Historical note:

            The Ann Eliza Club was founded in 1885. Judge George Moulton Carpenter (1844-1896) was the founding president. Membership was exclusively male, and consisted mostly of artists, art critics and art collectors. In April of 1888, the club rented a downtown room at 35 Westminster Street, where it remained for many years. It was initially a very informal group of friends, with but one unofficial rule: "everyone who comes into this room either as a member or as a guest is required to do just as he pleases." A later set of "Rules of Behavior" offered suggestions such as "If you inadvertently get a spot on the table-cloth, absent-mindedly place a piece of bread over it, butter side down. The butter will keep the bread from slipping off the spot." Meetings generally centered around the reading of papers, mostly connected at least loosely to artistic themes. Members also shared their art work, and many pieces were displayed in the club room. A club member served as appointed chef (initially Charles W. Stetson, later Arba D. Smith), and served generous portions at each meeting. As one early member later described, "It was not easy work to read a paper. Interruption and heckling sometimes made it almost impossible. On one occasion when Robert Brown persisted in spite of all opposition Charlie Mumford, who sat beside him, lighted a match and applied it to the lower corner of his manuscript." The club is still in existence as of 2010 and holding meetings at the Providence Art Club.

Bibliography:

Miner, George Leland. Angell's Lanr: The History of a Little Street in Providence. Providence: Akerman-Standard Press, 1948. Contains biographical notes on many club members.

Munro, Walter L. "Early History of A.E.," 1935 [typescript in this collection]

Rhode Island Cemetery Database

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Scope and content:

            The bulk of this collection consists of four boxes of lectures given at the club from 1885 to 1934. These appear to be nearly complete from 1885 through 1898, while the later years are much more scattered. Accompanying these transcriptions is a complete list of lectures given through 1898, with a notation if the lecture was not written or not donated to the club. The lectures vary widely in content, but for the most part aimed either to amuse the club members, or educate them through a serious discussion of contemporary artists and art theory. In many cases, the manuscript lectures were bound together with members' poetry and short satirical pieces in conjunction with the club's annual dinners, or in the form of a manuscript periodical called The Dredge. At least 98% of the lectures that have been preserved were presented by club members. The only surviving pre-1896 lectures from non-members were #225 (“William Dean Howells as a Novelist,” by A.E. Thomas); #226. (“Richard Harding Davis and Mary E. Wilkins,” by Thomas Crosby Jr.); and #276 (“A Forgotten Rhode Island Poet,” by Rev. Richard Eddy).

            The mostly widely known lecture in this series is probably “The Artist and His Critics,” by the noteworthy African-American artist Edward Mitchel Bannister, given on April 15, 1886. Also of interest are several lectures given by Charles W. Stetson from 1886 to 1891, and one lecture about him dated 1895. Stetson was best known for his marriage to pioneering feminist lecturer and author Charlotte Perkins Gilman, who he was in the process of divorcing at that time. The collection also includes seven letters from Stetson, dated 1892 to 1894

            Another interesting lecture by Gustine L. Hurd, dated 1889 and titled "A.D. 2000", imagines life in the twenty-first century after emerging from a state of suspended animation. Hurd finds that the population of Providence has grown to 850,000, the city is lighted by night from four central towers, travel is primarily done by balloon, and a gladiator coliseum had been constructed at Roger Williams Park. He is told by a gladiator that "you belong to the old effeminate era, when a game of base-ball took your breath away. The race has improved, and today we have some red blood in us." However, in the Ann Eliza spirit, most of Hurd's predictions took the form of poking fun at club members.

            In addition to lectures and other compositions, the collection also includes complete minute books from 1885 to 1925; membership records; planning files from annual dinners; treasurer's reports; and four folders of correspondence.

            The following were the members who were active between 1885 and 1894. They are generally well documented in the membership records, minutes and lectures. The names are followed by their membership numbers; members with no biographical sheet are indicated by an asterisk.

Aldrich, John G. (1864-1952) #41

Aldrich, Richard (1863-1935) #32

Allen, Edward S. (1855-1919) #21

Anthony, Gardner C. (1856-1937) #19

Bannister, Edward M. (1828-1901) #15

Barker, Robert L. (1852-1940) #49

Barlow, John N. (1861-ca.1935) #50

Barnes, David L. (1858-1896)

Benedict, William C. (1840-1915) #33*

Bogman, Edward Y. (1849-1900) #31

Breul, Hugo A.B. (1854-1910) #22

Brown, Robert P. (1850-1921) #43

Buffum, George A. (1846-1901) #12

Bumpus, Hermon C. (1862- ) #54

Burleigh, Sydney R. (1853-1931) #7*

Callender, Walter (1834-1921) #47

Carpenter, Albert G. (1851-1902) #56

Carpenter, George M. (1844-1896) #8

Clarke, John J. #14*

Combe, Alfred H. (1852-1924) #2

Davis, Charles P. (1858- ) #6

Easton, Frederick W. (1852-1940) #53

Ely, Joseph C. (1849-1897) #51

Farnsworth, John P. (1860-1919) #58

Field, Edward (1858-1928) #28

Field, James Henry (1832-1919) #17*

Greene, Isaac C. (1851-1916) #60

Grimshaw, John (1832-1894) #25

Hamilton, Edward W. D. #16*

Harris, Jabez G. (1853-1928) #44

Hasbrouck, Sayer (1860- ) #29

Hastings, William G. (1868- ) #57

Hurd, Gustine L. (1833-1910) #18

Jones, Edward S. (1846-1909) #34

Keene, George F. (1853-1905) #27

Kenyon, Henry R. (1861- ) #52

Knight, Edward Balch (1845-1916) #1

Knowles. John C. (1847-1894) #46*

Lawton, John F.P. #24*

Liscomb, William S. (1848-1893) #20

Livermore, Frank D. (1853- ) #45

Mason, John H. #9*

Mead, Albert D. (1869- ) #62

Munro, Wilfred H. (1849-1934) #59*

Munro, Walter L. (1857-1939) #36

Peck, Allen M. (1843-1922) #10

Peters, John M. (1863- ) #61

Purinton, Frank M. (1852-1893 ) #11

Rose, Eben (1841- ) #30

Shedd, Frank P. (1853-1922) #40

Simmons, Samuel R. Jr. (1857- ) #48

Smith, Arba D. (1851-1921) #23

Smyth, Eugene L. (1857-1932) #26

Southwick, Isaac H. (1854-1902) #55

Springer, Charles H. (1857-1920) #38

Stetson, Charles W. (1858-1914) #5

Stillwell, Benjamin W. (1835-1914) #37

Vincent, Walter B. (1845-1931) #42

Whitaker, George W. (1840-1916) #4

Willson, Edmund R. (1856-1906) #13

Woodbury, Charles E. (1845- ) #39

Woodward, Ellsworth (1861-1939) #3

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Provenance:

            These records were donated by the Ann Eliza Club via Zenas R. Bliss in 1968.

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Processing note:

            The Graphics Division has additional papers from the original Ann Eliza Club gift. Publications of the club can be found in the Printed Collection. One box that had been filed with the Graphics portion of the gift was transferred to Manuscripts in 1996, and has been integrated with the remainder.

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Inventory:

Series 1: Lectures

Box 1:

#5. “Color,” by G.W. Whitaker, April 9, 1885

#6. “Stained Glass,” by G.A. Buffum, April 23, 1885

#7. “The Ideographic Side of Art,” by F.M. Purinton, May 7, 1885 and November 27, 1885

#9. “Motive and Style of Christian Art in Memorials,” by A.H. Combe, June 14, 1885

#10. “The Gypsies,” by E.B. Knight M.D., June 18, 1885

#12. “The Limitations of Realism in Art,” by E. S. Allen M.D., October 15, 1885

#14. “Composition in Painting,” by G.A. Buffum, November 12, 1885

#15. “Color,” by E.L. Smyth, December 10, 1885

#16. “Turner,” by G.W. Whitaker, January 7, 1886

#18. “Values,” by C.P. Davis, January 21, 1886

#19. “The Nude in Art,” by C. W. Stetson, February 19, 1886

#20. “First Annual Address of the President,” by G.M. Carpenter, February 19, 1886

#23. “Mechanical Engineering in Relationship to Fine Art,” by G.C. Anthony, March 4, 1886

#24. “Caricature and Caricaturists,” by E. Field, March 18, 1886

#25. “The Artist and His Critics,” by E.M. Bannister, April 15, 1886

#28. “The Picture Maker,” by G.W. Whitaker, May 27, 1886

#29. “The Artist and His Critic,” by F.M. Purinton, June 10, 1886

#31. “Some Words about Photography,” by G.L. Hurd, November 18, 1886

#32. “The Eye,” by S. Hasbrouck, December 16, 1886 and January 13, 1887

#34. “Japanese Art,” by A.D. Smith, January 27, 1887

#35. “Right Schooling for American Art Student,” by E.W.D. Hamilton, February 10, 1887

#36. “Second Annual Address of the President,” by G.M. Carpenter, February 24, 1887

#38. “The Humility of the Artistic Temperament,” by G.M. Carpenter, March 10, 1887

#39. “Art Growth in America,” by R. Aldrich, March 24, 1887

#40. “J.F. Miller, the Peasant Painter,” by G.W. Whitaker, April 21, 1887

#41. “‘Cranks’ and ‘Crankism’,” by G.A. Buffum, May 18, 1887

#42. “The Caves of Luray,”by E.S. Allen M.D., June 2, 1887

#44. “The Cruise of the Two Carries,” by G.M. Carpenter, September 1, 1887

#45. “The Birthplace of Gilbert Stuart,” by G.W. Whitaker, September 15, 1887

#46. “A Sojourn in the Narragansett Country,” by G.A. Buffum, September 29, 1887

#48. “Brush Life” by G.W. Whitaker, October 27, 1887

#49. “The Balloon” by G.W. Whitaker, November 10, 1887

#51. “The Limitations of Art,” by G.A. Buffum, December 29, 1887

#52. “The Two Schools” by G.W. Whitaker, January 12, 1888

#53. “John Van Der Lynn the Artist,” by S. Hasbrouck M.D., January 26, 1888

#54. “Pictophonotypy,” by G.W. Whitaker, February 9, 1888

#56. “Letter to a Young Person Aspiring to Literary Fame,” by E.S. Jones, February 23, 1888

#59. “Modern Songs,” by E. Field, March 22, 1888

#60. “The Hand,” by G.W. Whitaker, April 19, 1888

#61. “The Housewarming,”by G.A. Buffum, April 19, 1888

#62. “Schiller Tays,” by Robert P. Brown, May 3, 1888

#63. “Art Among the A.E.” by W.L. Munro, May 17, 1888

#65. “Ann Eliza’s Beau,” Sprung on the club anonymously, June 14, 1888

#66. “The Cruise of the Siren,” by G.M. Carpenter, September 6, 1888

#67. “K.K. or California Clams,” by G.W. Whitaker, September 20, 1888

#68. “A Month in ‘Jimtown’,” by G.A. Buffum, October 4, 1888

#70. “The Artist and His Surroundings,” by G.W. Whitaker, December 1888

#71. “The Venerable Virtuous Pundit and the Lessee of Longevity,” by E.S. Jones, December 20, 1888

#72. “The Election Bet,” by G.W. Whitaker, December 31,1888

#74. “Tennocsea the Happy Hunting Ground of the Mugwump” by R.P. Brown, January 17, 1889

#75. “The Morning Life Class at the Art Students League New York,” by C.H. Springer, January 31, 1889

#76. “Right Use of the Human Figure in Art,” by G.M. Carpenter, February 7,1889

#77. “Dr. Knight’s Remarks in Presenting the Drinking Cup,” by E.B. Knight, February 21, 1881

#78. “Mr. Whitaker’s Response,” by G.W. Whitaker, February 21, 1881

#79. “Annual Address of the President,” by G.M. Carpenter, February 21, 1881

#80. “Our Penelope,” by G.A. Buffum, February 21, 1881

#81. “Artistic Lying,” by W.B. Vincent, February 21, 1881

#82. “Report on Prose Composition,” by E.S. Jones, February 21, 1881

#83. “A Leaf From Ann Eliza’s Almanac,” by G.W. Whitaker, February 21, 1881

#84. “Report on Pathology,” by W.L. Munro, February 21, 1881

#85. “Report of the Chaplain,” by E.S. Allen, February 21, 1881

#86. “Her to Ann Eliza for The Benefit of Her Thirty Hims,” anonymous, March 7,1889

#87. “The Crusader,” by A.M. Peck, March 21, 1889

#88. “A.D. 2000,” by G.L. Hurd, April 4, 1889

#89. “At the Reflection of Environment,” by G.A. Buffum, April 18, 1889

#90. “Dew,” by G.W. Whitaker, May 2, 1889

#91. “The Water Monkey,” by F.M. Purinton, May 2, 1889

#92. “Pretzels,” by W. Callender, May 16, 1889

#93. “Grande Coltjo,” by E. Field, May 30,1889

#94. “Chic and Mannerism,” by E.S. Allen, June 13, 1889

#96. “The Black Goose Country,” and “The Story of Wascheta,” by G.A. Buffum, November 14, 1889

#97. “Some Reminiscences of Thomas Robinson’s Life and Artistic Method,” by G.W. Whitaker, December 5, 1889

#99. “Lessing’s Dramas,” by R.P. Brown, January 16, 1890

#100. “Annual Address of the President,” by G.M. Carpenter, February 27, 1890

#101. “Cullings From the Holland Society,” by S. Hasbrouck, February 27, 1890

#102. “The Artists’ Lesson,” by R.P. Brown, February 27, 1890 

#103. “Not a Report on Pathology,” by W.L. Munro, February 27, 1890

#104. “Benjamin Franklin’s Letter,” by R.L. Barker, February 27, 1890 

#105. “Birthdays,” by E. Field, February 27, 1890

#106. “Report on a Photographic Anatomy,” by G.L. Hurd, February 27, 1890

#107. “The Sofa Chair,” by R.L. Barker, February 27, 1890

#108. “American Mixed Drinks,” by R.L. Barker, February 27, 1890

#109. “Interrogation Joe,” by R.L. Barker, February 27, 1890

#110. “Miss De Tong,” by R.P. Brown, February 27, 1890

Box 2:

#112. “A Capitol Paper,” by G.W. Whitaker, March 27, 1890

#113. “Three Battlefields,” by G.A. Buffum, April 10, 1890

#114. “Trust in Art,” by E.S. Jones, May 8, 1890

#115. “Smith’s Paper,” by A.D. Smith, May 22, 1890

#117. “Life and Times of the Late F.S. Batcheller,” by E. Field, June 19, 1890

#118. “The Price of a Picture,” by C.W. Stetson, June 19, 1890

#119. “Music and Fiddles,” by R.L. Barker, June 19, 1890

#120. “The Rurals,” by G.A. Buffum October 9, 1890

#121. “The Dredge, Number 1,” October 23, 1890

#122. “Festina Leute,” by W. Callender, November 6, 1890

#123. “Normandy,” by E.L. Allen, M.D., December 4, 1890

#124. “The Dredge, Number 2,” December 18, 1890

#125. “Truthful Lies,” C.W. Stetson, January 1, 1890

#126. “Sitting Bull,” G.W. Whitaker, January 29, 1891

#127. “Reminiscence of the Bar,” R.P. Brown, January 29, 1891

#128. “Annual Address of the President,” by G.M. Carpenter, February 26, 1891 

#129. “Market Reports,” by G.W. Whitaker, February 26, 1891

#130. “The Modern Dutch School,” by E.S. Allen, February 26, 1891

#131. “Reply to a Letter to a Young Man Desirous of Attaining Literary Fame,” by E.S. Jones February 26, 1891

#132. “ 'Tonomy Hill,” by G.A. Buffum, February 26, 1891

#133. “A Modern Madonna,” by R.P. Brown, February 26, 1891

#134. “Ode to an Oyster,” by R.L. Barker, February 26, 1891

#136. “Recollections of the A.E.s,” by G.L. Hurd, February 26, 1891

#137. “Report on Pathology,” by W.L. Munro , February 26, 1891

#138. “Among our Exchanges, by E. Field, February 26, 1891

#139. “Paintings of the Fancy ‘with a prelude an Example of Human Ignorance’,” by G.M. Carpenter, March 12, 1891

#140. “The Regicides” by G.A. Buffum, March 26, 1891

#141. “The Relation of the Senses to the Painter’s Art,” G.M. Carpenter, March 26, 1891

#142. “We See, as Through a Glass Darkly,” by W. Callender, April 9,1891

#143. “Criticism,” by C.W. Stetson, April 12, 1891

#144. “A Singular Coincidence,” by R.L. Barker, May 7, 1891

#146. “The Dredge, Number 3,” June 4, 1891

#147. “A Conservation on the Question--What is the Use of Pictures?” by G.M. Carpenter, October 8, 1891

#149. “The Need For the Art Museum in the Modern Community,” by J.C. Ely, October 22, 1891

#150. “The Pond of Witch Hollow,” by G.A. Buffum, November 19, 1891

#151. “The Barnaby Case,” by G.L. Hurd, November 19, 1891

#152. “Photographic Scraps,” by F.W. Easton, December 3, 1891

#153. “One of Our Laureates,” by G.W. Whitaker, December 3, 1891

#154. “In the Fresh Water Country,” by R.L. Barker, December 17, 1891

#155. “An American Bubble,” by R.P. Brown, December 31, 1891

#156. “After the Verdict,” by G.L. Hurd, January 14, 1892

#158. “Hugo Breul,” by G.W. Whitaker, February 11, 1892

#159. “Criticism,” by C.H. Springer, February 11, 1892

#160. “Annual Address of the President,” by G.M. Carpenter, February 25, 1892

#161. “Market Reports,” by G.W. Whitaker, February 25, 1892 

#162. “Mosquitoes- Physically and Metaphysically,” by G.W. Whitaker, February 25, 1892

#163. “Among the Kamis,” by G.A. Buffum, February 25, 1892 

#164. “An Example of Literary Impressionism,” by E.S. Jones, February 25, 1892 

#165. “Report on Photographic Anatomy,” by G.L. Hurd, February 25, 1892 

#166. “Report on Pathology,” by W.L. Munro, February 25, 1892 

#167. “The Dredge, Number 4,” by E. Field, February 26, 1892 

#168. “An Ideal,” by E.L. Smyth, March 10, 1892

#169. “Introduction,” by G.M. Carpenter and “The Romance of a Dirty Deck,” by C.H. Springer, March 24, 1892

#170. “Contrasts of Classic, Medieval and Modern Art,” by G.A. Buffum, April 21, 1892

#171. “The Early Records of Providence,” by G.M. Carpenter and E. Field, May 5, 1892

#173. “Wayside Reveries,” by W. Callender, May 19, 1892

#174. “Copper and its Alloys in Relation to Art,” by A.D. Smith, June2, 1892

#175. “Sermon on the Occasion of the Installation of Mr. Field as Archdeacon,” by E.S. Jones, September 15, 1892

#176. “Exhortation on his Installation as Archdeacon,” by E. Field, September 15, 1892

#178. “Something about California,” by E.B. Knight, October 13, 1892

#179. “Impressionism,” by G.A. Buffum, October 27, 1892

#181. “Alexander Hamilton Wyant,” by G.W. Whitaker, December 1, 1892

#183. “Cathedral Days,” by G.C. Anthony, December 29, 1892

#184. “Speaking of Italy,” by R.L. Barker, January 12, 1893

#187. “Annual Address of the President,” by G.M. Carpenter, February 23, 1893

#188. “The Acanthus,” by A.H. Combe, February 23, 1893

#189. “A Human Wreck,” by G.W. Whitaker, February 23, 1893

#190. “Drifting,” by W. Callender, February 23, 1893

#192. “Is Painting a Fine Art?,” by E.S. Jones, February 23, 1893 

#193. “The Annual Report from the Chair of Photographic Anatomy of the A.E. Club,” by G.L. Hurd, February 23, 1893

#194. “The Progress of the Pathological Anatomy by W.L. Munro,  February 23, 1893

#195. “The Dredge, Number 5,” by E. Field, February 23, 1893 

#196. “Some Thoughts on California,” by E.L. Smyth, March 9, 1893

#197. “The Dredge, Number 6,” by E. Field, March 23, 1893

#198. “Report From the Chair of Moral Ethics,” by R.L. Barker, April 20, 1893

#199. “A Tribute and Gift,” by R.L. Barker, April 20, 1893

#200. “Goethe’s Women,” by R.L. Brown, May 4, 1893

#201. “The Dredge, Number 7,” May 28, 1893

#202. “The Dredge, Number 8, October 5, 1893

#203. “Girard College,” by G.M. Carpenter, October 18, 1893

#204. “Prize Prose Readings,” by E.S. Jones, November 2, 1893

Box 3:

#205. “The Legend of the Saints’ Rest,” by I.H. Southwick Jr., November 16, 1893

#206. “What’s in a Name,” by R.L. Barker, December 7, 1893

#207. “Industrial Demoralization,” by W. Callender, December 21, 1893

#208. “Acadia,” by G.W. Whitaker, January 4, 1894

#209. “The Land of the Ninigrets,” by F.W. Easton, January 18, 1894

#210. “William Shields Liscomb,” by G.L. Hurd, February 15, 1894

#215. “The Dredge, Number 9,” March 1, 1894

#223. “A Visit to Altruria,” by E.S. Jones, April 26, 1894

#224. “Actors and Acting,” by C.H. Springer, May 10, 1894

#225. “William Dean Howells as a Novelist,” by A.E. Thomas, May 24, 1894

#226. “Richard Harding Davis and Mary E. Wilkins,” by T. Crosby Jr., May 24, 2894

#227. “Altruism in 1854 By One Of Them,” by G.W. Whitaker, June 7, 1894

#228. “Jack the Ripper,” or “The Boy Who Couldn’t Tell a Lie,” by R.L. Barker, June 7, 1894

#229. “The Wants of Ninigret,” by E. Field, June 21, 1894

#230. “A Dialogue,” by W. Callender, June 24, 1894

#231. “John Grimshaw,” by G.M. Carpenter, G.W. Whitaker, and G.A. Buffum, September 27, 1894

#233. “The Last of the Prophets,” by G.M. Carpenter, December 6, 1894

#238. “Annual Address of the President,” by G.M. Carpenter, February 28, 1895

#239. “The Tenth Birthday of Ann Eliza,” by G.A. Buffum, February 28, 1895

#241. “Talking Through His Hat,” by G.L. Hurd, February 28, 1895 

#242. “That Brown Dinner,” by R.L. Barker, February 28, 1895 

#243. “Remarks,” by F.W. Easton, February 28, 1895 

#246. “Pat Remarks on A.E. Annual Dinners,” G.W. Whitaker, February 28, 1895 

#248. “A Prophetable Project for the A.E. Club, by R.P. Brown, February 28, 1895

#249. “A Miscellaneous Assemblage of Astrophical Addresses,” by I.H. Southwick, February 28, 1895

#251. “A Pathological Specimen,” by W.L. Munro, February 28, 1895 

#256. “Some Old Papers and Their Story,” by G.A. Buffum, May 9, 1895

#257. “In the Byways of Art,” by R.P. Brown, May 23, 1895

#262. “ The Dredge, Number 10,” November 21, 1895

#263. “Charles Walter Stetson, Artist,” by G.W. Whitaker, November 21, 1895

#265. “A Day in the Life of an Adoniram, and After,” by E.S. Jones, January 16, 1896

#267. “Annual Address of the President,” by G.M. Carpenter, February 27, 1896 

#268. “Our Club,” by G.L. Hurd, February 27, 1896 

#269. “For Many Were Called But Few Were Taken,” by W.L. Munro, February 27, 1896

#270. “The Tournament,” by G.A. Buffum, February 27, 1896 

#271. “The Dredge, Number 11,” by E. Field, February 27, 1896 

#272. “L`amour et Reciprocite,” by R.L. Barker, February 27, 1896 

#273. “Letters to Ann Eliza,” by E.S. Jones, February 27, 1896 

#275. “A Midway Plaisauce,” by R.L. Barker, April 9, 1896

#276. “A Forgotten Rhode Island Poet,” by Rev. Richard Eddy, April 23, 1896

#278. “Chicken-foot Alley and its Romance,” by R.P. Brown, May 21, 1896

#279. “The Dredge, Number 12,” June 4, 1896

#281. “Memorial Volume: George Moulton Carpenter,” by Allen, Munro, Vincent, Jones, and Buffum, October 1, 1896

#282. “The Adirondacks,” by G.A. Buffum, October 15, 1896

#286. “The Romance of the Stuarts,” by E. Allen, December 3, 1896

#289. “Luck,” by A.G. Carpenter, January 14, 1897

#291. “President’s Annual Address,” Dr. Knight, February 11, 1897

#292. “The Wonder Birth,” by G.A. Buffum, February 11, 1897 

#293. “Lecture and Change in Conferring Degree of M.S.P. on A.D. Smith,” by Dr. Knight and E. Field, February 11, 1897

#294. “Report of the A.E. Professor of Moral Ethics and Master of the Punch Bowl,” and “Ode to Bumpus Ph. D.,” by R.L. Brown, February 11, 1897

#297. “Did Li Hung Chang Visit the A.E. Club,” by G.L. Hurd, February 11, 1897 

#298. “Just a Little Sugar For the Bird,” by E. Field, February 11, 1897 

#299. “The Baby Dredge, Number 13,” by G.W. Whitaker, February 11, 1897 

#301. “Letter From Dr. Allen Sojourning in Bermuda,” February 11, 1897 

#303. “Some Philological Researches,” by G.C. Anthony, February 11, 1897 

#306. “Report on the Sachem of Tennocsea,” by R.P. Brown, February 11, 1897 

#307. “Hon. George Moulton Carpenter from an Art Standpoint,” by G.W. Whitaker, January 14, 1897

#314. “Romance of a Grill Room,” by G.W. Whitaker, June 3, 1897

#315. ““Carot,” by G.W. Whitaker, June 3, 1897 

#316. “The Children of Beelzebub,” by Dr. Knight, June 17, 1897

#318. “The Two Oldest Towns in North America,” by G.A. Buffum, October 21, 1897

#319. “Address to the Founders,” by E.S. Jones, October 28, 1897

#321. “Dr. William Rimmer,” by G.W. Whitaker, November 18, 1897

#327. “Report of the Professor of Photo Anatomy,” by G.L. Hurd, February 24, 1898

#328. “Theosophy,” by E.S. Jones, February 24, 1898 

#329. “In Memoriam,” and “The Hopedale Mystery,” by G.W. Whitaker, February 24, 1898

#330. “The Heathen,” by A.G. Carpenter, February 24, 1898 

#331. “Motives and Murals,” by R.L. Barker, February 24, 1898

#332. by J.P. Farnsworth, February 24, 1898 

#333. "2nd Annual Report from the Chair of Moral Ethics," by R.L. Barker, February 24, 1898

#334. “Report From the Professor of Pathalogical Anatomy,” by W.L. Munro, February 24, 1898

#339. “Art,” by G.A. Buffum, May 5, 1898

Box 4:

Box 4, folder 1. #342. “Educational Hogwash,” by E.S. Jones, June 16, 1898

Box 4, folder 2. #343. “The Passing of the Deacon,” by R.L. Barker, April 8, 1898

Box 4, folder 3. "A Trip to Camp Wikoff," by John M. Peters, October 20, 1898

Box 4, folder 4. "The Girl From Toronto," by Robert P. Brown, June 1899

Box 4, folder 5. "The Working Tools of a Body Snatcher," by Edward S. Jones, April 4, 1900

Box 4, folder 6. "A Scrap of History," by Robert L. Barker, October 25, 1900

Box 4, folder 7. "Something for Kids," by Robert L. Barker, February 28, 1901

Box 4, folder 8. "Tributes to George Allen Buffum," by G.L. Hurd, G.W. Whittaker, R.L. Barker, and John P. Farnsworth, November 21, 1901

Box 4, folder 9. "Proceedings of the Annual Meeting" (historical piece), February 27, 1901

Box 4, folder 10. "T'Other Side of the Country," by Walter R. Callender, March 13, 1902

Box 4, folder 11. "Oxford," by Charles C. Mumford, April 24, 1902

Box 4, folder 12. "Zinc, Zincite, and Zincology," by Robert P. Brown, May 22, 1902

Box 4, folder 13. "A Hopeless and Disheartening Quest by the Professor of Pathalogical Anatomy," by W.L. Munro, February 27, 1908

Box 4, folder 14. "William Angell Viall," by Jonathan P. Farnsworth, April 9, 1908

Box 4, folder 15. [Minna Von Barnhelm], by Robert P. Brown, June 30 1908

Box 4, folder 16. [untitled], by A.H. Combe and I.C. Greene, February 24, 1910

Box 4, folder 17. "Ode to Ann Eliza," by Louis B. Palmer and Philip B. Simonds, Jr., May 10, 1934; and "John Leech - Artist," by B.S. Simonds, May 24, 1934

Box 4, folder 18. "Appalachian Notes," by Alfred H. Combe, undated

Box 4, folder 19. "The English Lake District," by W.B. Vincent, undated

Box 4, folder 20. "A Modern Asmodeus," by John P. Farnsworth, undated

Box 4, folder 21. "Frederick Allen Gower," by Robert P. Brown, undated

Box 4, folder 22. "Capri," by H. Cyrus Farnum, undated

Box 4, folder 23. [Adventures of Four Medical Sports in the Maine Woods...], undated

Box 4, folder 24. [Mr. President, Fellow Degenerates...], undated

Box 4, folder 25. "Mchouneche and the Pink Cheek - J. Russell," by H. Cyrus Farnum, undated

Box 4, folder 26. "Frans Hals, the Genius," by E.S. Allen, November 18, 1909

Box 4, folder 27. [All of You at Some Time Have Felt the Call of the Wild...], undated

Box 4, folder 28. [Never Within the Memory of Living Blue-Noses...], by Walter L. Munro, undated

Box 4, folder 29. [We Had Been Several Weeks at Sakonnet...], undated

Box 4, folder 30. [Upon Being Inducted Into the Faculty of This Club...], undated

Box 4, folder 31. [Mr. President and Followers of Ann Eliza...], undated

Box 4, folder 32. Miscellaneous short pieces, mostly undated:

            "The Maids of Today - Vilannelle," by --- Farnum

            "The Girl in the Tailor-Made Gown," by M.B.

            "A.E.," by A.D. Smith, 1915

            "Unwritten Law," Robert P. Brown, 1908

            "The Stroke of a Pen," by Robert P. Brown

            "To Arba Dike Smith, The Prince of Cooks," by --- Farnsworth

            "The Ann Eliza Club - Esto Perpetua," by George W. Whittaker

            "Back to the Annual Dinner," by George W. Whittaker

            "This Bohemia," by R.P. Brown, 1915

            "It Lies Concealed Beneath the Roofs," by L.T.D., 1910

            Untitled papers by A.D. Smith, H.C. Farnum, --- Grose, and -- Sumner

            Miscellaneous untitled, unsigned pieces

Box 4, folder 33. Catalogue of Papers and Discourses, #1 - #383 (1885-1898)

Series 2: Annual Meeting and Dinner Plans

Box 5, folder 1. Dinner, 1889

Box 5, folder 2. Reception to the Ladies, 1889

Box 5, folder 3. Dinner, 1890

Box 5, folder 4. Dinner, 1891

Box 5, folder 5. Dinner, 1892

Box 5, folder 6. Dinner, 1893

Box 5, folder 7. Dinner, 1894

Box 5, folder 8. Dinner, 1895

Box 5, folder 9. Dinner, 1896

Box 5, folder 10. Dinner, 1899. Includes lectures:

            "A Revival," by G.A. Buffum

            "The True Roger Williams," unsigned

            "The Wonderful A.E. Club," unsigned

            "Gentlemen and Mr. Barker," unsigned

            [untitled], Robert P. Barker

            "A Dance in the A.E. Quarters - A Parody," by G.W. Whitaker

            "Twelfth Annual Report of the Professor of Pathological Anatomy," unsigned 

Box 5, folder 11. Dinner, January 31, 1901. Includes lectures:

            "The Portrait," by G.A. Buffum

            "The Pulex Puritans," by A.G. Carpenter

            "Truth: How a Certain Religious Organization Departed From its Early Faith," unsigned

            "An Ode to Joss," by G.W. Whitaker

            "A Parody," by F.G.J.

            "Any Old Thing," unsigned

            "The Evolution of the Kid," by G.L. Hurd

            "My Dear Mamie," unsigned

Box 5, folder 12. Annual Meeting, 1902. Includes lectures:

            [Introductory remarks,] unsigned

            "The Girl in the Tailor-Made Gown," unsigned

            "Mr. President and Sons of Ann Eliza," unsigned

            "This is a Place of Pure Delight," by J.P.F.

            "Reflections of a Founder," unsigned

            "Applied Poetics," George F. Weston

            "Bring Ann Eliza Her Log Book," by Robert P. Brown

            "Mr. Dooley Visits the A.E. Club and Applies for Membership," by G.L. Hurd

Box 5, folder 13. Annual Meeting, 1903. Includes lectures:

            [Introductory remarks,] unsigned

            "Some Artists I Have Known," by G.W. Whitaker

            "My Reading of Fine Arts," unsigned

            "Jos' Welcome," by Arba D. Smith

            "Ye Gods," by George F. Weston

            Letter from A. Carney Guy

            "The Guvner's Colonels," by Robert P. Brown

            "The Day Draws to Its Close," by Alfred H. Combe

            [untitled], by G.L. Hurd

Box 5, folder 14. Annual Dinner, 1905. Includes lectures:

            [Introductory remarks,] unsigned and by George W. Whitaker

            Two letters from Ellsworth Woodward

            Letter from Alfred H. Combe

            Letter from Edward S. Jones

            Induction of Wilfred Harold Munro, unsigned

            "Anniversary Ode," by Robert P. Brown

            "The Lost A.E.'s" by George L. Weston

            "Tis Twenty Year," by G.L. Hurd

            "Seventeenth Annual Report of the Professor of Pathological Anatomy," unsigned

Box 5, folder 15. Miscellaneous programs, 1906-1937

Series 3: Miscellaneous

Box 6, folder 1. Act of incorporation, 1892

Box 6, folder 2. Cash book, 1886-1892

Box 6, folder 3. Correspondence, 1889-1894

Box 6, folder 4. Correspondence, 1895-1910

Box 6, folder 5. Correspondence, 1913

Box 6, folder 6. Correspondence, undated

Box 6, folder 7. The Dredge, 1898 (#14)

            "Ode to Ann Eliza," by Walter Callender

            "Romance of a Gourmand," by G.W. Whitaker

            "The Passing of the Clam," unsigned

            "Vacation Soup," unsigned

            "Book Notices of the Week," by "Edful Wardler"

            "Idiotisms of the French, By One of Them," unsigned

            [untitled], by G.A. Buffum

            "How I Found the Lost Wampum," unsigned

Box 6, folder 8. The Dredge, 1898 (#15)

            "Chimmie Fadder on Women", by "J.O. King"

            "A Christmas Story," by W.K.C.

            "Glimpses of Europe," by G.M. Buffum

            "Catechism," by G.W. Whitaker

            "Romance of a Broken Leg," by G.W. Whitaker

            "The Tale of Ninigret," "written by the author" 

Box 6, folder 9. The Dredge, 1899

            "A Contrast," by G.A. Buffum

            "Service in Ely Cathedral, England," by G.A. Buffum

            "The Mystery of Huckabuck the Soothsayer," by "J.O. King"

            "The Bicycle," by G.A. Buffum

            [untitled], by G.W. Whitaker

Box 6, folder 10. The Dredge, 1899

            "Zulu Love Song," by "J.O. King"

            "A Serenade on a Gee-String," by Robert L. Barker

            "Dutch Artists, No. 2", by E.S. Allen

            "The Other Side: A Wind-Puff," by "J.O. King"

Box 6, folder 11. The Dredge, 1912

            [Sketch of a dredge], by G.W. Whitaker

            "The Dredge," unsigned

            "A Trip to Chinatown," by George W. Ronne [re Chinatown in New York]

            "Drippings from the Dredge," by G.W. Whitaker

            1896 letter from George M. Carpenter

            "The Book-worm," by J.P.F.

Box 6, folder 12. History

            Untitled, 1933

            "Early History of A.E.," by Walter L. Munro, 1935

Box 6, folder 13. Inventory of property, 1896

Box 6, folder 14. Lease of meeting room, 1888

Box 6, folder 15. Membership - Applications, 1888-1905

Box 6, folder 16. Membership - Attendance register, 1886-1892

Box 6, folder 17. Membership - Biographical data, ca. 1894-1895

Box 6, folder 18. Membership - Dues assessments, 1886-1897

Box 6, folder 19. Membership - Membership and officer lists, 1891, 1896

Box 6, folder 20. Memorial to Albert G. Carpenter, 1902

Box 6, folder 21. Memorials to Edward S. Jones, 1909

Box 6, folder 22. Memorials to George W. Whitaker, 1916

Box 6, folder 23. Minutes, 1885-1888

Box 6, folder 24. Minutes, 1888-1891

Box 6, folder 25. Minutes, 1891-1894

Box 6, folder 26. Minutes, 1894-1897

Box 6, folder 27. Minutes, 1898

Box 6, folder 28. Minutes, 1898-1900

Box 6, folder 29. Minutes, 1900-1903

Box 6, folder 30. Minutes, 1903-1904

Box 6, folder 31. Record book, 1885-1892

Box 6, folder 32. Record book, 1892-1900

Box 6, folder 33. Record book, 1900-1925

Box 6, folder 34. "Rules of Behavior," undated

Box 6, folder 35. Statutes and catalogues (printed), 1888, 1908, 1915, 1933 and undated

Box 6, folder 36. Subscription list for poetry of George A. Buffum, 1887-1888

Box 6, folder 37. Treasurer's reports, 1889-1895

Box 6, folder 38. Treasurer's reports, 1897-1900

Box 6, folder 39. Treasurer's reports, 1901-1909

Box 6, folder 40. Visitors list, 1885-1898

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Subjects:

A.E. Club: see Ann Eliza Club.

Aldrich, John G. (1864-1952)

Aldrich, Richard (1863-1935)

Allen, Edward S. (1855-1919)

Anthony, Gardner C. (1856-1937)

Art - Societies, etc. - Rhode Island

Ballou, Silas (1753-1837)

Bannister, Edward M. (1828-1901)

Barker, Robert L. (1852-1940)

Barlow, John N. (1861-ca.1935)

Barnes, David L. (1858-1896)

Bogman, Edward Y. (1849-1900)

Breul, Hugo A.B. (1854-1910)

Brown, Robert P. (1850-1921)

Buffum, George A. (1846-1901)

Bumpus, Hermon C. (1862- )

Burleigh, Sydney R. (1853-1931)

Callender, Walter (1834-1921)

Carpenter, George M. (1844-1896)

Carpenter, Albert G. (1851-1902)

Chicken-Foot Alley (Providence, R.I.)

Chinese Americans - New York

Clubs - Rhode Island - Providence

Combe, Alfred H. (1852-1924)

Crosby, Thomas Jr. (d.1947)

Davis, Charles P. (1858- )

Dredge, The (periodical)

Easton, Frederick W. (1852-1940)

Eddy, Richard

Ely, Joseph C. (1849-1897)

Farnsworth, John P. (1860-1919)

Farnum, Herbert Cyrus (1866-1926)

Field, Edward (1858-1928)

Fourierists - New Jersey

Gilman, Charlotte (Perkins) (1860-1935)

Greene, Isaac C. (1851-1916)

Grimshaw, John (1832-1894)

Hamilton, Edward W. D.

Harris, Jabez G. (1853-1928)

Hasbrouck, Sayer (1860- )

Hastings, William G. (1868- )

Hurd, Gustine L. (1833-1910)

Jones, Edward S. (1846-1909)

Keene, George F. (1853-1905)

Kenyon, Henry R. (1861- )

Knight, Edward Balch (1845-1916)

Liscomb, William S. (1848-1893)

Livermore, Frank D. (1853- )

Mead, Albert D. (1869- )

Mumford, Charles C. (1860-1918)

Munro, Walter L. (1857-1939)

Munro, Wilfred H. (1849-1934)

Narragansetts

Peck, Allen M. (1843-1922)

Peters, John M. (1863- )

Providence, R.I. - Social life and customs

Purinton, Frank M. (1852-1893 )

Rimmer, William (1816-1879)

Rose, Eben (1841- )

Shedd, Frank P. (1853-1922)

Simmons, Samuel R. Jr. (1857- )

Smith, Arba D. (1851-1922)

Smyth, Eugene L. (1857-1932)

Southwick, Isaac H. (1854-1902)

Springer, Charles H. (1857-1920)

Stetson, Charles W. (1858-1914)

Stillwell, Benjamin W. (1835-1914)

Stuart, Gilbert (1755-1828)

Thomas, A.E.

Utopias

Vanderlyn, John (1775-1852)

Vincent, Walter B. (1845-1931)

Washington County, R.I. - Description and travel

Weston, George F.

Whittaker, George W. (1840-1916)

Willson, Edmund R. (1856-1906)

Wit and humor

Woodbury, Charles E. (1845- )

Woodward, Ellsworth (1861-1939)

Wyant, Alexander H. (1836-1892)

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