tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post5603236812340066702..comments2024-03-26T12:05:58.591-04:00Comments on Freemasons For Dummies: More Masonic Temples Slip From Our Grasp (Part 1)Christopher Hodapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04201859873755654395noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-20299698699337586492018-04-08T10:19:25.065-04:002018-04-08T10:19:25.065-04:00It's tragic to lose these buildings, but the e...It's tragic to lose these buildings, but the economic reality is that they are not sustainable with the current membership trends. American Farmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06031755615897986647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-17392376373297509352018-04-07T18:16:14.195-04:002018-04-07T18:16:14.195-04:00Many of the lost buildings had libraries with uniq...Many of the lost buildings had libraries with unique items which also have been lost. In one city at an academic event I came across a temple being gutted and in the basement found an abandoned room absolutely stuffed with manuscripts and books, including an archive of masonic trials. I gave the foreman some money and had a teaching assistant get some suitcases and stay a few more days to rescue as much as practical, sending some to Bro. Paul Bessel who was working on the library of the Memorial in Alexandria. in Alexandria. Another time a grand lodge secretary told me to take whatever wanted from the library, which was piled in the basement. On a third occasion a Eastern Star secretary unloaded 19th century documents and rituals to clear space in her safe. In the case pf one Scottish Rite jurisdiction, the then head took very early documents home and never returned them, and the librarian tossed out the entire early collection of a collateral body because they took up space.Bro. Paul Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06435030965629467739noreply@blogger.com