Guide to the Berkeley Club Papers, 1873-1960

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Guide to the Berkeley Club Papers, 1873-1960

Collection number: BANC MSS C-H 9

The Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, California

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The Bancroft Library.
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu

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Collection Summary

Collection Title: Berkeley Club Papers,

Date (inclusive): 1873-1960

Collection Number: BANC MSS C-H 9

Creator: Berkeley Club

Extent: Number of containers: 1 box, 3 cartons

Repository: The Bancroft Library

Berkeley, California 94720-6000

Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

Abstract: Letters from members addressed to the secretary; minutes of meetings, 1873-1960; by-laws, names of members, etc.; copies of papers read at meetings.

Languages Represented: English

Information for Researchers

Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Berkeley Club papers, BANC C-H 9, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Materials Cataloged Separately

Photographs have been removed and cataloged separately, under Berkeley Club.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

These papers came to the Bancroft Library from several sources. Some were transferred from the University of California Archives; some were collected from members by Arthur J. Pillsbury, 1933-1938, and presented to the Library; some were removed from the Papers of Leon J. Richardson, one-time secretary of the Club; the last volume of minutes was presented by the last secretary, Colonel Roland Pinger.

Scope and Content Note

Covering the period from its inception to its demise, these papers consist of letters addressed to the Club's secretary; organizational records, including minutes of meetings (complete except for the period 1942-1947); and copies of some of the papers presented at meetings.

History Note

The Berkeley Club had its origin in a dinner meeting held January 13, 1873 at the home of Daniel C. Gilman, president of the University of California, with Henry Durant, Martin Kellogg and Dr. J. K. McLean present. The purpose was to consider the formation of a club to discuss literary, social and scientific questions. There was further discussion of the proposal at another dinner meeting on February 6, which Joseph LeConte, George Mooar and Joseph A. Benton also attended. At the meeting, the name Berkeley Club was adopted, and the first formal meeting was held on February 13 with fifteen charter members present. At each successive meeting, held fortnightly, a paper was presented by a member previously appointed, followed by a discussion in which all participated. The range of discussion was great, reflecting the varied backgrounds of the members, most of whom were professors, clergymen, lawyers and businessmen. The Club continued in existence for eighty-eight years, the last meeting held September 8, 1960.

Box 1

Correspondence, ca. 1873-1933.

Primarily letters written by members to the Club's secretary concerning elections to membership, resignations, attendance at meetings, presentation of papers, etc. Arranged alphabetically with a miscellany of single letters at the beginning of the file. Most of the letters addressed to Arthur J. Pillsbury, 1932-1933, are concerned with his project to place the Club's papers in the Bancroft Library. A list of the more important correspondents represented follows the Key.

Letters of transmittal for papers presented at meetings have been kept with the manuscripts and are so noted in cartons 2 and 3 below.

Ctn. 1

Reports and publications relating to the history of the Club

By-laws, qualifications for membership, names of members

Roster 1873-1923 (printed)

Assignments

List of papers presented before the Club, Oct. 16, 1924-Oct. 5, 1933

Memorials for deceased members

Notes on similar clubs

Bank and check books

Clippings about the Club

Minutes of meetings

v. 1 1873-1879, with accounts at the end of the volume and notes of topics discussed

v. 2 1880-1886, with accounts at the end of the volume

v. 3 1886-1892, with accounts at the end of the volume

v. 4 1892-1897, with accounts at the end of the volume and inventory of belongings

v. 5 1897-1904, with accounts at the end of the volume

v. 6 1904-1921, with accounts at the end of the volume

v. 7 1921-1934, with accounts at the end of the volume

v. 8 1934-1941

v. 9 1948-1960, with accounts; list of charter members and of active, visiting and honorary members

carton Ctns. 2-3

Papers presented at meetings.

Adelung, Edward von. Mss. With letter of transmittal.

Bartlett, Louis. Mss. With letter of transmittal.

Manuscripts; occasionally reprints. Some with letters of transmittal. Arranged alphabetically by name of author. The following members are represented.

Blake, Anson Stiles (1870-1959). Mss.

Bradley, Cornelius Beach (1843-1936). Reprints.

Brown, Archibald Alexander. Mss. With letter of transmittal.

Calhoun, George Miller (1886-1942). Reprints.

Calkins, Carlos Gilman. Mss.

Earl, Guy Chaffee (1861-1935). Mss.

Gilman, Daniel Coit (1831-1908). Reprint.

Hosmer, Frederick Lucian (1840-1929). Mss.

Howard, John Galen (1864-1931). Mss. and reprints.

Hunter, Robert. Mss. With letter of transmittal.

Hutchinson, Lincoln. Mss. and reprints. With letter of transmittal .

Kofoid, Charles Atwood (1865-1947). Mss.

Lawson, Andrew Cowper (1861-1952). Mss. and reprints.

Lipman, Frederick Lockwood. Mss. and reprints. With letter of transmittal.

McGilvary, Evander Bradley (1864-1953). Mss. With letter of transmittal.

McLean, J.K. Mss.

Magee, William A. Mss. With letter of transmittal.

Merriam, John Campbell (1869-1945). Reprints.

Muirhead, John Henry (1855-1940). Copy of his book, The Use of Philosophy.

Myres, John Linton. Reprint. With letter of transmittal.

Olney, Warren (1841-1921). Mss. and reprints. Letter of transmittal from his son, Warren Olney, Jr.

Pardee, George Cooper (1857-1941). Mss. and reprints.

Pillsbury, Arthur Judson (1854-1937). Mss. and reprints.

Pinger, Roland W. Mss.

Plehn, Carl Copping (1867-1945). Mss.

Richardson, Leon Josiah (1868-1964). Reprint.

Rickard, Thomas Arthur (1864-1953). Mss. and reprints. With letter of transmittal.

Ritter, William Emerson (1856-1944). Mss. With letter of transmittal.

Smith, Selden C. Mss. With letter of transmittal.

Torrey, Frederic Cheever (1864-1935). Mss. and reprint.

Torrey, Harry Beal. Mss.

Unidentified Mss.

See also paper of Walter Morris Hart (BANC MSS C-B 910) for Mss. of his Berkeley Club papers and papers of Harring Wilkinson (BANC MSS C-B 815).

A-Z Miscellany

Alexander, Wallace McKinney, 1869-1939

Letter, Nov. 17, 1933

Bacon, Thomas R.

Letter, Apr. 11, 1891

Badger, Charles W.

Letter, Sept. 8, 1887

Barrows, David Prescott, 1873-1954

Letter, Feb. 8, 1910

Bartlett, William C.

Letter, Oct. 1898

Bennett, Tohn Coleman,

Letter, June 8, 1943

Benton, Joseph Augustine, 1818-1892

Letter, Aug. 16, 1884

Bradley, Cornelius Beach, 1843-1936

Letter, Mar. 10, 1923

Brown, Charles R.

Letter, Nov. 20, 1933

Buckham, John W.

Letter, Nov. ?8, 1944

Campbell, Donald Y.

Letter, Oct. 23, 1994

Davidson, George, 1825-1911

Letter, Apr. 2, 1881

Davis, Horace, 1831-1916

Letter, May 9, 1913

Dwinelle, John Whipple, 1816-1881

Letter, n.d.

Eells, Charles P.

Letter, Sept. 7, 1887

Gayley, Charles Mills, 1858-1932

Letter, Oct. 9, 1891

Gibbons, William P., 1812-1897

Letter, n.d.

Griffiths, Farnham Pond, 1884-1958

Letter, Nov. 24, 1993

Hallock, L.H.

Letter, Sept. 12, 1898

Hart, Walter Morris,

Letter, Jan. 15, 1947

Hilgard, Eugene Woldemar, 1833-1916

Letter, Aug. 31, 1881

Howard, Albert A.

Letter, Sept. 29, 1890

Lange, Alexis Frederick, 1862-1924

Letter, Feb. 25, 1910

Leach, Frank A.

Letter, Nov. 2, 1907

Le Conte, Joseph, 1823-1901

Letter, Feb. 5, 1878

Levermore, Charles H.

Letter, Oct. 8, 1888

McDuffie, Duncan, 1877-

Letter, Nov. 14, 1933

McLean, John Knox, 1834-1914

Letter, Feb. 28, 1878

Miller, Adolph Caspar, 1866-

Letter, Nov. 8, 1902

Mitchell, Wesley Clair, 1874-1948

Letter, Feb. 11, 1910

Mooar, George

Letter, Dec. 21, 1882

Muirhead, John Henry, 1855-1940

Letter, Dec. 14, 1933

Olney, Warren, 1841-1921

Letter, Jan. 20, 1882

Palmer, Charles Theodore Hart, 1827-1897

Letter, Sept. 11, 1890

Perkins, George Clement, 1839-1923

Letter, Feb. 20, 1906

Redding, Benjamin Barnard, 1824-1882

Letter, Mar. 20, 1881

Richardson, George Ivi,

Letter, n.d.

Rickard, Thomas Arthur, 1864-1953

Letter, June 2, 1932

Rieber, Charles Henry, 1866-1948

Letter, Dec. 29, 1933

Stephens, Henry Morse, 1857-1919

Letter, n.d.

Stratton, C. C.

Letter, Sept. 27, 1887

Stratton, George Malcolm, 1865-1957

Letter, Feb. 20, 1906

Stringham, Washington Irving, 1847-1909

Letter, Nov. 14, 1882

Tabor, Rodney L.

Letter, July 28, 1885

Vrooman, Henry, 1844-1889

Letter, Nov. 18, 1882

Individual Correspondents

Boalt, John Henry, 1837-1901

3 letters, 1878-1888

Cook, Albert Stanburrough, 1853-1927

7 letters, 1882-1906

Eells, James, 1822-1886

3 letters, 1877-1879

Elliott, Edward, 1874-

2 letters, 1933. One written for him by his secretary.

Foster, Frank Hugh, 1851-1935

2 letters, 1896-1906

Gilman, Daniel Coit, 1831-1908

4 letters, 1873-1906

Greenleaf, Charles Ravenscroft, 1838-1911

2 letters. 1896-1903

Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914

3 letters, 1886-1888

Hopkins, Caspar Thomas, 1826-1893

6 letters, 1882-1890

Howison, George Holmes, 1834-1916

2 letters, 1884-1888

Kellogg, Martin, 1878-1903

3 letters, 1879-1889

LeConte, John, 1818-1891

2 letters, 1879

McKinstry, Elisha Williams,

2 letters, 1878-1881

Moses, Bernard, 1846-1930

2 letters, 1878-1881

Parsons, Edward Lambe, 1868-

2 letters, 1933-1934

Phelps, Charles Henry, 1853-1933

2 letters, 1882

Pillsbury, Arthur Judson, 1854-1937

2 letters, 1933-1935

Putnam, James Osbourne, 1818-1903

7 letters, 1874-1896

Reid, William Thomas, 1843-1922

3 letters. 1881-1883

Rowell, Joseph Cummings, 1853-1938

2 letters. 1924-1933

Royce, Josiah, 1855-1916

2 letters. 1882-1883

Sill, Edward Rowland, 1841-1887

5 letters, 1874-1883

Sprague, Homer Baxter, 1829-1918

3 letters. 1885-1886

Stoddard, Francis Hovey, 1847-1936

3 letters. 1888-1906

Tompkins, Frederick W.

3 letters. 1882-1884

Torrey, Frederic Cheever, 1864-1935

2 letters, 1910-1923

Wendte, Charles William, 1844-1931

2 letters, 1906-1923

Wilbur, Earl M.

2 letters, 1932

Wilkinson, Warring, 1834-1918

4 letters, 1884-1910

Williams, Ralph Olmsted, 1838-1908

4 letters. 1878-1885