Guide to the Chit Chat Club Records, 1877-2010 M0158

Finding aid prepared by Laura Williams
Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives
Stanford University Libraries.
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, California, 94305
Repository email: speccollref@stanford.edu
2010


Title: Chit Chat Club Records
Identifier/Call Number: M0158
Contributing Institution: Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 8.0 Linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1877-2013
creator: Chit Chat Club

Historical Note

The Chit Chat Club was founded in 1874 in San Francisco. It is a private essay club whose 25 members meet the second Monday of each month to hear and discuss an essay written by one of its members.

Scope and Content

Records of the Chit Chat Club of San Francisco including correspondence, essays, biographical, administrative and related material.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of item] Chit Chat Club Records, M0158, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Provenance

Gift of San Francisco Literary Club, 1966, and the Chit Chat Club, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010.

Publication Rights

Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.

Access Restrictions

None.

 

Series I. Correspondence and Related Material

Box 1, Folder 1

Correspondence, etc., 1879-1939

Scope and Contents note

H.W. Bellows, Chas. A. Murdock, J. Hasbrouck, F.W. Tompkins, Horatio Stebbins (art.), Sheldon G. Kellogg, Eli T. Sheppard (art.), misc. (Regular Republican League) Edward Robeson Taylor, M.C. Sloss, Douglas W. Montgomery, M.W. Haskell, Walter Morris Hart, Warren C. Perry, Chauncey D. Leake (unsigned)
Box 1, Folder 2

Correspondence, etc., 1940-1944

Scope and Contents note

Curtis D. Wilbur, O.L. Elliott, J.S. Hutchinson, Wm. E. Colby, Dorothy Farrell, Edgar E. Ribinson, Edward L. Parsons, J.B. Candliffe, Emma Alsborg, C.A. Duireway, Chauncey D. Leake, C.D. Shane, M.W. Haskell, Edwin A. Cottrell, Arthur W. Parsons, Godfrey A. Fisher, Gilbert N. Lewis, M.C. Sloss, Robert M. Searls, Walter Morris Hart, Paul C. Edwards, Wm. Denman, Langley Porter, Chester H. Rowell George J. [Peirce], Maurice E. Harrison
Box 1, Folder 3

Correspondence, 1945-1949

Scope and Contents note

George J. Peirce, Chauncey D. Leake, Joel H. Hildebrand, Ben. C. Duniway, M.C. Sloss, Robert M. Searls, Walter Morris Hart, Godfrey A. Fisher, Langley Porter, Curtis D. Wilbur, C.D. Shane, M.K, Bennett, James W. Mc Bain, Mary H. (Mrs. Gilbert N.) Lewis, Salvatore Pablo Lucia, Maurice E. Harrison, Herbert F. Trant, Francis P. Farquhar, Edwin A. Cottrell, Edward L. Parsons, Wm. E. Colby, Wm. Denman, Cyril H. Cane, Ronald Bridges, Mellen W. Haskell, Isabel Haskell, Elton Trueblood, Edgar E. Robinson, Murray Richards, Joseph T. O'Connor, Alex. Johnson, Harold Bradley, Robert Mc. Williams, Rabb Minto, E. Kenneth Smart, William Palmer Lucas, Frederick, Thompson, Raymond G. [Gettell], Alexander Meiklejohn, Richard Glenn Gettell, Osgood Murdock, (unsigned)
Box 1, Folder 4

Correspondence, 1950-1953

Scope and Contents note

Chauncey D. Leake, Osgood Murdock, Edgar M. [UNK] Rabb Minto, Wm. Denman, Salvatore P. Lucia, Langley Porter, Dixon Wecter, John R. May, Lloyd D. Luckmann, Robert M. Searls, Paul C. Edwards, M.K. Bennet, Murray Richards Walter Morris Hart, Ben C. Duniway, Alex. Meiklejohn, Edward L. Parsons, Joseph T. O'Connor, C. Donald Shane, Book Club of Calif., George J. Peirce, Carl I. Wheat, Mary Lea Shane, J.B. Condliffe, Harold H. Fisher, Ira B. Joraleman, Edgar [UNK] Robinson, Gertrude Searls, Wm. Kuder, H. Lissner, Richard H. Dillon, John Barr Tompkins
Box 1, Folder 5

Correspondence, 1957-1959

Scope and Contents note

Chauncey D. [UNK], Salvatore P. Lucia, [UNK] Murdock, Rabb Minto, Wm. Denman, Edward L. Parsons, Nat Schmulowitz, Edgar [UNK] Robinson, Stanford University Libraries, Walter Morris Hart, Bancroft Library, Frederick Barreda Sherman, Langley Porter, Harold H. Fisher, Alexander Meiklejohn, Edgar M. Kahn, Edith Murdock Williams, Dorothy M. Danna, Margaret Murdock, Paul C. Edwards, C.D. Shane, (HO HO background), H.S. Marchant, Radioscript by Tom Groody, J.B. deC.M. Saunders, J.B. [UNK] Ruth A. O'Connor, Marcel Rijmenans, secretary's report, Murray Richards (unsigned)
Box 1, Folder 6

Correspondence, 1960-1969

Scope and Contents note

Langley Porter, Rabb Minto, University Club, Oswald G. Villard, Jr., Frank H. Sloss, Wm. Marchant, Walter Morris Hart, J.B. deC.M. Saunders, Wm. B. Kuder, Frank Gerbode, Harriet T. Parsons, Paul C. Edwards, Alex. Meiklejohn, C. [UNK] Bartlett, Chauncey D. Leake, Salvatore P. [UNK], Wm. C. Bark, Edgar [UNK]. Robinson, Murray Richards, Ben C. Duniway, lists of essays, alphabetical list of members
Box 1, Folder 7

Correspondence, Osgood Murdock file (Chit Chat Club secretary), 1953-1957

Scope and Contents note

mostly correspondence C. [UNK], Edward L. Parsons, Frank H. Sloss, Carl I. Wheat, Chauncey D. Leake, Edgar [UNK] Robinson, Harold H. Eisher, Frank Gerbode, John R. May, [UNK] H. Hildebrand, University Club, Alex. Meiklejohn, Ben C. Duniway, Paul C. Edwards, Walter Morris Hart, J.B. Condliffe, Langley Porter, Osgood Murdock, Lucy Mc Williams, Elton [UNK], Worldover Importers Inc., Wm. Denman, Salvatore P. Lucia, Wm. E. Colby, Calif. State Library (A.R. Ottley), Leslie E. Bliss (Huntington Library), James de T. Abajian (Calif. Historical Society), Lawrence Kinnaird ([UNK] Library), Wm. B. Kuder, Joseph T. O'Connor, Rosamond Peirce, D. Melrose
Box 10, Folder 6

Correspondence, 1976-1982

Box 11, Folder 6

Correspondence, 1978

Box 12, Folder 4

Correspondence, 1981-1984

Box 12, Folder 9

Correspondence, 1981-1984

Box 13, Folder 4

Correspondence, 1985-1986

Box 15, Item 14

Correspondence files, 1987-1990

Box 15, Folder 15

Correspondence files, 1975-1983

Box 15, Folder 16

Correspondence files, 1984-1986

Box 15, Folder 17

Correspondence files, 1991-1993

Box 16, Folder 18

Correspondence, 1996-2005

Box 17, Folder 1

Correspondence, 2009

 

Series II. Essays

Box 2, Folder 1

Chit Chat Club essays and miscellaneous, Edgar M. Kahn file, 1941-1965

Box 2, Volume 1

Chit Chat Essays, 1884

Scope and Contents note

Small bound volume of printed essays.
Box 2, Volume 1, Item 1

George Eliot, Gordon Blanding, July 9, 1877

Box 2, Volume 1, Item 2

Montaigne, John C. Hall, Jun 18, 1883

Box 2, Volume 1, Item 3

A Banquet at Peterhoff: A Historical Study, Samuel Bradley Wiggin, Aug. 13, 1883

Box 2, Volume 1, Item 4

The Policy of Protection, Charles A. Murdock, 1884

Box 2, Volume 2

Chit Chat Essays, 1927-1945

Scope and Contents note

Bound volume of typescripts, draft signed, and reprints of essays.
Box 2, Volume 2, Item 1

Italy and Fascismo, Orrin Leslie Elliot, 1927

Box 2, Volume 2, Item 2

The US As A World Power, Raymond C. Gettell, 1929

Box 2, Volume 2, Item 3

Illinois to Oregon in 1952, Clyde A. Duniway, 1940

Box 2, Volume 2, Item 4

Early Days of the Chit-Chat Club, Langley Porter, 1941

Box 2, Volume 2, Item 5

Civil Liberties in War Time, Edward L. Parsons, 1942

Box 2, Volume 2, Item 6

Land of Promise -- How Fare our Farmers, Osgood Murdock, 1942

Box 2, Volume 2, Item 7

Ethicogenesis, Chauncey D. Leake, 1942

Box 2, Volume 2, Item 8

What Is History? Edgar E. Robinson, 1942

Box 2, Volume 2, Item 9

The Truth About Education, D. Elton Trueblood, 1943

Box 2, Volume 2, Item 10

The Churches and the Postwar World, Edward L. Parsons, 1943

Box 2, Volume 2, Item 11

Who's Boss? Management Now and Tomorrow, Osgood Murdock, 1944

Box 2, Volume 2, Item 12

Shall We Have Universities? Edgar E. Robinson, 1944

Box 2, Volume 2, Item 13

The Business of Peace, John B. Condliffe, 1944

Box 2, Volume 2, Item 14

What is a Dollar? Francis P. Farquhar, 1945

Box 2, Volume 2, Item 15

Botany: Mother of Science, George J. Pierce, 1945

Box 2, Volume 2, Item 16

Freedom: What is it? How Do We Get It? Edward L. Parsons, 1945

Box 2, Volume 3

Chit Chat Essays, 1943-1950

Scope and Contents note

Bound volume of typescripts, draft signed, and reprints of essays, clippings and misc.
Box 2, Volume 3, Item 1

The Changing East, John B. Condliffe, 1943

Box 2, Volume 3, Item 2

Some Impressions of Italy under Fascism, Godfrey A. Fisher, 1945

Box 2, Volume 3, Item 3

Comments on the Manhattan Project, C. Donald Shane, 1946

Box 2, Volume 3, Item 4

How Fervid the Church? Osgood Murdock, 1946

Box 2, Volume 3, Item 5

Russian-American Relations, Robert H. Searles, 1946

Box 2, Volume 3, Item 6

Fact and Fancy in the Spirit of Wine, Salvatore Pablo Lucca, 1946

Box 2, Volume 3, Item 7

On Freedom and Value Judgments, Merrill K. Bennett, 1946

Box 2, Volume 3, Item 8

The Progress of Creation, John B. Condliffe, 1947

Box 2, Volume 3, Item 9

A Free and Responsible Press, Paul C. Edwards, 1947

Box 2, Volume 3, Item 10

Am I My Brother’s Keeper, George J. Peirce, 1947

Box 2, Volume 3, Item 11

Reminiscences of Long Ago, Edward L. Parsons, 1947

Box 2, Volume 3, Item 12

Dynamic Personalities and their Influence in Directing the Course of Civilization, William P. Lucas, 1947

Box 2, Volume 3, Item 13

The Scientist and Society, C. Donald Shane, 1948

Box 2, Volume 3, Item 14

The Business Man in Post War America, Osgood Murdock, 1948

Box 2, Volume 3, Item 15

Andy Fureseth, Abe Lincoln of the Worlds' Seamen, Wm. Denman, 1948

Box 2, Volume 3, Item 16

Some Philosophical Reflections on the Law, Robert Searls, 1948

Box 2, Volume 3, Item 17

The Theriaca, Salvatore Pablo Lucia, 1948

Box 2, Volume 3, Item 18

Population and Food Supply, M. K. Bennett, 1948

Box 2, Volume 3, Item 19

Family Disintegration and the Law, Benjamin C. Duniway, 1948

Box 2, Volume 3, Item 20

The Background of Delinquency, Langley Porter, 1949

Box 2, Volume 3, Item 21

Responsibility and No Power, George J. Peirce, 1949

Box 2, Volume 3, Item 22

In the Beginning, C. Donald Shane, 1949

Box 2, Volume 3, Item 23

Salesmen and Society, Osgood Murdock, 1950

Box 2, Volume 3, Item 24

Food and Agriculture in the Soviet Union, M. K. Bennett, 1950

Box 2, Volume 3, Item 25

The Unbalance of Our World, John B. Condliffe, 1950

Box 2, Volume 3, Item 26

Free Circulation of Gold Its Probable Effect on Our Economic System, Robert M. Searls, 1950

Box 3, Volume 1

Chit Chat Essays, 1950-1954

Scope and Contents note

Bound volume of typescripts, draft signed, reprints of essays and some misc. material.
Box 3, Volume 1, Item 1

The Realization of an Idea- Fairfax H. Wheeler, Charles A. Murdock, 1922

Box 3, Volume 1, Item 2

Racial Minorities in the United States, William Denman, 1950

Box 3, Volume 1, Item 3

Bret Harte in California – A Character Study, Edgar Kahn, 1950

Box 3, Volume 1, Item 4

Louis Pasteur – His Achievements and Himself, Langley Porter 1951

Box 3, Volume 1, Item 5

Don’t Sass the Upper Class, Murray Richards, 1951

Scope and Contents note

About social value of the rich; incl. handwritten discussion notes.
Box 3, Volume 1, Item 6

Was Tojo Murdered? William J. Kuder, 1951

Box 3, Volume 1, Item 7

A Very Short Story Of Trial By Jury, Judge Robert McWilliams, 1951

Box 3, Volume 1, Item 8

A Lyric Poet In An Iron Age, Robert M. Searls, 1952

Box 3, Volume 1, Item 9

Worlds In Collision, C. Donald Shane, 1952

Box 3, Volume 1, Item 10

Andrew S. Hallidie – A Forgotten San Francisco Personality, Edgar Kahn, 1952

Box 3, Volume 1, Item 11

On Being Elected, Osgood Murdock, 1952

Box 3, Volume 1, Item 12

Strange New World, Carl I. Wheat, 1952

Box 3, Volume 1, Item 13

Loyalty Oaths, Ben C. Duniway, 1953

Box 3, Volume 1, Item 14

On Tasting Wines, S.P. Lucia, 1953

Box 3, Volume 1, Item 15

Dinosaur Appraisal, Harold Bradley, 1953

Box 3, Volume 1, Item 16

Congressman Cox Investigates the Foundations, John F. May, 1953

Box 3, Volume 1, Item 17

How Free Is Our Press, Paul C. Edwards, 1953

Box 3, Volume 1, Item 18

The Have And The Have-Nots, Ira B. Joralemon, 1953

Box 3, Volume 1, Item 19

Fortifying the Mind With The Classics, Walter Morris Hart, 1953

Box 3, Volume 1, Item 20

Justice Holmes, The Huxleys And Moral Codes, Joseph T. O’Connor, 1954

Box 3, Volume 1, Item 21

Power – Electrical And Political, William B. Kuder, 1954

Box 3, Volume 1, Item 22

Man Alive, Langley Porter, 1954

Box 3, Volume 1, Item 23

The Privilege Against Self-Incrimination, Judge Robert McWilliams, 1954

Box 3, Volume 1, Item 24

Greek Tragedies And Modern Life, Edward L. Parsons, 1954

Box 3, Volume 2

Chit Chat Essays, 1954-1956

Scope and Contents note

Bound volume of typescripts, draft signed, reprints of essays and some misc.
Box 3, Volume 2, Item 1

Some Reflections On The Presidency, Edgar Eugene Robinson, 1950

Box 3, Volume 2, Item 2

On Politics And History, Edgar Eugene Robinson, 1952

Box 3, Volume 2, Item 3

Reasoning About The Values Of Education, Alexander Meiklejohn, 1953

Box 3, Volume 2, Item 4

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Edgar Eugene Robinson, 1954

Box 3, Volume 2, Item 5

Chit Chat’s 80th Birthday, Osgood Murdock, 1954

Box 3, Volume 2, Item 6

From My Library Shelves, Edgar Kahn, 1954

Box 3, Volume 2, Item 7

Ten Years With And Without The U.N. the Question Remains – 'Will The U.S. Default The U.N. To The Reds?' Lloyd D. Luckmann, 1954

Box 3, Volume 2, Item 8

The International Consequences Of Scientific Research, John B. Condliffe, 1954

Box 3, Volume 2, Item 9

Mapping The American West, Carl I. Wheat, 1955

Scope and Contents note

Published pamphlet.
Box 3, Volume 2, Item 10

Where There’s A Will, Ben C. Duniway, 1955

Box 3, Volume 2, Item 11

Some Biologic Implications Of Medical Research, Salvatore F. Lucia, 1955

Box 3, Volume 2, Item 12

Ars Piscatoria, Paul C. Edwards, 1955

Box 3, Volume 2, Item 13

Lost Valley, Harold C. Bradley, 1955

Box 3, Volume 2, Item 14

Malice In Wonderland, John B. May, 1955

Box 3, Volume 2, Item 15

Politics And Technology: Problems Of Independence And Interdependence, Harold H. Fisher, 1955

Box 3, Volume 2, Item 16

Opera For Opera’s Sake, Frank H. Sloss, 1955

Box 3, Volume 2, Item 17

Accounting For Taste, Murray Richards, 1955

Box 3, Volume 2, Item 18

No Longer Backward: The Problem Of Native Labor, Ira Joralemon, 1956

Box 3, Volume 2, Item 19

Oedipus, Walter Morris Hart, 1956

Box 3, Volume 2, Item 20

Some Aspects of Robert Louis Stevenson, Edgar Kahn, 1956

Box 3, Volume 2, Item 21

Political Freedom: Testimony On The First Amendment, Alexander Meiklejohn, 1956

Box 3, Volume 2, Item 22

Aristotle’s Poetics, William B. Kuder, 1956

Box 3, Volume 2, Item 23

How Far From The Sabine Farm? Osgood Murdock, 1956

Box 3, Volume 2, Item 24

The Maoris Of New Zealand, John B. Condliffe, 1956

Box 3, Volume 2, Item 25

Chit Chat Club 1874 to 1919, Charles A. Murdock, n. d.

Box 4, Folder 1

Chit Chat Club essays, 1887-1908

Box 4, Folder 1, Item 1

Abigail Adams: On the Life and Character of a Woman, manuscript and typescript, Sheldon G. Kellogg, 1887

Box 4, Folder 1, Item 2

The Monroe Doctrine, A. F. Morrison, 1895

Box 4, Folder 1, Item 3

What the United States is Doing in the Philippines, typescript, 1902

Box 4, Folder 1, Item 4

James Russell Lowell, typescript, Sheldon G. Kellogg, 1890

Box 4, Folder 1, Item 5

Ideals of American Diplomacy, pamphlet, Eli T. Sheppard, 1903

Box 4, Folder 1, Item 6

William Ewart Gladstone, manuscript, Sheldon G.Kellogg, 1904

Box 4, Folder 1, Item 7

Recent Art Progress in the United States, manuscript, Sheldon G. Kellogg, 1906?

Box 4, Folder 1, Item 8

Theodore Roosevelt, typescript, 1908

Box 4, Folder 1, Item 9

William Pitt Fosendeau[?] typescript, Sheldon G.Kellogg, 1908

Box 4, Folder 2

Chit Chat Club essays, 1910-1912, 1942-1948

Box 4, Folder 2, Item 1

'Chinese' Gordon: The 19th Century Knight Errant, manuscript, Eli T. Sheppard, 1910

Box 4, Folder 2, Item 2

Camille Cavour, typescript, Sheldon G.Kellogg, 1910

Box 4, Folder 2, Item 3

The Sherman Antitrust Law, manuscript, Sheldon G.Kellogg, 1912

Box 4, Folder 2, Item 4

Frederick Ferdinand Low, Financier, Statesman, Diplomatist, 9th Governor of California, typescript, Eli T. Sheppard, 1916

Box 4, Folder 2, Item 5

Land of Promise -- How Fare Our Farmers: Footnotes on California Farmers’ Problems in a Changing World, typescript, Charles Murdock, 1942

Box 4, Folder 2, Item 6

Who’s Boss? Management Now and Tomorrow, typescript, Charles Murdock, 1944

Box 4, Folder 2, Item 7

What is a Dollar, typescript, Francis P. Farquhar, 1945

Box 4, Folder 2, Item 8

Organizing International Economic Cooperation: The Political Setting, typescript, John B.Condliffe, 1945

Box 4, Folder 2, Item 9

How Fervid the Church, typescript, Osgood Murdock, 1946

Box 4, Folder 2, Item 10

The Scientist and Society, typescript, C. Donald Shane, 1948

Box 4, Folder 2, Item 11

The Business Man in Post War America, typescript, Osgood Murdock,

Box 4, Folder 2, Item 12

Some Philosophical Reflections on the Law, typescript, Robert M. Searls, 1948

Box 4, Folder 3

Chit Chat Club essays, 1950-1957

Box 4, Folder 3, Item 1

Salesmen and Society, typescript, Osgood Murdock, 1950

Box 4, Folder 3, Item 2

The Have and the Have-Nots, typescript, Ira B. Joralemon, 1953

Box 4, Folder 3, Item 3

Man Alive, typescript, Langley Porter, 1954

Box 4, Folder 3, Item 4

The Musician of Bath, typescript, Ron Shane, 1954

Box 4, Folder 3, Item 5

Tissue Culture Cadences, typescript, Chauncey D. Leake, 1954

Box 4, Folder 3, Item 6

The International Consequences of Scientific Research, typescript, John B. Condliffe, 1954

Box 4, Folder 3, Item 7

Where There’s a Will, typescript, Benjamin Duniway, 1955

Box 4, Folder 3, Item 8

The Biologic Implications of Medical Research, typescript, Salvatore P. Lucia, 1955

Box 4, Folder 3, Item 9

Testimony of Harold C. Bradley, Elected President of the Sierra Club of California in 1957, before Congressional Committee in Washington, D. C., in April 1955, typescript

Box 4, Folder 3, Item 10

Tom Frazer and the Building of the Lick Observatory, typescript, Ron Shane, 1955

Box 4, Folder 3, Item 11

Aristotle’s Poetics, typescript, William B. Kuder, 1956

Box 4, Folder 3, Item 12

The Suez Canal, typescript, John B. Condliffe, 1956

Box 4, Folder 3, Item 13

Woodrow Wilson, typescript, Edgar E. Robinson, 1957

Box 4, Folder 3, Item 14

Welfare Planning in the Bay Area, typescript, Benjamin Duniway, 1957

Box 4, Folder 3, Item 15

Like a Cigarette Should, typescript, Murray Richards, 1957

Box 4, Folder 3, Item 16

Courage as a Means to Peace, typescript, Lloyd Luckman, 1957

Box 4, Folder 3, Item 17

Shrine of the Ages Chapel, typescript, H.C. Bradley, 1957

Box 4, Folder 4

Chit Chat Club essays, 1958-1960

Box 4, Folder 4, Item 1

What Pharaoh’s Daughter Started, typescript, Frank H. Sloss 1958

Box 4, Folder 4, Item 2

Salting, typescript, Ira B. Joralemon, 1958

Box 4, Folder 4, Item 3

Oedipus and Jocasta, typescript, Walter Hart, 1958

Box 4, Folder 4, Item 4

Reflections on Loyalty, typescript, Edgar M. Kahn, 1958

Box 4, Folder 4, Item 5

John Peter Zenger, typescript, Paul Edwards, 1958

Box 4, Folder 4, Item 6

Rambles – Here and There, typescript, Harold C. Bradley, 1959

Box 4, Folder 4, Item 7

Twig Bending, typescript, Marchant, 1959

Box 4, Folder 4, Item 8

Fair is Foul, and Foul is Fair -- A Tale of Soiled Ermine and Draggled Plumes, typescript, Frank H. Sloss, 1960

Box 4, Folder 4, Item 9

What's in a Name? or The Irresistible Mean, typescript, Ira B. Joralemon, 1960

Box 4, Folder 5

Chit Chat Club essays, 1960-1963

Box 4, Folder 5, Item 1

Reflections on Living One’s Life, typescript, Edgar M. Kahn, 1960

Box 4, Folder 5, Item 2

Bacon and Descartes, typescript, William B. Kuder, 1960

Box 4, Folder 5, Item 3

Thailand Trivia, typescript, Harold C. Bradley, 1961

Box 4, Folder 5, Item 4

Jim Crow – Whose Problem? typescript, John R. May, 1961

Box 4, Folder 5, Item 5

Gilbert and Sullivan in Retrospect, typescript, Frank H. Sloss, 1961

Box 4, Folder 5, Item 6

The Fourth ‘R’ – A Plea for Total Education, typescript, C. Julian Bartlett, 1962

Box 4, Folder 5, Item 7

A Tourist in Spite of Himself, typescript, Edgar M. Kahn, 1962

Box 4, Folder 5, Item 8

The Rise and Fall of Stalinism, typescript, Goothart (?), 1962

Box 4, Folder 5, Item 9

Deep Springs and Summerhill (Demonstrations in Education), typescript, William B. Kuder, 1963

Box 4, Folder 5, Item 10

Utopia, typescript, Harold C. Bradley, 1963

Box 4, Folder 5, Item 11

Thoughts from a Platform in Persepolis, typescript, Duce (?), 1963

Box 5, Folder 1

Chit Chat Club essays, 1964-1966

Box 5, Folder 1, Item 1

Mr. Justice Benjamin Nathan Cardoso, typescript, Edgar M. Kahn, 1964

Box 5, Folder 1, Item 2

Seek Not To Question, typescript, Frank H. Sloss, 1964

Box 5, Folder 1, Item 3

The Political Economy of Science, typescript, John B. Condliffe, 1964

Box 5, Folder 1, Item 4

A Christian’s View of the Racial Crisis, typescript, Dean C.J. Bartlett, 1964

Box 5, Folder 1, Item 5

The Problem of the Extended Ear, typescript, Judge Ben C. Duniway, 1964

Box 5, Folder 1, Item 6

The Use of Models in Physical Science, typescript, Joel H. Hildebrand, 1964

Box 5, Folder 1, Item 7

An Old Stamp Album, typescript, Ira B. Joralemon, 1964

Box 5, Folder 1, Item 8

Crisis at the University of California, typescript, Frank Gerbode, 1965

Box 5, Folder 1, Item 9

From Adam Smith to Keynes & After, typescript, John B. Condliffe, 1964

Box 5, Folder 1, Item 10

The Great American Intertie, typescript, William B. Kuder, 1965

Box 5, Folder 1, Item 11

Magna Carta: Was It? typescript, L.F.L. Pyman, 1965

Box 5, Folder 1, Item 12

Why Search and Research? typescript, Chauncey D. Leake, 1966

Box 5, Folder 1, Item 13

Practical Problems with a Family of Boys: A Case History 1908-1930, typescript, Harold C. Bradley, 1965

Box 5, Folder 1, Item 14

Europe in Retrospect, typescript, Edgar M. Kahn, 1966

Box 5, Folder 1, Item 15

Of Shoes and Ships and Sealing, typescript, Frank H. Sloss, 1966

Box 5, Folder 1, Item 16

Ethics and Power – The Shaping of Decision, typescript, Dean C.J. Bartlett, 1966

Box 5, Folder 1, Item 17

Student Revolt from the Standpoint of a College Trustee, typescript, Judge Ben C. Duniway, 1966

Box 5, Folder 2

Chit Chat Club essays, 1967-1969

Box 5, Folder 2, Item 1

The Cows of India, typescript, Ira B. Joralemon, 1967

Box 5, Folder 2, Item 2

The Bent Twig, typescript, William B. Kuder, 1967

Box 5, Folder 2, Item 3

Nowhere – 400 years later. typescript, Harold C. Bradley,

Box 5, Folder 2, Item 4

Judah P. Benjamin: A Struggle Against Adversity, typescript, Edgar M. Kahn, 1968

Box 5, Folder 2, Item 5

Cryptology, manuscript, Henry K. Evers, 1968

Box 5, Folder 2, Item 6

The Rocky Road to the Courthouse, typescript, Frank H. Sloss, 1968

Box 5, Folder 2, Item 7

Auri Sacra Fames, typescript, John B. Condliffe, 1968

Box 5, Folder 2, Item 8

The Itch of Youth, typescript, Ira B. Joralemon, 1969

Box 5, Folder 2, Item 9

Changing Religion in a Changing Society, typescript, Dean C.J. Bartlett, 1969

Box 5, Folder 2, Item 10

Leadership in Higher Education: The Role of the Trustees – Should the Trustees Lead? typescript, Judge Ben C. Duniway, 1969

Box 5, Folder 2, Item 11

"…out of a void of darkness without sound..." typescript, John R. May, 1969

Box 5, Folder 2, Item 12

Portsmouth Plaza, typescript, Edgar M. Kahn, 1969

Box 5, Folder 2, Item 13

The Second Thinnest Book? typescript, Vincent Cullinan, 1969

Box 8, Folder 1

Chit Chat Club essays, 1970-1971

Box 8, Folder 1, Item 1

'From Whence Cometh My Help?' Psalm 121, typescript, Harold C. Bradley, 1970

Box 8, Folder 1, Item 2

Medical Manpower in our Changing Times, typescript, Frank Gerbode, 1970

Box 8, Folder 1, Item 3

The Ties that Bind, typescript, W.B. Kuder, 1970

Box 8, Folder 1, Item 4

Rings, typescript, Frank H. Sloss, 1970

Box 8, Folder 1, Item 5

Jack London – Man Overboard, manuscript, Henry K. Evers, 1970

Box 8, Folder 1, Item 6

Sterling, typescript, Chauncey D. Leake, 1971

Box 8, Folder 1, Item 7

The Parameters of Education, typescript, John B. Condliffe, 1971

Box 8, Folder 1, Item 8

Activism, typescript, Ben C. Duniway, 1971

Box 8, Folder 1, Item 9

The Price, typescript, Ira B. Joralemon, 1971

Box 8, Folder 2

Chit Chat Club essays, 1972-1973

Box 8, Folder 2, Item 1

Chapter 1: Into the World, typescript, George Stewart, 1972

Box 8, Folder 2, Item 2

Traveling behind the Iron Curtain, typescript, Frank Gerbode, 1972

Box 8, Folder 2, Item 3

Locus Sigilli,, typescript Frank H. Sloss, 1972

Box 8, Folder 2, Item 4

Chit Chat Club: The First Quarter Century, typescript, William Kuder, 1972

Box 8, Folder 2, Item 5

The Predicament of Mankind, typescript, Frederic C. Searles, 1972

Box 8, Folder 2, Item 6

Constitutional Crisis – Do We Have One? typescript, Ben C. Duniway, 1973

Box 8, Folder 2, Item 7

To Melt Or Not To Melt - That's Not The Question, typescript, Dean C. Julian Bartlett, 1973

Box 8, Folder 2, Item 8

The Mars Experience, typescript, Donald C. Shane, 1973

Box 8, Folder 3

Chit Chat Club essays, 1974

Box 8, Folder 3, Item 1

The Four-Letter Words, typescript, George Stewart, 1974

Box 8, Folder 3, Item 2

The Barking Dog, typescript, Frank Gerbode, 1974

Box 8, Folder 3, Item 3

Forgotten Men, typescript, Frank H. Sloss, 1974

Box 8, Folder 3, Item 4

Defunct Economists, typescript, John B. Condliffe, 1974

Box 8, Folder 4

Chit Chat Club essays, 1974

Box 8, Folder 4, Item 1

On Essays, typescript, William Kuder, 1974

Box 8, Folder 4, Item 2

Decisions, Decisions, typescript, Frederick T. Searles, 1974

Box 8, Folder 4, Item 3

The Bear Flag Revolt, manuscript, Henry X. Evers, 1974

Box 8, Folder 4, Item 4

Centennial Chit-Chat, typescript, William Kuder, 1974

Box 8, Folder 5

Chit Chat Club essays, 1974-1975

Box 8, Folder 5, Item 1

Chit Chat Club Centennial Dinner, November 11, 1974

Box 8, Folder 5, Item 2

Seven Years, typescript, Ben C. Duniway, 1974

Box 8, Folder 5, Item 3

An Irreverent Reverend, typescript, Chauncey D. Leake, 1975

Box 8, Folder 5, Item 4

Escape! typescript, G. Vansina, 1975

Box 8, Folder 5, Item 5

Lean and Flashy Songs, typescript, 1975

Box 9, Folder 1

Chit Chat Club essays, 1976

Box 9, Folder 1, Item 1

The Pursuit of Aphrodite, typescript, Frank Gerbode, 1976

Box 9, Folder 1, Item 2

The Dowager Queen, typescript, James R. Browning, 1976

Box 9, Folder 1, Item 3

Steller, typescript, Frank H. Sloss, 1976

Box 9, Folder 1, Item 4

Not With My Crowd You Don’t! typescript, Joseph T. Sneed, 1976

Box 9, Folder 1, Item 5

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz, typescript, Howard R. Williams, 1976

Box 9, Folder 2

Chit Chat Club essays, 1977-1978

Box 9, Folder 2, Item 1

Pirates, Priests, Presidents and Professors, typescript, Albert Jonsen, 1977

Box 9, Folder 2, Item 2

Sauce for the Gander, typescript, Ben C. Duniway, 1977

Box 9, Folder 2, Item 3

Progress, typescript, John Saunders, 1977

Box 9, Folder 2, Item 4

A Wandering Vine, typescript, Thomas H. Jukes, 1978

Box 9, Folder 2, Item 5

International Training of Singers, typescript, Frank Gerbode, 1978

Box 9, Folder 2, Item 6

Abortion, typescript, 1978

Box 9, Folder 2, Item 7

A Piece of Paper, typescript, Frank H. Sloss, 1978

Box 9, Folder 2, Item 8

A Hogshead of Sense? typescript, Richmond Prescott, 1978

Box 9, Folder 3

Chit Chat Club essays, 1978-1979

Box 9, Folder 3, Item 1

The Problem of Equality: Serrano versus Board of Education in 1954, typescript, 1978

Box 9, Folder 3, Item 2

Not Good Behavior, typescript, Joseph T. Sneed, 1978

Box 9, Folder 3, Item 3

Remember the Hummingbird…and Other Fables, typescript, Willard Hamilton, 1978

Box 9, Folder 3, Item 4

The Medicine–man, the Law-man and the Clergy-man, typescript, Howard R. Williams, 1978

Box 9, Folder 3, Item 5

Polo Anyone? typescript, Henry K. Evers, 1979

Box 9, Folder 3, Item 6

Exploration, typescript, Charles Renfrew, 1979

Box 9, Folder 3, Item 7

The Exhausting Life of the First Duke of Castries, typescript, Murray Richards, 1979

Box 9, Folder 4

Chit Chat Club essays, 1979-1980

Box 9, Folder 4, Item 1

Gods, Heroes and Monsters, typescript, William B. Kuder, 1979

Box 9, Folder 4, Item 2

Back to the Ocean, typescript, Elmer P. Wheaton, 1979

Box 9, Folder 4, Item 3

Who is Crippling Whom? typescript, Ben C. Duniway, 1979

Box 9, Folder 4, Item 4

The Red Blanket, typescript, 1979

Box 9, Folder 4, Item 5

In Solemn Silence, typescript, Thomas H. Jukes, 1980

Box 9, Folder 4, Item 6

Somewhere West of Laramie, typescript, Julian Bartlett, 1980

Box 9, Folder 5

Chit Chat Club essays, 1980-1981

Box 9, Folder 5, Item 1

Heredity and Environment, typescript, Frank Gerbode, 1980

Box 9, Folder 5, Item 2

Exploring the Cosmos with Lewis and Clarke, typescript, Frank H. Sloss, 1980

Box 9, Folder 5, Item 3

The Best Offense, typescript, Richmond Prescott, 1980

Box 9, Folder 5, Item 4

Shepherds, Loaves and Fishes, typescript, Willard F. Hamilton, 1980

Box 9, Folder 5, Item 5

Salt, typescript, Howard H. Williams, 1980

Box 9, Folder 5, Item 6

The Quest for the Spice of Life, typescript, Elmer P. Wheaton, 1981

Box 9, Folder 5, Item 7

The Bible: Fact or Fiction? typescript, William B. Kuder, 1981

Box 9, Folder 5, Item 8

Lights in the Dark, typescript, Joseph T. Sneed, 1981

Box 10, Folder 1

Chit Chat Club essays, 1971

Box 10, Folder 1, Item 1

Activism, typescript, Ben C. Duniway, 1971

Box 10, Folder 1, Item 2

The Parameters of Education, typescript, John B. Condliffe, 1971

Box 10, Folder 1, Item 3

The Price, typescript, Ira B. Joralemon, 1971

Box 10, Folder 2

Chit Chat Club essays, 1972

Box 10, Folder 2, Item 1

Into the World, typescript, George R. Stewart, 1972

Box 10, Folder 2, Item 2

Travelling Behind the Iron Curtain, typescript, Frank Gerbode, 1972

Box 10, Folder 2, Item 3

Locus Sigilli, typescript, Frank H. Sloss, 1972

Box 10, Folder 2, Item 4

Chit Chat Club - The First Quarter Century, typescript, William Kuder, 1972

Box 10, Folder 2, Item 5

The Predicament of Mankind, typescript, Frederick T. Searls, 1972

Box 10, Folder 3

Chit Chat Club essays, 1973

Box 10, Folder 3, Item 1

Francisco Solano, typescript, Henry K. Evers, 1973

Box 10, Folder 3, Item 2

Constitutional Crisis - Do We Have One? typescript, Ben C. Duniway, 1973

Box 10, Folder 3, Item 3

To Melt Or Not to Melt - That's Not The Question, typescript, Dean C. Julian Bartlett, 1973

Box 10, Folder 3, Item 4

The Mars Experience, typescript, C. Donald Shane, 1973

Box 10, Folder 4

Chit Chat Club essays and miscellaneous, 1974

Box 10, Folder 4, Item 1

To The Ladies (poem), typescript, Frank H. Sloss, 1974

Box 10, Folder 4, Item 2

Welcome To The Ladies (poem), typescript, 1974

Box 10, Folder 4, Item 3

Centennial Dinner: Chit Chat Club, San Francisco (menu), 1974

Box 10, Folder 4, Item 4

The Bear Flag Revolt, manuscript (photocopy), Henry K. Evers, 1974

Box 10, Folder 4, Item 5

The Barking Dog, typescript, Frank Gerbode, 1974

Box 10, Folder 4, Item 6

The Four-letter Words, typescript, Stewart, 1974

Box 10, Folder 4, Item 7

Forgotten Men, typescript, Frank H. Sloss, 1974

Box 10, Folder 4, Item 8

Defunct Economists, typescript, John B. Condliffe, 1974

Box 10, Folder 4, Item 9

On Essays, typescript, William Kuder, 1974

Box 10, Folder 4, Item 10

Decisions, Decisions, typescript, Frederick T. Searls, 1974

Box 10, Folder 4, Item 11

Chit-Chat Club Centennial Chit-Chat, typescript, William B. Kuder, 1974

Box 10, Folder 4, Item 12

Seven Years, typescript, Ben C. Duniway, 1974

Box 10, Folder 5

Chit Chat Club essays, 1975

Box 10, Folder 5, Item 1

Lean and Flashy Songs, typescript, Thomas H. Jukes, 1975

Box 10, Folder 5, Item 2

An Irreverent Reverend: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, or Lewis Carroll, 1832-1898, typescript, Chauncey D. Leake, 1975

Box 10, Folder 7

Chit Chat Club essays, 1977

Box 10, Folder 7, Item 1

Sauce for the Gander, typescript, Ben C. Duniway, 1977

Box 10, Folder 8

Chit Chat Club essays, 1978

Box 10, Folder 8, Item 1

A Wandering Vine, typescript, Thomas H. Jukes, 1978

Box 10, Folder 8, Item 2

A Hogshead of Sense? typescript, Richmond Prescott, 1978

Box 10, Folder 8, Item 3

Remember the Hummingbird...and Other Fables, typescript, 1978

Box 10, Folder 9

Chit Chat Club essays, 1979

Box 10, Folder 9, Item 1

Who is Crippling Whom? typescript, Ben C. Duniway, 1979

Box 10, Folder 10

Chit Chat Club essays, 1980

Box 10, Folder 10, Item 1

In Solemn Silence, typescript, Thomas H. Jukes, 1980

Box 10, Folder 10, Item 2

Somewhere West of Laramie..., typescript, Julian Bartlett, 1980

Box 10, Folder 10, Item 3

The Best Offense, typescript, Richmond Prescott, 1980

Box 10, Folder 11

Chit Chat Club essays, 1981

Box 10, Folder 11, Item 1

Goethe's Final Words, typescript, John E. McCosker, 1981

Box 10, Folder 11, Item 2

A More Fatal Disease than Cholera, Typhoid Fever and the Rest Put Together, typescript, Charles B. Renfrew, 1981

Box 10, Folder 11, Item 3

A Greed for History, typescript, William Robert Reilly, 1981

Box 10, Folder 12

Chit Chat Club essays, 1982

Box 10, Folder 12, Item 1

Einthoven, Enthoven and Entitlement, typescript, R. Prescott, 1982

Box 10, Folder 12, Item 2

The Barker's Children, typescript, Ben C. Duniway, 1982

Box 10, Folder 12, Item 3

Followers of Procrustes, typescript, Thomas H. Jukes, 1982

Box 10, Folder 12, Item 4

Step By Stem From Stem To Stern, typescript, Frank H. Sloss, 1982

Box 10, Folder 12, Item 5

Evolution viewed in the light of religion, typescript, C. Julian Bartlett, 1982

Box 10, Folder 13

Chit Chat Club essays, 1983

Box 10, Folder 13, Item 1

They Also Surf Who Only Stand and Wade, typescript, P. H. Rhinelander, 1983

Box 10, Folder 13, Item 2

Who Done It? typescript, Frank Gerbode, 1983

Box 10, Folder 13, Item 3

Dealer's Choice, typescript, Willard F. Hamilton, 1983

Box 10, Folder 13, Item 4

Some Roots of Dallas, typescript, Joseph T. Sneed, 1983

Box 10, Folder 14

Chit Chat Club essays, 1984

Box 10, Folder 14, Item 1

A Curious Mixture of Geniality and Venom, typescript, Nicholas G. Thacher, 1984

Box 10, Folder 14, Item 2

Trying to Make a Dollar Out of 16 cents, typescript, William R. Reilly, 1984

Box 10, Folder 14, Item 3

From the Tidepool to the Stars, typescript, John E. McCosker, 1984

Box 11, Folder 1

Chit Chat Club essays, circa 1971-1984

Box 11, Folder 1, Item 1

Introduction by Kevin Starr, typescript, circa 1971-1984

Box 11, Folder 1, Item 2

'Tis Not the Drinking that Is to Blame, but the Excess,' or The Story of the First Forty-Niner, typescript, Charles B. Renfrew, circa 1971-1984

Box 11, Folder 1, Item 3

The Problem of Equality - Serrano Versus Board of Education in 1954, typescript, circa 1971-1984

Box 11, Folder 2

Chit Chat Club essays, circa 1971-1984

Box 11, Folder 2, Item 1

Progress, typescript, J. B. deC. M. Saunders, circa 1971-1984

Box 11, Folder 2, Item 2

The Red Blanket, typescript, circa 1971-1984

Box 11, Folder 2, Item 3

Why? typescript, circa 1971-1984

Box 11, Folder 2, Item 4

Carpe Diem, typescript, circa 1971-1984

Box 12, Folder 3

Chit Chat Club essays, 1984

Box 12, Folder 3, Item 1

Never More, typescript, Ben C. Duniway, 1984

Box 12, Folder 3, Item 2

Devil in Deerskins, typescript, Thomas H. Jukes, 1984

Box 12, Folder 3, Item 3

Trying to Make a Dollar Out of 16 cents, typescript, William Reilly, 1984

Box 12, Folder 3, Item 4

So long, and thanks for all the fish, typescript, W. Reilly, 1985

Box 13, Folder 1

Chit Chat Club essays, clippings, 1984-1985

Box 13, Folder 1, Item 1

Never More, typescript, Ben C. Duniway, 1984

Box 13, Folder 1, Item 2

We'll O'er the Water, We'll O'er the Sea, typescript, Charles Renfrew, 1985

Box 13, Folder 1, Item 3

A Sarga, typescript, John Saunders, 1985

Box 13, Folder 2

Chit Chat Club essays, 1985-1986

Box 13, Folder 2, Item 1

An Elegant Theory, typescript, Darrell Solom, 1985

Box 13, Folder 2, Item 2

It Ain't Necessarily So, typescript, Frank H. Sloss, 1985

Box 13, Folder 2, Item 3

Another Sink? manuscript (photocopy), Henry K. Evers, 1985

Box 13, Folder 2, Item 4

The Second Half, typescript, 1985

Box 13, Folder 2, Item 5

The Principle of Self-Interest Rightly Understood: De Tocqueville Revisited, typescript, Richmond Prescott, 1986

Box 13, Folder 3

Chit Chat Club essays, 1985-1986

Box 13, Folder 3, Item 1

Would You Vote for Alcibiades and Talleyrand? typescript, Joseph Sneed, 1985

Scope and Contents note

2 copies.
Box 13, Folder 3, Item 2

A Needle to the Star, typescript, Elmer P. Wheaton, 1986

Box 13, Folder 3, Item 3

Austen - Trollope, typescript, William B. Kuder, 1985

Box 13, Folder 5

Chit Chat Club essays, 1986

Box 13, Folder 5, Item 1

The Purple Land: A Visit to Argentina in April 1986, typescript, T. H. Jukes, 1986

Box 13, Folder 5, Item 2

An Uneasy Partnership, typescript, Nick Thatcher, 1986

Box 13, Folder 5, Item 3

Heads or Tails or High-Brows, Low-Brows and Egg-Heads, typescript, John Saunders, 1986

Scope and Contents note

2 copies.
Box 13, Folder 6

Chit Chat Club essays, 1986-1987

Box 13, Folder 6, Item 1

Chit Chat Club paper, typescript, William Coblentz, 1986

Box 13, Folder 6, Item 2

Mens et Mensa: A Philosophico - Theological Reflection, typescript, Albert Jonsen, 1987

Box 13, Folder 6, Item 3

The Monastic Nutritional Cycle, typescript, Thomas H. Jukes, 1987

Box 13, Folder 6, Item 4

The Sausalito Hum, typescript, John E. McCosker, 1987

Box 13, Folder 6, Item 5

IBM and the Thracian Maiden, typescript, Donald Winks, 1987

Box 14, Folder 1

Chit Chat Club essays, 1987

Box 14, Folder 1, Item 1

Food for Thought, typescript, Darrell Salomon, 1987

Box 14, Folder 1, Item 2

Does Life Begin at 40? typescript, Theodore L. Eliot, Jr. 1987

Scope and Contents note

2 copies.
Box 14, Folder 1, Item 3

You Have the Right to Remain Silent, typescript, Steven L. Swig, 1987

Box 14, Folder 1, Item 4

The Friendly Arctic, typescript, Thomas Jukes, 1987

Box 14, Folder 1, Item 5

Bribery, typescript, John T. Noonan, Jr., 1987

Box 14, Folder 2

Chit Chat Club essays, 1988

Box 14, Folder 2, Item 1

Antis, typescript, Richmons Crescort, 1988

Scope and Contents note

2 copies.
Box 14, Folder 2, Item 2

The Buonaparte Who Was a Poet, typescript, Joseph T. Sneed, 1988

Box 14, Folder 2, Item 3

Prologue, typescript, D. McConnell, circa 1988

Box 14, Folder 2, Item 4

The World's Oldest Industry, typescript, Elmer P. Wheaton, 1988

Box 14, Folder 2, Item 5

How to Watch a Revolution, typescript, Nick Thacher, 1988

Box 14, Folder 2, Item 6

Prologue: November 1918, typescript, David Kennedy, 1988?

Box 14, Folder 2, Item 7

Are All Men Created Equal? typescript, Jim Morse, 1988

Box 14, Folder 3

Chit Chat Club essays, 1989

Box 14, Folder 3, Item 1

The Hidden Hunger, typescript, Thomas [Juhes?], 1989

Box 14, Folder 3, Item 2

I Think That I Shall Never See, typescript, Steven L. Swig, 1989

Box 14, Folder 3, Item 3

Sharks: Myths and Maneaters, typescript, John E. McCosker, 1989

Box 14, Folder 3, Item 4

Murder in Acre, typescript, Mason Willrich, 1989

Scope and Contents note

2 copies.
Box 14, Folder 3, Item 5

What a Difference a Dollar Makes, manuscript (photocopy), W. R. [Reilly?], 1989

Box 14, Folder 4

Chit Chat Club essays, 1990

Box 14, Folder 4, Item 1

The Apocalyptical 21st Century, typescript, Elmer P. Wheaton, 1990

Box 14, Folder 4, Item 2

The Physician as Essayist, and A San Francisco Institution, typescript, Richmond Prescott, 1990

Box 14, Folder 4, Item 3

The George Miller Committee Hearings Sept. 6, 1990, Oakland CA - An Analysis by Thomas H. Jukes, typescript, 1990

Box 14, Folder 4, Item 4

Tocsin, typescript, Darrell Salomon, 1990

Box 14, Folder 4, Item 5

406, 56 and All That, typescript, 1990

Box 14, Folder 4, Item 6

The Founder of the Other, typescript, John T. Noonan, Jr., 1990

Box 14, Folder 5

Chit Chat Club essays, 1990

Box 14, Folder 5, Item 1

Nutrition Science from Vitamins to Molecular Biology, typescript, Thomas H. Jukes, 1990

Box 14, Folder 5, Item 2

The Lion by His Claw, typescript, Bruce A. Bolt, 1990

Box 14, Folder 5, Item 3

Story Telling: Noting but the Truth? typescript, Richmond Prescott, 1990

Box 14, Folder 5, Item 4

An Auricular Problem or 'What did you say?' typescript, Henry K. Evers, 1990?

Box 14, Folder 6

Chit Chat Club essays, 1991

Box 14, Folder 6, Item 1

Know Then Thyself, typescript, Thomas H. Jukes, 1991

Box 14, Folder 6, Item 2

North America on the Fast Track, typescript, Mason Willrich, 1991

Box 14, Folder 6, Item 3

'One Day Earlier' The Military Risks of Delay: Our Race with Japan for the First Atomic Bomb, typescript, Darrell Salomon, 1991

Box 14, Folder 6, Item 4

Pikes Peak or Bust, typescript, John B. Stuppin, 1991

Box 14, Folder 7

Chit Chat Club essays, 1992

Box 14, Folder 7, Item 1

Melting Pot or Salad Bowl, typescript, Theodore L. Eliot, Jr., 1992

Box 14, Folder 7, Item 2

True Confessions? typescript, John T. Noonan, Jr., 1992

Box 14, Folder 7, Item 3

Untitled essay, typescript (draft), Doug McConnell, 1992

Box 14, Folder 7, Item 4

A Question of Conscience and Ethical Considerations in Relation Thereto, typescript, Ed [Steen?], 1992

Box 14, Folder 7, Item 5

A Life of Fiber, typescript, Steven L. Swig, 1992

Box 14, Folder 7, Item 6

Plain Living and High Thinking, manuscript (photocopy), Bill Reilly, 1992

Box 14, Folder 8

Chit Chat Club essays, n. d.

Box 14, Folder 8, Item 1

Chit Chat Club Historic Notes, typescript, Langley Porter, edited by Bill Reilly, n. d.

Box 15, Folder 1

Chit Chat Club essays, 1993

Box 15, Folder 1, Item 1

The Strange Story of Santiago de Compostela, typescript, R. Calvert Rutherford, 1993

Box 15, Folder 1, Item 2

Agenbite of Inwit, typescript, Thomas H. [Jules?], 1993

Box 15, Folder 1, Item 3

Five Hundred Years of Baja California History, typescript, Elmer P. Wheaton, 1993

Box 15, Folder 1, Item 4

Hillary, Jackson Hole and the Newly Independent States, typescript, Richmond Prescott 1993

Box 15, Folder 1, Item 5

A Proposal to Provide Universal Health Care in the USA, typescript, Bob Gordon, 1993

Box 15, Folder 2

Chit Chat Club essays, 1994

Box 15, Folder 2, Item 1

Business and Corruption: Framing the Hatian Military Question, typescript, Michel S. Laguerre, 1994

Box 15, Folder 3

Chit Chat Club essays, 1995

Box 15, Folder 3, Item 1

Two Angry Men, typescript, Richmond Prescott, 1995

Box 15, Folder 3, Item 2

A Dagger of the Mind, typescript, Darrell Salomon, 1995

Box 15, Folder 3, Item 3

The Search for Life, typescript, Thomas Jukes, 1995

Scope and Contents note

2 copies.
Box 15, Folder 4

Chit Chat Club essays, 1995

Box 15, Folder 4, Item 1

The Children of Promise, typescript, Joseph T. Sneed, 1995

Box 15, Folder 4, Item 2

Father Eusebio Francisco Kino: Father of the Californias, typescript, Elmer P. Wheaton, 1995

Box 15, Folder 4, Item 3

Bosnia -- Cauldron or Crucible? typescript, William [Schwarzer?], 1995

Scope and Contents note

2 copies.
Box 15, Folder 5

Chit Chat Club essays, 1996

Box 15, Folder 5, Item 1

The Informal City: The Implosion of Urban America, typescript, Michel S. Laguerre, 1996

Box 15, Folder 5, Item 2

The Supreme Court: Past, Present, and Future, typescript, Sneed, 1996

Box 15, Folder 5, Item 3

The Collecting Phenomenon: A Curious Affliction, typescript, Frank Seidner, 1996

Box 15, Folder 6

Chit Chat Club essays, 1996

Box 15, Folder 6, Item 1

Sugar Plums - [Maj?], typescript, Bill Reilly, 1996

Box 15, Folder 6, Item 2

The Inventors of Romantic Love: The Troubadours of Occitania, typescript, R. Calvert Rutherford, 1996

Box 15, Folder 6, Item 3

The Mermaid on the Dolphin's Back, typescript, John Noonan, Jr., 1996

Scope and Contents note

3 copies. 1 version printed in The Shakespeare Newsletter, Winter 2001/2002.
Box 15, Folder 6, Item 4

Nowhere Man, typescript, Steven Otellini, 1996

Box 15, Folder 7

Chit Chat Club essays, 1997

Box 15, Folder 7, Item 1

Smoke and Mirrors, typescript, William W. Schwarzer, 1997

Box 15, Folder 7, Item 2

Rivalis, typescript, 1997

Box 15, Folder 7, Item 3

Kit-Cat and All That, typescript, Arthur E. Lyons, 1997

Box 15, Folder 8

Chit Chat Club essays, 1998

Box 15, Folder 8, Item 1

Saved By an Earthquake, typescript, R. Calvert Rutherford, 1998

Box 15, Folder 8, Item 2

Absurdity and Meaning, typescript, Richmond Prescott, 1998

Box 15, Folder 8, Item 3

Capitalism, typescript, James R. Morse, 1998

Box 15, Folder 8, Item 4

Some Times the Good Guys Wear Black Hats, typescript, John Schram, 1998

Box 15, Folder 8, Item 5

The Pride of Rome: Considerations on the Pantheon, typescript, Steven D. Otellini, 1998

Box 15, Folder 8, Item 6

Whatever Happened to Honor? typescript, Frank Seidner, 1998

Box 15, Folder 9

Chit Chat Club essays, 1999

Box 15, Folder 9, Item 1

A New Future? typescript, Bill Reilly, 1999

Box 15, Folder 9, Item 2

In Search of Equality, typescript, William W. Schwarzer, 1999

Box 15, Folder 9, Item 3

God and Caesar - A Recent Confrontation, typescript, Joseph Sneed, 1999

Box 15, Folder 10

Chit Chat Club essays, 1999

Box 15, Folder 10, Item 1

Just Four Blocks Away, typescript, David [Heednut?], 1999

Box 15, Folder 10, Item 2

Collecting Medical Books, typescript, Arthur Lyons, 1999

Box 15, Folder 10, Item 3

Blind Man's Bluff, typescript, Wade Dickinson, 1999

Box 15, Folder 10, Item 4

Capital Punishment, typescript, Richmond Prescott, 1999

Box 15, Folder 11

Chit Chat Club essays, 2000

Box 15, Folder 11, Item 1

Tragically Difficult, typescript, Buz Thompson, 2000

Box 15, Folder 11, Item 2

Election Year 1800, typescript, John Schram, 2000

Box 15, Folder 11, Item 3

The Gladstone Club, typescript, John T. Noonan, Jr., 2000

Box 15, Folder 11, Item 4

Untitled essay, typescript, Henry Evers, 2000

Box 15, Folder 11, Item 5

What Governs History: Man or Fate? typescript, Chark Maser, 2000

Box 15, Folder 11, Item 6

Berkeley Center for Globalization and Information Technology, typescript, Michael Laguerre, 2000

Box 15, Folder 12

Chit Chat Club essays, 2001

Box 15, Folder 12, Item 1

The Honest Spy, typescript, Steven D. Otellini, 2001

Box 15, Folder 12, Item 2

Speech to Chit Chat, typescript, Tom Benet, 2001

Box 15, Folder 12, Item 3

Follow the Money, typescript, William Schwarzer, 2001

Box 15, Folder 12, Item 4

India - Land of Extremes, typescript, R. Calvert Rutherford, 2001

Box 15, Folder 13

Chit Chat Club essays, 2002

Box 15, Folder 13, Item 1

A Story of the Sneeds, typescript, Joseph Sneed, 2002

Box 15, Folder 13, Item 2

Brush Up Your Thucydides, Start Quoting Him Now, Brush Up Your Thucydides, And The Pundits You Will Wow. typescript, Cal Rutherford, 2002

Box 16, Folder 1

Chit Chat Club essays, 2003

Box 16, Folder 1, Item 1

The Art of Biography, manuscript, David B. Hudnut, 2003

Box 16, Folder 1, Item 2

The President and the Emperor, typescript, Albert J. Horn, 2003

Box 16, Folder 1, Item 3

NATO and the Transatlantic Divide, typescript, William W. Schwarzer, 2003

Box 16, Folder 2

Chit Chat Club essays, 2003

Box 16, Folder 2, Item 1

The Self Shelf, typescript, Richmond Prescott, 2003

Box 16, Folder 2, Item 2

The Bell and the Candle Snuffer, typescript, Frank Seidner, 2003

Box 16, Folder 2, Item 3

The First to Fall, typescript, Richard Reinhardt, 2003

Box 16, Folder 3

Chit Chat Club essays, 2004

Box 16, Folder 3, Item 1

Drakes Equation, typescript, Bruce Boct, 2004

Box 16, Folder 3, Item 2

King Canute and the Tipping Point, typescript, Clark Maser, 2004

Box 16, Folder 3, Item 3

From Francis to Perry: Japan's Reluctant Opening to the Western World, Typescript, R. Calvert Rutherford, 2004

Box 16, Folder 3, Item 4

A San Francisco Renaissance Man, typescript, Ted Kitt, 2004

Box 16, Folder 3, Item 5

Entertaining Ethics, typescript, Albert R. Jonsen, 2004

Box 16, Folder 3, Item 6

Speech to Chit Chat, typescript, Tom Benet, 2004

Box 16, Folder 3, Item 7

A Historical View of Islam, the Prophet, the Koran, the Sharia, typescript, Jameson, 2004

Box 16, Folder 4

Chit Chat Club essays, 2005

Box 16, Folder 4, Item 1

Outraged Lamentations, typescript, Richmond Prescott, 2005

Box 16, Folder 4, Item 2

Immortality...And What To Do About It! typescript, John Schram, 2005

Box 16, Folder 4, Item 3

The Gene in the Bottle, typescript, Robert Gray Patton, 2005

Box 16, Folder 4, Item 4

An Examination of the American Character, typescript, Andrew C. McLaughlin, 2005

Box 16, Folder 4, Item 5

Postmodernism -- Have We Seen The End Of It? typescript, Marc P. Cruciger, 2005

Box 16, Folder 5

Chit Chat Club essays, 2006

Box 16, Folder 5, Item 1

A Wisdom Gay and Sociable, typescript, Albert R. Johsen, 2006

Box 16, Folder 5, Item 2

A Reunion With Steinbeck, typescript, R. W. Reinhardt, 2006

Box 16, Folder 5, Item 3

From Heroic Treatment to Futile Therapy: End-of-Life Ethics for the Coming Millennium, typescript, M. Michael Thaler, 2006

Box 16, Folder 5, Item 4

U. S. Presidential Powers, typescript, Bill Reilly, 2006

Box 16, Folder 5, Item 5

Medicine and Science, typescript, Arthur Lyons, 2006

Box 16, Folder 6

Chit Chat Club essays, 2006

Box 16, Folder 6, Item 1

The Crime of Punishment, typescript, William Schwarzer, 2006

Box 16, Folder 6, Item 2

Choosing Candidates: The Problem with Presidential Primaries, typescript, Frank Seidner, 2006

Box 16, Folder 6, Item 3

Chit Chat Talk, typescript, Thomas Benet, 2006

Box 16, Folder 6, Item 4

Should We or Should We Not, typescript, Albert J. Horn, 2006

Box 16, Folder 7

Chit Chat Club essays, 2007

Box 16, Folder 7, Item 1

All States are Not Created Equal or Why Texas is More a State of Mind thank a Locale, typescript, R. Calvert Rutherford, 2007

Box 16, Folder 7, Item 2

How Little We Know....Or Do We? The Physiology Of Romantic Love, typescript, Marc P. Cruiciger, 2007

Scope and Contents note

2 copies.
Box 16, Folder 7, Item 3

Inflation, typescript, James R. Morse, 2007

Box 16, Folder 8

Chit Chat Club essays, Sept. - Oct. 2007

Box 16, Folder 8, Item 1

The Rise of the Supreme Court, typescript, William Schwarzer, 2007

Box 16, Folder 8, Item 2

By the Light of the Moon, typescript, Robert Gray Patton, 2007

Box 16, Folder 8, Item 3

Is There A Crisis In the Performing Arts? The Case of Opera and Symphony Orchestras, typescript, Kirk McKenzie, 2007

Box 16, Folder 9

Chit Chat Club essays, Nov. - Dec. 2007

Box 16, Folder 9, Item 1

Colleges and Universities: Some Questions; Some Answers, typescript, Frank Seidner, 2007

Box 16, Folder 9, Item 2

Straining to Atone, typescript, Wylie R. Sheldon, 2007

Box 16, Folder 10

Chit Chat Club essays, 2008

Box 16, Folder 10, Item 1

Why Poetry? typescript, Richmond Prescott, 2008

Box 16, Folder 11

Chit Chat Club essays, Jan. 2008

Box 16, Folder 11, Item 1

The Other Side of the Mountain, typescript, 2008

Box 16, Folder 12

Chit Chat Club essays, Apr. - Jun. 2008

Box 16, Folder 12, Item 1

The Romantic Era in Music, typescript, Henry Safrit, 2008

Box 16, Folder 12, Item 2

The One, The Only, The Original, typescript, Richard Reinhardt, 2008

Box 16, Folder 13

Chit Chat Club essays, Sept. - Nov. 2008

Box 16, Folder 13, Item 1

Science 101, typescript, Thomas Benet, 2008

Box 16, Folder 13, Item 2

How Did We Get Here? typescript, Bill Nelson, 2008

Box 16, Folder 13, Item 3

Betrayal, typescript, Albert J. Horn, 2008

Box 17, Folder 5

Chit Chat Club essays, 2009

Box 17, Folder 5, Item 1

An Historical Crime, typescript, R. Calvert Rutherford, 2009

Box 17, Folder 5, Item 2

Essay Clubs of the United States, typescript, Marc Petty Cruciger, 2009

Box 17, Folder 5, Item 3

The Damnable Paradoxe, typescript, Albert R. Jonsen, 2009

Box 17, Folder 6

Chit Chat Club essays, 2009

Box 17, Folder 6, Item 1

Untitled essay, typescript, Arthur E. Lyons, 2009

Box 17, Folder 6, Item 2

Abraham Lincoln, What If? typescript, James R. Morse, 2009

Box 18, Folder 2

Chit Chat Club essays, 2010

Box 18, Folder 2, Item 1

Pumping Gas: Random Thoughts on Trust, Mistrust, and Corruption, typescript, Frank Seidner, 2010

Box 18, Folder 2, Item 2

Figures of Speech, typescript, John Schram, 2010

Box 18, Folder 2, Item 3

Fish Out of Water, typescript, Robert Gray Patton, 2010

Box 18, Folder 3

Chit Chat Club essays, 2009-2010

Box 18, Folder 3, Item 1

A Mugwampish Tendency: 100 Years of Living the Life of the Chit-Chat Club, typescript, Michael Thaler, 2010

Box 18, Folder 3, Item 2

Mr. Polk's War, typescript, William W. Schwarzer, 2009

Box 18, Folder 3, Item 3

A Very Likely Cause, typescript, Wylie R. Sheldon, 2010

Box 18, Folder 4

Chit Chat Club essays, 2009

Box 18, Folder 4, Item 1

Armies of the Night (and Day): Norman Mailer, Robert McNamara and the March on the Pentagon, typescript, Kirk McKenzie, 2009

Box 18, Folder 4, Item 2

April, 1917: What If? typescript, Clark Maser, 2009

Box 18, Folder 4, Item 3

Michael O'Shaughnessy - Biography of a Chit Chat Member, typescript, F. Theodore Kitt, 2009

Box 18, Folder 5

Chit Chat Club essays, 2005-2008

Box 18, Folder 5, Item 1

How Did We Get Here? typescript, William R. Nelson, 2008

Box 18, Folder 5, Item 2

The Building Health Care Crisis in the U. S., typescript, Henry F. Safrit, 2005

Box 18, Folder 6

Chit Chat Club essays, 2008

Box 18, Folder 6, Item 1

The Romantic Era in Music, typescript, Henry Safrit, 2008

Box 18, Folder 7

Chit Chat Club essays, 1982-2010

Box 18, Folder 7, Item 1

The Cloning of Coblenz, typescript, Al Jonsen, 1982

Box 18, Folder 7, Item 2

He Doesn't Eat Here, typescript, Albert R. Jonsen, 1984

Box 18, Folder 7, Item 3

Cell Wars, typescript, Al Jonsen, 2001

Box 18, Folder 7, Item 4

An Examination of the American Character, typescript, Andrew C. McLaughlin, 2005

Box 18, Folder 7, Item 5

Thoughts on the Formation of the State of Iraq, typescript, Andrew C. McLaughlin, 2008

Box 18, Folder 7, Item 6

Wet-Dry, Silver-Lead, typescript, Andrew C. McLaughlin, 2010

Box 19, Folder 1

Chit Chat Club essays,

Box 19, Folder 1, Item 1

Socrates, would you like to join the Chit Chat Club?, typescript, Marc Cruciger 2011

Box 19, Folder 1, Item 2

E Pluribus Unum, typescript by Albert Horn 2011

Box 19, Folder 1, Item 3

Boys and Girls, typescript by William Nelson 2011

Box 19, Folder 1, Item 4

Thank you, thank you, typescript by Thomas Benet 2011

Box 19, Folder 1, Item 5

The Pursuit of happiness: making life a work of art, typescript by Stephen Pearce 2011

Box 19, Folder 1, Item 6

What was a newspaper?, typescript by Richmond Prescott 2010

Box 19, Folder 1, Item 7

Homo economicus, typescript by Richmond Prescott 2010

Box 19, Folder 1, Item 8

The Gap, typescript by Henry Safrit 2010

Box 19, Folder 1, Item 9

The Building health care crisis in the U.S., typescript by Henry Safrit 2005

Box 19, Folder 4

Chit Chat Club essays,

Box 19, Folder 4, Item 1

Walls, typescript by R. Calvert Rutherford 2011

Box 19, Folder 4, Item 2

As if he had seen it before, deconstructing the "First Voyage" of Christopher Columbus, typescript by Charles Sullivan 2011

Box 19, Folder 4, Item 3

Begot in the ventricles of memory, typescript by Arthur E. Lyons 2011

Box 19, Folder 5

Chit Chat Club essays

Box 19, Folder 5, Item 1

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus, typescript by Alan Jones 2011

Box 19, Folder 5, Item 2

The spotless mind; leisure and the life of the mind, typescript by Albert R.Jonsen 2012

Box 19, Folder 5, Item 3

The most hated man in England, typescript by William W. Schwarzer 2012

Box 19, Folder 6

Chit Chat Club essays,

Box 19, Folder 5, Item 1

The price of loyalty, typescript by Clark Maser 2012

Box 19, Folder 5, Item 2

Playing the devil: how Iran came to see the United States as the "Great Satan," ..., typescript by A. Kirk McKenzie 2012

Box 19, Folder 5, Item 3

Progress is our most important product, typescript by Michael Thaler 2012

Box 19, Folder 11

Chit Chat Club essays,

Box 19, Folder 11, Item 1

As if he had seen it before, deconstructing the "First Voyage" of Christopher Columbus, typescript by Charles Sullivan 2011

Box 19, Folder 11, Item 2

Progress is our most important product, typescript by Michael Thaler 2012

Box 19, Folder 11, Item 3

Walls, typescript by R. Calvert Rutherford 2011

Box 19, Folder 11, Item 4

Begot in the ventricles of memory, typescript by Arthur E. Lyons 2011

Box 19, Folder 11, Item 5

The price of loyalty, typescript by Clark Maser 2012

 

Series III. Administrative Records

Box 6, Volume 1

Proceedings of the Chit Chat Club, 1891-1924

Scope and Contents note

Materials housed in blue-green slip case. Contents include invitations, annual dinner programs, and Ten Years of Chit Chat 1885-1895 (bound volume).
Contents of Ten Years of Chit Chat 1885-1895 include Report of the 11th Annual Dinner, Nov. 9 1885 -- Grant and Ward (“oration”), Samuel B. Wiggins, Nov. 9 1885 -- The Silver Question (oration, 12th Ann. Dinner), A.R. Briggs, Nov.15 1886 -- Freedom (oration, 13th Ann. Dinner), F.B. Perkins, Nov. 14 1887 -- The Prospect of Universal Freedom (resp.to toast), General Howard, Nov. 14 1887 -- War (response to toast), Rev. Dr. Stebbins, Nov. 14 1887 -- Literature (response to toast), Charles Murdock, Nov. 14 1887 -- The Press (response to toast), John P. Irish, Nov. 14 1887 -- All The World’s A Stage (response to toast), Peter Robertson, Nov. 14 1887 -- Public Office And Public Trust (resp. to toast), Col. Stuart Taylor, Nov. 14 1887 -- The United States: A Nation Among Nations (oration, 15th Ann. Dinner), F.P. Deering, Nov. 11 1889 -- Literature of the Year (response to toast), Chas. A. Murdock, Nov. 11 1889 -- Recent Tendencies In Modern Religious Thought (response to toast), Rev. Jacob Voorsanger, Nov. 11 1889 -- Pension Legislation As Affecting Morals And Finance (response to toast), Willard B. Harrington, Nov. 11 1889 -- Medieval And Modern Professors (resp. to toast), Prof. Bernard Moses -- The Future Of Alaska (response to toast), Louis Sloss, Jr. -- American Character And Characteristics (oration, 16th Ann. Dinner), Wm. Greer Harrison, Nov.? 1890 -- Practical Reform (response to toast), Rev. George Montgomery, Nov.? 1890 -- The Regular Army Of The US (response to toast), Gen. John Gibbons, Nov.? 1890 -- The World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 (oration, 17th Ann. Dinner), Joseph D. Phelan, Nov. 9 1891 -- Opportunity (“poem of the evening” for 18th Ann. Dinner), Chas. Howard Shinn, Nov. 9 1891 -- The Discovery Of America (oration, 18th Ann. Dinner), Frank P. Deering, Nov. 9 1892 -- The Effect Of The Discovery Of America Upon The Growth Of Natural Science (resp. to toast), Pres. (Stanford) David S. Jordan, Nov. 9 1892 -- The Effect Of The Discovery Of America Upon The Growth Of Political Science (resp. to toast), Prof. Bernard Moses, Nov. 9 1892 -- The Effect Of The Discovery Of America Upon The Growth Of Religion (resp. to toast), Rev. W.W. Thoburn, Nov. 9 1892 -- The Effect Of The Discovery Of America Upon The Growth Of American Literature (resp. to toast), John Vance Cheney, Nov. 9 1892 -- New Worlds In Time (response to toast), Joseph LeConte, Nov. 9 1892 -- American Social Problems (response to toast), Prof. J.M. Stillman, Nov. 9 1892 -- The Political Significance Of The Year 1893 (oration, 19th Ann. Dinner), Willard B. Harrington, Nov. 13 1893 -- Achievements Of 1893 In International Relations (response to toast), Pres. (UCB) Kellogg, Nov. 13 1893 -- The Parliament Of Religions, 1893 (resp. to toast), Horatio Stebbins, Nov. 13 1893 -- Changing Society (oration, 20th Ann. Dinner), Alfred Holman, Nov. 12 1894 -- Conservation of Energy (response to toast), Joseph LeConte, Nov. 12 1894 -- A New Saving Factor In Society (resp. to toast), Nathan Abbott, Nov. 12 1894 -- Signs - Political (response to toast), James Phelan, Nov. 12 1894 -- Distribution Of Wealth Statute (resp. to toast), Thomas R. Bacon, Nov. 12 1894 -- Signs – Good Or Bad? (response to toast), Hon. John Hunt, Nov. 12 1894 -- Merchants (response to toast), Willard B Harrington, Nov. 12 1894 -- Can the Public Protect Itself Against Strikes? (response to toast), Prof. O.L. Elliott, Nov. 12 1894 -- 20 Years Of The Chit Chat Club (resp. to toast), Gen. Thomas H Ruper, Nov. 12 1894 -- The Monroe Doctrine (printed, unbound essay), A.F. Morrison, Dec. 9 1896
Box 6, Volume 2

Ten Years of Chit-Chat, 1874-1884

Scope and Contents note

Small bound volume. Contents include: Progress of intellectual development and the emancipation of human thought (response), Rev. Dr. Stebbins, Nov. 12, 1877 -- Science - The Modern Magician (response to toast), Prof. Joseph LeConte, Nov. 12, 1877 -- Liberty, Not License (oration), George W. Haight, Nov. 11, 1878 -- On Literature (response to toast), Charles H. Phelps, Nov. 11, 1878 -- Responses to “toasts” on horticulture, the press, and higher education, Nov.11, 1878 -- Shelley and the Revolution (oration), Hosiah Royce, Nov. 10, 1879 -- On Literature (response), F. P. Deering, Nov. 10, 1879 -- Responses to toasts on Unity of Law; The Army of Science; Materialism/Idealism, Rev. Dr. Platt and Prof. Davidson, Nov. 10, 1879 -- Influence of Science on Modern Thought, John M. Stillman, Nov. 22, 1880 -- On Literature, Charles H. Shinn, Nov. 22, 1880 -- Equality, Joseph Hutchinson, Nov. 14, 1881 -- Poem for the evening: Life Thoughts, Charles H. Shinn, Nov. 14, 1881 -- On Literature, (response to toast), Samuel B. Wiggin, Nov. 14, 1881 -- On Political Economy, (response to toast), F.W.Tompkins, Nov. 14, 1881 -- On Science, (response to toast), Prof. Joseph LeConte, Nov. 14, 1881 -- Maritime Commerce of the Pacific States, (response to toast), William Merry, Nov. 14, 1881 -- The Judiciary, (response to toast), D.P. Evans, Nov. 14, 1881 -- Industries of the Pacific Slope, (response to toast), Irving M. Scott, Nov. 14, 1881 -- Intellectual Culture, (oration), Gordon B. Landing, Nov. 13, 1882 -- Poem of the evening, Samuel B. Wiggin, Nov. 13, 1882 -- On Literature, (response to toast), W.M. Van Dyke, Nov. 13, 1882 -- The Political Economy of Adam Smith, (response to toast), John C. Hall, Nov. 13, 1882 -- The Judiciary, (response to toast), Judge E. W. McKinstry, Nov. 13, 1882 -- The University of California, (response to toast), President W.F. Reed, Nov. 13, 1882 -- Medical Literature, (response to toast), Washington Ayer, M.D., Nov. 13, 1882 -- The Chit-Chat Club, (response to toast), F. P. Deering, Nov. 11, 1883 -- Presidential Address, George W. Haight, Nov. 10, 1884 -- On the Chit-Chat Club (oration), Charles A. Murdock, Nov. 10, 1884 -- On Literature (response to toast), F. B. Perkins, Nov. 10, 1884 -- On Political Economy (response to toast), Thomas F. Barry, Nov. 10, 1884 -- On Our State University (response to toast), Prof. George H. Howison, Nov. 10, 1884 -- On Justice (response to toast), Hon. John Hunt, Jr., Nov. 10, 1884 -- On Our National Legislature (response to toast), Hon. W.W. Morrow, Nov. 10, 1884
Box 7, Volume 1

Proceedings of the Chit Chat Club,

Scope and Contents note

Materials housed in brown and green slip case include printed pamphlets 1895-1954 including proceedings, programs and menus of annual dinners (not complete), memorials, summaries of activities and reprints.
Box 12, Folder 1

Proceedings of the Chit Chat Club and related material, 1878-1892

Box 12, Folder 2

Proceedings of the Chit Chat Club and related material, 1893-1954

Box 12, Folder 5

Member lists, 1952-1984

Box 12, Folder 6

By-laws, circa 1984

Box 12, Folder 7

Lists of essays, 1958-1966

Box 16, Folder 15

Chit Chat Club history, Bill Reilly, 2003

Box 17, Folder 2

Administrative records, 2007-2009

Box 17, Folder 3

Brochure, 2007

Box 17, Folder 4

Brochure, 2008

Box 18, Folder 1

General Chit Chat Club information, 2010

 

Series IV. Biographical Material

Box 12, Folder 8

Finances, Obituaries, 1983-1984

Box 14, Folder 9

Biographical notes for new members, circa 1985-1991

Box 14, Folder 10

Biographical information, 1990-1991

Box 15, Folder 18

Biographical information

Box 16, Folder 14

Sneed obituary, 2008

Box 16, Folder 16

Obituaries,

Box 16, Folder 17

Curricula Vitae,

 

Series V. Miscellaneous

Box 5, Folder 3

Miscellaneous

Box 5, Folder 4

Miscellaneous undated material

Box 11, Folder 3

Miscellaneous, circa 1979-1984

Box 11, Folder 4

Miscellaneous (map), circa 1979-1984

Box 11, Folder 5

Miscellaneous (birthday card), circa 1979-1984

Box 12, Folder 10

Miscellaneous, 1981-1984

Box 16, Folder 19

Horace Davis speech, 1878

Box 19, Folder 2

Henry Kasper Evers, a celebration of life, and a note from Richmond Prescott asking for emeritus status, 2010-2012

Box 19, Folder 3

Chronological listing of the members of the Chit Chat Club and their essays, 1874-2010, 2010

Box 19, Folder 7

List of the members with their educational backgrounds and professions 2012

Box 19, Folder 8

New members' information and their acceptance letters 2009-2012

Box 19, Folder 9

Resignations of former members 2011

Box 19, Folder 10

Information of the very few essay clubs existent in the U.S. 2012