University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Special Collections
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0860
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http://www.lib.utah.edu/collections/manuscripts.php
ACCN 2810
Freemasons. White Pine Lodge (Hamilton, Nev.)
Hamilton, Nevada Masonic Lodge and the Ely, Nevada Knights Templar records
1871-1967
11 boxes
5.5 linear feet
The Hamilton, Nevada Masonic Lodge and the Ely, Nevada Knights Templar records (1871-1967) consists of meeting logs, visitor logs, membership records, correspondence, invoices, treasury receipts and deposits, bank records, materials from the Grand Commandery of Royal Arch Masons of Nevada, and materials from the Grand Encampment of the Knights Templar of the United States of America.
Collection materials are in
English.
The Hamilton, Nevada Masonic Lodge and the Ely, Nevada Knights Templar records consist of records from both the White Pine Masonic Lodge in Hamilton, Nevada and the Ely Commandery No. 6 Knights Templar. White Pine Lodge remained operational from 1870-1879. Boxes 1-2 contain 3 ledgers that survived the fire in 1873 that destroyed much of Hamilton, Nevada. When the lodge in Hamilton discontinued its charter, many of the relics and remaining members joined the Ely Commandery in Ely, Nevada. Today, White Pine Lodge with the rest of Hamilton Nevada is a ghost town. Records pertaining to the Ely Lodge materials span from the 1920s-1967.
The records consists of meeting logs, visitor logs, membership records, correspondence, invoices, treasury receipts and deposits, bank records, materials from the Grand Commandery of Royal Arch Masons of Nevada, and materials from the Grand Encampment of the Knights Templar of the United States of America. Records pertaining to the White Pine Lodge range from 1871-1880. Records of the Ely Commandery No. 6 Knights Templar range from the 1920s-1967.
The collection is arranged into two series: White Pine Masonic Lodge and Hamiliton Nevada and the Ely Commandery No. 6 Knights Templar. Ely Commandery No. 6 Knights Templar is arranged into subseries: Procedural materials and Correspondence, Financial Materials, and National and Nevada State Masonic materials. Like materials (i.e. correspondence) have been arranged chronologically. Membership records are arranged alphabetically by last name.
Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Purchased from Ken Sanders Rare Books in 2014.
Processed by Chelsea Olsen in 2015.
See also the collection the Ely, Nevada Masonic Lodge records (Accn 2809) located in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections.
Freemasons. White Pine Lodge (Hamilton, Nev.)--Records and correspondence
Knights Templar (Masonic order). Ely Commandery No. 6 (Ely, Nev.)--Records and correspondence
Freemasons. Grand Commandery of Nevada--Records and correspondence
Knights Templar (Masonic order). Grand Encampment (Nev.)--Records and correspondence
Knights Templar (Masonic order). Ely Commandery No. 6 (Ely, Nev.)
Knights Templar (Masonic order). Grand Encampment (Nev.)
Freemasons. Grand Commandery of Nevada
Fraternal organizations--Nevada--Archives
Freemasonry--Nevada
Freemasonry--Lodges
Clubs and Societies
Records (Documents)
Account books
Registers (Lists)
Constitutions
By-laws
Visitors' books
Membership lists
Invoices
Bank statements
Financial records
White Pine Masonic Lodge
1
1
Ledger of Membership Dues
1871-1880
2
1
Record of Visitors and Members
1871-1878
2
2
Record of White Pine Chapter
1871-1880
This ledger is a record of all regular and called conclaves of the the lodge.
2
3
Constitution
2
4
Correspondence
1876-1880
2
5
Checks
1876
Ely Commandery No. 6 Knights Templar
Procedural materials and correspondence
3
1
Members and Visitors Register
1927-1933
3
2
Members and Visitors Register
1933-1940
3
3
Record
1927-1937
This ledger is labeled "Record" and records all regular and called conclaves.
3
4
Record
1938-1953
This ledger is labeled "Record" and records all regular and called conclaves.
3
5
Ledger K.T.
1945-1953
Ledger of membership dues.
4
1
Membership dues - deposits to the Treasurer
1953-1958
4
2
Records of Membership dues
1953-1965
4
3
Stated Assembly meeting log
1950-1957
4
4
Petitions for Degrees
1938
4
5
Returns
4
6
Correspondence
1926-1927
1929
4
7-11
Correspondence
1930-1946
4
12
Correspondence
1955-1957
4
13
Easter Services at St. Bartholomew's Church
1938-1956
4
14
Holiday Greetings from Western Union
1935-1940
Financial materials
5
1
Lilley Company Contract and correspondence
1927
5
2-3
Correspondence - Lilley Company
1933-1956
5
4
Correspondence - B. Pasquale and Company
1934-1942
5
5
Correspondence - Boston Regalia Company
1945
5
6
Insurance Policy for Uniforms
1941-1944
5
7-9
Supply and Uniform catalogues
5
10
Invoices
1927
5
11-13
Invoices
1932-1942
5
14
Invoices
1945-1948
5
15
Invoices
1956-1957
6
1
Recorder's Cash Book
1927-1951
6
2
Cash Book: Dues and Expenditures
1952-1959
6
3
Monthly Cash Book
1959-1965
6
4
Cash Book: Dues and Expenditures
1944-1962
7
1
Treasurer's Receipts
1927-1937
7
2-4
Checks and bank statements
1932-1936
7
5-6
Checks
1936-1941
7
7
Deposits
1937-1941
7
8
Checks and bank statements
1946
7
9
Check stubs
1936-1938
7
10
Check stubs
1947-1962
8
Checkbook stubs
1952-1967
9
Checkbook stubs
1949-1966
National and Nevada State Masonic Materials
Royal Arch Masons of the State of Nevada
10
1
By-Laws of Monitor Chapter No. 13
1916
10
2
Constitutions and By-laws
1930
10
3
Constitutions and Laws
1948
10
4
Constitutions and Laws
1959
10
5
Grand Council Royal and Select Masters of Nevada
1965
10
6
Constitution of the Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters of Nevada
1965
10
7
Royal Arch Masonry: Dynamo of Democracy address
Grand Commandery Knights Templar of Nevada
10
8-9
Proceedings of Annual Conclaves
1949-1954
Grand Encampment of Knights Templar of the United States of America
11
1-2
Contitutions and Statutes
1934
1940
1949
11
3
General Orders
11
4
Christmas Observance newsletters
1927-1954
11
5
The Grand Encampment Review
1948-1955
11
6
Knights Templar magazine
1955-1958
11
7
General Templar publications