Series I. Governance, 1805-1941, inclusive
Scope and Contents
The series contains 12 volumes and records most directly related to the administration of the Society. This includes the volumes of meeting minutes, supporting document books, as well as scattered copies of meeting minutes, election ballots, and other meeting material. Most of these records have been organized according to their meeting type and date, but unordered groups of administrative documents have been placed under the name of "Secretary's records." These records provide a rich image of the Society's various meetings, as well as the election of the officers and directors, which amounted to the Society's trustees.
Arrangement
The series is organized by document type and chronologically, with volumes being first.
Minutes, vol. 1, 1805-1836, inclusive
Scope and Contents
In addition to the minutes for all meetings in stated time period, this volume also contains the constitution and by-laws of the New England Society.
Minutes, vol. 2, 1837-1856, inclusive
Minutes, vol. 3, 1857-1884, inclusive
Minutes, vol. 4, 1884-1898, inclusive
Minutes, vol. 5, 1898-1906, inclusive
Minutes, vol. 6, 1907-1915, inclusive
Minutes, vol. 7, 1915-1923, inclusive
Minutes, vol. 8, 1924-1933, inclusive
Minutes, vol. 9, 1933-1941, inclusive
Book of officers and committees, 1894-1902, inclusive
Supporting documents book, vol. 1, 1894-1899, inclusive
Scope and Contents
This volume includes correspondence, committee reports, treasurer reports, and other documents discussed during a meeting of the Society.
Supporting documents book, vol. 2, 1899-1909, inclusive
Scope and Contents
This volume includes correspondence, committee reports, treasurer reports, and other documents discussed during a meeting of the Society.
Annual Meeting records, 1894, inclusive
Special Meeting records, 1894, inclusive
Annual Meeting election ballots, 1894-1906, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes the ballots cast by members at the Annual Meeting to elect the new year's governing body of the Society; for Annual Meetings and/or Special Meetings that had their own files during this time period. Ballots found with the Special Meeting or Annual Meeting records were kept together.
Monthly Meeting records, 1895 January, inclusive
Annotated by-laws, 1900, inclusive
Scope and Contents
This document includes handwritten annotations suggesting edits to the by-laws, such as changing the requirements and language around admission into the Society and membership.