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African American freemasonry

 Subject

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 115 Collections and/or Records:

Spurious Colored Masonry, 1945

 File
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to questionable charter application in Wisconsin. George W. Crawford, Grand Commander (Prince Hall) advised that they should not be recognized.

Dates: 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 (F) Clandestine Masonry Files

Stanley F. Maxwell correspondence on clandestine bodies, 1976-1978

 File — Box 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

This file contains correspondence with Stanley F. Maxwell and others on and with clandestine Masonic organizations. The majority of the folder contains correspondence with and about the Supreme Council, Atlantic Masonic Jurisdiction, Grand Orient of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Raymond A. Martinez, Sovereign Grand Commander, has been writing the Supreme Council about this organization from Bushnell to Maxwell seeking recognition.

Dates: 1976-1978
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, clandestine Masonry files, 1927-1988

Stanley F. Maxwell correspondence on clandestine bodies, 1980-1984

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents

This file contains correspondence with Stanley F. Maxwell and others on and with clandestine Masonic organizations. The majority of the folder contains correspondence with and about the Supreme Council, Atlantic Masonic Jurisdiction, Grand Orient of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Raymond A. Martinez, Sovereign Grand Commander, has been writing the Supreme Council about this organization from Bushnell to Maxwell seeking recognition.

Dates: 1980-1984
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, clandestine Masonry files, 1927-1988

State Grand Lodge : violation of occupied territory by Theodore S. Houston, 1955

 Item
Identifier: A2019-156-001
Content Description

This document purports that African-American State Grand Lodges are in open violation of Masonic law. Houston, an African-American, was the Sovereign Grand Master of Lodges of the U. S. A.

Dates: 1955
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Subject Files (F) Clandestine Masonry Files, 1943-1950

 Series
Scope and Contents There are only six folders filed under Subject Files (F), though there are other records throughout the collection that document various aspects of clandestine Masonry. The folders are arranged in original order. The records in this series document cases of clandestine organizations, or spurious bodies, which are not recognized by the Scottish Rite, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction. There is also some correspondence relating to the Prince Hall Affiliation and the history and legitimacy of Black...
Dates: 1943-1950
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, 1934-1957

 Series
Scope and Contents The records in this series are organized by time period, and then alphabetically within each period. The folders are arranged in original order. The majority of the records in this series document the fraternal relationships that the Scottish Rite, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, had with various Masonic organizations around the world. It includes Johnson's correspondence with other Sovereign Grand Commanders, as well as correspondence with other American organizations, such as the Grand...
Dates: 1934-1957
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

Supreme Council, Atlantic Jurisdiction, petitions, 1967

 File — Box 2, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents

This folder contains two petitions for recognition submitted by the Supreme Council, Atlantic Jurisdiction, to the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction.

Dates: 1967
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, clandestine Masonry files, 1927-1988

Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, clandestine Masonry files, 1927-1988

 Collection
Identifier: A1992-105
Scope and Contents This collection, spanning from 1927-1988, contains correspondence by the Sovereign Grand Commanders of the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdicition, with and about what they consider clandestine, or illegitimate, Masonic organizations. The majority of the collection is on African American Masonic organizations that the United Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, Prince Hall Affiliation do not consider legitimate. There is correspondence between the United Supreme Council...
Dates: 1927-1988
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, documents concerning Prince Hall organizations and other groups considered to be clandestine collection, 1919-1927

 Collection — Box 4, Folder: 1
Identifier: A1996-015
Scope and Contents

Documents concerning Prince Hall organizations and other groups considered by the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction to be clandestine. The bulk of the correspondence concerns N. N. Boozier and his claim to be Grand Master of King Solomon Lodge in Texas. Also includes court decrees regarding these claims.

Dates: 1919-1927
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Supreme Council of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States records, 1757-2012

 Collection
Identifier: A2019-178
Dates: 1757-2012
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

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