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Official history of freemasonry among the colored people in North America : tracing the growth of masonry from 1717 down to the present day, bringing to light many interesting facts unknown to the great body of the Craft : also giving an account of the introduction of Freemasonry into America, its origin and practice among Negroes, the establishment of Subordinate and Grand Lodges, Royal Arch Chapters, Commanderies, the Scottish Rite, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, and the Ancient Rite of Memphis, with its ninety-seven degrees, to which is appended much general information tending to show the progress of the race in citizenship, business, education, wealth, with the names of prominent Americans who have become famous in Craft and other walks of like
- Title
- Official history of freemasonry among the colored people in North America : tracing the growth of masonry from 1717 down to the present day, bringing to light many interesting facts unknown to the great body of the Craft : also giving an account of the introduction of Freemasonry into America, its origin and practice among Negroes, the establishment of Subordinate and Grand Lodges, Royal Arch Chapters, Commanderies, the Scottish Rite, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, and the Ancient Rite of Memphis, with its ninety-seven degrees, to which is appended much general information tending to show the progress of the race in citizenship, business, education, wealth, with the names of prominent Americans who have become famous in Craft and other walks of like / by Wm. H. Grimshaw.
- Author
- Grimshaw, Wm. H. (William Henry), 1848-1927
- Publication
- New York ; Montreal ; London : Broadway Publishing Company, [1903]
- ©1903.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Broadway Publishing Co., publisher.
- Description
- xi, [2], vi-xi, [1], 392 pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations, portraits; 23 cm.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
- Alternative Title
- History of freemasonry among the colored people in North America
- Subjects
- Note
- "Copyright, 1903, by William Henry Grimshaw."--verso of title page.
- "Sold only by subscription through authorized agents, and not to be had at bookstores. Anyone desiring a copy should address W.H. Grimshaw, 247 Tenth Street, N.E., Washington, D.C."--verso of title page.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Schomburg Center's researchers are restricted to the digital form or the Ocker & Trapp, Inc.'s photocopy in the JBH General Research & Reference Division.
- Reproduction (note)
- Photocopy.
- Source (note)
- Arthur A. Schomburg;
- Provenance (note)
- is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
- Call Number
- Sc 366.11-G (Grimshaw, W. Official history of freemasonry)
- LCCN
- 03028951
- OCLC
- 13619661
- NYPGR13619661-B
- Author
- Grimshaw, Wm. H. (William Henry), 1848-1927, author.
- Title
- Official history of freemasonry among the colored people in North America : tracing the growth of masonry from 1717 down to the present day, bringing to light many interesting facts unknown to the great body of the Craft : also giving an account of the introduction of Freemasonry into America, its origin and practice among Negroes, the establishment of Subordinate and Grand Lodges, Royal Arch Chapters, Commanderies, the Scottish Rite, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, and the Ancient Rite of Memphis, with its ninety-seven degrees, to which is appended much general information tending to show the progress of the race in citizenship, business, education, wealth, with the names of prominent Americans who have become famous in Craft and other walks of like / by Wm. H. Grimshaw.
- Publisher
- New York ; Montreal ; London : Broadway Publishing Company, [1903]
- Copyright Date
- ©1903.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Reproduction
- Copy in Sc 366.11-G (copy 1) Photocopy. Emerson, N.J. : Ocker & Trapp, Inc. for The New York Public Library, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 2005. Preservation photocopy.
- Provenance
- Copy in Sc Rare 366.11-G (copy 2) (accession no. B593639) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
- Additional Formats
- Schomburg Center's researchers are restricted to the digital form or the Ocker & Trapp, Inc.'s photocopy in the JBH General Research & Reference Division.
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Added Author
- Broadway Publishing Co., publisher.Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.
- Research Call Number
- Sc 366.11-G (Grimshaw, W. Official history of freemasonry)Sc Rare 366.11-G (Grimshaw, W. Official history of freemasonry) -- (Lapidus Cage)