Mermaid Club records 1881-1922

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Mermaid Club records 1881-1922

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This collection consists of the records of the Mermaid Club, a literary society founded in 1877 in Germantown, Philadelphia. Included are copies of the club's publications written by Edwin Jellett: "The Mermaid Club: Its Past and Present," "The Mermaid of the Past," "The Record of a Reading Club," meeting minutes, Courses of Readings, bound copies of the Mermaid Inn, printed Rules and Regulations, correspondence.

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Germantown Historical Society

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Germantown Historical Society

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Jellett, Edwin C. (Edwin Costley), 1860-1929

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"Engineer and amateur botanist, gardener and local historian, [Edwin Costley] Jellett [1860-1929] is known for his various books about Germantown, its environment, gardens, old homes and residents of the area. He was very active in the Germantown Horticultural Society and in the Site and Relic Society of Germantown [Germantown Historical Society." Bibliography: Finding aid for "Jellett, Edwin Costley, 1860- Flora of Germantown, 1903," collection 432. Archives...

Mermaid Club (Germantown, Pa.)

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The Mermaid Club was organized in 1887 as an extension of the "Band of St. Michael," a social group for boys founded by Ms. Agnes Lambdin and affiliated with St. Michael's Church of Germantown. Young men who attained the age of 19 were no longer eligible for membership in the Band. The decision to establish the Mermaid Club stemmed from a desire to provide the young men who lacked the means to pursue further formal education with an opportunity to read and discuss great books as a w...