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Finding Aid for the Silver Creek
Shakespeare Club Records,
1889-1990
MS 53
State University of New York at
Buffalo. University Archives
420 Capen HallBuffalo, New York 14260United StatesPhone: 716-645-2916 Fax: 716-645-3714Email:
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Title: Silver Creek Shakespeare
Club Records,
1889-1990
Creator:
Shakespeare Club (Silver Creek, N.Y.)
Extent: 3
manuscript boxes, 2 oversize
boxes (3.09 linear
feet)
Repository:
State University of New York at Buffalo. University
Archives
Abstract: Record books, 1890-1902,
1912-1913, containing lists of members and officers, and minutes of meetings;
annual programs, 1891-1987, containing the year's events, plays read and the
constitution of the club; photographs, circa 1904-1987; scrapbooks
commemorating the 75th and 100th anniversaries of the club; papers, circa
1903-1970, written by members on plays and other literary topics, read at the
annual Shakespeare nights; clippings and correspondence concerning the club,
and a history of the club compiled at the time of its 75th anniversary. Also
included are memorabilia and clippings about Shakespeare collected by the club
and a set of critical editions of Shakespeare's plays by Henry N. Hudson,
purchased by the club in 1890.
Preferred Citation
[Description and dates], Box/folder number, MS 53, Silver Creek
Shakespeare Club Records, 1889-1990, University Archives, The State University
of New York at Buffalo.
See the Archives'
preferred citations instructions for
additional information.
Acquisition Information
The records of the Silver Creek Shakespeare Club were donated to the
University Archives, The State University of New York at Buffalo, by the
Shakespeare Club in 1991.
Terms of Access
Silver Creek Shakespeare Club Records, 1889-1990, are open for
research.
Copyright
Copyright of papers in the collection may be held by their authors,
or the authors' heirs or assigns. Researchers must obtain the written
permission of the holder(s) of copyright and the University Archives before
publishing quotations from materials in the collection. Most papers may be
copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures unless otherwise
specified.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Archives staff in the early 1990s.
Accruals and Additions
No further accruals are expected to this collection.
The Silver Creek Shakespeare Club of Silver Creek, New York, was
founded by Rev. Robert Newton Stubbs in 1889. Its goal was to broaden the
culture of Silver Creek, and "to give what pleasure we can get what benefit we
may." After 1895, the club was made up entirely of women, many college
educated, with membership limited to twenty five. They focused on
interpretative readings of Shakespeare and other subjects of general
literature, studying three or four plays a year. In order to join, applications
had to be presented to the current President of the Club, and then submitted to
an anonymous committee of three. If approved, the application was then voted on
by members' written ballots; three "no's" excluding it for that year. The club
met about twenty times a year, with an annual Shakespeare Night in March that
included food, entertainment and papers read on historical background and
characters of plays. Other holidays observed were Twelfth Night (first meeting
in January), Shakespeare's Birthday, and the annual picnic on the Tuesday after
July 4th. The club also aided the Red Cross, Crippled Children's Protestant
Home and the Lee Library in Silver Creek. The Shakespeare club was also a
social club, surviving through the stock market crash, the Depression and two
World Wars. The Club is still active in Silver Creek.
Record books (1890-1902, 1912-1913) containing the roll, lists of
members and officers, and minutes of meetings; annual programs (1891-1987)
containing the year's events, plays read and the constitution of the club;
photographs (ca. 1904-1987); scrapbooks commemorating the 75th (1964) and 100th
(1989) anniversaries of the Club; papers (ca. 1903-1970) written by members on
plays and other literary topics, read on the Annual Shakespeare Nights; some
clippings and correspondence concerning the club, and a history of the club
compiled at the time of its 75th anniversary. Also included are memorabilia and
clippings about Shakespeare collected by the Club and a set of critical
editions of Shakespeare's plays by Henry N. Hudson, purchased by the Club in
1890.
This collection is divided by genre.
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| Box-folder |
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Contents |
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| 1.1 |
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Record books,
1890-1894
,
1894-1898
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| 1.2 |
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Record books,
1898-1902,
1912-1913,
1935-1942;
includes drafts of letters and celebration of organization nights in 1935-1942
record book.
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| 1.3 |
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Annual programs,
1891-1893,
1895-1898,
1902-1918
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| 1.4 |
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Annual programs,
1920-1938
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| 1.5 |
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Annual programs,
1938-1951,
1952-1959
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| 1.6 |
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Annual programs,
1959-1987
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| 2.1 |
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Photo album contents,
1890-1980
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| 2.2 |
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Twenty fifth Anniversary letter from Reverend Stubbs,
1914
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| 2.3 |
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Agreement with Lee Library Association,
1929
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| 2.4 |
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Constitution,
1930-1961
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| 2.5 |
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Club correspondence,
1927-1987
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| 2.6 |
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Fiftieth Anniversary article,
1939
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| 2.7 |
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Seventy Fifth Anniversary scrapbook,
1964
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| 2.8a |
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Throughout the Years [75th Anniversary History],
1964
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| 2.8b |
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One Hundredth Anniversary scrapbook,
1989
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| 2.9 |
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Newspaper clippings,
1964-1987
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| Box-folder |
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Contents |
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| 2.10 |
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"All's Well" -- "Coriolanus"
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| 2.11 |
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"Court Intrigues" -- "Great Shakespearian
Actors"
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| 2.12 |
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"Hamlet's Insanity" -- "Much Ado About
Nothing"
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| 2.13 |
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"Myths" -- "The Younger School of
Dramatists"
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| 2.14 |
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Club study sheets, songs, rough drafts of programs,
1926-1989
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|
| Box |
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Contents |
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| 3 |
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Printed study editions of Shakespeare plays,
1888; includes set
of critical editions of plays edited by Henry Norman Hudson (1814-1886),
ordered by the Club in 1890; also
A Compendium of Parliamentary Law by
Mrs. John F. Lewis (Buffalo, 1912).
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| 4 |
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Shakespeare memorabilia, undated; includes prints,
postcards, theater programs, articles from magazine and other
materials.
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| 5 |
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Shakespeare clippings, circa
1900-1980
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| |
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Organized by name of play.
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the Library's online catalog.
Hudson, Henry Norman,
1814-1886
State University of New
York at Buffalo. University Archives
Stubbs, Robert
Newton
Clubs--New York
(State)--Silver Creek
Shakespeare Club (Silver Creek, N.Y.)--Anniversaries,
etc.
Shakespeare Club (Silver Creek, N.Y.)--Archives
Shakespeare Club (Silver Creek, N.Y.)--History
Shakespeare Club (Silver Creek, N.Y.)--Miscellanea
Shakespeare Club (Silver Creek, N.Y.)--Records and
correspondence
Shakespeare, William,
1564-1616--Criticism and interpretation
Shakespeare, William,
1564-1616--Societies, etc.
Shakespeare, William,
1564-1616--Stage history--New York (State)--Silver Creek
Silver Creek
(N.Y.)--Intellectual life
Silver Creek
(N.Y.)--Social life and customs
State
University of New York at Buffalo--Archives
Women--New York
(State)--Silver Creek--Societies and clubs--History
