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Death benefits certificate issued by District Grand Lodge, No. 18, to Cornelia Hill, 1913 June 1

Item — Folder 1

Identifier: A2020-017-001

Content Description A death benefits certificate issued by District Grand Lodge, No. 18, of Atlanta, Georgia, to Cornelia Hill of Winder, Georgia. Dated June 1, 1913. In this document, Cornelia Hill, a member of the Winder Household of Ruth, No. 1445, purchases death benefits to be paid out to her husband in the event of her death. In 1843, Peter Ogden, "a person of color who traveled between New York and Liverpool, England," as a steward on a ship, founded the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, an African...

Dates: 1913 June 1

Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Degree of Ceres certificate issued to John A. Waterhouse by Patrons of Husbandry, 1973

Item

Identifier: A2011-037-083

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Includes postcards, brochures, regalia catalogs, certificates, member directories, programs, and summons for Masonic and fraternal organizations, as well as postcards and first day covers for the Eastern States Exposition (also known as The Big E).

Dates: 1973

Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / John A. Waterhouse Masonic and fraternal collection, 1879-2010

Degree of Flora certificates issued to J. R. Elston and Mrs. J. R. Elston, 1924 January 14

Collection — Box 4, Folder: 1

Identifier: A2023-137-001

Dates: 1924 January 14

Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Degree of Pocahontas Regalia, Supplies, Jewels, etc., etc., Catalogue No. 218, circa 1907

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Identifier: A2025-105-006

Scope and Contents

This catalog contains regalia, costumes, and paraphernalia for the Degree of Pocahontas. The regalia generally romanticizes and appropriates non-white cultural heritage by using stereotypes and/or caricatures.

Dates: circa 1907

Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Degree records for Ordiorn Lodge, No. 47, 1878-1883

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Identifier: A2006-006-005

Scope and Contents

Manuscript degree records from Mt. Ordiorn Lodge, No. 47, IOGT which include records granting the degree of Fidelity, or of Charity. There is one traveling certificate tucked into the front of the manuscript which certifies James W. Ellsworth as a Third Degree member of his lodge and entitled to a seat in any other IOGT lodge.

Dates: 1878-1883

Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Masonic and fraternal collection, 1878-1925 / Independent Order of Good Templars

Deputy Grand Chief Templar certificate issued to Cyrus W. Kelley, 1892

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Identifier: A2006-006-012

Scope and Contents

Certificates for Deputy Grand Chief Templar issued to Cyrus W. Kelley from Charham Light Lodge, No. 291; Haven Lodge, No. 135; and Bay View Lodge, No. 252. The certificate lists the duties of the DGCT and are signed by James Bowen of Massachusetts.

Dates: 1892

Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Masonic and fraternal collection, 1878-1925 / Independent Order of Good Templars

Diary of Florence M. Flieler, 1925-1926

Item — Box 1, Folder: 1

Identifier: A2010-009-001

Scope and Contents Manuscript diary of Mrs. Florence M. Flieler, Grand Chief of the Pythian Sisters. The diary describes Mrs. Flieler's first five months in office after her installation as Grand Chief of the Pythian Sisters in 1925. It includes descriptions of visits with other Pythian Sisters in various towns in California, gifts received, and personal accounts of degrees given, initiating candidates, socializing, chicken dinners, impressions of hosting Pythian Sisters and Brothers, description of degree...

Dates: 1925-1926

Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Diary of Rosa Belle Buck Morton, 1946-1950

Item — Box 5, Folder: 1

Identifier: A2010-008-001

Scope and Contents

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).

Dates: 1946-1950

Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library