Faculty Organizations. Humanities Club Records
WFU's Humanities Club was a interdepartment group established in 1936 meant to "represent the interests of those in its membership" through informal dinners, speaker events, and academic discussions. In 1982, Humanities Club split into two groups that had separate administrations but worked in close concert for event planning. Collection materials include meeting minutes, attendence records, and anniversary reports, as well as memorandums, club invitations, membership rosters, and event planning and personal correspondence for Group B.
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Summary Information
- Repository
- Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives
- Title
- Faculty Organizations. Humanities Club Records
- Date
- 1936-1988 (inclusive)
- Extent
- 0.42 Linear Feet / 1 document box
- ID
- RG9.1
Biographical and Historical Note
WFU's Humanities Club was a interdepartment group established in 1936. It was never formally chartered, making the Club's functioning illegal. Its purpose was to "represent the interests of those in its membership" including informal dinners, speaker events, and academic discussions, according to its Anniversary reports. In 1982, Humanities Club split into two groups, Group A and Group B, that had separate administrations and recordkeeping, but they worked cordially and in close concert for event planning.
Collection Overview
This collection contains records of the WFU's Humanities Clubs. Materials include meeting minutes, attendence records, and anniversary reports. There are also memorandums, club invitations, membership rosters, and event planning and membership correspondence for Group B, and one set of meeting minutes from Group A..
Administrative Information
- Publication Information
- Processed by Immanuel Eggers
- Access Restrictions
- Collection is open for researchers.
- Copyright Notice
- 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.
- Preferred Citation
- Faculty Organizations. Humanities Club Records (RG9.1), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.