Cummings, William L., 1876-1966

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The minutes were taken by member of the History Committee, William L. Cummings.

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This collection contains correspondence, committee notes and reports, speeches, manuscripts, and typescripts. These materials document the time period before and after George A. Newbury was Sovereign Grand Commander, AASR, NMJ (1965-1975).

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Donation acknowledgement from Quatuor Coronati Lodge No. 2076, London, dated 12/23/1937. Acknowledges gift of 1 copy History of the Central City Bodies A.A.S.R. 1862-1937 by Wm. L. Cummings addressed to Cummings, Scottish Rite Temple, Syracuse, NY.

Scope and Contents Includes 3 original manuscript documents from 1818, with the majority negative copies from microfilm of manuscript letters written around the same date. Also includes typescript translations of the documents, referred to as numbered "Stafford documents," with undated translation credit given to Stafford at times, as well as Dr. Cummings. There is also correspondence dating to 1959 between a researcher and the Supreme Council regarding the requested Stafford microfilms and any translation...

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Correspondence to and from Voorhis, Benjamin F. P. Ivins, Charles H. Copestake, W. L. Cummings, Richardson Wright, and miscellaneous authors.

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This letter discusses the delivery of ritual and Voorhis' writing projects. This item was found in the book Negro Masonry in the United States.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection documents the business of the Office of the Sovereign Grand Commander of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction. It was created, organized, and maintained by Melvin Maynard Johnson and his long-time secretary, Ralph H. Sleeper. The bulk of the collection is comprised of correspondence to and from Melvin Maynard Johnson during his years as Sovereign Grand Commander, 1933-1953. Correspondence usually includes both the original letter, as well as a carbon-paper copy of Johnson's...

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This collection contains two letters from Allen E. Roberts to William L. Cummings, 1962. Roberts and Cummings discuss Robert's book House Undivided, meeting each other, and writing a paper for the Philalethes workshop. One letter from W. Irvine Wiest on an unpublished manuscript.