Adam Kendall is the editor of The Plumbline, the quarterly bulletin of the Scottish Rite Research Society, a team editor for their annual transactions, Heredom, and a member of their board of director ...Show More
Adam Kendall is the editor of The Plumbline, the quarterly bulletin of the Scottish Rite Research Society, a team editor for their annual transactions, Heredom, and a member of their board of directors. A past master of San Francisco's Phoenix Lodge No. 144 and Northern California Research Lodge, Adam is also a full member of the premier lodge of research, Quatuor Coronati, in London, England, serving on the lodge's editorial committee for their annual journal, Ars Quatuor Coronatorum, and also as the Regional Secretary for the Quatuor Coronati Correspondence Circle of North America. He is a past president of the Masonic Library & Museum Association; and the former collections manager and curator of exhibits for the Henry W. Coil Library and Museum at the Grand Lodge of F. & A.M. of California.For over a decade, he has been a guest speaker at Masonic events throughout North America and has presented academic papers on Freemasonry and fraternalism at a wide variety of international symposia-most notably the World Conference on Freemasonry & Fraternalism at the Bibliothèque nationale de France; the British Association for American Studies (BAAS) at Exeter University, England; and the International Conference on the History of Freemasonry (ICHF) at Edinburgh, Scotland. In addition to his presentations, documentaries, and exhibits, Adam has published several essays and reviews in notable publications such as the European Journal of American Culture; the Journal for Research into Freemasonry and Fraternalism; Heredom; and Ahiman: A Review of Masonic Culture and Tradition.Adam is a master's degree candidate in History at Cal State Los Angeles, where he also works as a graduate writing consultant. Hide
