Special Collections & Archives

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <?xml-model href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SAA-SDT/EAD3/master/ead3.rng" type="application/xml" schematypens="http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0"?> <ead xmlns="http://ead3.archivists.org/schema/"> <control countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" langencoding="iso639-2b" relatedencoding="marc" repositoryencoding="iso15511" scriptencoding="iso15924"> <recordid instanceurl="">RG13.16</recordid> <filedesc> <titlestmt> <titleproper>General University Organizations. Literary Circle Records </titleproper> <subtitle>1892-1902, 0.21 linear feet</subtitle> <author>Processed by Meg Campbell</author> </titlestmt> <publicationstmt> <publisher>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</publisher> <address> <addressline>PO Box 7777</addressline> <addressline>Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27109</addressline> <addressline> <ref href="http://zsr.wfu.edu/special/" linktitle="http://zsr.wfu.edu/special/" show="new">http://zsr.wfu.edu/special/</ref> </addressline> </address> <date>2021 September</date> <num>RG13.16</num> </publicationstmt> </filedesc> <maintenancestatus value="derived"/> <maintenanceagency> <agencyname>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</agencyname> </maintenanceagency> <languagedeclaration> <language langcode="eng">English</language> <script scriptcode="Latn">Latin</script> </languagedeclaration> <conventiondeclaration> <abbr>dacs</abbr> <citation>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</citation> </conventiondeclaration> <localcontrol localtype="findaidstatus"> <term>in_progress</term> </localcontrol> <maintenancehistory> <maintenanceevent> <eventtype value="derived"/> <eventdatetime>2021-10-13T16:06:55-04:00</eventdatetime> <agenttype value="machine"/> <agent>ArchivesSpace v3.0.1</agent> <eventdescription>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on Wednesday October 13, 2021 at 16:06</eventdescription> </maintenanceevent> </maintenancehistory> </control> <archdesc level="collection"> <did> <unittitle>General University Organizations. Literary Circle Records</unittitle> <unitid>RG13.16</unitid> <repository> <corpname> <part>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</part> </corpname> </repository> <langmaterial> <language langcode="eng">English</language> </langmaterial> <physdescstructured coverage="whole" physdescstructuredtype="spaceoccupied"> <quantity>0.21</quantity> <unittype>Linear Feet</unittype> </physdescstructured> <physdesc localtype="container_summary">1 half-document box</physdesc> <unitdatestructured datechar="creation" unitdatetype="inclusive"> <daterange> <fromdate standarddate="1892">1892</fromdate> <todate standarddate="1902">1902</todate> </daterange> </unitdatestructured> <unitdate datechar="creation" unitdatetype="inclusive">1892-1898, 1901-1902</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_4e2f146c90906fcb45004e6351ad0f24">The Wake Forest Literary Circle met once or twice monthly at a professor's house to discuss a book that had been assigned that month. Materials include a notebook detailing who was at each meeting and what they read.</abstract> </did> <bioghist id="aspace_880b255b55a511f3e5b6019b43acdd2b"> <head>Historical Note</head> <p>The Wake Forest Literary Circle met once or twice monthly at a Wake Forest College professor's house to discuss the book that had been assigned that month. Books that they discussed included classic plays, poetry, and selections from various novels.</p> </bioghist> <scopecontent id="aspace_4c360a456869221aac10c5970c550cbe"> <head>Collection Overview</head> <p>This collection contains the notebook of the Literary Circle, documenting the group's meetings from 1892-1902. notes include names of members at the meetings, the books they discussed, discussion topics from the meetings, and roles assigned to members when they read plays.</p> </scopecontent> <prefercite id="aspace_44ae4317c1b2f7022a1717ceaca3ba67"> <head>Preferred Citation</head> <p>General University Organizations. Literary Circle Records (RG13.16), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.</p> </prefercite> <accessrestrict id="aspace_0ea7aba3f38c13c7a522ba8e8b1be127"> <head>Access Restrictions</head> <p>This collection is open for researchers.</p> </accessrestrict> <userestrict id="aspace_fb8c96b5f90a6eccf41d107e22c08560"> <head>Copyright Notice</head> <p>The nature of the WFU Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The Archives and Special Collections of ZSR Library claims only physical ownership of most materials. The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to the U.S. Copyright Law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.Copyright for materials resides with the creators of the items in question or their descendants, unless otherwise designated. Users of this collection are responsible for using the materials in conformance with U.S. copyright law.</p> </userestrict> <dsc> <c id="aspace_de9af252d1de3446367804686d4cc169" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Literary Circle notebook</unittitle> <unitdatestructured datechar="creation" unitdatetype="inclusive"> <daterange> <fromdate standarddate="1892">1892</fromdate> <todate standarddate="1902">1902</todate> </daterange> </unitdatestructured> <container id="aspace_5840db117715b3950263b2c69f5eaf4d" label="Mixed Materials" localtype="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_64e2fd95f8e01b8a79f9663a9b87e497" localtype="folder" parent="aspace_5840db117715b3950263b2c69f5eaf4d">1</container> </did> </c> </dsc> </archdesc> </ead>