Women and freemasonry

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)

Programs for Annual Session, Grand Court of Connecticut, Order of the Amaranth, with lists of Grand Officers, Grand Representatives, committee reports, and more

A certificate of the Grand Representatives Commission, Order of the Amaranth, issued to John A. Waterhouse by Chatham Court, No.24, Grand Court of Connecticut as representative to British Columbia; a certificate (or letter) from Grand Court of Connecitcut to John A. Waterhouse offering the position of Grand Representative to Alabama; and a certificate (or letter) from Grand Court of Connecticut to John A. Waterhouse offering the position of Grand Representative to Massachusetts

The collection contains correspondence, rules and regulations, reports, newspaper articles, photographs, invitations, programs, and miscellaneous material pertaining to Dorothy Cleveland Brown’s participation in the Order of Amaranth.

Catalogue of Masonic jewelry which includes the organizations of Blue Lodge, Amaranth, Scottish Rite, Royal Arch, Mokanna, Grotto, Jesters, Knights Templar, Eastern Star, Rainbow, Shrine, Tall Cedars, White Shrine, etc.

Catalogue of Masonic jewelry includes images of emblems, pins, lapel emblems, charms, earrings, bracelet, spoon, tie tack, button toppers, shirt studs, cufflinks. It includes the organizations: Amaranth, Blue Lodge, Royal Arch, Grotto, Daughters of the Nile, Knights Templar, Eastern Star, Rainbow, Shrine Tall Cedars, White Shrine, and more.

This collection contains two photo albums created by Elsie and Lawrence Haynes and a guest book for Charity Court, No. 17, in Windsor, Connecticut.