Guide to the Grolier Club Special Functions Committee Records

Title:
Grolier Club Institutional Records, RG 7, Series I: Special Functions Committee

OCLC/RLIN No. (Unique ID):
NYGG05-A10032

Dates:            
1938-1997

Bulk Dates:
1938-1961; 1985-1997

 Extent: 
2 boxes; 1 linear foot

Abstract:
Documentation and correspondence relating to the Special Functions Committee and their activities

Access Restrictions:
Collection is open for research use after a period of 10 years from the date of creation. Copyright restrictions may apply; please contact repository for requests for copying and for authorization to publish, quote, or reproduce the materials.

Preferred Citation:
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Grolier Club Special Functions Committee, 1944-1997, The Grolier Club of New York.

About the Finding Aid:
This finding aid was prepared by Sophia Dahab in Microsoft Word at the Grolier Club, December 2016.

Provenance:
Items in this collection were created by members or staff of the Grolier Club in the course of regular Club house activities.                                            

Access Points:

Biographical/Historical Note:
The objective of the Committee on Special Functions is to arrange for occasional small dinners with appropriate speakers and other special events. The Committee’s activities date back to 1935, although it did not issue separate annual reports until the early 1950s; these reports are printed in the Yearbook. For some years small exhibitions were designed specifically for these dinner meetings. Information appears in these records about the Bowsers, an informal group of members which developed within the Club that met for convivial evenings between 1938 and 1949, with sporadic activity thereafter. The Bowsers were eventually absorbed into the Special Functions Committee.

Scope and Content Note: 

Correspondence, announcements, and schedules of events. There are also bills, reservation lists, and related materials for dinner meetings sponsored by the Committee as well as some later materials relating to committee sponsored outings to Connecticut and Princeton.

Related Materials Note: 

Related materials may be found in the following collections in this repository:

RG 7, Series II: Grolier Club Bibliophile Trips
RG 7, Series III: Events and Dinners

Arrangement Note:
Items in this collection are arranged chronologically.

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