Fraternally Yours VAMP Govenar is a Guggenheim Fellow

Govenar is a Guggenheim Fellow and the author of over 30 books

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Painstakingly researched

direct from the pattern books of Gerard

A wide variety of decorative techniques are displayed and discussed

Fraternally Yours VAMP Govenar is a Guggenheim FellowSymbols and history of over 24 fraternal organizations from the late 1800s to the present. Fraternally Yours looks at the rich and diverse heritage of American fraternal societies from the late 1800s through present times. Focusing upon larger organizations of the golden age, this book covers the basic symbols and emblems of groups as diverse as the Freemasons, Odd Fellows, Redmen, Knights of Columbus, Elks, Knights of Pythias, and even the Ku Klux