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Peter B. C. Brown, Jr., Prince Hall Masonic collection, 1964-1989

 Collection
Identifier: A2022-001
Content Description

The collection of Peter B. C. Brown, Jr., spans the years 1963-1989, with the bulk of material dating from 1963 to 1968. The collection features approximately 105 items collected by Brown in his role at the Trinity Lodge, No. 18, and includes minutes of meetings, lodge records and correspondence, certificate, personal original writings and notes, personal finance papers, photographs, newspaper clippings, and Masonic pamphlets and ritual books.

Dates: 1964-1989; Majority of material found within 1963-1968

Peterson photograph collection of construction of Panama Canal, 1906-1938

 Collection
Identifier: A1980-001
Scope and Contents

50 black and white photographs of construction and opening of Panama Canal 1906-1938. Captions in white ink lower edge of majority of photos include subject and date. Photocopies of 1 enlargement of photo and verso with stamped information concerning licensing restrictions.

Dates: 1906-1938

Petition to a Masonic lodge at Stockbridge, 1777 June 25

 Item
Identifier: A1981-025-001
Scope and Contents

Petition to a Masonic lodge at Stockbridge dated June 25, 1777. In this letter, a group of Stockbridge, Massachusetts, Freemasons request admission to the Masonic lodge located at Stockbridge. The unnamed lodge was presumably Berkshire Lodge, chartered March 8, 1777 and in existence until 1796.

Dates: 1777 June 25

Petition to form a Sovereign Grand Consistory in New York State, 1866

 Item
Identifier: A2019-089-001
Content Description Petition to form a Sovereign Grand Consistory in New York State. Dated 1866. This manuscript petition from a group of Scottish Rite Freemasons asks the Supreme Council's permission to form a Sovereign Grand Consistory in the State of New York. Signed by the officers of Cosmopolitan Sovereign Consistory, No. 1, of New York City; Central City Consistory, No. 3, of Syracuse; Rochester Consistory of Rochester; and Aurora Grata Consistory of Brooklyn. Includes Edward H. Craige's 1915 letter...
Dates: 1866

Philomathian Lodge lady's invitation ticket, 1859 December 29

 Item
Identifier: A2022-005-001
Content Description

Attributed to Philomathian Lodge, No. 645, New York City, the first U.S. lodge of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows.

Dates: 1859 December 29

Photograph of Active Members of the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, 1908

 Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: A2002-035-004
Scope and Contents

Photograph of active members of Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction that contains 46 oval portraits, (ca 1 1/2 x 1 1/4 in.) with Sovereign Grand Commander, Henry L. Palmer in center.

Dates: 1908

Photograph of Belfry, 1900

 Item
Identifier: A1975-002-003

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Scottish Rite (Masonic order) 251
Scottish Rite (Masonic order). Supreme Council for the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction 109
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International Order of Rainbow for Girls 23
DeMolay (Organization) 22
Royal and Select Masters (Masonic order) 18
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International Association of Rebekah Assemblies, IOOF 14
National Grange 14
Freemasons. Grand Lodge of the State of New York 13
Scottish Rite (Masonic order). Supreme Council of the Thirty-Third Degree for the Southern Jurisdiction 13
Elks (Fraternal order) 12
Newbury, George Adelbert, 1895-1984 11
Order of the Eastern Star (Prince Hall Affiliation) 10
Improved Order of Red Men 9
International Organization of Good Templars 9
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library 9
Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in America 8
Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Maine 7
Improved, Benevolent, Protective Order of Elks of the World 7
Loyal Order of Moose 7
Modern Woodmen of America 7
Women of the Moose 7
DeMolay (Organization). International Supreme Council (Kansas City, Mo.) 6
Gourgas, John James Joseph, 1777-1865 6
Heroines of Jericho of the United States and Bahamas, Prince Hall Affiliates 6
Scottish Rite (Masonic order). Massachusetts Consistory (Boston, Mass.) 6
Shriners International. Aleppo Temple (Boston, Mass.) 6
York Rite (Masonic order) 6
Annin & Smith 5
Daughters of Improved, Benevolent, Protective Order of Elks of the World 5
DeMolay (Organization). Grand Council 5
Degree of Pocahontas 5
Drummond, Josiah H. (Josiah Hayden), 1827-1902 5
Freemasons. St. John's Lodge, No. 1 (Newport, R.I.) 5
Freemasons. Washington Lodge, No. 4 (Vancouver, Wash.) 5
International Order of Good Templars 5
Mark Master Masons 5
Scottish Rite (Masonic order). United Supreme Council for the Southern and Western Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States of America, Its Territories and Dependencies 5
Van Rensselaer, Kiliaen Henry, 1801-1881 5
Yates, Giles F. (Giles Fonda), 1798-1859 5
Abbott, Leon M., 1867-1932 4
Antimasonic Party (Mass.) 4
Curt Teich & Co 4
Freemasons. Lodge of St. John (Paris, France) 4
Freemasons. United Grand Lodge of England 4
Household of Ruth 4
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Central Lodge, No. 12 (Middletown, Conn.) 4
International Order of Job's Daughters 4
Knights of Columbus 4
Penniman, John Ritto, 1782 or 1783-1841 4
Royal Arch Masons. Grand Chapter (N.H.) 4
Russell, George H., b. 1871 4
Scottish Rite (Masonic order). Grand Orient of France 4
Shriners Hospitals for Children 4
Sons of Temperance of North America 4
Washington, George, 1732-1799 4
Ancient Order of United Workmen 3
Christie, John, 1804-1890 3
Degree of Pocahontas. Minnesela Council, No. 103 3
Doolittle, Amos, 1754-1832 3
Dougal, William H., 1822-1895 3
Egyptian Rite of Memphis (Masonic order) 3
Ford, Gerald R. (Gerald Rudolph), 1913-2006 3
Fraternal Order of Eagles 3
Freemasons. Columbian Lodge (Boston, Mass.) 3
Freemasons. Good Samaritan Lodge (Reading, Mass.) 3
Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania 3
Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Wisconsin 3
Freemasons. Pacific Lodge, No. 45 (Francestown, N.H.) 3
Freemasons. Union Lodge (Dorchester, Boston, Mass.) 3
Gould, Nathan H. (Nathan Hammett), 1817-1895 3
Hays, Edmund B. (Edmund Burke), 1820-1874 3
Holy Royal Arch Masons of the United States, Prince Hall Affiliation 3
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Grand Lodge of Ohio 3
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania 3
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Oberlin Lodge, No. 28 (Lowell, Mass.) 3
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Steelton Lodge. No. 184 3
Kendrick, D.T. (Dyer T.), 1843-1926 3
Knights Templar (Masonic order). Boston Commandery, No. 2 (Boston, Mass.) 3
Knights Templar (Masonic order). General Grand Encampment 3
Knights Templar (Masonic order). Grand Commandery (Mass. and R.I.) 3
Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia 3
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) 3
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834 3
Leggee, Harvey B. (Harvey Benjamin) 3
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 3
MacRae, George Alexander 3
Maxwell, Stanley F. (Stanley Fielding), 1910-1997 3
Meredith, John Warburton 3
Order of Pythian Sisters 3
Order of the Amaranth 3
Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem 3
Paige, Clinton F. (Clinton Freeman), 1827-1902 3