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- Description:
- Letter, catalog, return envelope and envelope sent to the Pine Tree Lodge No. 172 of the Free and Accepted Masons of Mattawamkeag, Maine by the Detroit Regalia Company of 117-119 Jefferson Avenue on November 15, 1908. The envelope bears the compass and square symbol as well as the text, "Manufacturers of Masonic Lodge Regalia, Paraphernalia, Supplies and Costumes. Banners, Badges, Furniture." The letterhead includes a photograph of the company's building. The catalog is a four panel folded brochure and it includes listings and illustrations of lambskin aprons, decorative trowels, Bible boards, seal presses, and past master's jewels, as well as an order form.
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Program for the 113th reunion banquet for the Michigan Sovereign Consistory, Commandery Class held at the Masonic Temple on March 28, 1912. Within is a list of officers, the menu, a list of members of the Commandery Class, and the lyrics to "America," "Our Native Land," and "Michigan, My Michigan."
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Staple and ribbon bound booklet published by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows to campaign for Detroit to host the 1898 meeting of the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The booklet contains photographs of Detroit buildings, streets, and sites, as well as articles on its suitableness for conventions, Belle Isle, the St. Clair Flats, Put-in-Bay, Palmer Park, Windsor, Mt. Clemens, Fort Wayne, Grosse Isle, and Oakland County. A section near the end provides background information on Michigan Lodge No. 1, Wayne Lodge No. 2, Oliver Branch Lodge No. 38, Washington Lodge No. 54, Detroit Lodge No. 128, Sides Lodge No. 155, Columbus Lodge No. 215, Riverside Lodge No. 303, Western Lodge No. 370, Eastern Lodge No. 387, Jonathon Lodge No. 394, River Rouge Lodge No. 410, American Eagle Lodge No. 441, Michigan Encampment No. 1, Enterprise Encampment No. 17, Ingersoll Encampment No. 29, Germania Encampment No. 45, and Canton Detroit No. 1 Patriarchs Militant. The booklet closes with messages from Governor Hazen S. Pingree and Mayor William C. Maybury to the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows urging them to select Detroit.
- Date Issued:
- 1897-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Program for the convocation and reception of candidates of the Detroit-arson Grand Lodge of Perfection, Carson Council Princes of Jerusalem, Mount Olive Chapter of the Rose Croix, and Michigan Sovereign Consistory of the Ancient Accept Scottish Rite. Within its 24 pages are lists off officers, members, and candidates, rules, the schedule for the event, and casts for several plays. "Press of Winn & Hammond, Detroit," is printed on the back cover.
- Date Issued:
- 1905-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Tête-bêche staple-bound program book for a Review of the Great Hive of the Ladies of the Maccabees and the Review of the Great Camp of the Knights of the Maccabees held from June 6th through the 11th, with a half of the booklet dedicated to each organization. The program is predominately advertisements, but also contains the schedule for the events, lists of officers and committee members, a partial history of the Knights of the Maccabees, the history of the Ladies of the Maccabees for Michigan, and photographs of Detroit landmarks.
- Date Issued:
- 1898-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- German-language program for the Golden Jubilee of Washington Lodge No. 54 of the Independent Order of the Odd Fellows, bound in a dark red paper cover with golden blackletter typeface for the title. Within its 46 pages are the history of the founding of the lodge, budgetary information, a list of members and officers from 1851 through 1901, and a photograph of the Temple of Odd Fellows at Monroe Street and Randolph Street.
- Date Issued:
- 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Large membership certificate presented by the Knights Templar to William S. Green on March 31, 1873. The document is signed by Commander Eil Garfield, Captain General Euyen Robinson, recorder G.B. Noble, and a Generalissimo whose name has faded. The certificate includes lithographs of knights, a temple, ceremonial robes and swords, and a coffin, as well as a green Knights Templar seal attached by a black ribbon.
- Date Issued:
- 1873-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Invitation to the cornerstone laying ceremony for the Masonic Temple held on Monday, September 18, 1922 by the Masonic Temple Association. An embossed symbol of a trowels surrounded by the cross and crown of the Knights Templar, the keystone inscribed with the abbreviation "HTWSSKA" of the Royal Arch Masons, double-headed eagle with the number 32 on its chest for the Scottish Rite Masons, the scimitar and crescent of the Shriners, and the Mokanna head of the Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm. The invitation is printed within a folded piece of paper with the outside blank, aside from some discolored areas where labels may have once been.
- Date Issued:
- 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Brochure booklet giving Michigan Central Railroad routes into Detroit for the Knights of Pythias Biennial Conclave as well as information about the host city; cover has the Knights of Pythias emblem at the top with "Knights of Pythias Biennial Conclave at Detroit August 27 to September 1, 1900" beneath; below that is a picture of an angel holding a plaque that reads "Michigan Central The Niagara Falls Route" and "The Direct Route to Detroit From the East, West, North, and South" next to it. The back cover bears a Missouri Kansas Texas Railway Company stamp.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Invitation booklet for a Fraternal Order of Eagles, Detroit Aerie No. 82 Thanksgiving dinner held at the Russell House. The invitation consists of a half-folded sheet of velum bounded around a half-folded sheet of paper with white string. An engraving of an eagle perched atop the Federal Shield, with arrows and laurels in its talons is on the cover. A passage describing the occasion using eagle-related terminology is contained within.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
