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Prince Hall

File — Box 34, Folder: 19

Dates: 1923-2002

Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, fraternal relations files, 1923-2002 / Melvin M. Johnson / Correspondence

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

Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Records of Leon M. Abbott, Sovereign Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States, 1908-1932 / Carriage House Records

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

Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Records of the Sovereign Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States, 1866-2000 / George E. Bushnell

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

Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Records of Melvin M. Johnson, Sovereign Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States, 1915-1979 / Subject Files (G) Fraternal Relations

Prince Hall Affiliation, 1976-1980

File — Box 4, Folder: 53

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains correspondence, committee notes and reports, speeches, manuscripts, and typescripts. These materials document the time period before and after George A. Newbury was Sovereign Grand Commander, AASR, NMJ (1965-1975).

Dates: 1976-1980

Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Papers of George A. Newbury, 1948-1982