Browse Items (293 total)

  • Collection: Selections from the Van Gorden-Williams Library & Archives

Beneficiary certificate issued by the Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen of Arkansas to Benjamin B. Welling, 1912 June 11

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A beneficiary certificate issued by the Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen of Arkansas to Benjamin B. Welling.

Blank charter created for the International Union of Bricklayers of the United States of North America, between 1865 and 1868

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An unissued or blank charter commissioned by the International Union of Bricklayers of the United States of North America. Imprint at the bottom of the certificate reads, "E.C." Organized in 1865, the International Union of Bricklayers of the United…

Blank Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund subscription paper, 1887

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A blank ledger for contributions towards the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund, part of the appeal sent to Kingston Lodge, No. 10.

Blank postcard of the Washington Masonic National Memorial and Mt. Vernon, circa 1920-1949

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A blank postcard of the Washington Masonic National Memorial in Alexandria, Va. and Mt. Vernon, Va.

Broadside for National League of Masonic Clubs, 1923

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This document describes the events scheduled for the 18th Annual Convention of the National League of Masonic Clubs held in Boston, Mass.

Buzz Aldrin Masonic ephemera collection

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A portion of Ben B. Lipset's Buzz Aldrin Ephemera Collection. Includes Lipset's poem "Mission Accomplished," a photograph of Buzz Aldrin fraternally inscribed to Lipset, and a letter of appreciation from A. H. Lavender, the public affairs officer at…

Campaign letter from Presidential candidate Richard M. Nixon, 1860

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A letter of appreciation from 1960 Presidential candidate Richard Milhous Nixon, the Vice President of the United States.

Carrier's address, to the patrons of the Rhode-Island Republican, 1833 January 1

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Carrier's address, to the patrons of the Rhode-Island Republican. Dated January 1, 1833. This carrier’s address to the patrons of the Rhode-Island Republican highlights the national and international events of the past year in verse form. Topics…

Celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the settlement of Hingham, Sept 28, 1835, 1835

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Celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the settlement of Hingham broadside. Dated 1835. This broadside contains the order of exercises for the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of Hingham, Massachusetts. Includes the text of a…

Certificate for the Two Hundredth Anniversary of United States Constitution

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200th Anniversary of the United States Constitution certificate issued by Supreme Council of the Thirty-Third Degree for the Southern Jurisdiction and Supreme Council for the Northern Jurisdiction, dated 1987.