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- Description:
- Hardcover book concerning the 1863 Annual Communications held by the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Michigan held in the Masonic Hall in Detroit on January 14, 1963. Within are a list of involved lodges, transcripts of address, and charts tracking membership. The book is bound in an unmarked black cover.
- Date Issued:
- 1863-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- General History
- 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
- Collection:
- General History
- 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
- Collection:
- General History
- 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
- Collection:
- Biographical
- 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
- Collection:
- General History
- Description:
- Small, 32-page booklet bound in a brown paper cover containing the constitution and by-laws of the International Order of Good Templars of Michigan. The booklet was printed by William Graham's Machine Printing Presses. The back cover contains an advertisement for the Peninsular herald, "a family newspaper, devoted to temperance, literature, general intelligence, and moral improvement," published in Detroit by J. Russell and Son, and a list of prices of lodge supplies sold by John Evans, the Grand Worthy Secretary from Bellevue, Michigan.
- Date Issued:
- 1867-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- General History
- 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
- Collection:
- General History
- 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
- Collection:
- General History
- Description:
- Small blue leatherette pouch from which a certificate declaring that William S. Green has achieved the degree of Master Mason through Ashlar Lodge No. 91 of the Free and Accepted Masons on March 20, 1873 unfolds. The document is signed by worshipful master Thomas N. Rindway, secretary James Stuishlater, senior warden J.D. Boyle, and junior warden A.F. Way, and has a green Masonic seal attached by a ribbon. The pouch has a frayed black ribbon fastener.
- Date Issued:
- 1873-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- General History
- Description:
- September 1922, issue of the Detroit Masonic News featuring a painting of the new Masonic Temple by M.S. Gross on the cover. Within are articles about the new building, including floorplans and construction photographs, as well as features about the building of the previous Masonic Temple on Lafayette Avenue, even earlier, and other articles of interest to Detroit Masons. Numerous advertisements for local businesses are peppered throughout the 224 pages.
- Date Issued:
- 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- General History
