African American freemasonry
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 52 Collections and/or Records:
Peter B. C. Brown, Jr., Prince Hall Masonic collection, 1964-1989
Collection
Identifier: A2022-001
Content Description
The collection of Peter B. C. Brown, Jr., spans the years 1963-1989, with the bulk of material dating from 1963 to 1968. The collection features approximately 105 items collected by Brown in his role at the Trinity Lodge, No. 18, and includes minutes of meetings, lodge records and correspondence, certificate, personal original writings and notes, personal finance papers, photographs, newspaper clippings, and Masonic pamphlets and ritual books.
Dates:
1964-1989; Majority of material found within 1963-1968
Found in:
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library
Postcard of African American woman in fur coat, undated
Item
Identifier: A2022-309-001
Postcard portraying African American Freemason and two women with regalia, 1930-1939
Item
Identifier: A2023-168-001
Prince Hall, 1927
File
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 certificate issued to Lowell T. Baker by Doric Lodge, No. 4, 1987 April 25
Item
Identifier: A2023-156-001
Prince Hall, Eastern Star, and Heroines of Jericho, and other affiliated bodies group portrait panorama, 1950 July
Item — Folder 1
Identifier: A2023-167-001
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania annual programs, 1990-1991
Collection
Identifier: A2023-096-001
Prince Hall Masonic postcards and stamps, undated
Collection
Identifier: A2018-101
Prince Hall Masonic temple postcard, undated
Item
Identifier: A2022-026-001
Prince Hall Master Mason certificate issued by Hermon Lodge, No. 21, to Theodore Gleghorn, 1921 October 10
Item
Identifier: A2019-124-001
Content Description
A Prince Hall Master Mason certificate issued by Hermon Lodge, No. 21, to Theodore Gleghorn. Dated October 10, 1921. Signed by Hermon Lodge’s Worshipful Master Charles Murdock and Secretary P. B. French. Imprint at the bottom of the certificate reads, "© T. H. Samuels -- 1921.”
Dates:
1921 October 10
Found in:
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library