Series VI. Event Records, 1870-1922, inclusive
Arrangement
This series is organized into two subseries to reflect the different types of events which the New England Society held. The first subseries specifically covers material related to the Annual Dinner/Festival, while the other subseries covers materials from assorted dinners, dedications, and events.
Subseries VI.A. Annual Dinner and Festival, 1870-1913, inclusive
Scope and Contents
The subseries contains 21 volumes and loose material relating to material related to the Annual Dinner/Festival, including correspondence, guestbooks, invitation printing plates, the stenographer reports, and some of the copies of addresses given during the dinner, and applications for guests. Of particular note is the guests of these dinners, as the Society traditionally invited notable federal and state politicians, businessmen, industrialists, and other figures to their dinners.
Arrangement
This subseries is organized chronologically.
Printing plates, 1870-1910, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Approximately 10 printing plates used for the printing of invitations and menus for the Annual Dinner of the New England Society.
Guest book, 1889, inclusive
RSVP scrapbook, 1889, inclusive
Guest book, 1890s, inclusive
Dinner correspondence, 1892, inclusive
Guest book, 1892, inclusive
Guest book, 1893, inclusive
Dinner correspondence (2 folders), 1894, inclusive
Guest book, 1894, inclusive
Guest book, 1895, inclusive
Guest book, 1896, inclusive
Dinner correspondence, 1897
Dinner correspondence "official guests", 1897, inclusive
Guest book, 1897, inclusive
Dinner correspondence, 1898, inclusive
Seating arrangement, 1898, inclusive
Guest book, 1898, inclusive
Dinner dues collection book, 1898-1908, inclusive
Dinner stenographer reports, 1898, 1902-1903, inclusive
Dinner correspondence, 1899, inclusive
Guest book, 1899, inclusive
Dinner correspondence (2 folders), 1900, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes letters with Woodrow Wilson, then President of Princeton, thanking the Society for inviting him.
Guest book, 1900, inclusive
Dinner correspondence (3 folders), 1901, inclusive
Guest book, 1901, inclusive
Dinner correspondence, 1902, inclusive
Dinner correspondence, 1903, inclusive
Guest book, 1903, inclusive
Dinner correspondence, 1904, inclusive
Guest book, 1904, inclusive
Dinner Committee Documents, 1904-1905, inclusive
Dinner stenographer reports, 1904-1906, inclusive
Dinner correspondence (2 folders), 1905, inclusive
Guest book, 1905, inclusive
Dinner correspondence (2 folders), 1906, inclusive
Guest book, 1906, inclusive
Dinner correspondence, 1907, inclusive
Guest book, 1907, inclusive
Dinner correspondence, 1908, inclusive
Dinner addresses and speeches, 1908, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes remarks from Leonard Wood and Seth Low, the latter honoring Theodore Roosevelt, who was present at the 1908 dinner.
Guest book, 1908, inclusive
Dinner correspondence, 1909, inclusive
Dinner stenographer reports, 1907-1909, inclusive
Dinner addresses and speeches, 1910, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes the annual sermon, "The Puritan's Contribution Today," by Rev. Hugh Birckhead, "The Forefathers and the American Idea" by Darwin Kingsley, and additional addresses from James Thompson McCleary and President Thomas.
Dinner applications, 1910, inclusive
Dinner promotional material, 1910, inclusive
Dinner stenographer reports, 1910-1911, inclusive
Dinner correspondence "official guests", 1910-1911, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Primarily includes correspondence with the official guests of the Annual Dinner, including correspondence with the US President, various governors, bankers, lawyers, among others.
Dinner correspondence, 1911, inclusive
Dinner correspondence, 1912, inclusive
Dinner correspondence "official guests", 1912, inclusive
Dinner applications, 1913, inclusive
Dinner correspondence (3 folders), 1913, inclusive
Dinner programs, 1913, inclusive
Subseries VI.B. Other Events, 1875-1922, inclusive
Scope and Contents
The subseries contains loose material related to all events hosted and sponsored by the New England Society other than their Annual Dinner/Festival, including sermons, lectures, book printings, and dedications. Of particular interest would be the Society's involvement in the creation of the Pilgrim Hall Portico, which was designed by the famous architecture firm McKim, Mead, and White.
Arrangement
This subseries is organized chronologically.
Anniversary booklet, 1878, inclusive
Fines Dinner records (5 folders), 1895-1899, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Records of the annual "Fines" dinner held at the Union League, unrelated to the much larger and extravagant Annual Dinner.
Yearbook galley prints, 1898, 1904, inclusive
Member's Entertainment documents, 1901, inclusive
Member's Entertainment galley prints, 1901, inclusive
Yearbook, 1908, inclusive
Pilgrim Monument Memorial Dedication, 1910, inclusive
Yearbook galley prints, 1910-1911, 1913, inclusive
Yearbook, 1911, inclusive
Annual Sermons, 1910-1911, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Sermons to members of the New England Society, from Hugh Birckhead (1910) and William Grosvenor (1911).
Annual Sermons, 1911-1912, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes the annual sermons from William Pierce Merill (1911) and John Jowett (1912).
Commodore J.W. Miller Lecture, 1911, inclusive
Scope and Contents
"New England's Interest in the Cape Cod Canal"
Facsimile correspondence (2 folders), 1912-1913, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Correspondence primarily about the printing and distribution of two facsimile tracts, "The Puritans' Farewell to England Being 'the Humble Request'" (1630) and "The Abstract of the Laws of New England" (1641)
Bay Psalm Book correspondence, 1913, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Correspondence contains discussion about the printing and dissemination of a New England Society copy of the Bay Psalm Book, the first book printed in North America which contained translations of the Bible's psalms in vernacular poetry.
Yearbook, 1913, inclusive
Yearbook correspondence, 1913-1914, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence with members and libraries about the purchase, shipping and donation of copies of the 1913 yearbook.
Charles K. Bolton Lecture correspondence, 1913, inclusive
Pilgrim Hall Portico Dedication documents (5 folders), 1920-1922, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes a specs report from McKim, Mead, and White, the famous architecture firm which the New England Society patronized for the design and construction of the Pilgrim Museum portico.