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3rd Annual Session, Grand Court of the State of Massachusetts, 1928 April 12

Item — Folder 1

Identifier: A1996-008-003

Scope and Contents

View of women and some men in formal dress, Lowell, Massachusetts. Dated April 12, 1928. Members of the Order of the Amaranth must first be a member of the Order of the Eastern Star or a Master Mason to join. The Order of the Amaranth was a benevolent and social society, with rituals based on the lives of several characters in the New Testament. (Stevens, Cyclopedia of Fraternities, p. 97-98)

Dates: 1928 April 12

Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / John A. Goodwin collection of George H. Russell panoramic photographs, 1910-1930

16th installation ceremony program, 1948 January 10

Item

Identifier: A2022-307-001

Dates: 1948 January 10

Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

29th Biennial Assembly of the International Conference of Grand Chapters, Order of Eastern Star, Prince Hall Affiliation, souvenir program, 1972

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Identifier: A2023-164-001

Scope and Contents This program was owned by Lorraine B. Harris, P. G. L. (Past Grand Lecturer?) of Washington State and contains some notes throughout the program and on the back page. The program contains a welcome message from President Richard Nixon, Congressman Walter E. Fauntroy, and D.C. Mayor Walter E. Washington. The program is filled with photographs and member lists from every participating Grand Chapter, local chapters, as well as advertisments of Black businesses and other supporting organizations...

Dates: 1972 August 19

Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

50th Anniversary of Kuyahoora Chapter, No. 145, souvenir booklet, 1947

Item

Identifier: A2006-006-009

Scope and Contents

Contains dedication to living charter member, photographs of early matrons and patrons, photographs of current officers of chapter, history of the chapter (1897-1947), list of all members of chapter, plus many advertisements.

Dates: 1947

Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Masonic and fraternal collection, 1878-1925

68th Anniversary History, 1925-1993, issued by Heroines of Jericho, California Jurisdiction, 1993

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Identifier: A2024-040

Dates: 1993

Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

91st Millenium Session, United Supreme Council of the Southern and Western Masonic Jurisdiction program, 2000

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Identifier: A2023-163-001

Dates: 2000

Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Additional papers of the Olive Branch Chapter, No. 1, collection, 1870-1907

Collection — Folder 1

Identifier: A2023-131-001

Content Description -Olive Branch charter, no. 1, 1891 -Olive Branch no. 3 minutes, 1870 -Olive Branch no. 2 minutes, 1883 (not great condition-potential mold) -Olive Branch cashbook, 1903-1907 -Olive Branch check book from Lancaster National Bank, 1920-1924 -Olive Branch cash book, 1888-1902 -Olive Branch chapter, 1895 (potential mold) -Brief History of Olive Branch Chapter no.1 compiled by Verne Eastman (in red folder) -Bag of small ephemera items (in yellow envelope) -Several receipts (in yellow...

Dates: 1870-1907

Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library