African American freemasonry
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 172 Collections and/or Records:
Postcard of Boston Massacre with Prince Hall pilgrimage, 1950
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: A2026-027-001
Scope and Contents
The postcard depicts a color version of a print of the Boston Massacre, with the caption "The first life sacrificed for an independent America was that of Crispus Attucks in the Boston Massacre, March 5, 1770." The reverse includes information about African Lodge, No. 459 and the establishment of Prince Hall Masons. It continues, "To perpetuate the memory of this, our invaluable heritage, and honor the labor and accomplishments of Prince Hall and his followers who founded Masonry among...
Dates:
1950
Found in:
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library
Postcard portraying African American Freemason and two women with regalia, 1930-1939
Item — Box 2
Identifier: A2023-168-001
Prince Hall, 1927
File — Box 12, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The records in this series document Abbott's years as Sovereign Grand Commander for the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction. The bulk of the records are in the form of correspondence from state Deputies and other Freemasons relating to the business of the Supreme Council, the Scottish Rite, and fraternal relations with Freemasons in other countries. This series documents the grandiose building projects and rapid growth of the 1920s and the beginning of the Great Depression. Other topics include...
Dates:
1927
Prince Hall - Action against Fitzpatrick
File — Box 27, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection documents the business of the Office of the Sovereign Grand Commander of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction from 1866-2000 with the bulk of the material from 1980-1998. It includes a limited amount of records from Leon M. Abbott and Melvin M. Johnson (see their respective separate collections, A2021/074 and A2019/001) with the bulk of the material from George A. Newbury, Stanley F. Maxwell, George E. Bushnell, Francis George Paul, and Robert Odel Ralston.The bulk...
Dates:
1866-2000; Majority of material found within 1980-1998
Prince Hall Affiliated Supreme Council, 1944-1945
File — Box 107, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
Correspondence to and from George W. Crawford and Sumner A. Furniss, Prince Hall Affiliation. Includes commentary on Johnson's 1945 Allocution, which contained a section "Re: "Negro question".
Dates:
1944-1945
Prince Hall Affiliation, 1994-1998
File — Box 67, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection documents the business of the Office of the Sovereign Grand Commander of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction from 1866-2000 with the bulk of the material from 1980-1998. It includes a limited amount of records from Leon M. Abbott and Melvin M. Johnson (see their respective separate collections, A2021/074 and A2019/001) with the bulk of the material from George A. Newbury, Stanley F. Maxwell, George E. Bushnell, Francis George Paul, and Robert Odel Ralston.The bulk...
Dates:
1994-1998
Prince Hall Affiliation
File — Box 43, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection documents the business of the Office of the Sovereign Grand Commander of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction from 1866-2000 with the bulk of the material from 1980-1998. It includes a limited amount of records from Leon M. Abbott and Melvin M. Johnson (see their respective separate collections, A2021/074 and A2019/001) with the bulk of the material from George A. Newbury, Stanley F. Maxwell, George E. Bushnell, Francis George Paul, and Robert Odel Ralston.The bulk...
Dates:
1866-2000; Majority of material found within 1980-1998