Athenaeum Club Records
Scope and Content
The collection includes minutes, correspondence, a constitution and by-laws, lists of members, and a brief history. Also included are copies of papers delivered between 1967 and 1994 as well as several earlier ones.
Dates
- Creation: 1905-2024
Creator
- Athenaeum Club (University of Florida). (Organization)
Access
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Biographical/Historical Note
The Athenaeum Club, named after the Greek Goddess Athena, goddess of wisdom, art, industries and warfare, was founded in 1905 by President Andrew Sledd and several faculty members to provide a forum where faculty could exchange ideas and opinions concerning contemporary issues. It is the oldest faculty organization at the University of Florida. Sledd served as first president, Edward R. Flint, professor of chemistry, as vice-president, and Charles L. Crow, professor of romance languages, as secretary.
Club by-laws stipulate that each member must submit a paper and lead a discussion period with the intent to deposit all essays in the library or submit them for publication. Material for speeches concern such topics as health and science, sociology, economics, history, the supernatural, nature and conservation, geography, energy, etc.
Extent
4 Linear feet (9 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Minutes, correspondence, a constitution and by-laws, lists of members, and a brief history of the University of Florida Athenaeum Club.
Physical Location
University of Florida Smathers Library Building
Subject
- University of Florida. (Organization)
- Title
- A Guide to the Athenaeum Club Records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by John R. Nemmers
- Date
- August 2004
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is written in English.
Revision Statements
- November 2006: This finding aid was revised in November 2006 by John Nemmers so that it would be in agreement with the 2006 Florida best practice guidelines.
Repository Details
Part of the Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida Repository
George A. Smathers Libraries
PO Box 117005
Gainesville Florida 32611-7005 United States of America
352-273-2755
special@uflib.ufl.edu