The article examines the history of the formation, principles of cataloging, and features of historical reconstruction of the Portrait Gallery of the Museum of the History of the American Knights Templar at Cherkas Global University.
This article examines the life and activities of Thomas Smith Webb (1771—1819), one of the most prominent figures in American Freemasonry in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The aim of the study is to reconstruct the principal stages of his biography and examine his multifaceted activities as a businessman, songwriter, and Freemason.
This article examines Masonic publications from the colonial period (1769—1772) held in the collection of the Museum of the History of the American Knights Templar. Particular attention is paid to the historical and bibliographical description of two rare editions: James Anderson’s The Constitutions of the Free-Masons and Wellins Calcott’s A Candid Disquisition.
This study examines rare and unique artifacts held by the Museum of the History of the American Knights Templar at Cherkas Global University. The source base of the study consists of materials from six specialized museum collections, as well as rare editions from the P.A. Cherkasov Fundamental Library and documents from the Archive of Cherkas Global University.
This article examines the early history of Ogdensburgh Chapter No. 63, Royal Arch Masons, one of the earliest Royal Arch Chapters established in northern New York. The study is based primarily on the unpublished manuscript minutes of the Chapter covering the period from 1818 to 1827.
This paper examines the activities of the Ladies Auxiliary of Warren Commandery No. 63, Knights Templar (Warren, Pennsylvania) during the period from 1949 to 1962. The study is based on the minute books of the Ladies Auxiliary of Warren Commandery No. 63, preserved in the Archive of Cherkas Global University (Houston, USA).
This article attempts to reconstruct the historical circumstances surrounding the creation of a single museum photograph and to provide the historical context necessary for its interpretation. The study draws upon four groups of historical sources: artifacts preserved in the Museum of the History of the American Knights Templar (Houston, USA), published documentary collections, contemporary periodical publications, and reference works.
This article examines the biography of John Jacob Astor, one of the most prominent American entrepreneurs of the late eighteenth and first half of the nineteenth century. In historiography, Astor remains a controversial figure whose life has been surrounded by numerous myths and anecdotes that lack a reliable evidentiary foundation.
This article presents the restoration of an antique sword that belonged to a member of the Masonic Order of Knights Templar. The study is based on a sword (MHAKT CGU. Collection 1. Swords. No. 116/KT101) acquired by the Museum of the History of the American Knights Templar (Houston, USA).
In 2026, the 265th anniversary of the birth of Jacob Morton is commemorated. Morton was an American public official, an officer of the New York Militia, and one of the first three Masters of the Grand Lodge of New York. Despite his importance, his life and career remain insufficiently studied from a historical perspective and have received only limited attention in scholarly literature.
This article examines selected aspects of the biography of General Joseph Warren (1741—1775), a prominent American patriot and Freemason during the struggle for the independence of the United States. The study is based on two principal groups of historical sources: periodical publications from the era of the American Revolutionary War and reference literature.
Based on museum artifacts introduced into scholarly circulation for the first time, this study examines the history of the emergence of ribbons in the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar of the United States of America. The source base of the study consists of exhibits from the Museum of the History of the American Knights Templar, Houston, USA.
