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Freemasonry

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

Admission ticket, Free and Accepted Masons Centennial Commemoration of the Intiation of Gen. George Washington at Metropolitan Hall, M.W. Grand Lodge, New York, 1852 November 4

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Ephemera collected by Geo. Gregory Smart related to the memory and popular image of George Washington. The collection includes postcards, calendars, cigar boxes covers, stamps and first day covers, programs for anniversary events, books and pamphlets, hat stands, billheads, stationary, cartes-de-visite, playing cards, and puzzles. Some items are catchy such as a hat stand touting the motto “friends you can hang your hat on,” while others are designed to be more educational such as...
Dates: 1852 November 4

Alexandria-Washington Lodge No. 22 (Masonic) Wreath Laying at Washington's Tomb, December 14, 1938

 Item — Box: 33: Series HPC - Box 33
Identifier: BW-1141
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Historical Photograph Collection is largely comprised of materials created by or for the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association. Some of the earliest photographs of the estate were created and sold to visitors by the Association as a means of income. Those efforts helped to establish an important collection of 19th century views. The collection spans the 1850s to 2000s and includes over 140 linear feet of analog material providing a visual history of the Mansion, outbuildings, tombs, grounds,...
Dates: December 14, 1938

Auguste Belin to Martha Washington, 1800 March 5

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed. A condolence letter from Auguste Belin, Secretary of the Loge Française l’Aménité of Philidelphia, a freemason lodge of French and Saint-Dominguen émigrés. Belin writes that he is inclosing copies of a funeral oration performed at the lodge in honor of George Washington's death.

Dates: 1800 March 5

BW-1141 - Alexandria Washington Lodge laying a wreath at the Tomb , December 14, 1938

 Item — Box 4 (4x5)
Identifier: BW-1141
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Historical Photograph Collection is largely comprised of materials created by or for the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association. Photographers primarily include staff members and contract photographers. The collection spans the 1930s to the 2000s and includes analog material made up of a variety of sizes of film negatives providing a visual history of the Mansion, outbuildings, tombs, grounds, events, visitors, collection objects, personnel, restoration, and changes throughout the estate.

Dates: December 14, 1938

BW-1796/A-B - Masonic Lodges place wreaths at Washington's tomb , December 14, 1939

 Item — Box 6 (4x5)
Identifier: BW-1796
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Historical Photograph Collection is largely comprised of materials created by or for the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association. Photographers primarily include staff members and contract photographers. The collection spans the 1930s to the 2000s and includes analog material made up of a variety of sizes of film negatives providing a visual history of the Mansion, outbuildings, tombs, grounds, events, visitors, collection objects, personnel, restoration, and changes throughout the estate.

Dates: December 14, 1939

Calling card, Knights Templar Washington Commandery No. 33, Saratoga Springs, undated

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Ephemera collected by Geo. Gregory Smart related to the memory and popular image of George Washington. The collection includes postcards, calendars, cigar boxes covers, stamps and first day covers, programs for anniversary events, books and pamphlets, hat stands, billheads, stationary, cartes-de-visite, playing cards, and puzzles. Some items are catchy such as a hat stand touting the motto “friends you can hang your hat on,” while others are designed to be more educational such as...
Dates: undated

Carte de visite; Washington as a Mason

 Item — Box 1 - Waldsmith - cabinet cards: Series RP-3216 ; ST-7184
Identifier: RP-3216 ; Waldsmith CC61
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Views of Mount Vernon spanning more than 100 years. The Robert Waldsmith Collection consists of approximately 300 stereographs and cabinet cards by Alexander Gardner, N. G. Johnson, Luke D. Dillon, and others. Highlights of the collection include: several west front views of the Mansion, including the earlist known one by Frederick Langenheim, circa 1856; an early view of the tomb, circa 1857, and a collection of Washington statues and buildings honoring the first President.

Dates: 1856-1981

Gazette of the United States, New York, NY and Philadelphia, PA, 1790 September 11

 Item — Box 21, Folder: LUPOVICH
Identifier: 2018-SC-054-019
Scope and Contents

Contains the address of the Master, Warden, and Brethren of King David's Masonic Lodge in Newport to the President and George Washington's response, page 4, column 2.

Dates: 1790 September 11

Invitation, Washington's birthday anniversary, DeKalb Lodge No. 144, A., F. & A. M., 1901

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Ephemera collected by Geo. Gregory Smart related to the memory and popular image of George Washington. The collection includes postcards, calendars, cigar boxes covers, stamps and first day covers, programs for anniversary events, books and pamphlets, hat stands, billheads, stationary, cartes-de-visite, playing cards, and puzzles. Some items are catchy such as a hat stand touting the motto “friends you can hang your hat on,” while others are designed to be more educational such as...
Dates: 1901

Mount Vernon Estate, Tomb, December 14, 1940

 Item — Box 14: Series HPC - Box 14
Identifier: HPC - Box 14
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Historical Photograph Collection is largely comprised of materials created by or for the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association. Some of the earliest photographs of the estate were created and sold to visitors by the Association as a means of income. Those efforts helped to establish an important collection of 19th century views. The collection spans the 1850s to 2000s and includes over 140 linear feet of analog material providing a visual history of the Mansion, outbuildings, tombs, grounds,...
Dates: December 14, 1940

Photograph of the interior of the Alexandria-Washington Masonic Lodge, 1900s

 Item — Box 3, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains correspondence, legal documents, financial records, and other documents related to John Augustine Washington III and his son Lawrence, as well as his granddaughters Anne and Patty. The bulk of the correspondence series are letters sent to John Augustine Washington III 1840-1860. They deal with family affairs and the management of various family plantations, including Mount Vernon. The late-nineteenth and twentieth century papers are divided into subject files,...
Dates: 1900s

Pilgrimage of Washington, Columbia, Potomac and De Molay Commanderies, of the District of Columbia to Mount Vernon in Honor of Washington Commandery No. 1 Knights Templar of Hartford, Ct., Oct. 16th 1872, October 16, 1872

 Item — Box HPC - Stereorgraphs - Box 2: Series HPC - Stereographs
Identifier: 2018-VR-020
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Historical Photograph Collection is largely comprised of materials created by or for the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association. Some of the earliest photographs of the estate were created and sold to visitors by the Association as a means of income. Those efforts helped to establish an important collection of 19th century views. The collection spans the 1850s to 2000s and includes over 140 linear feet of analog material providing a visual history of the Mansion, outbuildings, tombs, grounds,...
Dates: October 16, 1872

Pilgrimage of Washington, Columbia, Potomac and De Molay Commanderies, of the District of Columbia to Mount Vernon in Honor of Washington Commandery No. 1 Knights Templar of Hartford, Ct., Oct. 16th 1872, October 16, 1872

 Item — Waldsmith Collection - Box 1: Series RP-3216 ; ST-7184
Identifier: RP-3216 ; ST-7184 ; Waldsmith 122
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Views of Mount Vernon spanning more than 100 years. The Robert Waldsmith Collection consists of approximately 300 stereographs and cabinet cards by Alexander Gardner, N. G. Johnson, Luke D. Dillon, and others. Highlights of the collection include: several west front views of the Mansion, including the earlist known one by Frederick Langenheim, circa 1856; an early view of the tomb, circa 1857, and a collection of Washington statues and buildings honoring the first President.

Dates: October 16, 1872

Pilgrimage to Mt. Vernon, October 16, 1872

 Item — Box HPC - Stereorgraphs - Box 2: Series HPC - Stereographs
Identifier: HPC - Stereographs
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Historical Photograph Collection is largely comprised of materials created by or for the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association. Some of the earliest photographs of the estate were created and sold to visitors by the Association as a means of income. Those efforts helped to establish an important collection of 19th century views. The collection spans the 1850s to 2000s and includes over 140 linear feet of analog material providing a visual history of the Mansion, outbuildings, tombs, grounds,...
Dates: October 16, 1872

Poster, Masonic Symbolic Chart, published by Albert Thompson, 1854

 Item — Drawer 22
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Ephemera collected by Geo. Gregory Smart related to the memory and popular image of George Washington. The collection includes postcards, calendars, cigar boxes covers, stamps and first day covers, programs for anniversary events, books and pamphlets, hat stands, billheads, stationary, cartes-de-visite, playing cards, and puzzles. Some items are catchy such as a hat stand touting the motto “friends you can hang your hat on,” while others are designed to be more educational such as...
Dates: 1854

Poster, The Light of Masonry, 1901

 Item — Box 4 OV, Folder: 5.2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Ephemera collected by Geo. Gregory Smart related to the memory and popular image of George Washington. The collection includes postcards, calendars, cigar boxes covers, stamps and first day covers, programs for anniversary events, books and pamphlets, hat stands, billheads, stationary, cartes-de-visite, playing cards, and puzzles. Some items are catchy such as a hat stand touting the motto “friends you can hang your hat on,” while others are designed to be more educational such as...
Dates: 1901

Poster, Washington as a Freemason printed by Strobridge & Co., 1867

 Item — Box 4 OV, Folder: 5.2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Ephemera collected by Geo. Gregory Smart related to the memory and popular image of George Washington. The collection includes postcards, calendars, cigar boxes covers, stamps and first day covers, programs for anniversary events, books and pamphlets, hat stands, billheads, stationary, cartes-de-visite, playing cards, and puzzles. Some items are catchy such as a hat stand touting the motto “friends you can hang your hat on,” while others are designed to be more educational such as...
Dates: 1867

Poster, Washington as a Freemason printed by Strobridge & Co., 1870

 Item — Box 4 OV, Folder: 5.2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Ephemera collected by Geo. Gregory Smart related to the memory and popular image of George Washington. The collection includes postcards, calendars, cigar boxes covers, stamps and first day covers, programs for anniversary events, books and pamphlets, hat stands, billheads, stationary, cartes-de-visite, playing cards, and puzzles. Some items are catchy such as a hat stand touting the motto “friends you can hang your hat on,” while others are designed to be more educational such as...
Dates: 1870

Program, Public Installation of Officers, Washington Lodge, F. & A. M., 1888 November 20

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Ephemera collected by Geo. Gregory Smart related to the memory and popular image of George Washington. The collection includes postcards, calendars, cigar boxes covers, stamps and first day covers, programs for anniversary events, books and pamphlets, hat stands, billheads, stationary, cartes-de-visite, playing cards, and puzzles. Some items are catchy such as a hat stand touting the motto “friends you can hang your hat on,” while others are designed to be more educational such as...
Dates: 1888 November 20

Program, Sesqui-Centennial Anniversary of the Intiation of Brother George Washington into the Fraternity of Freemasons, Barger Lodge No. 325, 1902 November 10

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Ephemera collected by Geo. Gregory Smart related to the memory and popular image of George Washington. The collection includes postcards, calendars, cigar boxes covers, stamps and first day covers, programs for anniversary events, books and pamphlets, hat stands, billheads, stationary, cartes-de-visite, playing cards, and puzzles. Some items are catchy such as a hat stand touting the motto “friends you can hang your hat on,” while others are designed to be more educational such as...
Dates: 1902 November 10

Receipt of contribution for the George Washington National Masonic Memorial, 1900s

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Ephemera collected by Geo. Gregory Smart related to the memory and popular image of George Washington. The collection includes postcards, calendars, cigar boxes covers, stamps and first day covers, programs for anniversary events, books and pamphlets, hat stands, billheads, stationary, cartes-de-visite, playing cards, and puzzles. Some items are catchy such as a hat stand touting the motto “friends you can hang your hat on,” while others are designed to be more educational such as...
Dates: 1900s

The Newark Gazette, Newark, NJ, 1800 March 4

 Item
Identifier: Jackson 657
Scope and Contents

p. 3 - an account of the proceedings of St. John's Masonic Lodge in Newark on February 22 in honor of George Washington. p. 4 - an advertisement for an original painting in memory of George Washington on exhibit, and an advertisement for the publication of a funeral sermon on the death of George Washington by Alexander Macwhotter.

Dates: 1800 March 4

Tobias Lear to Auguste Belin, 1800 May 15

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha in response to Auguste Belin's, Philadelphia, condolence letter on the death of George Washington.

Dates: 1800 May 15

Tomb of Washington at Mt' Vernon. Va., October 16, 1872

 Item — Box HPC - Stereorgraphs - Box 2: Series HPC - Stereographs
Identifier: RP-383 ; EV-5662
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Historical Photograph Collection is largely comprised of materials created by or for the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association. Some of the earliest photographs of the estate were created and sold to visitors by the Association as a means of income. Those efforts helped to establish an important collection of 19th century views. The collection spans the 1850s to 2000s and includes over 140 linear feet of analog material providing a visual history of the Mansion, outbuildings, tombs, grounds,...
Dates: October 16, 1872

Washington Homestead at Mt. Vernon Va., October 16, 1872

 Item — Box HPC - Stereograph - Box 1: Series HPC - Stereographs
Identifier: RP-6 ; St-3018
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Historical Photograph Collection is largely comprised of materials created by or for the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association. Some of the earliest photographs of the estate were created and sold to visitors by the Association as a means of income. Those efforts helped to establish an important collection of 19th century views. The collection spans the 1850s to 2000s and includes over 140 linear feet of analog material providing a visual history of the Mansion, outbuildings, tombs, grounds,...
Dates: October 16, 1872

Washington Homestead, at Mt. Vernon, Virginia. , October 16, 1872

 Item — Waldsmith Collection - Box 1: Series RP-3216 ; ST-7184
Identifier: RP-3216 ; ST-7184 ; Waldsmith 033
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Views of Mount Vernon spanning more than 100 years. The Robert Waldsmith Collection consists of approximately 300 stereographs and cabinet cards by Alexander Gardner, N. G. Johnson, Luke D. Dillon, and others. Highlights of the collection include: several west front views of the Mansion, including the earlist known one by Frederick Langenheim, circa 1856; an early view of the tomb, circa 1857, and a collection of Washington statues and buildings honoring the first President.

Dates: October 16, 1872

Washington's Homestead, Mount Vernon, October 16, 1872

 Item — Box 1: Series HPC - Box 1; Series HPC - Cartes de visite
Identifier: HPC - Cartes de visite
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Historical Photograph Collection is largely comprised of materials created by or for the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association. Some of the earliest photographs of the estate were created and sold to visitors by the Association as a means of income. Those efforts helped to establish an important collection of 19th century views. The collection spans the 1850s to 2000s and includes over 140 linear feet of analog material providing a visual history of the Mansion, outbuildings, tombs, grounds,...
Dates: October 16, 1872