Prince Hall Freemasonry ceremonial and civic life in New York appears throughout this archive documenting African American fraternal leadership during the later decades of the twentieth century. Prince Hall Masonic lodges formed one of the most influential institutional networks within Black communities in the United States, combining ritual practice with.....
Photographs and printed ephemera documenting Prince Hall–affiliated fraternal organizations in the 1950s establish a record of African American civic, ritual, and social life during segregation, when Black institutions operated as central structures for leadership, mutual aid, and public identity. The archive identifies members of the Prince Hall Shriners and the.....
Bert Cooper fraternal archive documents participation in the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World between 1952 and 1982, establishing a continuous record of Black civic leadership, social organization, and institutional life within a segregated and post-segregation United States. Materials tied to Cooper’s role within the P.G.E.R......
[African American] [Fraternal Organization] Striking full-length studio portrait of a Black man in full ceremonial regalia of the Knights of Columbus, photographed by Penn Park Studio at 25–27 W. College Ave., York, Pennsylvania, “Near the York High School.” The verso features an AZO stamp box with upward-pointing triangles, dating the.....
