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African American freemasonry

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 52 Collections and/or Records:

Charles Griswold correspondence, 1876-1877

 Sub-Series
Scope and Contents

Griswold discusses articles in the Masonic Voice Review, Freemasonry in the 1700s, Henry Price, the Massachusetts Grand Lodge, the Lodge of St. Andrews and the Ohio Grand Lodge. Griswold refers Norton to Drummond and the Maine proceedings for certain questions. The letters also include discussion of African-Americans in Freemasonry.

Dates: 1876-1877

Charter issued to New Hope, Chapter No. 91, 1955 September 7

 Item — Folder 1
Identifier: A2024-050-001
Dates: 1955 September 7

Circular letter issued by a Committee of Chicago lodge members, 1846

 Item
Identifier: A2002-064-001
Scope and Contents A printed circular from a committee of members from lodges in Chicago, Illinois concerning the circular sent by Harmony Lodge No. 3, in Jacksonville, Illinois that protests the admission of African Americans to lodges. A committee made of members from some Chicago lodges respond to each of the accusations and go into detail about the Master Masons alluded to by Harmony Lodge. The committee members are from three Masonic lodges in Chicago (Lafayette Lodge No. 18, Apollo Lodge No. 32, and...
Dates: 1846

Eureka Lodge No. 52, Prince Hall, 1958 September 13

 Item
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection of scrapbooks include stamps, autographs, letters, deeds, and Masonic Ephemera.

Dates: 1958 September 13

Facsimile transcription of Prince Hall charter, undated

 Item — Folder 1
Identifier: A2009-053-001
Scope and Contents

Facsimile transcription of African Lodge, No. 459, charter issued on September 29, 1784. The image of original charter is in the lower left corner.

Dates: undated

Fourteenth annual conference and tenth joint session program, 1972

 Item
Identifier: A2022-204-001
Scope and Contents

The program contains two pages and handwritten notes.

Dates: 1972

Grand Lodge of Kansas, Prince Hall, records, 1995-1999

 Collection
Identifier: A2023-002-001
Dates: 1995-1999