Alabama Masonry collection, 1827-1895
Scope and Contents
The Alabama Masonry Collection spans the years of 1827-1895, with the bulk of material dating from 1845. The collection contains 9 letters, 1 envelope, 1 pamphlet excerpt, and 1 receipt addressed to Amand P. Pfister, Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Alabama. Of these, 5 documents regard the activities of the Knights Templar of Alabama during the1870s and early 1880s. Writers in this collection include Philip Swigert, a highly decorated Kentucky Mason and a Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, and an assortment of Masons from the states of Alabama, Iowa, and Maine.
Dates
- Creation: 1827-1895
Creator
- Pfister, Amand P., 1802-1857 (Person)
- Sayer, Daniel (Person)
- Fishel, Morris (Person)
- Brown, W. R. (Person)
- Parvin, T. S. (Theodore Sutton), 1817-1901 (Person)
- Swigert, Philip, 1798-1871 (Person)
- Grant, H. B. (Person)
- Henley, John W. (Person)
- Norman, Felix Grundy, 1808-1885 (Person)
- Kerr, William (Person)
- Dalton, Robert H. (Person)
- Dawson, Armistead B. (Person)
- Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company (Printer, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Materials in this collection may be governed by copyright. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights. Please contact the Archivist regarding permission to publish material.
Extent
12 item/s
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
A collection of letters, receipts, and documents produced by Masons from the states of Alabama, Iowa, Kentucky, and Maine.
Arrangement
Collection is arranged in two series, Armand P. Pfister papers and Daniel Sayer papers.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Museum purchase
Subject
- Knights Templar (Masonic order). Grand Commandery of the State of Iowa (Organization)
- Knights Templar (Masonic order) (Organization)
- Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Alabama (Organization)
- Knights Templar (Masonic order). Grand Commandery (Ky.) (Organization)
- Knights Templar (Masonic order). Grand Commandery of the State of Alabama (Organization)
- Knights Templar (Masonic order). Grand Commandery of Maine (Organization)
- Title
- GUIDE TO THE ALABAMA MASONRY COLLECTION
- Author
- John Coehlo
- Date
- March 16, 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library Repository
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