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  • Collection: African American Freemasonry & Fraternalism

Pictorial review of East Rock Lodge, No. 141, Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World, 1957

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This pictorial review documents the Golden Anniversary Celebration of the East Rock Lodge, No. 141, established in 1907. It includes photographs of the Grand Lodge Officers, General Chairman and Committee Charman, and assorted committees, as well as…

Unissued International F. & A.M. Masons application, about 1975

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An unissued membership application for the International Free & Accepted Modern Masons. Dated about 1975.

Letter from the committee of the Inter-State Conference of Knights Templars, about 1908

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A letter from the committee of the Inter-State Conference of Knights Templars to the Prince Hall Knights Templars of Kansas. Dated about 1908. In this letter, the committee reports that Grand Commandery Knights Templar of the Jurisdiction of Illinois…

National Home Finding Society for Colored Children pamphlet, about 1922

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National Home Finding Society for Colored Children pamphlet. Dated about 1922. A fund-raising pamphlet created by Octavius Singleton’s National Home Finding Society for Colored Children, a Louisville, Kentucky, orphanage for African-American…

Financial report, 1921 January 31

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A financial report for the National Home Finding Society, Inc. Dated January 31, 1921. This informational pamphlet for the National Home Finding Society for Colored Children, an orphanage for African-American children, provided supporters with a…

Letter from Reverend O. Singleton to Edward M. Stevens, 1922 June 28

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A letter from Reverend O. Singleton to Edward M. Stevens. Dated June 28, 1922. In this letter, Reverend O. Singleton, the Superintendent for the National Home Finding Society for Colored Children, an orphanage for African-American children, describes…

Letter from Reverend Octavius Singleton of the National Home Finding Society to Jephtha Lodge, No. 11, 1922 August 6

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A letter from Reverend Octavius Singleton of the National Home Finding Society to Jephtha Lodge, No. 11. Dated August 6, 1922. In this letter, Superintendent Singleton thanks Jephtha Lodge for its support of the National Home Finding Society for…

Letter from the Prince Hall Grand Chapter of Massachusetts, 1975 January 14

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Letter from the Prince Hall Grand Chapter of Massachusetts. Dated January 14, 1975. This letter from the Prince Hall Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons invites Prince Hall Freemasons “to journey to Monrovia, Liberia, Africa, to witness and assist in…

Letter from Sovereign Grand Commander Peter W. Ray to the Supreme Council, 1884 September

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Letter from Sovereign Grand Commander Peter W. Ray to the Supreme Council. Dated September 1884. In this letter from Sovereign Grand Commander Peter W. Ray to the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, Ray provides a history of his Supreme…

Letter from Constantine Consistory, No. 25, to Peter B. C. Brown, Jr., 1968 March 27

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Letter from Constantine Consistory, No. 25, to Peter B. C. Brown, Jr. Dated March 27, 1968. In this letter, Constantine Consistory, No. 25, informs Brown that he is eligible to receive the Scottish Rite degrees on Friday, March 31, at the Prince Hall…