Thompson-Folger Supreme Council records, 1883-1914

Collection

Identifier: A2012-002

Scope and Contents

Collection of minute books and one signature book created by the Thompson-Folger Council, an early Scottish rite organization

Dates

Creation: 1883-1914

Creator

Scottish Rite (Masonic order). Supreme Grand Council for the United States of America, their Territories and Dependencies (Thompson-Folger) (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.

Biographical / Historical

The Thompson-Folger Council was an early Scottish Rite group that claimed to descend from Joseph Cerneau's organization of 1807. It was a competing organization to the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, which was headed by J. J. J. Gourgas in the last decade of the 19th century. They drew membership from the same Blue Lodges, and the Thompson-Folger Council showed great growth and prosperity through the last decade of the 19th century.