-26, 1940. It includes biography and photo of Melvin M. Johnson, program day by day of meetings, committees, official tableau, photographs of the Cincinnati Masonic Temple

Abstract Melvin Maynard Johnson (1871-1957) was a prominent and influential Freemason, lawyer and academic. Johnson was born on May 11, 1871, in Waltham Massachusetts. He attended Tufts College and Boston University School of Law (BUSL). Following a successful career as an attorney, he returned to BUSL as a professor in 1918. He was Dean of the Law School from 1935 to1942. Johnson was the first full-time Sovereign Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, a position he held...

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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