Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Maine AF & AM

What's Here

The Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Maine contain the details of the many and varied things that transpire during the meetings of the Grand Lodge. Speeches, guests, statistics all are included while opinions (except those recorded for posperity as stated in the reports of committees or during floor discussion during Grand Lodge meetings) are not.

Here you will find information about leadership, membership, and much more although much of it is in statistical form. Don't forget to use our SEARCH feature to look for information you're seeking.

PDF Version

Starting in 2003, the Grand Lodge of Maine produced the Proceedings in electronic form (PDF format) as well a printed version. Please note that these PDF files are several MBs in size and may take a while to load on a dial-up line.

The PDF files are available and the text is included in the Search function.  Note that financial data about the Grand Lodge and Maine Masonic Charitable Foundation, information about trials, home addresses and some other personal information has been redacted from the PDF files.

Proceedings Available

To date, the following Proceedings of Grand Lodge are included on this site:

Volume I:  1820 - 1847

Proceedings of the M.W. Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of the State of Maine, Vol. I. 1820 - 1847. Reprinted from the Records in 1872. (Completely scanned. Proofread through 1827 but thereafter, proofreading and page numbering incomplete.)

Volume II: 1848 - 1854

Volume III: 1855-1858

Volume XXXVI --1953 to 1956

Volume XXXVII --1957 to 1960

Volume XXXXVIII—2001 to 2004

Volume XXXXIX—2005 to 2008