Volume I

The OKLAHOMA LODGE OF RESEARCH was chartered in 1967 by the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M., of the State of Oklahoma to “promote, encourage, preserve and foster re-search and study, for the purpose of spreading Masonic Light and Knowledge.” In 1971, the Lodge published this, its first Volume, which is a compilation of many of its research papers and presentations, along with a number of documents related to the founding and early history of the Lodge. • In the Beginning • Preparation of a Lodge History • Spirit of Early Masonry in the Territories • Mount Moriah • Masonry in Old Greer County, Oklahoma • Are Indian “Blood Brothers” Masonic? • History of Doaksville Lodge No. 2 • History of Box Lodge No. 236 • History of Hart Lodge No. 342 • 100th Anniversary of Oklahoma Lodge No. 4 • DeMolay in Oklahoma • Time • Mister Oklahoma Mason • Oklahoma Territorial Governors • St. John the Baptist • In Memoriam • Roster of the Oklahoma Lodge of Research