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Records, 1879-1954.

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Founded in 1879 by two teenaged girls, Kate Osborn and Maria Forbush, in a room of the Prince School on Newbury St. in Boston, the Attic Club was consciously patterned on the type of genteel literary association or book discussion group their mothers belonged to and which were so important as forums for the exchange of ideas in the pre-suffrage era. The club met monthly, fall, winter and spring to read original poetry, act out plays and to discuss works of literature or current events according to a pre-determined agenda. guest lecturers were occasionally invited to speak. The club never had more than twenty increasingly elderly members; presumably the club was dissolved by the nine who remained in 1954, the 75th anniversary of the club. Records include books of minutes and membership lists, a guest register, manuscript poems and plays, letters and photographs spanning the years 1879-1954. Information may be found on the activities of members such as Alice Brown, the author and Mrs. H.H.A. Beach, the composer. Guest lecturers included Kate Gannett Wells, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Edwin D. Mead, Nathan Haskell Dole and Curtis Guild, Jr.

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Brown, Alice, 1857-1948

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American author. From the description of Letter, Boston : to Mrs. George Edward Barton. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 14402745 Writer of short stories, novels, and plays. From the description of Alice Brown papers, 1876-1947. (Manchester City Library). WorldCat record id: 32576984 Alice Brown, American poet, novelist, and dramatist, was born in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, on December 5, 1857 to Levi Brown and Elizabeth Lucas. She...

Beach, H.H.A. Mrs

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Dedicated to Madame Teresa CarrenĖƒo. First performance Music Hall, Boston, 6 April 1900, Boston Symphony, William Gericke conductor, the composer as soloist.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Concerto : for pianoforte and orchestra, op. 45 / by Mrs. H.H.A. Beach. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 43256910 American composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p., London?, n.d.], to Stanley K. Faye at t...

Attic Club.

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Wells, Kate Gannett, 1838-1911

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Author. Born Catherine Boott Gannett. From the description of Kate Cannett Wells correspondence, circa 1887. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981337 Philanthropist, reformer, writer. From the description of Manuscript fragment, n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 62524008 Philanthropist, reformer, and writer. From the description of Letter, [1905] June 7, Boston, to Charles M. Green. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 1726...