Box 5

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This manuscript five-year diary of Rosa Belle Buck Morton records her daily account of life in the post-World War II years. She wrote about the daily housework, such as washing, ironing, cleaning, details about the weather, descriptions of berrying, canning, pickling, gardening, and making the house comfortable for Mr. Morton. Morton also described her active participation in the Order of Eastern Star and the Grange (Patrons of Husbandry).

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Includes two printed programs and one hand-made program.

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Honorary certificate from Knights of the Red Cross of Constantine, St. Joseph Conclave, Lincoln Park, New Jersey, issued to Stanley Maxwell. Masonically linked fraternal group with membership drawn exclusively from Masonic York Rite

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Includes a typescript letter with signature of Frederic Speed about the business of the Grand Lodge of Mississippi. Frederic Speed was Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Mississippi at the time. Also includes a manuscript letter from H. H. Hall to the Chairman of the Committee of Masonic Jurisprudence of Mississippi, dated June 6, 1905, which concerns Hall's desire to receive a Masonic certificate from Waterford Lodge, No. 141, for being a former member.

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Ticket Booklet for Springfield Commandery, Knights Templar, Springfield, Massachusetts, for October 7-12, 1889 for Pilgrimage from Springfield to Washington D.C.

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Program for the centennial of St. George's Lodge, in Warren, Maine. The front cover in blue and gold with Masonic symbols including: all-seeing eye, square and compass, and two columns

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An address about Freemasonry's principles and purposes, given by Godlove S. Orth at Lafayette, Indiana on November 1, 1871, "on the occasion of laying the corner stone of the new Masonic hall of Perry Lodge No. 37, F. and A.M." Included with the address are letters written to and by Godlove S. Orth about publishing his speech.

Scope and Contents Two copies of a program issued by the Order of Knights of the Red Cross of Constantine, with a purple brocade cover for the 85th Annual Assembly of the Grand Imperial Council. The title page reads in part "Program of Events/ October 18th and 19th, 1957/ Arranged by/ YORK CONCLAVE NO.21/ KNIGHTS OF THE RED CROSS OF CONSTANTINE/ and/ APPENDANT ORDERS/ for/ The 85th Annual Assembly of the Grand imperial/ Council of the Imperial, Ecclesiastical and/ Military Order of Knights of the/ Red Cross of...