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Science and Art Club of Germantown records
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Held at: Germantown Historical Society [Contact Us]5501 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19144
This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Germantown Historical Society. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
Overview and metadata sections
The Science and Art Club of Germantown is a social group in the Germantown section of Philadelphia that was founded in 1879. As of 2012, the group still met regularly to hear lectures on topics relating to science and the arts.
This collection includes attendance, membership, officers and address lists; minutes of presentations; event programs, menus, and invitations; a small amount of financial records and secretary's records; by-laws and printed pamphlets; and correspondence. A list of folder titles is provided below; more detailed inventories are available on-site.
Materials accessioned in 2001 are arranged in the following folders:
Correspondence Fall 1969-1979
Fall 1959-Spring 1969
Stokes-Root letters, Acceptance procedure
Science and Art Club 1979
1978-79
1979-80
1976-77
Correspondence for 120th Anniversary booklet
Art and Science Club 2009
Correspondence 1971
Science and Art Club 1977-78
Lists when last presented
1980s duplicates
100th 1981
Old members lists
Secretary's record book, 1965-1977
Secretary's records 1954-66
Affairs of Science and Art Club 1979-1983
Records 1980-1985
Records 1985-1990
Stationary
Members 1984
Minutes of presentations 1984-1990
Officers 1979-1992
Correspondence 1946-1960
Booklets, Anniversary, Rules, Members
Materials accessioned in 2009 are arranged in the following folders:
By-Laws
Millennium questionnaire
City citation
Season 2004-2005
Season 2003-2004
Season 2002-2003
Season 2000
Photographs
Season 1999
Season 1998
Season 1997
Season 1996
Season 1994-1995
Season 1992-1993
Season 1990-1991
Season 1989
Season 1987-1988
Season 1984-1985
Season 1979-1980 and prior to 1979
Season 2006-2008
Season 2006-2008 members, etc.
earlier than 1960s
1960s
1970s
1980s
Correspondence, Fall 1969-Fall 1979
Fall 1959-Spring 1969
Stokes-Root letters; Acceptance procedure
1979
1978-1979
1979-1980
1976-1977
Correspondence for 120th Anniversary booklet
09
Correspondence 1971
1977-1978
Lists when last presented
1980s duplicates
100th 1981
Old member lists
Secretary's record book, 1965-1978
Secretary's records, 1954-1966
Affairs of S&A Oct. 1979-May 1983
Records, 1980-1981 and 1984-1985
Records, 1985-1986 and 1989-1990
Stationary
Members, 1984
Minutes of presentations, 1984-1990
Officers, 1979-1992
Correspondence, 1946-1960
Booklets--Anniversary, Rules, Members
Gifts of Science and Art Club of Germantown, 2001-2009. This collection is associated with accession numbers 2001.046.1-26, 2007.3, and 2009.24.1.
Organization
Subject
Place
- Publisher
- Germantown Historical Society
- Finding Aid Author
- Finding aid prepared by Celia Caust-Ellenbogen and Michael Gubicza through the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories
- Sponsor
- This preliminary finding aid was created as part of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories. The HCI-PSAR project was made possible by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
- Access Restrictions
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