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Fortnightly Club (New Iberia, Louisiana) Collection

Collection 70

Fortnightly Club (New Iberia, Louisiana). Collection, 1924–2022, n.d.

9 feet, 4 inches

The Fortnightly Club was organized in 1924 in New Iberia, Louisiana for literary study with a membership not to exceed twenty. All club activities were to stay within the vicinity of New Iberia.

This collection includes scattered records covering club activities from 1924 to the present day. It contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, financial records, minutes, yearbooks, and scrapbooks.

Series:

A. Records 1-01 through 2-03
B. Yearbooks 2-04 through 2-13
C. Notes on Topics and Book Reviews 2-14 through 2-18
D. Miscellaneous 2-19 through 2-24
E. Scrapbooks and Photograph Albums Boxes 3 through 7

Inventory:

Box 1
  A. Records
    1-01 Constitution and By-Laws [galley pages from 1941-1942 yearbook], n.d.
    1-02 Minutes [loose sheets], 1931/1932, 1937/1938 - 1941/1942, 1942/1943 - 1944/1945, 1945/1946 - 1947/1948
    1-03 Minute Book, 1947-1953
    1-04 Minute Book, 1953-1958
    1-05 Record Books, 1959/1960 - 1960/1961
    1-06 Minute Book, 1961-1965
    1-07 Minute Book, 1965-1970
    1-08 Minute Book, 1971-1978
    1-09 Minute Book, 1974-1976
    1-10 Minute Book, 1978-1986
    1-11 Minute Book, 1985-1994
    1-12 Minute Book, 1994-2003
    1-13 Minute Book, 2003-2009
    1-14 Minute Book, 2009-2019
    1-15 Minutes, 10 September 2019 – 11 November 2020
    1-16 Minutes, 5 January 2021 – 14 September 2021
    1-17 Minutes, 28 September – 3 May 2022
    1-18 Minutes, 13 September 13 – 20 December 2022
    1-19 Financial Records, 1936-1938, 1958-1960
        Bank statements, receipts, treasurer's reports
    1-20 Treasurer’s Report, 1965-1973
    1-21 Membership Lists, 1926-2006, n.d.
       
Box 2  
    2-01 Guests and Friends Book, 2014
    2-02 Material about Books, 1940s
        Books reviewed at meeting, 1940, 1942
        List of books sent to soldiers, 1940
        Lists of books owned or to buy, 1940s
    2-03 Correspondence, 1932-1961, n.d.
        Invitations, acceptances, resignations, much on service activities during WWII
         
  B. Yearbooks
    2-04 1930s
    2-05 1940s
    2-06 1950s
    2-07 1960s
    2-08 1970s
    2-09 1980s
    2-10 1990s
    2-11 2000s
    2-12 2010s
    2-13 2020s
       
  C. Notes on Topics and Book Reviews
    2-14 Topics [handwritten] n.d.
        Aviation Topics, Hilaire Belloc, Brazil, Life and Character of Robert F. Broussard, Dutch and English on the Hudson, Fort Livingston, Hawaii, North Dakota
    2-15 Papers, n.d.
        "American Realists" (Thomas Eakins and Winslow Homer), Notes on Battle of Trafalgar, Louisiana Natural Resources [incomplete], 19th Century English Authors, "Spanish Borderlands", "Arturo Toscanini", "Booth Tarkington"
    2-16 Papers, n.d.
        John James Audubon, Aviation, Julies Gaius Caesar, Life of Cervantes, Crusaders of New France, Lenses, Mr. Ben Lilly and His Work, The Life and Work of Vincent Van Gogh
         
    2-17 Retrospective Readings from the Fortnightly Club’s Programs During the 1930s through 1980s, n.d.
    2-18 Book Reviews
        Cobb, Irwin S. Exit Laughing
        Gallico, William. The Snow Goose
        Hansen, Harry. The Chicago River
        Heggen, Thomas. Mister Roberts
        Strode, Husdon. South by Thunderbird
        Varè, Daniel. The Last Empress
         
  D. Miscellaneous
    2-19 Histories, n.d.
    2-20 Articles, 1893, 1969, 2014, 2019, n.d.
    2-21 Programs and Invitations, 1960-1962, 2000
    2-22 Photographs, 1982, 1985, 1991, 2019, n.d.
    2-23 Golden Anniversary Proclamations, 2003
    2-24 The Fortnightly Book Selections, 1930-1980
         
Box 3
  E. Scrapbooks and Photograph Albums
    3-01 The New Book Shelf Scrap Book, 1931, 1950
         
Box 4
    4-01 Scrapbook, 1934-2019
    4-02 Scrapbook, 1958-1963
         
Box 5
    5-01 Scrapbook, 1974, 1984, 1994, 1996
    5-02 Scrapbook, 1999, 2000-2002
    5-03 Scrapbook, 2003-2006
    5-04 Scrapbook, 2007-2019
    5-05 Coping in the Time of COVID-19, 2020
         
Box 6
    6-01 The Fortnightly Club at the Petroleum Club, Lafayette, LA [framed photograph], December 1992
    6-02 Photograph Album 1
    6-03 Photograph Album 2
    6-04 Photograph Album 3
       
Box 7
    7-01 Senior Fortnightly 35th Anniversary, 1962-1970
    7-02 Scrapbook, Vol. IV, 1963-1964