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- Description:
- Hardcover souvenir program book for the First Annual Meeting of the Grand Council of Michigan of the United Commercial Travelers of America, held on May 18, and 19, 1894. The book was distributed by Detroit Council, No. 9 of the U.C.T., and includes program information for the meeting, as well as half-tone photos of important individuals and Detroit sites, as well as advertisements. The book is bound in a black leatherette cover with embossed gold text.
- Date Issued:
- 1894-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- General History
- Description:
- Program for the Past Masters Night and 148th anniversary of Zion Lodge No. 1 of the Free and Accepted Masons, held on February 21, 1912. The program is bound in an aqua paper cover, and includes a list of the events, including music and lectures, the menu, a list of members and officers, the cast of a play, the lyrics to "Old Zion," and a portrait of Worshipful Master C. Howard Turner.
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- General History
- 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
- Collection:
- General History
- Description:
- December 1920, issue of the Detroit Masonic News featuring an illustration of a pen writing out a check with the caption, "New Working Tool of Detroit Master Masons," surrounded with an elaborate green border filled with masonic symbols and a scrollwork design. Within its 56 pages are articles concerning the ground breaking for the new Masonic Temple, plans to build a statue of Robert Burns in Cass Park, as well as news of the various lodges and orders in Detroit. Numerous advertisements for local businesses are peppered throughout.
- Date Issued:
- 1920-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- General History
- Description:
- Program for a play entitled Grand Master of All Symbolic Lodges, 20th Degree, concerning the history of the Scottish Rite Masonic Order, performed on October 18, 1911 by the Michigan Sovereign Consistory. The program includes the cast lists for both sections of the play as well as the musical selections to be performed.
- Date Issued:
- 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Sheet music for the song "Hang Your Hat in Detroit," written by William McKenna and published by Jerome H. Remick and Company of Detroit for the 1910 Elks Grand Lodge Reunion. The recto features an image of a woman in a purple dress next to an elk's head against a background of Detroit's skyline featuring hats hung on several of the buildings. The verso has an image of an elk's head and "This song is approved by the General Election Committee, Grand Lodge Reunion 1910" written above the signatures of the committee.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- A decorative sign with a passage containing series of puns and plays on Masonic terminology written in script. The compass and square symbol along with the letters F. and A.M., for Free and Accepted Masons. A book atop a portion of a large globe is depicted at the bottom, along with, "Copr. 1923 The House of Art, N.Y.," and "No. 238."
- Date Issued:
- 1923-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Program for the Twenty-Sixth Anniversary of Friendship Lodge No. 417 of the Free and Accepted Masons held in the auditorium of the Masonic Temple on Friday, April 28th, 1922. Within are a list of past masters, as well as the itinerary including music, speakers, and the ceremony. The menu, including roast duck and cigars, is on the back page.
- Date Issued:
- 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- 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
- 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
