1879-1991
Guide to the Collection
Restrictions on Access
The St. Botolph Club records are stored offsite and must be requested at least two business days in advance via Portal1791. Researchers needing more than six items from offsite storage should provide additional advance notice. If you have questions about requesting materials from offsite storage, please contact the reference desk at 617-646-0532 or reference@masshist.org.
There are restrictions on the use of this collection. Users must sign an agreement stating that they understand these restrictions before they will be given access to the collection.
Abstract
This collection consists of the records of the St. Botolph Club, a gentlemen's social club founded in Boston in 1880. Records include histories, minutes, officers' correspondence, financial records, and materials documenting the art exhibits and cultural, social, and sporting events held at the club.
Historical Sketch
The St. Botolph Club was founded in Boston on 10 Jan. 1880 following the circulation of a letter sent to some three hundred prominent male citizens. Signed by Henry Cabot Lodge, Francis Parkman, the club's first president, Phillips Brooks, William Dean Howells, and seven others, the invitation proposed a club which would feature an art gallery with monthly exhibitions open to the public, a reading room, and rooms for general use. Its purpose, as noted in the club constitution, was established for the "promotion of social intercourse among authors, artists, and other gentlemen connected with or interested in literature and art."
Modeled after New York's Century Club, the newly founded club debated over its name, finally deciding on the St. Botolph, the patron saint of Boston (a corruption of St. Botolph's Town in Lincolnshire, England).
The organization's first quarters were located at 87 Boylston St. The club resided in two other locations, 2 Newbury St. (later 4 Newbury St.) and 115 Commonwealth Ave. before securing its current location, 199 Commonwealth Ave. in 1971.
In addition to social intercourse, the club offered its members a variety of activities. Sunday afternoons were reserved for concerts. "Smoke talks," lectures which surveyed politics, science, social issues, and the arts, began in 1883. Receptions were given for visiting notables, and art exhibitions were held for both member and non-member artists.
The club has displayed a variety of artistic mediums in its exhibitions including: Italian and French paintings, decorative arts, prints, photographs, and architectural drawings. It also promoted the "new art" of its time and, as such, sponsored John Singer Sargent's first one-man show in America in 1888. Works by Claude Monet were displayed in 1892, 1895, and 1899. Monet's first show in the United States was held in February 1891 at the Union Club in New York. By 1900, the club had sponsored solo exhibitions of virtually every important American Impressionist of the era, including J. Alden Weir, John Twachtman, Childe Hassam, Theodore Wendel, John L. Breck, Edmund Tarbell, Lilla C. Perry, and Mary Cassatt. The St. Botolph's support of Impressionism before the turn of the century constitutes its primary contribution to the history of art.
The St. Botolph Club continues as one of Boston's social clubs. Women were granted membership in 1990. The club maintains its mission of promoting the arts and literature in the city of Boston.
Sources
Curtis, Joseph Henry. St. Botolph Club: Its Birth and Early Club History. Boston : s.n., n.d.
Collection Description
The records of the St. Botolph Club, housed in 19 record cartons and 1 oversize carton, contain loose records and bound volumes documenting the history of the club from 1879-1991. The records have been divided into five series: Historical materials, Administrative records, Club activities, Clippings/scrapbooks, and Recordings.
The bulk of the collection consists of administrative records, both loose and bound, correspondence between club members and the officers of the club, printed material relating to member activities, and scrapbooks.
Throughout the history of the organization, record-keeping practices were inconsistent. As a result, similar types of records may be found in several locations. For example, financial information on the club can be found in both loose and bound minutes, financial records, and the scrapbooks. Researchers should give attention to series and subseries titles, loose and bound materials within those series, and the scrapbooks for the information needed.
There are periodic gaps throughout the collection. Most notable is the absence of minutes for the years 1972-1975. The scrapbooks end in 1974. There are also significant gaps within the exhibition lists.
Of interest to the researcher in this collection is the revelation of members' attitudes contained in the correspondence of 1880-1896 and the occasional letters included in the secretaries' records. The collection documents the history of an institution typical of the Boston gentlemen clubs of the past hundred or more years, yet unique among them. The records also reveal the members' attitudes on such different issues as temperance, qualification for membership, women in the club house, benefits for servants, patriotism during the First World War, and financial hardships in the Great Depression. Finally, the art exhibition catalogues, the concert programs, the lists of lecturers, and the members' poetry provide information not only about the artistic and literary history of Boston since 1880, but about individual artists, performers, writers, and lecturers.
NOTE: Indexes to the exhibitions, by date of exhibition and name of artist, are available in the MHS Library.
Acquisition Information
The records were deposited at the Massachusetts Historical Society by the St. Botolph Club in 1991. Additional, unprocessed materials were deposited 17 Dec. 1997, 31 Mar. 1999, Mar. 2000, 2005, Aug. 2009, and July 2013. (More expected.)
Restrictions on Access
The St. Botolph Club records are stored offsite and must be requested at least two business days in advance via Portal1791. Researchers needing more than six items from offsite storage should provide additional advance notice. If you have questions about requesting materials from offsite storage, please contact the reference desk at 617-646-0532 or reference@masshist.org.
There are restrictions on the use of this collection. Users must sign an agreement stating that they understand these restrictions before they will be given access to the collection.
Restrictions on Use
The records of the St. Botolph Club have been placed on deposit at the Massachusetts Historical Society. The Massachusetts Historical Society does not claim ownership of the literary rights (copyright) to this collection. The Massachusetts Historical Society cannot give permission to publish or quote from documents to which it does not hold copyright. Use of these materials does not imply permission to publish. It is the sole responsibility of the researcher to obtain formal permission from the owners of the literary rights (copyright) to publish or quote from documents in this collection.
All reproductions, including photocopies and digital photographs, are for personal use only. Personal use copies may not be donated to or deposited in other libraries or archives, or made available to other researchers, without the written permission of the Massachusetts Historical Society.
Detailed Description of the Collection
I. Historical materials, 1900-1991
Arranged topically.
Series I contains various club histories and the original handwritten club song by Arthur Macy. Historical information on St. Botolph, St. Botolph Church in England, and St. Botolph Church in Boston is also included.
Club histories, undated, 1991
Original handwritten club song, published version, 1900, 1991
Letter H. B. Willis to St. Botolph Club; Origins of St. Botolph name, undated, 1972, 1974
Information on the St. Botolph church in England, 1914, 1953, 1955, 1969-1971, 1977
Letter from the vicarage in Boston, Lincolnshire to Davenport, 21 May [1940]
Photocopy letter: Sir Wm. Rothenstein to Rt. Hon. Hal Fisher, Dec. 1911
II. Administrative records, 1879-1990
Arranged chronologically within each subseries.
Series II, Administrative records, is broken down into five subseries. Minutes, 1879-1989, if not specifically named, can include a variety of bodies such as: annual, executive, Board of Governors, special meeting, or committee minutes. Bound records include largely all transactions of the club in its earlier years. Within the bound records are financial reports, treasurer reports, and minutes from the bodies which governed the club.
The officers' correspondence, undated, 1880-1963, primarily concerns routine membership matters such as nominations, letters of support for members and their nominees, attendance at club events, information pertaining to account balances, and resignations from the club. Although the contents of the letters pertain to routine matters, the letters do hold autographs from prominent individuals. See Select Name Index to this correspondence.
Most of the early financial records are contained within the bound volumes or scrapbooks; however, the financial records, undated, 1890-1990, contain spotty, loose records until the mid 1970s. Occasional gaps also occur from then through 1990.
Included in the general administrative and member information, undated, 1881-1989, are member lists, both printed and bound, visitor registration books and early address books. The miscellaneous section consists mostly of financial information and correspondence regarding the renovation of the kitchen and library at 199 Commonwealth Ave.
A. Minutes, 1879-1989
Annual reports, 1881, 1884
Treasurer's report, 1883
Minutes, 2 May 1922; 12 June 1911
Annual meeting, committee minutes, 1921
Committee minutes, 1922-1923
Annual meeting minutes, 1930-1935, 1939
Annual meeting minutes, 24 Apr. 1940
Executive and annual minutes, 1945-1947
Executive minutes, Jan. 1948, Sep.-Dec. 1948
Executive and annual minutes, 1949-1953
Committee minutes, 1953
Annual meeting, committee reports, 1954
Annual and committee minutes, 1955-1956
Annual meeting, treasurer, and committee reports, 1957-1960
Annual meeting and committee reports, 1961
Annual meeting, treasurer, and committee reports, 1962-1964
Annual and committee minutes, 1965
Minutes, Jan.-Mar. 1966
Report of the Executive Committee, 1968-1970
Minutes, 1971
Board of Governors minutes, 17 Feb. 1976, 25 May 1976, 29 June 1976, 27 July 1976, 19 Oct., 1976
Board of Governors minutes, Jan.-Apr., 1977
Board of Governors minutes, 1978
Board of Governors minutes, 19 Apr. 1979, 8 Sep. 1979
Board of Governors minutes, Mar. 1980, May 1980, July 1980, Sep.-Nov., 1980
Board of Governors minutes, 1981
Board of Governors minutes, financial reports, 1982
Minutes, 1983-May 1989
Bound records
First record book, 1879-1880
15 Dec. 1879-30 Oct. 1886
18 Nov. 1886-28 Dec. 1894
29 Dec. 1894-28 Dec. 1901
2 Jan. 1902-22 Dec. 1911
22 Jan. 1912-28 Dec. 1917
21 Jan. 1918-28 June 1926
9 Sep. 1926-21 May 1934
26 June 1934-28 Mar. 1941
17 Mar. 1941-15 Mar. 1948
31 Mar. 1948-31 Mar. 1953
B. Officer correspondence, 1880-1963
Officer correspondence, undated, 1880-1898
Letter, Alexander Graham Bell to S. B. Langley, 1899
Officer correspondence, 1899-May 1922
Officer correspondence, June 1922-1941
Officer correspondence, letter from Edward Hopper, 1958, 1963
Officer correspondence (matted), undated, 1880-1898
Matted officer correspondence is restricted because of physical format. Use photocopies interfiled in officer correspondence, 1880-1898.
C. Financial records, 1890-1990
St. Botolph Club Foundation, 1983, 1990
Trust declaration, 1967
Special funds, 1923, 1958
Art & Entertainment Fund, 1954-1971
Curtis Black Fund, 1965
Receipts, undated, 1890-1907
Treasurer's report, 1931-1933
Balance sheet, 1933-1934
Financial statements, 1973-1990
D. General administrative records and member information, 1881-1990
Reservation lists, undated, 1983-1989
Member lists, undated, 1881-1970
Bound member listings, 1898, 1910, 1927, 1933, 1939
Printed booklets, member listings, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1954, 1960, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1990
Address book, 1886-1894
Address book, ca. 1888
Daily memorandum journals, 1967-1972
Visitor registration book, 1889-1897
Visitor registration book, 1898-1907
Visitor registration book, 1912-1916
Visitor registration book, 1917-1927
Visitor registration book, 1927-1948
Visitor registration book, July 1953-May 1961
Visitor registration book, 3 May 1961-15 July 1970
Visitor registration book, 16 July 1970-20 Apr. 1972
Visitor registration book, June 1973 -Dec. 1977
Liquor inventory, 1963
Liquor inventories, 1964, 1965, 1968
Stored onsite at Ms. N-2176.E. Miscellaneous, 1890-1984
Signatures, undated, 1890
Wine list, undated
House rules, 1921, 1928
199 Commonwealth Avenue materials
Architectural history, 1899, 1914, 1929, 1975
Correspondence, 1971
Kitchen construction, receipts, bills, 1971
Library refurbishing correspondence, 1984
III. Club activities, 1882-1991
Arranged chronologically within each subseries.
Club activities are divided into three subseries: exhibition materials; announcements, events, notices; and miscellaneous.
Exhibition materials, undated, 1882-1991, consist mostly of original loose catalogs of exhibitions held at the St. Botolph. Other catalogs and exhibition materials are located in Series IV, Clippings/Scrapbooks. From the information taken from several locations within the collection, an index has been created. Please note that programs, program tickets or annual minutes stating the years of the exhibitions are missing from the collection, so the index is incomplete. Indexes, both by date of exhibition and artist, can be found in Appendices B and C.
The majority of material within the subseries announcements, events, and notices, undated, 1886-1990, are printed programs, tickets, and notices that identify the cultural, social, and sporting events at St. Botolph. On 8 Nov. 1984, the club held a dinner with Julia Child, the renowned chef. Promotional materials and correspondence with the artists in residence can also be found. Twelfth Night materials, consisting of programs, scripts, and musical scores, document this annual members' only club event.
Of interest in the third subseries, miscellaneous, undated, 1907-1980, are poems written by members of St. Botolph honoring members of the club including Henry M. Goodrich. An ongoing record, 1959-1971, of members' cribbage scores is also included in this subseries.
A. Exhibition materials, 1882-1991
NOTE: Two indices, listing exhibitions by date and by artist, are available in the MHS Library.
Memorial exhibition sheet, undated
Exhibit catalogs, 1882
Exhibit catalogs, 1886
Exhibit catalogs, 1890-1891
Monet exhibit catalog, 1892
Exhibit catalogs, 1892-1894
Monet exhibit catalog, 1895
Exhibit catalogs, 1895-1898
Monet exhibit catalog, 1899
Exhibit catalogs, 1899-1900
Exhibit materials, 1909, 1911, 1921
Exhibit catalogs, 1939, 1947
Exhibit materials, 1950, 1955-1959, 1964, 1966-1967
Exhibit materials, correspondence, 1972-1974
Exhibition materials, 1980-1991
Volume of portrait vouchers for exhibit of 3 Jan. 1905
B. Announcements, events, notices: general, 1886-1990
Announcements, events, notices, undated
Promotional material, undated
Announcements, events, notices, 1886, 1894, 1900, 1922
Announcements, events, notices, 1930-1933, 1940, 1948, 1954-1956
Announcements, events, notices, 1963-1981
Promotional materials, 1982-1985
Program correspondence, 1982
Announcements, events, notices, 1982
Program correspondence, 1983
Announcements, events, notices, 1983
Program correspondence, announcements, etc., 1984
Club night, J. Anthony Lukas, Sep. 1985
Program correspondence, 1985
Announcements, events, notices, 1985
Program correspondence, 1986
Promotional materials, 1986
Announcements, events, notices, 1987
Announcements, events, notices, 1988-1990
Twelfth Night materials
Music, wassail songs, undated, 1960
Twelfth Night material, 1923
"Alice in Botolph Land," 1932
"The Last Member" by M. F. Weston, 1939
"Birds at the South Pole" script, music, 1939, 1940, 1953
Twelfth Night material, 1950-1952
"Beyond the Behind or The Great Regression," working transcript, 1953
"Beyond the Behind or The Great Regression," printed copy, 1953
"Minimus Rex" or "A Bottle of Hay," 1955
Script: "Sweet Charity or Fifty Million Decibels Can't Be Wrong," 1955
Musical scores, 1955
"The Deadly Arts," 1961
Twelfth Night materials, 1962-1963, 1965, 1967-1968, 1974
"The Case of the Saintly Sinners," 1976
"The Prior's Tale," 1977
"A Topical Revue," 1978
Twelfth Night materials, 1979-1981
"The Flotilla," 1982
Twelfth Night materials, 1984
"The Fame of the Nose," 1987
Twelfth Night materials, 1988
C. Miscellaneous, 1907-1980
Members and their publications, undated, 1944, 1980
Letter, Gertrude G. Cabot to Dr. Weille, 14 Sep. 1945
Dinners honoring individuals, 1917, 1938, 1939, 1957, 1961
Poems written by club members for Henry M. Goodrich, undated, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1960
Poems written by club members about St. Botolph Club, 1916-1930
Poems by the Papyrus Club, 1907, 1917 (Papyrus Club founded by St. Botolph member, John Boyle O'Reilly)
Club involvement in Interclub, 1959-1963
Bound volume of Cribbage scores, 1971
Printed materials, 1938-1976
Brodel, Max. Assisted by P. D. Malone, Stacy R. Guild, and S. J. Crow. Three Unpublished Drawings of the Anatomy of the Human Ear. Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders Co., 1938.
The Guild of Boston Artists: Founded 1914. n.p., 1970.
Library Committee of the Corporation. A Letter from the Committee of the Association of New York to the Lord Mayor and Corporation of the City of London: 5th May, 1775. London: Donald Macbeth at the Historic House, 1976.
Lincoln Diocesan Magazine. Vol. LXVI, No. 1. Swanpool Court, Lincoln: Keyworth and Sons, Jan. 1950.
Seven and Eight Park Street: A Brief History of the Home of the Union Club of Boston, 1976. Boston: Thomas Todd Co., 1976.
IV. Clippings/scrapbooks, 1886-1974
Due to their poor physical condition, the original scrapbooks have been disbound, put into chronological order, and photocopied. Therefore, the original scrapbooks, located in cartons 12-15, are restricted. Users should use the photocopies in cartons 17-18. The scrapbooks contain a variety of materials including: programs, tickets, notices identifying club activities, financial and treasurer reports, annual and committee minutes. Much of this material overlaps with other series in the collection.
Also included are clippings of newspapers regarding club activities or members and their notable outside activities. These clippings, contained in one file folder in OS Carton 1, are in no particular order; however, the dates range from the 1950s through the 1970s.
A. Scrapbooks, 1886-1974
Disbound in chronological order.
1886-1911, pp. 1-764
Use photocopies.
1912-1925, pp. 765-1261
Use photocopies.
1926-1950, pp. 1262-1750
Use photocopies.
1950-1974, pp. 1751-2293
Use photocopies.
Addendum, 1949-1965
Use photocopies.
Scrapbook photocopies, 1886-1925, pp. 1-1225
Scrapbook photocopies, 1924-1974, pp. 1226-2214
Scrapbook photocopies, addendum, 1949, 1950, pp. 2215-2225
Scrapbook photocopies, addendum, 1949-1954, pp. 2251-2275
Scrapbook photocopies, addendum, 1955-1965, pp. 2276-2293
B. Newspaper clippings, 1950s-1970s
V. Recordings, 1981-1986
Arranged chronologically.
This series contains programs recorded at the club consisting of 82 cassettes and two reel-to-reel tapes, some of which are not identified. The programs that have been identified are listed by date, program, box, and the number of copies available.
A. Cassettes
10 Dec. 1981, St. Botolph Club Foundation Award
2 copies.21 May 1982, Dance: George Poor & Orchestra, Roy Lawson on clarinet
6 Nov. 1982, Trio Group
6 Jan. 1983, Twelfth Night at St. Botolph Club
3 Feb. 1983, Mark Westcott, piano
3 Mar. 1983, Peter Davison, reading
7 Apr. 1983, St. Germain Trio
9-10 June 1983, George Poor and his Botolph Blue Blowers with Roy Lawson
19 Nov. 1983, Carmen Ulemonsky
8 Dec. 1983, Richard Wilbur, 20th St. Botolph Club Foundation Award
26 Jan. 1984, Robert Manning "Ramblings"
2 copies.27 Sep. 1984, Gershwin, Kern & Porter, Armstrong, Stepner & Jeppesen
11 Oct. 1984, Jazz Piano I, Winter, Youngren
2 copies.1 Nov. 1984, Robert Campbell, architect
2 copies.8 Nov. 1984, Julia Child
2 copies.29 Nov. 1984, Peter Davison, poet
2 copies.6 Dec. 1984, Foundation Annual Award
2 copies.18 Dec. 1984, Boston Boy Choir
2 copies.17 Jan. 1985, Panel discussion, Manning, Harsch, Roche, McKibben
7 Feb. 1985, Henry Steele Commager, historian
2 copies.21 Feb. 1985, "Puttin' on the Ritz"
2 copies.7 Mar. 1985, NEC Broadway Singers
2 copies.13 Mar. 1985, Beacon Chamber Soloists
2 copies.28 Mar. 1985, American Reed Trio
2 copies.11 Apr. 1985, Jazz Piano II, Winter, LaPorta, Youngren
25 Apr. 1985, NEC Chamber Singers, with Lorna Cooke deVaron
2 copies.21 May 1985, Roman Totenberg, violin with Myron Romanul, piano
2 copies.18 Sep. 1985, J. Anthony Lukas
2 copies.31 Oct. 1985, Marcus Thompson with David Deveau
2 copies.13 Nov. 1985, David Hagan
2 copies.10 Dec. 1985, New England Sings: Christmas Concert
2 copies.18 Dec. 1985, Boston Boy Choir
19 Dec. 1985, 22nd Annual Foundation Arts Award, Harold Wright
2 copies.1 Jan. 1986, M. R. Montgomery
2 copies.14 Mar. 1986, American Reed Trio
2 copies.1 May 1986, NEC Chamber Singers
2 copies.4 Sep. 1986, Rick Manning
2 copies.B. Reel-to-reel tapes (Unidentified, undated)
Select Name Index to Officers' Correspondence
| Abbott, Lyman | undated 4 Mar. 1901 |
| Adams, Charles Frances, 2nd, in J. F. Andrew | 11 Nov. 1880 |
| Adams, John Quincy | 1 Oct. 1881 |
| Aldrich, Nelson | 24 Sep. 1940 |
| Aldrich, Thomas Bailey | 19 Dec. 1883 21 May 1892 28 Aug. 1893 |
| Ames, James Barr | 4 May 1885 |
| Amory, Frederic | 1886 26 Apr. 1886 |
| Andrew, J. F. | 11 Nov. 1880 |
| Anthony, A. V. S. | undated [1881] [1884] 20 Sept, [Dec.] 1884 [1885] Nov. 1885 4 Jan. 1886 |
| Atkinson, Edward | 14 Oct. 1881 4 Mar. 1897 |
| Bartlett, T. H. | undated 22 May 1880 |
| Bartol, Elizabeth | 22 Feb. 1881 |
| Bowditch, Ernestus William | 1 Mar. 1884 |
| Bowditch, Alfred | 6 Dec. 1888 |
| Briggs, Lloyd Vernon, in L. C. Briggs form for proposal | 24 Nov. 1930 |
| Brimmer, Martin | 19 Mar, 20 Mar. 1895 28 Apr. 1906 |
| Brooks, Phillips | 30 Nov. 1881 |
| Brown, J. Appleton | 4 Oct., 14 Oct., 19 Oct. 1881 1884 |
| Cabot, Edward C. | 24 May 1880 19 Jan., 3 Feb. 1881 30 Apr. 1895 |
| Clark, Charles Hopkins | 17 Oct. 1898 |
| Cole, J. Foxcroft | 17 Apr. 1890 |
| Coolidge, Thomas Jefferson | 5 May 1892 29 Jan. 1896 |
| Crowninshield, Benjamin W. | 7 Jan., 30 Sep. 1884 20 Mar. 1890 |
| Crowninshield, Caspar | 6 Feb. 1883 |
| Crowninshield, Frederic | 17 Oct. 1881 |
| Darrow, Whitney | 28 May 1940 |
| Deane, Charles | 1 Jan. 1883 |
| Dodge, Theodore Aryault | 6 Oct., 5 Dec., 8 Dec. 1883 8 July 1893 |
| Dyer, Louis | 13 Jan. 1885 |
| Eliot, Samuel | 30 Nov. 1881 |
| Fessenden, Reginald A. | 11 Oct. 1929 |
| Foote, Arthur | undated in Fabien Sevitzky form for proposal, 20 Feb. 1935 |
| French, Daniel Chester | 21 Oct. 1881 5 Jan. 1885 5 Jan. 1889 |
| Frothingham, Octavius Brooks | 10 Oct. 1883 |
| Gaston, William | 5 Jan. 1893 |
| Gaugengigl, I. M. | 11 May 1880 |
| Gilman, Arthur | 2 Nov., 28 Dec. 1880 7 Feb. 1882 |
| Grant, Robert | 21 Dec. 1882 |
| Green, Samuel A. | 3 Jan. 1889 4 Jan. 1893 5 June 1908 |
| Greenslet, Ferris | 7 Feb., 13 Dec., 23 Dec. 1922 24 Jan. 1940 |
| Guerin, Jules | 12 Jan. 1907 |
| Gurney, Ephraim W. | 2 Mar. 1881 |
| Hale, Edward Everett | Feb. 1880 19 Feb. 1880 |
| Hale, Philip | 7 May 1893 |
| Hale, Philip L. | 19 Jan. 1923 |
| Hassam, Childe | 3 Dec. 1896 |
| Higginson, Francis Lee | 31 July 1891 |
| Higginson, Thomas Wentworth | 16 Dec. 1883 |
| Hoar, Ebenezer R. | 16 May 1892 |
| Hoar, George F. | 4 Jan. 1882 |
| Hopper, Edward | 27 May 1963 |
| Houghton, Henry O. | 4 Jan. 1881 |
| Hovey, William A. | 25 May 1880 |
| Howells, William Dean | 19 Sep., 31 Oct. 1884 29 Mar. 1885 5 Jan. 1886 |
| King, Stanley, in C. J. Prescott form for proposal | 30 Jan. 1935 |
| La Farge, John. | undated |
| Lane, George M. | 2 Jan., 13 Jan. 1882 |
| Lang, Benjamin J. | undated 14 Jan., Apr., (printed), 11 Apr. 1881 |
| Langley, Samuel P. | 19 Aug. 1893 |
| Lawrence, William | 5 Nov. 1881 |
| Lee, Henry | 16 May 1892 |
| Lincoln, Solomon | 16/17 Feb. 1880 28 Oct. 1901 |
| Lodge, Henry Cabot | 1 Oct. 1885 |
| Long, John D. | 28 Dec. 1882 |
| Longfellow, A. W., Jr. | 2 Mar. 1897 |
| Longfellow, Ernest W. | 13 Dec. 1881 |
| Longfellow, W. P. P. | 19 Apr. 1880 29 Nov. 1882 |
| Lovering, William C. | 10 Nov. 1893 12 Feb., 25 Sep. 1895 |
| Lowell, Abbott Lawrence | 28 Sep. 1940 |
| Lowell, Percival | 22 Jan. 1895 |
| Mansbridge, Albert | 5 Feb. 1922 |
| Matthews, Nathan, Jr. | 7 June 1902 |
| McKim, Charles F. | 5 Aug. 1893 |
| Mifflin, George | 30 Nov. 1881 |
| Millett, F. D. | 6 Jan. 1881 |
| Minot, Charles Sedgwick | Oct. 1880 |
| Minot, Lawrence | 8 Feb. 1899 |
| Minot, William, Jr. | 17 Mar. 1881 8 Mar. 1886 |
| Mitchell, Silas Weir | 9 Feb. 1882 |
| Mitchell, Stewart | 4 Nov. 1939 |
| Morse, John T. | 27 Apr., 31 Oct. 1881 28 Nov. 1884 |
| Newcomb, Simon | 16 Mar. 1907 |
| Norton, Charles Eliot | 8 Oct. 1881 25 Mar. 1895 |
| O'Reilly, John Boyle | 29 Sep. 1880 |
| Osgood, James R. | 29 Apr. 1881 18 Sep., 28 Sep. 1884 26 Dec. 1885 |
| Paine, Ralph D. | 10 Apr. 1922 |
| Paine, Robert Treat, II | undated |
| Parkman, Francis, in F. H. Smith | 21 Dec. 1880 |
| Parsons, Alfred | undated 24 Mar. 1893 |
| Peabody, Francis G. | 31 Dec. 1881 |
| Pyle, Howard | 23 Mar. 1906 |
| Quincy, Josiah P. | 26 Dec. 1883 |
| Reid, Robert | 26 Oct. 1901 [1908-1911] |
| Reid, Whitelaw | 5 May 1892 |
| Rideing, William Henry | 26 May 1884 20 Feb. 1893 |
| Robinson, Edward | 23 Feb., 21 Oct., 25 Oct. 1886 |
| Roche, James Jeffrey | 19 Jan., 10 Feb. 1894 |
| Ropes, John C. | 19 Jan., 10 Feb. 1894 |
| Rotch, A. Lawrence | 15 Dec. 1905 |
| Rotch, Arthur | 22 Dec. 1880 |
| Saltonstall, Leverett | 21 Dec. 1882 |
| Sedgwick, William Thompson | 6 Feb 1885 7 Dec. 1902 |
| Shattuck, Frederick C. | 21 Nov. 1880 |
| Storey, Moorfield | 26 Nov. 1886 24 Jan. 1887 |
| Sturgis, Russell | 9 Oct. 1896 16 Jan. 1904 14 July 1908 |
| Tarbell, Edmund C. | 7 Oct. 1895 |
| Taylor, Francis Henry | 28 Mar. 1940 |
| Towne, Charles Hanson | 4 Mar. 1941 |
| Trowbridge, John | 11 Apr. 1892 |
| Vaillant, George C. | [1931] 19 Oct. 1931 |
| Vinton, Frederic P. | 29 Apr. 1881 |
| Walcott, John C. | 1 May, 9 May 1940 |
| Waterman, Marcus | 7 May 1880 |
| Watson, William | 20 Feb. 1885 |
| White, John Williams | 21 Oct. 1940 |
| White, Paul Dudley | 11 Oct. 1940 |
| Wigglesworth, Edward | 27 Dec. 1881 |
| Winsor, Justin | 6 Apr. 1892 |
| Winthrop, Robert C. | 7 Jan. 1882 9 Mar. 1892 28 Nov. 1895 |
| Wolcott, Roger | 23 Dec. 1886 4 Mar. 1899 |
Exhibition Indices
Two indices, listing exhibitions by date and by artist, are available in the MHS Library.
Materials Removed from the Collection
The following photographs were removed from the collection to the MHS Photo Archives and are stored with oversize photographs.
Photo album showing the interior and exterior, and floor plans of the St. Botolph Club, 199 Commonwealth Avenue. 28 black and white and 4 color photographs.
1 color photograph of a prayer from the St. Botolph church, Boston, England.
13 albumen photographs of William Morris Hunt's paintings that were exhibited at the St. Botolph Club.
15 8x10 black and white photographs and 13 5x7 black and white negatives of an unidentified painting exhibition.
2 black and white photographs and 1 photogravure of Francis Parkman.
13 photographs of unidentified people.
2 unidentified photographs of architectural details, one might be the St. Botolph Club, 199 Commonwealth, the other 115 Commonwealth.
4 black and white photographs of a church in Boston (Lincolnshire), England. By C. V. Clark.
2 black and white photographs of Boston (Lincolnshire), England. 1) A street view [Bargate]. 2) A harbor view.
13 Miscellaneous views of Lincolnshire, England.
2 color photographs of George Sagendarph, in Florida.
1 black and white photograph of Joseph R. DeCamp, artist.
2 black and white photographs showing the interior of [St. Botolph's Church, Lancashire, taken in 1953].
1 8x10 black and white photograph of [Roy Lamson?] playing a clarinet at the St. Botolph Club, n.d.
5 unidentified black and white photographs.
2 8x10 black and white photographs of Christopher O'Riley, pianist.
3 8x10 black and white photographs of Elizabeth Parcells, soprano.
1 8x10 black and white photograph of the Harvard Glee Club, December 16, at 6:30 [1980s].
Preferred Citation
St. Botolph Club records, Massachusetts Historical Society.
Access Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in ABIGAIL, the online catalog of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related persons, organizations, or subjects should search the catalog using these headings.