Irving Club Collection

Finding Aid for the Irving Club Collection, 1891-1964

MS-0200

University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, June 16, 2006.

Summary Information

Title: Irving Club Collection

Date/Date Range : 1891-1964

Extent: 15.0 linear feet

Abstract:
This collection contains speeches, program books, minute and attendance books, book reviews, and publications documenting the history of the Irving Club of Knoxville, Tennessee, between 1891 and 1964.

Call number: MS-0200

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Access and Use

Aquisition Information:
Judge John M. Thornburg and his wife donated this material to the Special Collections Library in 1959.
Access Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Copyright:
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of Item], Irving Club Collection, MS-0200. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Arrangement

Collection consists of fifteen boxes.

Biography / History

Joshua W. Caldwell founded the Irving Club in 1886. It is a men's club, limited to 24 members, that meets every Monday between September and June to discuss literature and current events.

Collection Scope and Content Note

This collection contains speeches, program books, minute and attendance books, book reviews, and publications documenting the history of the Irving Club of Knoxville, Tennessee, between 1891 and 1964.

Subject Terms

Knoxville (Tenn.) -- Societies and clubs.

Contents List

Box 1		Reviews, 1896-1934
Box 2		Reviews, 1935-1938
Box 3		Reviews, 1939-1941
Box 4		Reviews, 1942-1944
Box 5		Reviews, 1945-1946
Box 6		Speeches, 1947-1949
Box 7		Reviews, 1950-1953
Box 8		Reviews, 1954-1957
Box 9		Reviews, 1958-1960
Box 10		Attendance and Minute Books, Copy of Club History, 1894-1941
Box 11		Undated and Miscellaneous Materials, undated Scope Note: Speeches Honduras Peggy Eaton George Washington-Life and Character Elizabeth and Essex (1898) The Part Taken by Washington and Franklin in Making the Constitution of the U.S. [Probably Maynard speeches] Byzantine Architecture General History of the Christian Religion and Church The Greek Church History of India - March 28, 1921 Lectures on International Law James Coolidge Carter A Lond Bridge Man's Country by Peter Clark McFarlane Pike's Expeditions The Value of Tradition Essestials to the Successful Practice of Sound City Planning The Earlier Life and Letters of Walter H. Page Italy Today Wm. G. Brownlow, Fighting Parson of the Southern Highlands We Can Defend America Shakespeare "Talks Shop" - Thaler Tides of Crisis The Mask The Case of Government - Seymour, Dec. 8, 1930 The Veteran Comes Back (1944) - Goodman House Divided (1947) - Dunford Fighting Liberal (1945) Lend Lease The Time for Decision Complacent Dictator (1947) East of the Iron Curtain (1946) In Tennessee by J.L. Mencken Strange Lands and Friendly People (1950) - Pope Boswell's London Journal (1950) - Knickerbocker On Liberty - Pope A Loss of Mastery: Puritan Historians in Colonial America--Gay Additional undated speeches (from the Hoskins Collection): Madame de Pompadour or How to Catch a King - Percy G. Adams Raroria "Happy Island of the South Seas" - R.E. Dunford Nation - J.T. Mengel Vaudeville from the "Honky Tonks to the Palace" - J.T. Mengel Father Divine: Holy Husband - F.C. Smith Syngman Rhee: The Man Behind the Myth The Taft Story
Box 12		Marked and Miscellaneous Pamphlets, undated
Box 13		Topics and Chronicles, 1891-1964
Box 14		Book Reviews, 1961-1963
Box 15		Book Reviews, 1964

Finding Aid for the Irving Club Collection, 1891-1964

University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Speeches