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May 2019
Library Closed at Noon: Friday, May 24
Please note that in observance of Memorial Day Weekend, the Library will have special hours on Friday, May 24. We will open as usual at 8:30 am, but we will be closed at noon. Please excuse any inconvenience.
Find out more »Library is Closed on Memorial Day, May 27
Please note that the Library will be closed all day on Monday, May 27, in honor of Memorial Day. We thank all those serving in the Armed Forces for their service!
Find out more »Lecture No. 5: Light from the West: The Royal Arch and International Freemasonry
The Library is thrilled to announce that the Fifth Lecture of the 2019 Free Monthly Lecture Series will be by Most Excellent Edmund (Ted) Harrison, Past Grand High Priest, General Grand Chapter, Royal Arch Masons International. The lecture is entitled Light from the West. It is the story of how the American Royal Arch system has become a key link in the universal cord connecting Masons around the world. The lecture will focus on ME Harrison’s experiences as he was…
Find out more »June 2019
Library Closed Today from Noon – 2 pm
Due To A Farewell Luncheon For the Curator, The Library is Closed today Noon - 2:00 pm. Please Excuse Any Inconvenience.
Find out more »The Grand Secretaries of the Grand Lodge of New York
The Robert R Livingston Masonic Library of the Grand Lodge of New York 2019 Free Monthly Lecture Series: Lecture No. 6 The Grand Secretaries of The Grand Lodge of New York The Library is pleased and proud to announce that the Sixth Lecture of the 2019 Free Monthly Lecture Series will be by RW Richard T. Schulz, Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of New York. *Please note that RSVPs will be cut off at 80 attendees! So RSVP early…
Find out more »July 2019
Library & Museum Closed July 4th – July 7th In Observance of Independence Day
In observance of Independence Day, the Chancellor Robert R Livingston Masonic Library will be closed for business from Thursday, July 4th - Sunday, July 7th. We apologize for any inconvenience,
Find out more »Lecture No. 7: French Influencers
The Robert R Livingston Masonic Library of the Grand Lodge of New York 2019 Free Monthly Lecture Series: Lecture No. 7 French Influencers On The Development of Freemasonry The Library is pleased and proud to announce the Seventh Lecture of the 2019 Free Monthly Lecture Series will be presented by, Worshipful Brother Graham Brown, Past Provincial Assistant Director of Ceremonies, Sussex. Worshipful Brown will confer a brief overview of the influence of French Freemasons in the development of Freemasonry…
Find out more »October 2019
Lecture No. 8: Moses Sproule: Witness to Mysteries; Ancient Freemasonry in the American Revolution
The Livingston Library is proud to announce the Eighth Lecture of our 2019 Free Monthly Lecture Series. This month’s lecture Worshipful Michael Radigan will discuss how the teachings of Ancient Freemasonry influenced George Washington’s development of a uniform symbol for the American Republic in the Union Army. Additionally, Radigan’s discourse will explore the Ancient mysteries and their contribution to the development of Freemasonry and the difference between Ancient Freemasonry and our contemporary Grand Lodge structure. Tonight, we are honored to…
Find out more »November 2019
1919 Time Capsule from Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital Cornerstone
On October 5, 2019, Alex Vastola assisted M.’.W.’. William Sardone, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons of the State of New York, in the opening of a 1919 time capsule excavated from the cornerstone of the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital at the Masonic Care Community in Utica, NY. During his lecture, Vastola will share the contents of the time capsule and provide a history of the artifacts and their donors. Alexander Vastola is a…
Find out more »December 2019
Lecture No.10: An Overview of Freemasonry in the Spanish Antilles
This month we are proud to welcome back Brother Jorge Romeu to present his research providing a historic overview of the history of the presence of Grand Lodges in the Spanish Antilles during the 19th century. Freemasonry appeared, first and briefly, in the Spanish Antilles (Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic), as a result of the Haitian slave revolt, at the beginning of the XIX Century. Haiti's French colonizers moved to the neighboring Spanish islands, taking their Freemasonry with…
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