Freemasonry -- Religious aspects

Abstract This collection includes correspondence sent to Jacob Norton, and a small number of letters that were sent by Norton. The correspondence provide insight into the lives of American Masons all over the United States in various positions of importance in Masonry. The collection also reveals the nature of relationships between American Masons and, especially, between these Masons and Norton himself. Norton’s collecting of research into American Masonic practices and early American Masonic...

Scope and Contents Clippings are from papers throughout the United States, such as the San Francisco Chronicle, Buffalo Evening News, Williamsport Sun-Gazette, and the New York Times, and are dated from 1924-1969. The bulk of the articles are from the 1960s. The collection focuses on the relationship of Freemasonry, religion and politics. Several articles report Sovereign Grand Commander Bushnell's strong statements banning the discussion of religion and politics at lodge meetings. During the Kennedy...

Scope and Contents Handwritten portions of addresses by the Grand Orient of France and Supreme Council of Belgium, regarding the tolerance of Masonic institutions. Includees an address by Deguaire-Grobel, member of the Council of the Order and of the Grand College of the Rites of the Grand Orient of France. Deguaire-Grobel states that the Grand Orient of France has been often misunderstood, claiming that the aim of Freemasonry is to assure the acceptance or denial of belief in God. He closes by asking for...