Archive for 'Online resources'

A response to The Lost Symbol

The Lost Symbol and Freemasonry is an online resource created in response to Dan Brown’s novel to provide factual information about the Craft. It is a joint project of The Masonic Society, The Masonic Service Association of North America, and the George Washington Masonic Memorial.

Masonic Periodicals online

An important announcement from The Library and Museum of Freemasonry via The Centre for Research into Freemasonry and Fraternalism

The Library and Museum of Freemasonry in London has been working with the Computing Unit at Kings College London on a project to digitise English Masonic periodicals. Funding has been provided by the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons.
A pilot project covering 5,450 pages based on the following titles and periods has now been launched

  • Freemasons’ Monthly Magazine (1855-1856)
  • Freemasons’ Magazine and Masonic Mirror (1856-1858)

which you can access on the following site: http://mpol.cch.kcl.ac.uk/.

This is a pilot project that will be running till the end of April in order to obtain feedback for a larger project in the future.

The site also contains two wonderful introductions to Masonic periodicals by Rebecca Coombes and Aubrey Newman. Enjoy!