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| Title: | University of Chicago. Scandinavian Club. Records |
|---|---|
| Dates: | 1926-1962 |
| Size: | .5 linear ft. (1 box) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | The Scandinavian Club records include minutes of meetings, correspondence, membership lists, notices of meetings, and programs for special events. Records within the collection date the beginnings of the Scandinavian Club to 1926, although one document claims it was in existence as early as 1899. The club sponsored a variety of social activities intended to promote Scandinavian culture and arts, including lectures, dinners, concerts, and even the production of plays by such authors as Ibsen and Strindberg. The club coordinated activities with other Scandinavian groups in the Chicago area, and invited faculty members, consular officials, and other notable persons of Scandinavian descent to participate in its programs. |
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University of Chicago. Scandinavian Club. Records, [Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
The Scandinavian Club sponsored a variety of social activities intended to promote Scandinavian culture and arts, including lectures, dinners, concerts, and even the production of plays by such authors as Ibsen and Strindberg. The club coordinated activities with other Scandinavian groups in the Chicago area, and invited faculty members, consular officials, and other notable persons of Scandinavian descent to participate in its programs.
Although records of the Scandinavian Club are fragmentary, they indicate the extent and range of the club's activities over a long period. A minute book in Swedish provides the main documentation for the years 1926-1937, although a few letters and programs survive as well. For 1944-1962 there are fairly complete sets of meeting notices, membership lists, and programs for annual spring banquets and Christmas festivals, along with miscellaneous correspondence and news clippings.
| Box 1 Folder 1 | Minutes of club meetings, 1926-1937, 1944-1946 |
| Box 1 Folder 2 | Correspondence and miscellaneous programs, 1926-1934 |
| Box 1 Folder 3 | Correspondence and miscellaneous programs, 1946-1962 |
| Box 1 Folder 4 | "All Scandinavian Night" correspondence, 1932 |
| Box 1 Folder 5 | Club meeting notices, 1946-1962 |
| Box 1 Folder 6 | Membership lists, 1947-1960 |
| Box 1 Folder 7 | Annual spring banquet programs, 1945-1962 |
| Box 1 Folder 8 | Christmas programs, 1945-1960 |
| Box 1 Folder 9 | Newspaper clippings |