Literary Society of Washington, Washington, D.C., records, 1873-1991 (Library of Congress Finding Aid)

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BOX 12-14	Miscellany, 1873-1970
		Memoranda, reports, listings of officers and members of the society, writings, and printed matter.
		Arranged alphabetically by type of material.
BOX 12		Agenda
BOX 12		Announcements of meetings
			(2 folders)
BOX 12		Constitution
BOX 12		Historical membership listings
BOX 12		Literary Society of Washington, D.C., history
BOX 12		Memberships
			(3 folders)
BOX 12		Memoranda
BOX 13		Notebook, draft of society’s history
BOX 13		Notes and fragments
BOX 13		Notes read at society meetings
BOX 13		Printed matter
BOX 13			Articles
				(3 folders)
BOX 13			Cards and invitations
BOX 13			Newspaper clippings
BOX 13				1898-1940
BOX 14				1941-1968
					(2 folders)
BOX 14			Pamphlets and brochures
BOX 14		Programs
BOX 14		Reports
BOX 14		Riggs, A. A., diary, 1886, 1888
BOX 14		“A Tribute of Respect to James Abram Garfield”
BOX 14		Who’s Who list of society members
BOX 15-16	Addition I, 1967-1981
		One volume of minutes of meetings, memorials on the death of members, and essays read at meetings of the society.
		Arranged by type of material and by author.
BOX 15		Minutes of meetings, 1967-1976
BOX 15		Memorials, 1973-1979
BOX 16		Papers read at society meetings
BOX 16			Amory, Robert, Jr., “Cavalucci and the Letter of Marque and Reprisal,” 21 Apr. 1979
BOX 16			Boothe, Armistead L., “A Comedy (?) of Errors,” 17 Feb. 1979
BOX 16			Cooley, James, “Calvin Succeeds,” undated
BOX 16			Cox, Henry Bartholomew, “Diogenes” Search Rewarded: The Mind of Charles Thompson,” 1 Jan. 1981
BOX 16			Crocker, William H. “Generosity: Can Cavela Extramarital relations Be Truly Benerous?,” 14 Feb. 1981
BOX 16			Dillon, Wilton S., “Foxcraft,” 12 Mar. 1977
BOX 16			Haskins, Caryl P., “The Prepared Mind-Alfred Russell Wallace,” 17 Mar. 1979
BOX 16			Hoopes, Townsend, “Eye Cues,” 13 Nov. 1976
BOX 16			Keck, Andrew S., “Uncle Henry’s Mind,” 9 Dec. 1978
BOX 16			Landon, Margaret, “Anna and I,” 13 May 1978
BOX 16			Mellon, Constance
BOX 16				“Water,” 4 Dec. 1976
BOX 16				“Columbus Eve.,” 11 Oct. 1980
BOX 16			Merillat, H. C. L., “Anywhere but India,” undated
BOX 16			Nef, John
BOX 16				“What Is ‘The Renaissance’?,” 16 Oct. 1976
BOX 16				“Factors in the Birth of Modern Science,” 11 Apr. 1981
BOX 16			Oehser, Paul H. “Sticks and Stones,” 16 Apr. 1977
BOX 16			Perry, Carroll, “Mr. Gooseberry, and Others,” undated
BOX 16			Purves, Mrs. Edmund R.
BOX 16				“Aftermath,” 15 Jan. 1977
BOX 16				“A Private Correspondence,” 14 Mar. 1981
BOX 16			Slocum, John J.
BOX 16				“The Other Side of the Coin,” Feb. 1977
BOX 16				“Cast a Cold Eye,” 6 Dec. 1980
BOX 16			Symington, James W., “The Grand Duke’s Visit,” undated
BOX 16			Thomsen, Richard Porter, “School Days,” 9 May 1981
BOX 16			Wedel, Cynthia C., “Those Strange Americans,” 14 May 1977
BOX 16			Williams, D. H., “Obscure Firsts and Other Curiosities, A Bookman’s Odyssey,” 13 Jan. 1979
BOX 16			Wright, Louis B., “Cattle, Conquistadors, and Cowboys,” 8 Nov. 1980
BOX 17	Addition II, 1981-1986
		Essays and one memorial read at meetings of the society.
		Arranged by author.
BOX 17		Papers read at society meetings
BOX 17			Andrews, John F., “Bard Time,” 16 Nov. 1985
BOX 17			Boothe, Armistead L., “High Lights of a Low Lifer,” 16 Apr. 1983
BOX 17			Cooley, James, “Anny,” 14 Nov. 1981
BOX 17			Dillon, Wilton S., “Her African Highness,” 15 Jan. 1983
BOX 17			Eger, Alben W., “Envy Invited,” 10 May 1986
BOX 17			Haskins, Caryl P., “ An Argument with Mr. Darwin: Or to Run a Reef,” 13 Nov. 1982
BOX 17			Keck, Andrew S., “Eyes That See,” 16 Jan. 1982
BOX 17			Nef, John U., “Memorial/Felix M. Morley (1894-1982),” 1982
BOX 17			Oehser, Paul H., “Essaying the Essay,” 15 May 1982
BOX 17			Perry, Carroll
BOX 17				“Puritans and Salt Marshes,” 13 Feb. 1982
BOX 17				“Magnalia,” 15 Mar. 1986
BOX 17			Seale, William, “Stonecutters,” 14 May 1983
BOX 17			Taft, William Howard, III, “Words and History,” 11 Dec. 1982
BOX 17			Taft, William Howard, IV, “Strike Flat the Thick Rotundity o’ th’ World,” 12 Apr. 1986
BOX 17			Watson, George E., “The United States Exploring Expedition 1838-1842 The Vertebrate Collections; Lost Opportunities,” 12 Oct. 1985
BOX 17			Wedel, Cynthia C., “Looking Eastward,” 10 Oct. 1981
BOX 17			Williams, Donald H., “Splashes of Color,” 16 Oct. 1982
BOX 17			Wright, Christopher, “Preparing Choices,” 15 Feb. 1986
BOX 18-19	Addition III, 1984-1991
		Essays read at meetings of the society.
		Arranged by author.
BOX 18		Papers read at society meetings
BOX 18			Armory, Robert, Jr., “Five Gallant Kinswomen Who Left Inedible Marks on a Great Age,” 14 Nov. 1987
BOX 18			Benson, Elizabeth P., "The Noise of Starch," 13 May 1989
BOX 18			Brooks, Jane K., "Meet the Poet Laureate," 15 May 1988
BOX 18			Brown, David, "What are We Coming to in America?," 14 Mar. 1987
BOX 18			Brown, Ellen Patterson, "Eating Well is the Best Revenge," 11 May 1991
BOX 18			Brown, Jonathan, "He Discovereth Deep Things in Darkness," 18 Oct. 1986
BOX 18			Carter, Marcia McGhee, "An Inquiry into the Nature of Certain Unnatural Passions," 14 Feb. 1987
BOX 18			Childs, Timothy W., "A Legitimate Question," 16 Jan. 1988
BOX 18			Conquest, Edwin P., Jr.
BOX 18				"The Perfect Fool," 11 Nov. 1989
BOX 18				“The Widow's Might,” 1985
BOX 18			Cooley, James, "Peacemaker," 13 Apr. 1985
BOX 18			Cox, Henry Bartholomew
BOX 18				"Thomas Edison: The Clearest Cut American," 10 Mar. 1990
BOX 18				“Who Holds the Arrow?,” 13 Oct. 1984
BOX 18			Crocker, William H., "Was Maria Lying," 11 Apr. 1987
BOX 18			Dillon, Wilton S., "Triptych for Lillian," 16 Apr. 1988
BOX 18			Eger, Alban, "Plus Outre," 16 Feb. 1991
BOX 18			Fales, Rose H., "The Three Taboos," 12 May 1990
BOX 18			Faulkner, Avery C., "Under the Spreading Chestnut Trees," 12 Mar. 1988
BOX 18			Frank, Judith Waldrop
BOX 18				"Reflections on a Curved Surface," 15 Nov. 1986
BOX 18				“Three in the Fourth,” 12 Jan. 1991
BOX 18			Goode, James M., "After the War: The Social and Architectural Development of the Washington, D.C. Apartment House, 1919-1988," 8 Oct. 1988
BOX 18			Haskins, Caryl P., "The Very Finest Damask - or, the Length and Shadow of a Man," 16 May 1987
BOX 18			Highfill, Philip H., "Perdita," 15 Apr. 1989
BOX 18			Holt, Samuel C.O., "E Pluribus Unam," Oct. 1987
BOX 18			Howland, Richard, "Arvanitika," 17 Nov. 1990
BOX 19			Kelley, Robert K., "Flower and Song," 10 Dec. 1988
BOX 19			Linton, Calvin D., "Resonance Lost," 12 Nov. 1988
BOX 19			Makepeace, LeRoy, "In Love with the Universe, the Art of Miro," undated
BOX 19			Mellen, Connie Loudon
BOX 19				"South," 10 Nov. 1984
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