Dates

• Creation: Majority of material found within 1916 - 2018

Creator

• Arts Club of Washington (Washington, D.C.) (Organization)

Extent

1 Linear feet (Total Boxes: 23)

Inventory

Box 1: Scrapbooks 1916 to 1927 – Contain press clippings from the Washington Star, Washington Post, and Washington Herald; leaflets, art exhibition details; photographs; and papers related to Arts Club membership and meetings. After-dinner speeches from June 7, 1917. Box 2: Scrapbooks 1928 to 1937 – Contain press clippings from the Washington Star, Washington Post, and Washington Herald; leaflets, art exhibition details; photographs; and papers related to Arts Club membership and meetings. Box 3: Scrapbooks 1938 to 1944 and 1952 to 1955 – Contain press clippings from the Washington Star, Washington Post, and Washington Herald; leaflets, art exhibition details; photographs; and papers related to Arts Club membership and meetings. Box 4: Scrapbooks 1956 to 1961 – Contain press clippings from the Washington Star, Washington Post, and Washington Herald; leaflets, art exhibition details; photographs; and papers related to Arts Club membership and meetings. Box 5: Scrapbooks 1962 to 1966 – Contain press clippings from the Washington Star, Washington Post, and Washington Herald; leaflets, art exhibition details; photographs; and papers related to Arts Club membership and meetings. Box 6: Scrapbooks 1967 to 1974 – Contain press clippings from the Washington Star, Washington Post, Washington Herald, Smithsonian Associate, and other local periodicals; leaflets, art exhibition details; photographs; and papers related to Arts Club membership and meetings. Box 7: Scrapbooks 1975 to 1981 – Contain press clippings from the Washington Star, Washington Post, and other local publications; art exhibition details; and leaflets, correspondence, and papers related to Arts Club membership and meetings. Box 8: Scrapbooks 1982 to 1986 – Contain press clippings from the Washington Post and other local publications; leaflets and art exhibition details; and newsletters and papers related to Arts Club membership and meetings. Box 9: Scrapbooks 1987 to 1992 – Contain press clippings from the Washington Post and other local publications; leaflets and art exhibition details; photographs taken at Club functions; some correspondence; and newsletters and other papers related to Arts Club membership and meetings. Box 10: Scrapbooks 1993 to 1999 – Contain press clippings from the Washington Post and other local publications; leaflets and art exhibition details; some photographs and correspondence; and newsletters and other papers related to Arts Club membership and meetings. Box 11: Scrapbooks 2000 to 2003 – Contain press clippings from the Washington Post and other local publications; leaflets and art exhibition details; some correspondence; and newsletters and other papers related to Arts Club membership and meetings. Box 12: Scrapbooks for the Arts Club of Washington's Bal Boheme, 1924-1936 – photographs, newspaper clippings, flyers, programs, announcements, mailings Box 13: Scrapbooks for the Arts Club of Washington's Bal Boheme, 1936-1939, 1950-1961, 1986, 1988 – photographs, newspaper clippings, flyers, announcements, mailings Box 14: Monthly member newsletter "In the Galleries," April 2010 to March 2018; membership directories, 1916 to 2007 Box 15: One silver plate, 14” diameter; four wooden ceremonial gavels; one set of dinner china pieces Box 16: 1949-1989 minutes of board of governors meetings (monthly, quarterly, and annual), minutes of annual membership meetings; 1916-1917 minutes of women’s board meetings Box 17: Monthly newsletters "Action Line," "Artifacts," "Clarion Call," "Showing in the Club's Galleries," and calendars and newsletters, 1959 to 2005 Box 18: Monthly member bulletins, 1920 to 1967 Box 19: Scrapbook for 1949 – Contains press clippings from the Washington Star, Washington Post, and Washington Times-Herald; calendars of events, programs for concerts and dramatic performances; and newsletters and papers related to Arts Club membership, member activities, and meetings. Box 20: Arts Club Bal Boheme sample book – Programs, organizers’ notes, sample tickets, financial summaries, and other related papers for the period 1922 to 1940 Box 21: Scrapbooks 1944 to 1948 – Contain press clippings from the Washington Star, Washington Post, and Washington Times-Herald; calendars of events, programs for concerts and dramatic performances; and newsletters and papers related to Arts Club membership, member activities, and meetings. Box 22: Scrapbooks 1950 to 1951 – Contain press clippings from the Washington Star, Washington Post, and Washington Times-Herald; calendars of events, programs for concerts and dramatic performances; and newsletters and papers related to Arts Club membership, member activities, and meetings. Box 23: Scrapbooks 1933 to 1936 – Contain press clippings from the Washington Star, Washington Post, and Washington Times-Herald; calendars of events, programs for concerts and dramatic performances; and newsletters and papers related to Arts Club membership, member activities, and meetings. Scrapbook 1920 to 1936 – Contains poems (dates and authors sometimes not given), concert programs, one newspaper clipping.