Joseph P. Surace was active in masonic circles in the states of Washington and Utah over the span of several years. He served honorably in the U.S. Marine Corps. An avid runner, Joseph participated in three Boston marathons. In 1982 he received a B. S. in secondary education from the University of Nevada in Las Vegas.
The Joseph P. Surace papers (1831-2002) are comprised of periodical articles, newspaper clippings, book reviews, proceedings of masonic grand lodges and masonic society publications. The collection focuses upon the history of Freemasonry in the United States, Canada and several European countries. Articles pertaining to masonic historical research and obituaries of prominent masons can be found in box 1. Box 2 contains information concerning the origins of Freemasonry, its relationship with religion, masonic law, and masonic attitudes towards Jews. Materials related to the history of Freemasonry in the United States with particular emphasis upon the state of Utah are stored in box 3. Box 4 possesses a variety of sources concentrating upon the issues of the legitimacy and the recognition of African-American lodges and the history of African-American Freemasonry. Discussions of and reports about the history of the anti-masonic movement and its activities can be viewed in box 5. Boxes 6, 7 and 8 house excerpts from masonic publications which detail the historical development of Freemasonry in Canada, Europe and throughout the world.
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Donated by Joseph P. Surace in 2007.
Anonymous donation (box 10) in 2011.
Processed by Roger V. Paxton in 2009.
Addendum processed (box 10) by Betsey Welland in 2013.
Articles pertain to various issues re Masonic historical research and records and to a discussion of the contribution of some prominent Masonic historians (viz., Gould, Woodford and Westcott).
Contains articles which discuss contemporary and historical topics related to masonic ritual, foreign masonic organizations and the role of masons in the development of the Freemasonry movement.
Includes articles which concern issues of intolerance, papal-masonic relations, masonic influence in the French Revolution, grand lodge history and contemporary controversies and commentaries.
Articles examine several historical and contemporary problems and issues such as Jesuit-Freemason relations, the women's role in Freemasonry, Henry Clay and the Grand Lodge movement and intolerance.
Articles investigate contemporary issues and historical problems such as the Two Great Pillars, Jesuit-Freemason relations and Freemasonry in Western and Eastern European countries.
Memorials and articles relating to the accomplishments and the significance of Albert Pike as a national masonic leader.
Contains obituaries of well-known English and American freemasons. Includes several Utah masonic figures.
History of Freemasonry in the State of New York; A Concise History of Freemasonry; The Beginnings of Freemasonry in America; A Comprehensive View of Freemasonry; Freemasonry and American Culture, 1880-1930 and The Lost Secrets of Freemasonry.
Alphonse Cerza's suggestions to fellow masons as to recently published works which they might want to peruse.
Articles from the Transactions of the Quatuor Coronati Lodge of London.
Articles from the Transactions of Quatuor Coronati Lodge of London and The North Carolina Mason.
Articles from the Transactions of the Quatuor Coronati Lodge of London.
Papers presented at a conference held at UCLA's Clark Library. Participants included six European and four American scholars.
Articles concerning the relations between the Jews and the Freemasons.
Articles from The Builder, Transactions of the American Lodge of Research, Philalethes and the Transacations of the Quatuor Coronati Lodge of London.
Articles from The Freemasons' Monthly Magazine, Transactions of the Quatuor Coronati Lodge, The Trestle Board, Masonic Reviews, The New Age and The Baltimore Masonic Convention.
Articles from The Builder, The New Age and The Masonic Analyst.
Contains Christopher Diehl's historical sketch of Freemasonry in Utah, 1860-1878.
Materials related to the expulsion of Mormons from Utah masonic lodges, the links between Freemasonry and Mormonism, the issue of the ineligibility of Utah Mormons to become members of masonic lodges, and the removal of restrictions on Mormons who wish to join masonic organizations.
Includes articles entitled: Masonic Symbolism,The Spiritual Significance of Freemasonry, What is Freemasonry, Origins of Freemasonry, Why Look to the East?, The Lewis, Operative and Speculative, Saints John's Days, A Lodge, The Great Lights in the East, How Old, It Happened Only Once in History, A Date to Remember: September 17, 1787, Universality and Freemasonry, Freemasonry in Utah, Masonry is Shining Light on its Activities and Free Masons: S.L. Temple's Doors are Opening for Rededication.
Grand Lodge of Utah document of seventy two pages dispatched to L.D.S. leaders such as Spencer W. Kimball.
Materials published in The Freemasons' Monthly Magazine, the Freemason's Repository, The Masonic Review, the Voice of Masonry, The Builder, The New Age and other publications. These sources discuss the controversy pertaining to the question as to whether Prince Hall Grand Lodges should be recognized as legitimate masonic organizations.
Excerpts excised from the grand lodge proceedings and masonic codes of Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Ohio, Oregon and Washington related to the recognition of Prince Hall Grand Lodges and the legitimacy of African-American Freemasonry.
Articles examining the definition of the doctrine as it applies to the territorial boundaries of each grand lodge and the related issue of the legitimacy of two grand lodges in the same masonic jurisdictional unit (be it a state in the United States or a foreign country.
Includes a dispute between the Oregon and the Idaho grand lodges over Idaho's recognition of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Oregon.
Articles concerning the historical role which Prince Hall played in the founding of the first African-American Lodge in 1784-1787 and the history of African-American freemasonry.
Articles pertaining to Prince Hall's masonic activities, the origins of the Prince Hall Lodge and various facets of African-American freemasonry.
Contains reviews of The Prince Hall Counsellor, Black Freemasonry and Middle Class Realities and A Documentary of Prince Hall and Other Fraternal Orders.
Vol. XIX-XXII--publication of the Phylaxis Society of Prince Hall Freemasons.
Vol. XXIII-XXVI--publication of the Phylaxis Society of Prince Hall Freemasons.
Materials focusing upon the murder of William Morgan in 1826 and the emergence of the anti-masonic movement.
Chapters 1-14, pp.367-471.
Chapters 15-23, pp.472-574.
Publications include The New Age, Journal of the Lancaster County (Pa.) Historical Society, Transactions of the Quatuor Coronati Lodge, the Journal of American History and The Social Science Journal.
Articles from the New York Times dealing with numerous governmental actions taken against freemasons in Europe and in Latin America.
Includes fourteen articles from the Transactions of the Quatuor Coronati Lodge focusing upon the eighteenth century history of freemasonry in Bohemia, Austria, Hungary, Transylvania, Croatia, Slavonia and the Military Frontier.
Articles from The Builder pertaining to the history of freemasonry in several Canadian provinces.
Features nine articles on the history of English Freemasonry from the Transactions of the Quatuor Coronati Lodge.
Includes fifteen articles on the history of English Freemasonry from the Transactions of the Quatuor Coronati Lodge.
Five articles discuss various aspects of the lodge's history.
Publications related to an examination of the origins of the Anglo-Irish Grand Lodge in the mid-eighteenth century.
Materials concerning the history of French Freemasonry during the eighteenth and nineteeenth centuries.
Articles from the Transactions of the Quatuor Coronati Lodge of London dealing with the history of French Freemasonry in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Includes one article which concentrates upon the relationship between Napoleon I and French freemasons.
Seven articles concerning the history of French Freemasonry during the eighteenth century published in the Transactions of the Quatuor Coronati Lodge of London.
Several articles on the history of French Freemasonry during the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries appearing in the Transactions of the Quatuor Coronati Lodge and The Philalethes.
Materials pertaining to the history of Prussian and German Freemasonry during the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Includes a book and several articles on the history of Freemasonry in Russia and Poland throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Articles related to the history of Freemasonry among the Russians, Poles and Swedes residing in the Russian Empire and in the Soviet Union during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Articles published in a variety of sources detailing the activities of freemasons in Europe, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East.
Contains maps denoting the historical growth of masonic grand lodges and graphs depicting the expansion and contraction of masonic membership.
This box contains a total of 16 booklets.