Franklin Inn Club records

The Franklin Inn Club is a private club for authors, illustrators, editors, and publishers organized in 1902 at Philadelphia. Correspondence; biographical data on the members, and manuscripts or other examples of their work; minutes, 1902-1955; account books, 1923-1950, invoices, 1927-1937, financi...

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Corporate Author: Franklin Inn Club (Creator)
Collection:Franklin Inn Club Records
Collection Number:1847
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
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Physical Description: 21.0 Linear feet 21 linear feet, 33 boxes, 28 volumes
Summary: The Franklin Inn Club is a private club for authors, illustrators, editors, and publishers organized in 1902 at Philadelphia. Correspondence; biographical data on the members, and manuscripts or other examples of their work; minutes, 1902-1955; account books, 1923-1950, invoices, 1927-1937, financial reports, bills, and receipts, and miscellaneous financial records; entertainment records, including texts of speeches, papers, and plays given before the club; and miscellany of other materials. The collection also contains three book length manuscripts: George Gibbs, The Secret Witness, (1917); John Bach McMasters, Life and Times of Stephen Girard, (1918); and Felix Emanuel Schelling, A History of English Drama, (1914).