grandlodgemasons Preliminary Inventory of the Grand Lodge of the Ancient, Free, and Accepted Masons of North Carolina Records, 1798-1895 Processed by: Allison Gruvna; machine-readable finding aid created by: Walt Evans

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Machine-readable finding aid derived from automated markup system. Date of source: Processed by ; Finding Aid encoded by Walt Evans, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, May 23, 2001 Description is in English. 10-21-2005 PUBLIC "-//David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library//TEXT (US::NDD::::Grand Lodge of the Ancient, Free, and Accepted Masons of North Carolina)//EN" "grandlodgemasons" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Also, the top level of the finding aid (above the dsc) changed to conform to current Rubenstein Library and NC EAD standards as laid out in the Inventory Style Guide and in the NCEAD Best Practice Guidelines. Within the dsc, dates for series were normalized. These changes were made by Michelle Belden. Also, container TYPE and LABEL attribute values were standardized according to the Rubenstein Library EAD 2002 manual and the NCEAD eadlocal.ent by Ruth E. Bryan.The tag list inside index was changed to indexentry by Ruth E. Bryan. November 18, 2002 Electronic finding aid edited and updated by Cat Saleeby to conform to current Rubenstein Library practices and formats as found in the ENCODING MANUAL FOR EAD 1.0 Version 1. Preliminary Inventory of the Grand Lodge of the Ancient, Free, and Accepted Masons of North Carolina Records, 1798-1895 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA

Descriptive Summary Grand Lodge of the Ancient, Free, and Accepted Masons of North Carolina Records, 1798-1895 Grand Lodge of the Ancient, Free, and Accepted Masons of North Carolina 368 Items David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. English. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Grand Lodge of the Ancient, Free, and Accepted Masons of North Carolina Records, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

Provenance

The Grand Lodge of the Ancient, Free, and Accepted Masons of North Carolina Records were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a purchase in 1965.

Processing Information

Initial Processing by Allison Gluvna

Completed April 10, 1998

Encoded by Walt Evans

Finding aid last updated November 18, 2002

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Collection Overview

Reports, trials, minutes, petitions, and organizational documents from all over the state of North Carolina that belonged to the two grand secretaries, William Thomas Bain, and his son, Donald William Bain, both of Wake County, N.C.

Subject Headings

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Grand Lodge of the Ancient, Free, and Accepted Masons of North Carolina. Bain, Donald William. Bain, William Thomas. Freemasons. Grand Lodge of North Carolina. Freemasonry. Contents of Collection Accession Dec. 20, 1965 1 Letters Petitions Indenture Resolutions Appointments Certification and Withdrawal Papers By-laws Financial Reports Bills and Receipts Printed Material 2 Minutes Trial Proceedings