Faculty Club records, 1905-1975

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Series I: Men's Faculty Club

This series contain the records of the Men's Faculty Club, from the earliest proposal, and then the removal from the Club's original location in South Hall, to the purpose-built Faculty House. The records include correspondence, administrative records and board meeting minutes mostly from the 1940s to the 1960s.

Correspondence

Request Box 1

Box 1 Folder 1-2 Faculty Club, 1905-1917, 2 folders

(From the proposal to establish an "officers club" in South Hall, to early days of the Club.)

Box 1 Folder 3 Faculty House, 1919-1924

(The removal of the Club from South Hall to make room for the construction of the School of Business, the construction of Faculty House, and the construction of the Women's Faculty Club space in Johnson Hall, the women's residence hall. Includes correspondence from University President Nicholas Murray Butler, Clerk of the Trustees John B. Pine, and the architectural firm of McKim, Mead and White.)

Box 1 Folder 4 Club Presidents, 1943-1950

(Russel Potter and Frederick C. Mills)

Box 1 Folder 5 Vice President for Business / Business Manager, 1963-1972

(Correspondence with Low Library administrators re: the Club's finances. Includes board minutes and financial statements.)

Dawson, Charles R. files

(Prof. Dawson was a member of the Chemistry Department. He held various roles in the Faculty Club from Chair of the Programming Committee to President and member of the Board of Directors.)

Correspondence

(These records include Club correpondence but also annual reports, event announcements, board materials, etc.)

Box 1 Folder 6 1947-1956

Box 1 Folder 7 1959-1963

Box 1 Folder 8 1966

Box 1 Folder 9 1967-1968

Box 1 Folder 10 1968-1969

Box 1 Folder 11 Dance Committee, 1956-1975

Box 1 Folder 12 Financial statements, 1958-1960

Box 1 Folder 13 Legal and labor, 1958-1959

Box 1 Folder 14 Meeting notes, 1959-1964

Minutes - Board of Directors Meetings

Box 1 Folder 15 1940-1941

(Russel Potter's records, includes event announcements and issues of the Faculty Club Gazette.)

Box 1 Folder 16 1958-1960

Box 1 Folder 17 1963-1964

Box 1 Folder 18 1964-1965

Box 1 Folder 19 1965-1966

Box 1 Folder 20 1966-1967

Series II: Women's Faculty Club

This series contains the records of the Women's Faculty Club. It includes minutes from the board, committee and general membership meetings, from the early days of the club to its dissolution in 1972. There are administrative records with the constitution, by-laws, amendments, and other documents recording the various officers' roles and responsibilties.

Box 1 Folder 21 By-laws amendment, 1966-1967

Box 1 Folder 22 Certificate of incorporation and amendment, 1952-1968

(Report of incorporation committee recommending incorporation, January 22, 1952. Resolution for incorporation adopted at meeting April 29, 1952. Amended March 1967. Correct amendments inserted in old certificate.)

Box 1 Folder 23 Constitution and by-laws, 1912-1958

Box 1 Folder 24 Dissolution, 1971-1972

Box 1 Folder 25 Finance Committee, 1970-1971

Harrington, Virginia files

(Former Club Secretary)

Box 1 Folder 26 Annual reports, 1944-1945

(Includes Treasurer's report and the annual reports of the nine committees)

Box 1 Folder 27 Annual reports, 1945-1946

Box 1 Folder 28 Correspondence, 1944-1945

Box 1 Folder 29 Correspondence, 1945-1946

Box 1 Folder 30 Information for Club Secretary, 1945-1946

Box 1 Folder 31 Minutes, reports and correspondence, 1946-1948

Box 1 Folder 32 Jewett, Ida - Women's Faculty Club of Columbia University 1913-1963: An Informal History, 1964

Box 1 Folder 33 Manhattanville Community Centers, Inc., 1970-1972

Minutes

Box 1 Folder 34 1913-1920

(Handwritten volume 1: Minutes of the Executive Committee, pp. 1-150; minutes of the General Meetings, pp. 150-300.)

Box 1 Folder 35 1920-1923

(Handwritten volume 2: Minutes of the Executive Committee, pp. 1-75; minutes of the General Meetings, pp. 75-150.)

Box 1 Folder 36 1913-1923

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Box 2 Folder 1 1923-1925

Box 2 Folder 2 1925-1928

Box 2 Folder 3 1928-1931

Box 2 Folder 4 1931-1933

Box 2 Folder 5 1933-1935

Box 2 Folder 6 1935-1938

Box 2 Folder 7 1938-1940

Box 2 Folder 8 1940-1942

Box 2 Folder 9 1942-1944

Box 2 Folder 10 1944-1947

Box 2 Folder 11 1947-1949

Box 2 Folder 12 1949-1951

Box 2 Folder 13 1951-1953

Box 2 Folder 14 1953-1955

Box 2 Folder 15 1955-1957

Box 2 Folder 16 1957-1959

Box 2 Folder 17 1959-1961

Box 2 Folder 18 1961-1962

Box 2 Folder 19 1960-1966

Box 2 Folder 20 1966-1968

Box 2 Folder 21 1968-1972

Box 2 Folder 22 Annual Meeting mintues, 1967-1969

(Includes constitution, by-laws and amendments)

Box 2 Folder 23 Annual Meeting mintues, 1967-1972

(Includes annual reports)

Box 2 Folder 24 Minutes and correspondence, 1964-1965

Box 2 Folder 25 Minutes and correspondence, 1965-1967

Box 2 Folder 26 Minutes and correspondence, 1969-1970

Box 2 Folder 27 Morningside Bridge Club, 1965-1971

Space issues

Box 2 Folder 28 "WFC stuggle for space in Men's clubhouse", 1921-1929

Box 2 Folder 29 "Pleas for space", 1939-1949

(Includes drawings of the dining room (1939) and correspondence with administration re: the space allocated to the Women's Club. From Margaret E. Conrad, Club President.)

Box 2 Folder 30 Tax exemption, 1970-1971

Collection Overview

Collection Contents

Faculty Club records, 1905-1975

Series I: Men's Faculty Club

Series II: Women's Faculty Club