- unitid
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{"value"=>"25601", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc MG 734", "type"=>"local_call"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1849-1980", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1849/1980"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Boyer Lodge No. 1 records"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"9 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"3.75 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division</span>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Massachusetts chartered the Boyer Lodge in New York City for free black men in 1812; this was also the first Prince Hall Masonic lodge in New York State. The Boyer Lodge No. 1 Records consist primarily of ledger books."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Freemasons. Boyer Lodge No. 1 (New York, N.Y.)", "type"=>"corpname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>The Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Massachusetts chartered the Boyer Lodge in New York City for free black men in 1812; this was also the first Prince Hall Masonic lodge in New York State. By 1826, the Prince Hall Grand Lodge had chartered three other lodges in Manhattan and Brooklyn, and in 1845, it organized the Boyer Grand Lodge F. and A. M. (Free and Accepted Masons) of New York. In the early 1860s, Boyer Lodge No. 1 absorbed Meridian Lodge and in 1931, it merged with Mount Hope Lodge No. 32. Boyer Lodge is recognized as the \"Mother Lodge\" and is currently still in existence.</p> <p>Other lodges associated with Boyer include Mount Hope Lodge No. 52, Benevolent Sons of Roberson Lodge, Covenant Lodge No. 7, Mount Olive Lodge No. 2, Celestial Lodge No. 2, Rising Sun Lodge No. 3, Hiram Lodge No. 4, Adelphic Union Lodge No 7, Stone Square Lodge No. 6, and Olive Branch Lodge No. 5.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Boyer Lodge No. 1 records consist primarily of ledger books, but also include some administrative information. The first series, Boyer Lodge No. 1, includes correspondence files, 1908-1980, which discuss those who were accepted for membership or dropped from the rosters; invitations to events sponsored by Boyer Lodge; reelection of officers; financial donations made to needy members; and notices of meetings, 1908-1980. Other materials include a manuscript entitled \"History of Boyer Lodge No. 1\" by Harold A. Wilson (ca. 1962); official proceedings (1947, 1953-1954 and 1958); and printers' blocks.</p> <p>Series two, Ledgers, includes four membership ledgers, 1863-1957, which list member's name, age, birthplace, residence, occupation, name of person who proposed membership, date joined or elected, date of initiation, dates passed and raised, and dues paid. The oldest membership ledger in the collection, the \"Registry of United Grand Lodges of Various Lodges\" (1863-1875), adds the name of the lodge in which the member was initiated. The lodges included in this registry are: Boyer Lodge No. 1, Celestial Lodge No. 2, Rising Sun Lodge No. 3, Hiram Lodge No. 4, Adelphic Union Lodge No. 7, Stone Square Lodge No. 6, and Olive Branch Lodge No. 5. For Boyer Lodge No. 1, there are also several minutes books, 1889-1959; members' ledgers, 1866-1960; a financial treasurer's book listing monthly balances and expenditures, 1849-1855; and additional financial records dated to 1956. Meridian Lodge No. 3 is represented by minute books and membership records, 1849-1887; Meridian Lodge No. 5 records consist of minutes, 1849 and 1883.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Boyer Lodge No. 1 records are arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/25601#c1593137'>Boyer Lodge No. 1</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1908-1980</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/25601#c1593215'>Ledgers</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1844-1964</div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Arranged into two series: (1) Boyer Lodge No. 1 and (2) Ledgers.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Boyer Lodge No. 1, 2004 and 2008.</p>"}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>Transferred to the General Research and Reference Division: books and periodicals</p> <p>Transferred to the Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division: audio and moving image materials. For more information, please contact the division at schomburgaudiovisual@nypl.org or 212-491-2270.</p> <p>Transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division: photographs</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Janice Quinter, December 29, 2009.</p>"}
- date_start
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1849
- keydate
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1849
- date_end
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1980
- date_inclusive_start
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1849
- date_inclusive_end
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1980
- extent_statement
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3.75 linear feet (9 boxes)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"[Item], Boyer Lodge No. 1 records, Sc MG 734, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}