Antisemitism -- United States

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Booklet printed by the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith (now known as ADL) of an address given by Justice Meier Steinbrink, National Chairman, at the Triennial Convention of the Supreme Lodge of B'nai B'rith held in Washington, D.C., May 1947.

Content Description From the Collection: This collection documents the research and creation of the film, Riding the Rails, produced by Michael Uys and Lexy Lovell, and the companion book, Riding the Rails: Teenagers on the Move during the Great Depression, by Errol Lincoln Uys. The bulk of the collection includes the questionnaires, letters, notes from telephone interviews, cassette tapes, video home system (VHS) tapes, unpublished manuscripts, and photographs received by...

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The following topics are mentioned: J. Lester Williams, anti-catholicism, antisemitism, Ku Klux Klan, DeMolay, Arthur Johnson, William A. Theobald, Arthur M. Millard, Sylvester O. Spring, Robert J. Daly, Order of the Builders

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The following topics are mentioned: Wisconsin, Harry C. Walker, Knights Templar, Andrew D. Agnew, anti-semitism

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The following topics are mentioned: Simon Feder, anti-semitism, George N. Foster, Herbert F. French, finances

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The following topics are mentioned: James D. Kauffman, anti-semitism, Southern Jurisdiction, Miami, Florida

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The following topics are mentioned: John Lincoln Graham, Frederick H. Biggs, Winthrop J. Cushing, anti-semitism, William F. Gurley, Marcel Gutierrez, South America

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The following topics are mentioned: Charles D. Heald, Cerneau bodies, anti-semitism, Freeman C. Hersey, Lester W. Herzog, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, William G. Crabill

Abstract This collection includes correspondence sent to Jacob Norton, and a small number of letters that were sent by Norton. The correspondence provide insight into the lives of American Masons all over the United States in various positions of importance in Masonry. The collection also reveals the nature of relationships between American Masons and, especially, between these Masons and Norton himself. Norton’s collecting of research into American Masonic practices and early American Masonic...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection documents the business of the Office of the Sovereign Grand Commander of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction. It was created, organized, and maintained by Melvin Maynard Johnson and his long-time secretary, Ralph H. Sleeper. The bulk of the collection is comprised of correspondence to and from Melvin Maynard Johnson during his years as Sovereign Grand Commander, 1933-1953. Correspondence usually includes both the original letter, as well as a carbon-paper copy of Johnson's...