Prince Hall Masons - Washington D.C., 1933, 1955-1957 |

Additional Description

Arrangement

Additional archival documentation related to Prince Hall Masons is found elsewhere in the AFRO Morgue Files filed under organizational name variants, names of individuals, and specific lodges and locations in the archives, as well as under broader headings such as "Masons" and "Freemasonry."

Document Types

Photographs, Clipping

Legacy Description

John T. Lewis, Raymond E. Bumbry, and Ernest E. Tinnen were members of the Ionic Lodge Prince Hall Masons. The Prince Hall Masons and Shriners dispersed $150,000 to African American owned and operated banks as a gesture of faith in minority group owned and operated enterprises. Members of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Masons took part in the cornerstone ceremony at the Greater Mount Pleasant Plains Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. on June 22, 1957.

Processing Information

Prince Hall Masons files have been processed using detailed processing procedures. All the information in the finding aid has been verified against folder content, dates and document types have been added to description for each folder, and in some cases, more granular arrangement and description has been done to facilitate research. Includes some material previously filed under "Masons", "Masonic Temple," "Grand Lodge," "Most Worshipful Prince Hall" and other related headings. See individual records for more information.