Gridiron Club Records 1885-1988

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Gridiron Club Records 1885-1988

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013095

Journalistic organization founded in 1885. Correspondence, writings, club records, membership books, autograph albums, dinner programs and menus, financial records, newspaper clippings, printed matter, scrapbooks, slides, photographs, and other records relating primarily to the club's annual dinner hosting members of the press, the president, and other elected officials and political figures.

42,850 items; 110 containers; 49.8 linear feet

eng,

Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6357730

Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

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Gridiron Club (Washington, D.C.)

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Founded 1885; initially envisioned as a correspondents' union but emerged as a dining club of leading and active newspaper correspondents assigned to Washington; noted for its "roasts" of prominent politicians. From the description of Records, 1900-1937. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 70939677 Journalistic organization founded in 1885. Members represent major newspapers, news services, news magazines and broadcast networks. From the d...