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Collection Overview
| Size | 140.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 25,000 items) |
| Abstract | The Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of North Carolina is the oldest and largest fraternal organization in North Carolina. The Grand Lodge has been in continuous operation since it was established by a convention of Masonic lodges in Tarboro, N.C., December 1787. Previous to that, Masonic lodges had met in North Carolina since 1755 under the authority of several other grand lodges. The collection consists of minute books, ledgers, account books, other similar financial record-keeping volumes, membership returns, bylaws, and other papers that document many extinct and some active individual lodges under the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of North Carolina. |
| Creator | Freemasons. Grand Lodge of North Carolina. |
| Language | English |
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Historical Information
The Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of North Carolina (Freemasons. Grand Lodge of North Carolina) is the oldest and largest fraternal organization in North Carolina. The Grand Lodge has been in continuous operation since it was established by a convention of Masonic lodges in Tarboro, N.C., December 1787. Its first three grand masters were Samuel Johnston, Richard Caswell, and William R. Davie. Previous to that, Masonic lodges had met in North Carolina since 1755 under the authority of several other grand lodges. The Grand Lodge of North Carolina currently (2007) has more than 48,000 members in 376 lodges.
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Scope and Content
The collection consists of minute books, ledgers, account books, other similar financial recordkeeping volumes, membership returns, bylaws, and other papers that document many extinct and some individual lodges under the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of North Carolina (Freemasons. Grand Lodge of North Carolina), the oldest and largest fraternal organization in North Carolina.
Historical table of North Carolina Masonic lodges by name and number
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Series 1. Volumes, 1790-1920s.
Arrangement: by lodge number; unnumbered and unidentified volumes are listed at the end of the series.
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Series 2. Membership Returns, 1789-1944.
Arrangement: by lodge number.
Returns document lodge membership by year. There are charters, by-laws, and other like documentation for scattered lodges.
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Series 3. Other Papers, 1796-1951.
Arrangement: by lodge number.
Scattered financial and administrative documentation for a few lodges and photographs of masonic relics and members.
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Items Separated
Processed by: SHC Staff, December 2007
Encoded by: Nancy Kaiser, December 2007
Updated because of reboxing project by Danielle Fasig, Virginia Ferris, and Julie Seifert, December 2012-January 2013.
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