HARVARD TRAVELLERS CLUB ARCHIVES

(Box 09c) Club Publications, Menus, Special Meetings & Keepsakes.

Arranged in chronological order.

✔ = This item or folder is physically in the Box indicated. Some items may be missing, so indicated.
x  = This item or folder is not physically present in the Box indicated; only appears electronically. It may or may not appear in another box.

✔ 1. Circular Letter of Introduction . Single sheet with 'Harvard Travellers Club' at the top over the Club Seal. Two examples: one blank and the one made out to William Bayard Cutting, Jr., signed by Francis T. Colby, Secretary. Dated: February 16, 1909. [1]p.

✔ 2. A Circular Regarding Correspondence with Distant Harvard Men. No date [1908 or 1909]. [8]pp.

✔ 3. Captain R. A. "Bob" Bartlett Dinner. A dinner, the 59th meeting of the Club, attended by Captain Robert A. Bartlett who spoke on "On the Peary Expedition to the North Pole." February 11, 1910. [4]pp.

✔ 4. Theodore Roosevelt Complimentary Dinner. A dinner, the 72nd meeting of the Club, attended by former President Theodore Roosevelt who spoke on "His Hunting Experiences in East Africa." December 12, 1911. [4]pp. Signed by Theodore and Kermit Roosevelt.

x  5a. Shackleton Luncheon Invitation. This luncheon was held at the Harvard Union on March 31, 1910 in honor of Sir Ernest Shackleton. [1]p.

x  5b. Shackleton(s) in Boston. A paper on Shackleton's visit to Boston and luncheon talk to the Harvard Travellers Club, as well as connections between the Club and other Shackletons. [14]pp.

✔ 6. Charles W. Eliot Complimentary Dinner. A dinner, the 81st meeting of the Club, attended by President Charles W. Eliot who spoke on "The Social and Political Condition of China." January 17, 1913. [4]pp. With related documents.

✔ 7. Handbook of Travel. Prepared by the Harvard Travellers Club. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1917. First edition. 544 pages. A Google scan. Note: There is a copy already deposited at the Harvard University Archives. See https://www.rs41.org/HTC/archives.htm.

✔ 8. History of the Harvard Travellers Club 1902-1932. Cambridge: Printed by Samuel Marcus Press, 1933. 119 pages.

✔ 9. Handbook of Travel. Edited by George Cheever Shattuck. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, Second edition, revised and enlarged, 1935. 510pp. Bookplate of Henry S. Hall, Jr. 1895-1987 on front paste-down endpaper. Note: There is a copy already deposited at the Harvard University Archives. See https://www.rs41.org/HTC/archives.htm.

x  10. History of Harvard Travellers Club. An Address given by President Harrison E. Kennard at the 50th Anniversary Dinner, November 18, 1952. Included in the 1953 Year Book. 3-7pp. [Note: A draft of this may be found at 10-8.01.3]

x  11. 600th Meeting. Menu for the 600th Meeting on November 13, 1984. Speakers: Kermit and Jonathan Roosevelt, East Africa: A Roosevelt Retrospective. [2]pp.

x  12. 90th Anniversary Meeting Notice. November 10, 1992.

✔ 13. Outing to New Bedford. September 17, 1994. [2]pp.

x  14. 700th Meeting. Notice & Menu for the 700th Meeting on March 11, 1997. [2]pp. Speaker: Bradford Washburn. Matterhorn, McKinley and Everest.

✔ 15. The Seal of the Harvard Travellers Club. Prepared for the 739th Meeting, February 12, 2002. [4]pp.

✔ 16. 100 Years. Harvard Travellers Club. Prepared for the 744th Meeting, November 15, 2002. [4]pp. Speaker: Jonathan Shackleton. Shackleton Returns! The Antarctic, Ireland, the Shackletons and One Hundred Years of the Harvard Travellers Club. Signed by a number of members. Also, the meeting notice.

✔ 17. 100th Anniversary: November 14, 1902 - November 15, 2002. Includes the Invitation to the First Meeting, The Founders, William Morris Davis. 250 copies issued for the Centennial Dinner, November 15, 2002 (744th Meeting). [4]pp. 2 copies.

✔ 18. 100 Years / 750 Meetings. A keepsake produced for the 750th meeting of the Harvard Travellers Club held on May 27, 2003.[12]pp. Includes the regular meetings from inception through Meeting 750. Issued in an edition of 150 copies. Speaker: Astronaut Story Musgrave. Earth as Art.

✔ 19. 800th Meeting. Notice & Menu for the 800th Meeting on November 10, 2009. Menu signed by those sitting at Table 14. [2]pp.

✔ 20. 850th Meeting. A keepsake produced for the 850th meeting of the Harvard Travellers Club held on January 12, 2016. 8pp. It includes a variety of historical information on the Club. 2 copies. Speaker: Wendy Booker. 90 Degrees Latitude and Longitude...Incredible!

✔ 21. A Chinese Banquet. March 19, 2016. A Keepsake produced for a dinner held at the Joyful Garden, 1234 Soldiers Field Road, Brighton. Attended by members of the Council. [4]pp.

✔ 22. 900th Meeting. A keepsake produced for the 900th meeting of the Harvard Travellers Club held on November 9, 2022. 8pp. It includes a variety of historical information on the Club. 2 copies. Speaker: Robert K. Headland. Enigmas of the Southern Ocean: The Non-Existent Islands with Ernest Shackleton's Explorations.