Freemasonry
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 7721 Collections and/or Records:
Reception Room in the International Eastern Star Temple in Washington D.C., 1960-1980
Item
Identifier: A1996-066-4673
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Ralph B. Duncan postcard collection consists of postcards with a Masonic connection, either a building used for Masonic purposes, a person connected to Freemasonry, or a subject concerning Freemasonry. Mostly made during 1907-1940s, there are some that are both earlier and later, which can be determined by changes in postcard conventions. Included are portraits, views of buildings, cartoons, among other subjects. Most of the postcards of buildings are in the United States, with some from...
Dates:
1960-1980
Reception Room, Masonic Cathedral, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, 1911
Item
Identifier: A1996-066-1148
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Ralph B. Duncan postcard collection consists of postcards with a Masonic connection, either a building used for Masonic purposes, a person connected to Freemasonry, or a subject concerning Freemasonry. Mostly made during 1907-1940s, there are some that are both earlier and later, which can be determined by changes in postcard conventions. Included are portraits, views of buildings, cartoons, among other subjects. Most of the postcards of buildings are in the United States, with some from...
Dates:
1911
Reception Room, Masonic Temple, Colorado Springs, 1910
Item
Identifier: A1996-066-1043
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Ralph B. Duncan postcard collection consists of postcards with a Masonic connection, either a building used for Masonic purposes, a person connected to Freemasonry, or a subject concerning Freemasonry. Mostly made during 1907-1940s, there are some that are both earlier and later, which can be determined by changes in postcard conventions. Included are portraits, views of buildings, cartoons, among other subjects. Most of the postcards of buildings are in the United States, with some from...
Dates:
1910
Recognition of the two Supreme Councils, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction and Prince Hall, 1995 January 23
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: A2012-061
Scope and Contents
Resolution between Supreme Council, AASR, NMJ and Prince Hall, NJ, which concerns the recognition of autonomous jurisdictions, but allowing fraternal visitation between organizations. Both copies are signed by Robert O. Ralston and Samuel Brogdon, Jr. and dated January 23, 1995. It also includes 3 color photographs of the signing occasion in the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library.
Dates:
1995 January 23
Found in:
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library
Records for the Valley of Rochester, 1866-2005
Collection
Identifier: A2007-044
Scope and Contents
The collection contains: meeting minutes of the Rochester Lodge of Perfection, Council Princes of Jerusalem, Chapter of Rose Croix, and Consistory, as well as Germania Lodge of Perfection. Also included are ledgers of death, suspensions, withdrawals, and dues of active members, committee meetings, memorial book, Oath of Fealty Book, bylaws, and legal papers of the Scottish Rite Valley of Rochester from 1866-2005.The collection is arranged in 7 series and totals approximately 18...
Dates:
1866-2005
Found in:
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library
Records of John W. McNaughton, Sovereign Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States, 2006-2017
Collection
Identifier: A2019-025
Records of Leon M. Abbott, Sovereign Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States, 1908-1932
Collection
Identifier: A2021-074
Abstract
Leon Martin Abbott (1867-1932) was a prominent and influential Freemason, lawyer, and philanthropist. He was born on August 28, 1867, to Joseph Brown Abbott (1835-1892) and Lydia Cole Martin (1838-1893). Educated in Keene, New Hampshire, he attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and graduated from Harvard Law School in 1891. Abbott practiced law in Boston, turning down offers of judgeships and political office to remain a private citizen. He became Sovereign Grand Commander of...
Dates:
1908-1932; Majority of material found within 1921-1932
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
Collection
Identifier: A2019-001
Abstract
Melvin Maynard Johnson (1871-1957) was a prominent and influential Freemason, lawyer and academic. Johnson was born on May 11, 1871, in Waltham Massachusetts. He attended Tufts College and Boston University School of Law (BUSL). Following a successful career as an attorney, he returned to BUSL as a professor in 1918. He was Dean of the Law School from 1935 to1942. Johnson was the first full-time Sovereign Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, a position he held...
Dates:
1915-1979; Majority of material found within 1933-1953
Found in:
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library
Records of Sykes Lodge, No. 1040, 1865-1933
Collection
Identifier: A1988-013
Scope and Contents
This collection includes minutebooks (Volume 1 through 6) and notes by booklet's owner that documents the lodge's history up to 1912.
Dates:
1865-1905
Found in:
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library
Records of the Loge des Neuf Soeurs in Paris, France, 1782-1806
Collection
Identifier: A1989-004
Scope and Contents
This collection of original manuscripts, circulars, notices, extracts, addresses, and tableaus concerning Loge des Neuf Soeurs in Paris from 1782-1806 is bound as a book by Marquis de Pastoret. Included are several passages mentioning the role of Benjamin Franklin and the Freemasons in the American and French Revolutions, handwritten catechism for the now extinct Rite of Adoption, invitations, and other notes by Pastoret. Also includes two printed tableaus of lodge members.
Dates:
1782-1806
Found in:
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library