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Jews -- United States

 Subject

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on Jewish Americans in the United States. Works on American Jews outside the United States are entered under Jews, American.

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Commentary on Scottish Rite Freemasonry, 1837-1848

 File — Box 8
Identifier: A2019-178-0296
Scope and Contents

Letter discusses the following topics: Unsigned commentary on Scottish Rite Freemasonry attributed Gourgas. Topics include the modern degrees; Cerneau, Hicks, and the Grand Orient of France; New Orleans and Louisiana; consistories for the 14 states; Jamaica; Holbrook; Jews; St. Domingo and African Americans

Dates: 1837-1848
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Supreme Council of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States records, 1792-1992

Deputy for Illinois, 1922

 File — Box 2, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents

The following topics are mentioned: Sylvester O. Spring, Southern Jurisdiction, Chicago Jews, Illinois, Clinton, Iowa, Oregon

Dates: 1922
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Records of Leon M. Abbott, Sovereign Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States, 1908-1932 / Carriage House Records

(F), 1927

 File — Box 9, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents

The following topics are mentioned: Simon Feder, anti-semitism, George N. Foster, Herbert F. French, finances

Dates: 1927
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Records of Leon M. Abbott, Sovereign Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States, 1908-1932 / Carriage House Records

Fraternal sight drafts from the Dry Dock Savings Bank collection, 1850-1890

 Collection — Box 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: A1996-063
Scope and Contents

The sight drafts are requests that a certain amount of money be given to a certain person or group. The money in this case is being requested from the Dry Dock Savings Bank in New York for a fraternal organization for one of its members.

Dates: 1850-1890
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Letter from Moses Holbrook to Giles F. Yates, 1826 July 10

 Item
Identifier: A2019-178-0120h
Scope and Contents

Letter discusses the following topics: Coggeshall; Barkder; Cerneau expansion; views on the Jewish people; degree ceremonies; 21-27 degrees taken from the Spanish; 31 degree no ceremony; the big tuilleur

Dates: 1826 July 10
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Supreme Council of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States records, 1792-1992 / Yates - Holbrook Correspondence

Letters from Melvin Johnson to Deputies on Jewish membership, 1946

 File — Box 29, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection documents the business of the Office of the Sovereign Grand Commander of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction from 1866-2000 with the bulk of the material from 1980-1998. It includes a limited amount of records from Leon M. Abbott and Melvin M. Johnson (see their respective separate collections, A2021/074 and A2019/001) with the bulk of the material from George A. Newbury, Stanley F. Maxwell, George E. Bushnell, Francis George Paul, and Robert Odel Ralston.The bulk...
Dates: 1946
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Records of the Sovereign Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States, 1866-2000 / Additional papers / Miscellaneous

Noemi, No. 11, United Order of True Sisters, records, 1983-1987

 Collection — Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: A1994-023-001
Scope and Contents

Collection of ephemera from United Order of True Sisters, Noemi No. 11 (Newton, MA) includes program books, histories of organization, lodge cards, photograph of UOTS certificate (in German), UOTS stationery, and more.

Dates: 1983-1987
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Shirrefs, Robert A. Grand Secretary General, 1923

 File — Box 5, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

The following topics are mentioned: New York, U.S. Presidents, Peru, Brazil, Wisconsin, scholarships, Southern Jurisdiction, Buffalo, Portugal, Jewish people, Italy, Delaware, Domizio Torrigiani

Dates: 1923
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Records of Leon M. Abbott, Sovereign Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States, 1908-1932 / Carriage House Records

Southern Jurisdiction Correspondence (1), 1921-1922

 File — Box 5, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

The following topics are mentioned: John H. Cowles, rituals, Jewish Freemasons, Spain, Puerto Rico, Phillipines, Amos Pettibone, Charles E. Rosenbaum, John S. Wallace, Illinois, Savannah, Warren G. Harding, Masonic Mutual Relief Assn. Bill

Dates: 1921-1922
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Records of Leon M. Abbott, Sovereign Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States, 1908-1932 / Carriage House Records

Weidner, Perry W., 1923

 File — Box 6, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents

The following topics are mentioned: Shrine, Warren Harding, Florida situation, Jewish Freemasons, Southern Jurisdiction, Harry Lewis

Dates: 1923
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Records of Leon M. Abbott, Sovereign Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States, 1908-1932 / Carriage House Records

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