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History of the Modern Mondays Reading Club
Scope and Content of the Records
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The Morristown and Morris Township Library
One Miller Road
Morristown, NJ 07960
One Miller Road
Morristown, NJ 07960
Modern Mondays Reading Club Records, 1921-2011
Overview of Collection |
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| Creator: | Modern Mondays Reading Club | |
| Title and Dates: | Modern Mondays Reading Club Records, 1921-2011 | |
| Collection Number: | HM51 Mode Mond | |
| Quantity: | 3.5 Linear Feet in 7 Manuscript boxes | |
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Important Information for Users of the Collection
Most of the material is open for research without restriction under the conditions of the North Jersey History and Genealogy Center archives access policy. Records may be copied for use in individual scholarly or personal research, however, as with all materials in the History Center, researchers are responsible for obtaining copyright permission to use material from the collection. Material in the Modern Mondays Reading Club Records may be photocopied, but because this material is a permanent part of the History Center's collections, researchers are advised to photocopy with care, using only the reading room scanner for bound material. Restricted materials will become available at a later date.
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Modern Mondays Reading Club Records, 1921-2011. North Jersey History and Genealogy Center, The Morristown and Morris Township Library.
Acquisition Information
Material for this collection is acquired on a periodic basis. The most current information dates from 2011.
Processing Information
Originally arranged by S. Christine Jochem, Archivist, 2001.
Revised and encoded by North Jersey History and Genealogy Center Archivist, 2008; Revisions and updates, 2013.
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History of the Modern Mondays Reading Club
The first meeting of the Modern Mondays Reading Club, often simply referred to as Modern Mondays, was held in December of 1921. At the time of it's organization, the club's purpose was "to do a little serious and worthwhile reading". Dues of $1.00 per month helped pay for such early guest speakers as Christopher Morley (journalist and author) and David Morton (poet). Over the years, the reading selections have been eclectic and far-reaching, mirroring the caliber of the club's members. Early members included: Ethel Cutler Freeman, an authority on Indian Affairs at the American Musuem of Natural History; Dorothy Kunhardt, author of Pat the Bunny and other children's books and Elinor Parker, a manager of Scribner's Book Store on 5th Avenue and 48th Street in New York. Modern Mondays continues to meet on a monthly basis. Traditions founded with the club continue to inform the group, as members still write papers on the works they have read and books are still donated to The Morristown Public Library in honor of past members.
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Scope and Content of the Records
The records of the Modern Mondays Reading Club include meeting minutes, program guides, program reports (papers), membership lists, correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, as well as the Constitition and By-Laws of the organization.
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Arrangement of the Records
The records have been organized into four series.
Series I: Administrative, 1921-2007.
This series includes the Constitition and By-Laws, historical information about the club, newspaper clippings, correspondence and photographs of a meeting held outdoors from the 1940's.
Series II: Minutes, 1921-2004.
The minutes of the Modern Monday Reading Club begin on December 5, 1921 and are available up until the last meeting of 2004.
Series III: Papers and Programs, 1927-2011; not dated.
Yearly programs were decided upon prior to the start of the season and program booklets were printed up and supplied to each member. Certain authors, books or subjects were assigned to each meeting date and one member of the club was chosen to compose a paper on that topic, to be read at the meeting.
Series IV: Membership Yearbooks, 1925-2011.
The early yearbooks were primarily program guides, listing the dates of the upcoming meetings, the books and authors to be discussed and the club member whose turn it was to write a report on the subject. These small booklets also listed the members of the club, the officers and program committee members, and the names of those members taking a sabbatical. By the mid 1960's members' addresses were also included and therefore, have been restricted for use by members only.
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