Johnson, Melvin Maynard, 1871-1957
Person
Occupations
- Sovereign Grand Commander, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the Scottish Rite -- Date: 1933 - 1953
Found in 63 Collections and/or Records:
Photos, Johnson Speaking at Unveiling of Statue, 1950 February 22
File
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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.
Dates:
1950 February 22
Photos, M. M. Johnson (wingtip collar), 1935
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Portrait photographs of Melvin Maynard Johnson, neither dated, one labeled as Sovereign Grand Commander.
Dates:
1935
Photos, Melvin M. Johnson (glasses), 1940
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Portrait photograph of Melvin Maynard Johnson, undated, Conway Studios, N.Y.
Dates:
1940
Portraits, Melvin M. Johnson, 1915
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Portrait photographs of Melvin Maynard Johnson, one dated February 20, 1915.
Dates:
1915
Printing Gourgas history, 1937-1938
File — Box 2, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains correspondence, bills, articles, and more dedicated to the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdictions, publications and printing. The majority of the collection deals with the writing, drafts, comments, revisions, and publication of Samuel H. Baynard, Jr.'s History of the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic...
Dates:
1937-1938
Program for 128th Annual Convocation, Supreme Council 33°, circa 1940
Item
Identifier: A1992-061-006
Scope and Contents
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
Dates:
circa 1940
Records of Melvin M. Johnson, Sovereign Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States, 1915-1979
Collection
Identifier: A2019-001
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...
Dates:
1915-1979; Majority of material found within 1933-1953
Found in:
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library
Records of the Sovereign Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States, 1866-2000
Collection
Identifier: A1992-083
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...
Dates:
1866-2000; Majority of material found within 1980-1998
Found in:
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library
Retirement of M.M. Johnson, 1953
File — Box 28, Folder: 22
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...
Dates:
1953
Southern, SC (3), 1931-1932
File
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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
Dates:
1931-1932