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Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: March 2010 Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS Guide to the Apostles Club Records, 1894 - 1967 Special Collections & ArchivesWesleyan University Middletown, CT, USA

Descriptive Summary Special Collections & Archives, Wesleyan University Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.). Apostles Club. Apostles Club Records, 1894-1967 1000-192 Material in English 0.75 2 For current information on the location of these materials, please consult Special Collections & Archives staff. The Apostles Club was a group of faculty members at Wesleyan University who met once a month from 1894 until 1967 for literary and social purposes. The bulk of the Apostles Club Records are meeting minutes, with a small amount of correspondence, clippings, and lists of members. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Copyright for Official University records is held by Wesleyan University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Apostles Club Records, Collection #1000-192, Special Collections & Archives, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, USA.

Acquisitions Information

Received after 1967.

Processing Information

Processed by Alexis Pancrazi, September 2007

Encoded by Valerie Gillispie, March 2010

Historical Note

The Apostles Club was a group of faculty members at Wesleyan University who met once a month from 1894 until 1967. At each meeting one of the members or a guest would present research, followed by a discussion among the present members. On its foundation, it was, according the minutes of the first meeting, for literary and social purposes. The name The Apostles Club was adopted after a nickname referring to the number of founding members. The original faculty members were from the academic fields of literature, history, and philosophy. It was usually was hosted at one of the member's homes. The group's officers included a President, Vice President, Treasurer and a Secretary (or, if the Secretary was absent, an “ad-interim” secretary) who took notes and presented them at the next meeting to be approved by the members.

The Club ceased meeting at the end of the 1966-1967 academic year.

Collection Overview

The bulk of the Apostles Club Records are meeting minutes, which were recorded beginning in 1894 until the last meeting in 1967, although they become increasingly more detailed in later years. Up until early 1952 the minutes were recorded in journals, but after that the secretaries began to type them. The minutes specified host and presenter for each meeting, as well as the topic of discussion. In addition to minutes, there are a few pieces of correspondence from 1939, two clippings about the Apostles Club from 1895 and 1897, and lists of members between 1920 and 1965.

Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.). Apostles Club. Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.)--Faculty. Detailed Description of the Collection Minutes 1 1 December 1894-April 1916 1 2 October 1916-April 1921 1 3 May 1916-October 1948 1 4 November 1948-February 1952 1 5 1952-1953 1 6 1954-1955 1 7 1956-1957 1 8 1958-1959 1 9 1960-1961 1 10 1962-1963 1 11 1964-1965 1 12 1966-1967 2 13 Correspondence, 1939 2 14 Clippings from Wesleyan University Bulletin, 1895, 1897 2 15 Members and Assignments, 1920-1965