LODGE HISTORIES  PUBLISHED BY  TEXAS LODGE OF RESEARCH

Among the many contributions to the preservation of the history of Masonry in Texas are the brief histories of Texas lodges. The following is a partial list of lodge histories that have been published by Texas Lodge of Research over the past fifty years. They appear in the annual Transactions of T.L.R. and are listed here alphabetically by lodge name. The location of the lodge is listed in parenthesis. The volume in which the history was published appears in Roman numerals.

Alamo Lodge No. 44 (San Antonio), by H.G. Schlierer (X)

Anchor Lodge No. 424 (San Antonio), by Sam D. Richmond (X)

Anson Jones Lodge No. 1313 (Houston), by L.L. Walker Jr. (XX)

Atascosa Lodge No. 379 (Lytle), by G.K. Park (IX)

Beaumont Lodge No. 286 (Beaumont), by J.G. Morgan (VIII)

Belton Lodge No. 166 (Belton), by Christopher L. York (IX)

Blue Bonnet Lodge No. 1219, J.E. Jack Kelly (XII)

Brownwood Lodge No. 279 (Brownwood), by D.D. Tidwell (III)

Canton Lodge No. 98 (Canton), by Pete Martinez (XXIV)

Chamberlain Lodge No. 913 (Kingsville), by B.J. Patrick (X)

Cushney Lodge No. 128 (San Marcos), by Christopher L. York (III)

Dublin Lodge No. 504 (Dublin), by Gary P. Whitfield (XLI)

Eagle Lodge No. 41 (Richardson), by Frank W. Amadon III (XL)

Electra Lodge No. 1067 (Electra), by E.E. Cargile (VII)

Emma Lodge No. 931 (Ralls), by L.A. Wicks Sr. (II)

Faith Lodge No. 54 (Wichita Falls), by Jim Jones (XII)

Gibraltar Lodge No. 1178 (Dallas), by James F. Brumit, Jr. (XXIV)

Goliad Lodge No. 94 (Goliad), by J.B. Hatter (XXI)

Grapeland Lodge No. 473 (Grapeland), by T.C. Salmon (XXIX)

Harmony Lodge No. 6 (College Station), by C.L. Byard (XIV)

Henry Marsh Bell Lodge No. 1371 (Whitehouse), by C.R. Camp (XXVIII)

Holland Lodge No. 1 (Houston), by S.P. Bramel (XV)

Holland Lodge No. 1 (Houston), by George H.T. French (XXI)

Hondo Valley Lodge No. 252 (Hondo), by Yancey L. Russell (VIII)

J.D. Giddings Lodge No. 280 (Giddings), by Christopher L. York (III)

Kaufman Lodge No. 726 (Scurry), by A.N. Blanton Sr. (III)

Kendall Lodge No. 897 (Boerne), by D.E. Loewen (XVI)

Killeen Lodge No. 1125 (Killeen), by A.L. Garrett (IX)

Lavaca Lodge No. 36 (Port Lavaca), by Jack E. Beeler (XIX)

Liberty Lodge No. 48 (Liberty), by Michael L. Wiggins (XXIX)

Madison Lodge No. 126 (Orange), by (XI)

Midland Lodge No. 623 (Midland), by Sam E. Hilburn (XIII)

Milam Lodge No. 2 (Nacogdoches), by Archie P. McDonald (III)

Mount Hiram Lodge No. 595 (Copperas Cove), by N.M. Smith Sr. (XXII)

Phoenix Lodge U.D. (Weatherford), by J. Dexter Sammons (XV)

Phoenix Lodge No. 275 (Weatherford), by J. Dexter Sammons (XVII, XVIII, XIX, XXIII, and XXIV)

San Saba Lodge No. 612 (San Saba), by R.J. Cox, Sr. (XXXII)

Sierra Madre Lodge (Mexico), by Kenneth D. Gemmel (VIII)

South Nolan Lodge No. 416 (Killeen), by C.L. York (V, VII & VIII)

Stanfield Lodge No. 217 (Denton), by William P. Vaughn (XXI)

Sunshine Lodge No. 341 (Sunshine), by Christopher L. York (IV)

Sweet Home Lodge No. 576 (Hope), by G.D. Bethel (XXXVII)

Temple Lodge No. 4 (Houston), by C.A. Wells (VII)

Terry Lodge (Military) U.D., by Brian R. Dodson (XLI)

Texas Lodge of Research, by Christopher L. York (XIX)

Texas Military Lodges in the Confederate Army, by Deed L. Vest (XIII)

Tolerance Lodge No. 1165 (Beaumont), by J.P. Vogel (VIII)

Tucker Lodge No. 297 (Galveston), by A.C. Tircuit Sr. (XIV)

Tyler Lodge No. 50 (Town Bluff), by Pete Martinez (XXI)

Tyler Lodge No. 1233 (Tyler), by Pete Martinez (XX)

University Lodge No. 1190 (Austin), by J.M. Day (III)

Velasco Lodge No. 757 (Freeport), by J.L. Lambert (XVI)

W.J. Nixon Lodge No. 421 (Smithville), by Theo. Guyton Jr. (XI)

Whitt Lodge No. 624 (Whitt), by Leon Saul (XXI)

Wichita Falls Lodge No. 635, by R.W. Coltey (XIV)

Note: Many lodge histories published within the pages of the forty-plus volumes of The Transactions of Texas Lodge of Research do not include the name of the lodge in the title. For that reason there are additional lodge histories that do not appear on this list.

Complete collections of The Transactions of T.L.R. can be found in the libraries of the Grand Lodge of Texas in Waco, the Scottish Rite House of Temple in Washington DC, the Dallas Scottish Rite, the Houston Scottish Rite, the San Antonio Scottish Rite, the Lee Lockwood Scottish Rite Library in Waco, the Brazos Valley Masonic Library in College Station, and in a number of other Scottish Rite temples and local lodge libraries around the state. Partial collections may also be found in many local lodge libraries and in the larger Grand Lodge and Scottish Rite libraries around the United States.

-compiled by Pete Normand, PM & Fellow, Texas Lodge of Research