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Collection Overview
| Size | 2.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 1,000 items) |
| Abstract | John Raymond Shute (born 1904) was a Monroe, N.C., businessman, state legislator, and active member of many masonic orders. The collection includes correspondence, 1930-1939, clippings, articles, and other papers of Shute relating to his interest in the history and lore of masonry. The papers include copies of minutes, constitutions, letters, and other papers, 1765-1927, relating to masons in North Carolina; and Shute's correspondence concerning the American edition of Gould's "History of Freemasonry," and his own membership in various masonic groups. |
| Creator | Shute, John Raymond, 1904- |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
| Language | English |
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Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, August 2009; Dawne Howard Lucas, May 2021
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Biographical Information
John Raymond Shute (born 1904) was a Monroe, N.C., businessman, state legislator, and active member of many masonic orders. Shute contributed articles and chapters to Gould's History of Freemasonry, (1936).
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Scope and Content
The collection is chiefly correspondence, 1930-1939, clippings, articles, and other papers of John Raymond Shute relating to his interest in the history and lore of masonry. The papers include copies of minutes, constitutions, letters, and other papers, 1765-1927, relating to masons in North Carolina. Also included are Shute's correspondence with editors and other contributors concerning the American edition of Gould's History of Freemasonry and correspondence, certificates, membership cards, photographs, and other papers related to his own membership in various masonic groups. There is also some scattered political correspondence, 1936-1937, of Shute as a North Carolina state senator and a record book, 1932-1934, of Lambda Phi Gamma, an organization founded by John Raymond Shute for the purpose of strengthening bonds of friendship between members of musical groups at Trinity College, the University of North Carolina, and Presbyterian College.
Masonic organizations represented in the collection include, among others, the Grand Lodge of North Carolina; Royal Arch Grand Chapter; Unanimity Lodge, Edenton, N.C.; Royal White Hart Lodge, Halifax, N.C.; Roanoke Royal Arch Lodge 4; Eagle Lodge, Hillsboro, N.C.; St. John's Lodge, New Bern, N.C.; Concord Lodge 5, Tarboro, N.C.; Kilwinning Lodge, Wadesboro, N.C.; and Warren County Lodge.
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John Raymond Shute Papers, 1765-1951 and undated.
Note: there are no folders 23-25.