Box 1

Autograph of Howard Taft on signature sheet from AASR (Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite) 33° meeting. Note addressed to Mrs. Robinson Locke "with compliments and best wishes", October 2, 1912. Taft was 27th president of the U.S.A. and an active Mason.

Autograph of Senator Chauncey M. Depew from an AASR (Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite) 33° meeting.

Engraved invitation with image of Capitol building, with an inserted image of the laying of the first cornerstone of the Capitol with George Washington wearing a Masonic apron.

Manuscript Masonic ritual book written entirely in ciphers.

Letter sent by Barry Goldwater to decline to speak at a Scottish Rite gathering. Included with the letter is a photocopy of a letter from B. Wood requesting B. Goldwater to speak at a Scottish Rite gathering.

Manuscript envelope to L. B. Stow, R.W.G.M.G.I. of Maine. With note on the back, "George Crawford D.D.G.M. 9th district, Lafayette Lodge, wishes to surrender charter."

First day cover includes decorative stamp of G. Washington National Memorial

First Day Cover for Valley of Northern New Jersey in Lincoln Park, New Jersey. It includes decorative image of Scottish Rite Temple which was dedicated May 8, 1977.

Masonic card with symbols (including a trowel, a square, a gavel, all-seeing eye) and apron