Boswell Club of Chicago records, 1944-1972

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IdentificationMSBCC_70
TitleBoswell Club of Chicago records MSBCC_70
PublisherSpecial Collections
LanguageEnglish
RepositorySpecial Collections
Physical Description3.0 Linear feet
Date1944-1972
AbstractThe Boswell Club of Chicago was organized in 1942 as a literary club for men patterned after "The Club" of Samuel Johnson and James Boswell's eighteenth century England. The collection consists primarily of correspondence, announcements, agendas, membership lists, bulletins, clippings, photographs, press releases, programs, lectures, and printed materials.
Origination
- Akin, William S.
- Boswell Club of Chicago.

The Boswell Club of Chicago was organized on August 21, 1942. It was a literary club for men patterned after "The Club" of Samuel Johnson and James Boswell's eighteenth century England. The Boswell Club's major area of interest was in eighteenth-century English literature, as well as in carrying on the traditions of its famous predecessor. Participants included English faculty members from area universities as well as eighteenth-century enthusiasts, literature critics, publishers, and authors. Club members would take on the names of literary or historical figures by which they were known at meetings and in the club's publication, The Rambler.

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of correspondence, announcements, agendas, membership lists, bulletins, clippings, photographs, press releases, programs, lectures, and printed materials relating to the activities of the Boswell Club. It also contains monthly issues of The Rambler.