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Dutch Treat Club Collection

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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

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Dutch Treat Club

The Dutch Treat Club was founded in New York, N.Y., in 1905 as an informal social club, meeting weekly, with an annual dinner. Its members were drawn primarily from among practicioners of the creative arts.

The collection consists of a collection of records and video recordings of the Dutch Treat Club. Included are three video recordings of two Dutch Treat Club dinners: one recording of a dinner held on May 1, 1994, as a gala tribute to Kitty Carlisle Hart, and two recordings for the dinner held on May 2, 1995, the club's 90th anniversary. Also present are selected business correspondence (1988-1994), minutes (1987-1995) of the Board of Governors' Meetings, flyers (1964-1995) for their annual dinners, articles by and about Isaac Asimov (Dutch Treat President from 1986 to 1992), membership lists, and miscellaneous papers.

Gift of Edward M. Crane Jr. '1945.

The contents list was compiled by Rafael Abrahams in July 2010.

No appraisal information is available.

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2008
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.

Collection Inventory

Dinner video recordings, 1994-1995. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

3 VHS tapes, one marked "Dutch Treat Club Diner 'Gala Tribute to Kitty Carlisle Hart' May 1, 1991", and two marked "Dutch Treat Dinner 5/2/95"

Physical Description

1 box

Annual dinners, 1964-1995. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Posters, programs, seating charts.

Physical Description

1 folder

Asimov, Isaac, 1992. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Obituaries (including those of Columbia Magazine and the New York Times), funeral program, will, condolences of friends.

Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, 1989-1994. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous correspondence of officers of the Club.

Physical Description

1 folder

Board of Governor's meetings, 1987-1995. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Minutes and summaries of meetings. Organized chronologically.

Physical Description

1 folder

Membership, 1990-1993. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Gugidleines for eligibilty for membership in the club; list of Club members and fees owed; list of Club members by address.

Physical Description

1 folder

Miscellaneous papers, 1992-1994. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

19 postcards addressed to Walter Frese announcing the speakers at the Club's weekly luncheon, 1993-1994; list of Club officers from 1905-1993; list of Club Gold Medal recipients from 1968-1992; 1987 referendum concerning the admission of women to the Club; miscellaneous other notes.

Physical Description

1 folder

Printed matter, 1988-1993. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Blank sheets and envelope with Dutch Treat Club heading; menu; program for A Service of Thanksgiving for the Life of Henry Steeger, 1990; program for New England Lyric Operetta's 1989 performance, Operetta Pops!; bulletins of the New England Society in the City of New York, 1993; cartoons of the Club from 1923 and 1933, reprinted in 1988; miscellaneous magazine articles.

Physical Description

1 folder

Newspaper clippings, 1990-1997. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Obituaries of Club members including C. Robert Devine; Henry Steeger; M. Hughes Miller; John Alexander; General Albert C. Wedemeyer; Robert Jay Misch; H.S. Allan Kastrup; Sir Hamilton Whyte; Avery Fisher; Henry Lee; Harrison E. Salisbury. Book review for The Spy Wore Silk by Aline Countess. Article on Eleanor Graves, 1994.

Physical Description

1 folder

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