Material from the dismantled scrapbooks of F.H. Jenks, the arts and leisure editor of the Boston Evening Transcript, the bulk falling between 1860 and 1900. Includes activities sponsored by organizations such as the Boston Athletic Association, the Boston Turnverein, the Boston Y.M.C.A., the Franklin Typographical Society, the Women's Educational and Industrial Union, the Boston Young Men's Christian Union and others; performances by the Apollo Club, Handel and Hayden Society and others; church services at St. Paul's Cathedral, the Second Church and others; programs at numerous public and preparatory schools, Harvard and its clubs, and other schools and colleges; lecture courses at Berkeley Temple Institute, Boston Lyceum, the Boston Star Course, the Stoddard Lectures, etc.; clubs such as the Boston Architectural Club, Boston Art Club, Boston Caledonian Club, Boston Camera Club, Boston Bicycle Club, Commercial Club of Boston, Longwood Cricket Club, Newspaper Club, St. Botolph Club, Sons of America, Trinity Club and others; programs and advertisements for events at the Boston Museum, Boston Music Hall, Tremont Theatre, Bijou Theatre, Boston Theatre, Globe Theatre, Hollis St. Theatre, Pompeiian Amphitheatre, Tremont Temple, Union Hall and others; and lectures and readings, art gallery exhibitions and expositions, circuses and variety shows, resort and travel advertisements, sporting and athletic events, and balls. Inventory with collection.
