Elizabethan Club, Yale University, records
Scope and Contents
The records consist of minutes of meetings, financial papers, correspondence, membership lists, sketches, video recordings of the Maynard Mack lecture series, and portraits of the Elizabethan Club at Yale. Included are records of the club librarian, the club chairman, and the chair of incorporators.
Dates
- circa 1900-2013
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Access to the materials is restricted. Written permission from the Librarian of the Elizabethan Club is required.
Some records in this finding aid have been redacted, as they include student names, donor names, and other restricted data. These records will not appear in the published finding aid.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the Elizabethan Club, Yale University has been transferred to Yale University. These materials may be used for non-commercial purposes without seeking permission from Yale University as the copyright holder. For other uses of these materials, please contact beinecke.library@yale.edu.
Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Original audiovisual materials, as well as preservation and duplicating masters, may not be played. Researchers must consult use copies, or if none exist must pay for a use copy, which is retained by the repository. Researchers wishing to obtain an additional copy for their personal use should consult Copying Services information on the Manuscripts and Archives.
Copies of commercially produced audiovisual materials contained in this collection cannot be made for researcher use outside of the repository.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The records were a gift of the Elizabethan Club, 1978, 1980, 1999, 2007, 2013-2014.
Arrangement
The records are arranged alphabetically by type of material, followed by new accessions.
Extent
9.75 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
The records consist of minutes of meetings, financial papers, correspondence, membership lists, sketches, video recordings of the Maynard Mack lecture series, and portraits of the Elizabethan Club at Yale. Included are records of the club librarian, the club chairman, and the chair of incorporators.
Biographical / Historical
The Elizabethan Club was founded in 1911 when Alexander Cochran donated the clubhouse and Elizabethan collections to Yale University. The club provides a setting for students and faculty to share tea while discussing literature.
General note
Forms part of Yale Record Group 40 (YRG 40), Records of Yale clubs, societies and organizations.
- College students -- Societies, etc.
- College teachers -- Societies, etc.
- Elizabethan Club (Yale University)
- Literature -- Societies, etc.
- Yale University -- Faculty
- Yale University -- Societies, etc.
- Yale University -- Students
- Title
- Guide to the Elizabethan Club, Yale University, Records
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- compiled by Manuscripts and Archives Staff
- Date
- September 2007
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository
Yale University Library
P.O. Box 208240
New Haven CT 06520-8240 US
(203) 432-1735
(203) 432-7441 (Fax)
beinecke.library@yale.edu
Location
Sterling Memorial Library
Room 147
120 High Street
New Haven, CT 06511