Conversational Club records
Scope and Contents
The collection has four series: Minutes, Chronological Files, Addition of June 2008, and Addition of December 2009. The Chronlogical Files include meeting notes, speeches, reply cards, bills, invitations, attendance lists, and other materials documenting club meetings. The Addition of June 2008 (Acc. 2008-10) includes program announcements, including members names and topics of discussion, from 1870 to 1963. It also includes some papers read at meetings, correspondence, meeting programs, financial information, and photographs.
Dates
- Creation: 1862-[ongoing]
Creator
- Conversational Club (Middletown, Conn.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
University records - Copyright held by Wesleyan University; all other copyright is retained by the creator - In Copyright – Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Some materials are in the public domain - No Copyright - United States
Biographical / Historical
The Conversational Club was formed in 1862 by the faculty of Wesleyan University to discuss topics of interest along with other Middletown residents. Meetings typically included dinner, a paper delivered by a club member, followed by discussion. Meetings rotated among the homes of the club members. Topics included world events, scientific and literary topics, philosophy, and anything else of general interest. The membership of the club was all male until 1987.
Extent
4.5 Linear Feet (8 hollinger boxes and 2 half hollinger boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Conversational Club was formed in 1862 by the faculty of Wesleyan University to discuss topics of interest along with other Middletown residents. The collection has four series: Minutes, Chronological Files, Addition of June 2008, and Addition of December 2009.
Arrangement
The materials have been arranged in roughly chronological order. The Addition of December 2009 (Acc. 2009-50) includes minutes and abstracts of meetings from January 2003 to May 2006.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Given by club members prior to 1997 (Acc. 1000-20), Kay Briggs in 2000 (Acc. 2000-45), Karl Scheibe in 2008 (Acc. 2008-10), and John Shaw in 2009 (Acc. 2009-50).
Subject
- Conversational Club (Middletown, Conn.) (Organization)
- Title
- Conversational Club records, 1862-
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Lina Makdisi and Valerie Gillispie, February 2007 Encoded by Valerie Gillispie, June 2007 Additional materials processed and added to finding aid by Valerie Gillispie, June 2008, December 2009. Migrated to ArchivesSpace by Jenny Miglus, 2020.
- Date
- May 13, 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives Repository