Name/Title
List of Blue Lodges Named After McKinleyEntry/Object ID
2010.1.2031Description
List of Blue Lodges Named After McKinley. Four typewritten pages on white paper with a list of Blue Lodges Named After McKinley. Pages one and three are divided into four uneven columns, with the first including handwritten dates of when Mr. Bechtel contacted the organizations; the second column includes the name of the state; the third column states "none" if no organization was available in that state; the fourth column includes the name and number of lodge in that state as well as the city in which it was located. The second page is blank. Page four reads as follows: "Copy of lett to Blue Lodges The writer is a member of Fidelity Lodge #712 in canton, Ohio; member of the York Rite Bodies of Canton; Life member of Scottish Rite Bodies, Valley of Canton; Life member of Al Koran Shrine of Cleveland, Ohio; and a Lecturer of the educational Bureau of the grand Lodge of Ohio. As I am very much interested in President McKinley and at present own a collection of 2300 items on McKinleyana; this letter is being written to you to ask if you would be so kind as to send me a sheet of your stationery. The reason for this request is that I am in the process of setting up a collection of letter heads from all Lodges named after this great Mason. Thank you for your kindness in this matter."Collection
BechtelAcquisition
Accession
2010.1Source or Donor
Mr. BechtelAcquisition Method
Gift/PurchaseCredit Line
BECHTEL