Box 1

The minutes were handwritten by the club secretary in commercial notebooks until March 1946; thereafter, minutes were typed, printed, and pasted into the notebooks. Minutes from 1997 onward are printed sheets held in folders.

The minutes were handwritten by the club secretary in commercial notebooks until March 1946; thereafter, minutes were typed, printed, and pasted into the notebooks. Minutes from 1997 onward are printed sheets held in folders.

Meetings were often held at private clubs or restaurants, and on occasion printed menus were kept by the secretary.

The club issues annually, and generally in June, an alphabetical list of members with contact information. The earliest list here was letterpress printed in 1893. Typed lists from 1920 and 1976 are also in the file but the bulk of membership lists date from the 1980s through the present.

Compiled by club member Christopher Larsen, covering the 114 members through 2014 with their dates of membership.

The club secretary is tasked with keeping membership lists, establishing and circulating meeting schedules, and sending meeting notices as reminders.

The minutes were handwritten by the club secretary in commercial notebooks until March 1946; thereafter, minutes were typed, printed, and pasted into the notebooks. Minutes from 1997 onward are printed sheets held in folders.

The club held a black tie dinner at the Mark Twain House and Museum on October 7, 2019. The file holds correspondence, invitations, and other records of the event, as well as a copy of the paper "1869" presented at the dinner by an invited guest, historian William Hosley. Also present are three photographs: one of active club members; one of active members and past members invited as guests; and one of all attendees seated at the dinner table.

Notes regarding the preferred qualities, current and historical, for members of the club.

Correspondence and lists regarding proposed candidates for club membership.