Inventory

Athenaeum Club
Dates: 1894-1974
Accession Number: 800620; SM D.C. 2
Donor: Martha J. Swanson
Description: One document case; one small document case;
                            six notebooks, 66-71, containing minutes for
                            the years 1926-1970

Content and Scope of Collection

Organized as a study group in 1894, the Athenaeum Club was known as the Friday Literary Club until 1904. In the Club's constitution (see notebook 66, p. 3) it is stated in Article II that "the object of this organization shall be the attainment of a liberal culture by the study of such works as may be decided upon by the club." In a brief history of the Club topics of study during the first years are listed. Minutes from 1894 through 1924 are contained in the small document case. The remainder, up through 1970, are stored with shelved volumes. Clippings, program booklets, photos, letters, notes and memorial pieces are in the document case.

Document Case 1
Folder 1	History of club; membership lists; officers; changes in constitution	1894-1974
Folder 2	Outline of program sources for meetings	1905-1906
Folder 3	Memorials; notes of thanks	1940-1960s
Folder 4	"Parody on Longfellow's 'Hiawatha'"	1899
	History of the Friday Club	n.d.
	"Burlesque Minutes"	Dec. 28, 1906
Folder 5	Photographs and clippings, 50th & 60th anniversaries	1944; 1954
Envelopes 1-3	Snapshots of members	1940-1942
Folder 6	Scrapbook materials; pictures, clippings, programs, memorials	1940-1970s
Envelopes 4-8	Programs	1917-1969
Small Document Case 2
Notebook 1	Minutes	1894-1898
Folder 1	Minutes	1898-1904
Notebook 2	Minutes	1904-1908
Notebook 3	Minutes	1910-1916
Folder 2	Minutes	1920-1921; 1921-1923
Folder 3	Minutes	1923-1924