1893-1931
Offsite Storage Inventory
Restrictions on Access
The bulk of the Mayflower Club records, except for oversize materials, is 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.
Note: This collection is PARTIALLY PROCESSED.
Abstract
This collection consists of the records, 1893-1931, of the Mayflower Club of Boston, Mass., a private women's club founded in 1893 to provide a place in a central location in Boston where members could find comfortable rooms, a place for reading and writing, and a restaurant for lunch.
Collection Description
The Mayflower Club of Boston, Mass. was a private women's club founded in 1893 to provide a place in a central location in Boston where members could find comfortable rooms, a place for reading and writing, and a restaurant for lunch.
The club's records, 1893-1931, include correspondence with other clubs and regarding notifications, resignations, and nominations for membership; papers related to the leasing and upkeep of the facilities; reports of the secretary, Board of Government, and president; membership lists and records; printed leaflets of officers and rules; a visitors' sign-in book (1895); and records related to the club's incorporation in 1924.
Corresponding officers of the club included Jennie L. Motley, Lucy Lowell, Katharine P. Loring, and Elizabeth Cabot. Among the individuals with single letters in the collection are Helen H. Taft, Edward E. Hale, Charles W. Eliot, Frederick H. Gillett, and Lois L. Howe.
Acquisition Information
Gift of the Mayflower Club, June 1933.
Restrictions on Access
The bulk of the Mayflower Club records, except for oversize materials, is 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.
Note: This collection is PARTIALLY PROCESSED.
Summary Description of the Collection
Records, 1893-1911
Records, 1912-1931
Membership records, 1893-1931
Meeting reports, 1893-1901
Address book, 1893-1894
Visitors' book, 1895
Meeting reports, 1893-1899
Board of Government records, 1900-1901
Meeting reports, 1901
Meeting reports, 1902-1908
List of members, Oct. 1905
Board of Government records, 1909-1915
Board of Government records, 1916-1925
Members, 1900-1902
Librarian's book, 1908
Corporate records
Members, 1897-1925
Board of Government records, 1926-1931
Oversize bluprints
1 oversize folderSTORED ONSITE at Ms. N-538 (oversize)Preferred Citation
Mayflower 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.