Race discrimination -- United States
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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
Found in:
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library
Letter from Winyah Lodge, No. 40, to Pacific Lodge, No. 45, 1873 June 04
Item
Identifier: A2018-009-002
Content Description
Letter from Winyah Lodge, No. 40, to Pacific Lodge, No. 45. Dated June 04, 1873. In this letter, Winyah Lodge, No. 40, describes how white Union soldiers of the 15th Maine torched their lodge building in response to being “relieved by a Battalion of United States colored Troops” under the command of Colonel A. J. Willard. Concludes by appealing to Masons for relief in rebuilding their “lost Temple.”
Dates:
1873 June 04
Found in:
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library