Members of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Louisiana, 1950s.

The Amistad Research Center is pleased to announce the opening of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons of Louisiana Records (1857-2002). It is always an exciting time at the Center when the processing department finishes a large preservation and access project since the work can take months, if not years, to complete. Amistad received the initial deposit of the Grand Lodge’s records in 2008 with additional materials retrieved from the temple building in Baton Rouge in 2012 and 2013. The project got underway in November 2012 and the Center was pleased to assist the Grand Lodge to celebrate its 150th anniversary highlighting the accomplishments of the organization and its members through selections from the collection compiled for exhibition in January 2013. The exhibition, “Unity and Brotherly Love: 150 Years of the M.W. Prince Hall Grand…