1846-1999
Offsite Storage Inventory
Restrictions on Access
The Thursday Evening Club (Boston, Mass.) 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.
Abstract
This collection includes the records of the Thursday Evening Club, a men's club founded in Boston in 1846 to promote "social and scientific conversation." First called the "Warren Club" after one of its founders, John C. Warren, the club held bi-weekly Thursday meetings at the home of one of its members to listen to talks on a variety of subjects, at first scientific but later expanded to include literature, history, and other subjects. The records include loose and bound membership lists; announcements, lists, and summaries of meetings; correspondence; presidents' reports; manuscripts of original papers; historical reminiscences; and memorials delivered by members, including Moorfield Storey, James F. Rhodes, and Worthington C. Ford.
Processing Information
This collection is PARTIALLY PROCESSED.
Acquisition Information
Deposited by the Thursday Evening Club, Dec. 1926, with periodic additions.
Restrictions on Access
The Thursday Evening Club (Boston, Mass.) 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.
Summary Description of the Collection
Expand allI. Loose papers
Member lists/records, 1846-1979
Lists of meetings, 1875-1968
Invitations/meeting announcements, 1859-1963
Dinner attendance lists, 1946-1974
Correspondence, 1849-1932
Correspondence, 1933-1976
Original papers delivered, 1908-1920
Minutes, agendas, etc., 1846-1875, 1941-1971
Presidents' Reports, 1947-1963
Treasurers' Reports, 1946-1959
Bills, 1962-1966
Historical reminiscences, 1896-1946
Biographical information/obituaries, 1864, 1935-1975
Miscellaneous, 1861, 1908
Misc. printed materials
Additions, 1996-1999
II. Bound volumes
List of members, undated
Minutes, members, 1856-1858
Lists of members, 1869-1871, 1884-1891; meetings, 1864-1898
List of meetings, members, 1886-1897
List of meetings, members, 1886-1898
Members, Dec. 1887
Members, 1887-1888
Members, 1893?
Meetings, 1895-1913; members, 1901-1913
Members, 1908, 1910
Meeting announcements, members, record of meetings, 1946-1955 (disbound)
Preferred Citation
Thursday Evening 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.
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Photographs Removed from the Collection
Photographs from this collection have been removed to the Thursday Evening Club photographs (Photo. Coll. 281).