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Impostors and imposture

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on impostors in the legal sense. Works on feeling like a fake or fraud although one is successful are entered under Impostor phenomenon.

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from A. S. Thomas to the Secretary of Washington Lodge, 1871 December 29

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Identifier: A2019-165-001
Content Description

In this letter, Thomas seeks information regarding George W. Allen, a Masonic imposter or confidence man, who has been expelled from Washington Lodge.

Dates: 1871 December 29

Letter from Worshipful Master Elwood Evans of Olympia Lodge, No. 1, 1864 July 30

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Identifier: A2017-052-001
Content Description

Letter from Worshipful Master Elwood Evans of Olympia Lodge, No. 1. Dated July 30, 1864. This letter from Elwood Evand, the Worshipful Master of Olympia Lodge, No. 1, warns the Fraternity to be wary of Masonic imposter "O. H. Treat, Tweed, or Treed,"

Dates: 1864 July 30

VanDewerker, John, 1992

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Identifier: 1
Content Description From the Collection: This collection documents the research and creation of the film, Riding the Rails, produced by Michael Uys and Lexy Lovell, and the companion book, Riding the Rails: Teenagers on the Move during the Great Depression, by Errol Lincoln Uys. The bulk of the collection includes the questionnaires, letters, notes from telephone interviews, cassette tapes, video home system (VHS) tapes, unpublished manuscripts, and photographs received by...
Dates: 1992