A Guide to the Oriental Club of Philadelphia Records 1894-2007 (bulk 1950-1976) 1.0 Cubic feet Prepared by Joseph-James Ahern September 2016
The University Archives and Records Center 3401 Market Street, Suite 210 Philadelphia, PA 19104-3358 215.898.7024 Fax: 215.573.2036 www.archives.upenn.edu Mark Frazier Lloyd, Director
TABLE OF CONTENTS PROVENANCE...1 ARRANGEMENT...1 AGENCY HISTORY... 1 SCOPE AND CONTENT... 2 CONTROLLED ACCESS HEADINGS...2 INVENTORY... 3 INVENTORY... 3
Guide to the Oriental Club of Philadelphia Records 1894-2007 (bulk 1950-1976) 1.0 Cubic feet Prepared by Joseph-James Ahern September 2016 Access is granted in accordance with the Protocols for the University Archives and Records Center. PROVENANCE The Oriental Club of Philadelphia Records were donated by to the University by the Sharon Ann Holt and Pierce Salguero in June 2016 (2016:033). ARRANGEMENT The Oriental Club of Philadelphia Records are arranged alphabetically. AGENCY HISTORY The Oriental Club of Philadelphia was founded in 1888 by a group of scholars and other prominent intellectuals in the Philadelphia area in order to provide a forum for the exchange of academic ideas and new findings about the cultures of South and East Asia and the Near East. The organization has continued to the present day as a forum for the academic exchange of ideas about the literature and languages of the Asian continent. An independent organization, the membership consists of faculty, students and staff from universities and museums in the Greater Philadelphia area. Among - 1 -
the fields represented by members are History, Art History, Anthropology, Philosophy, Religious Studies, and Gender Studies. SCOPE AND CONTENT The Oriental Club of Philadelphia Records document the administrative activities of the organization, particularly during the mid to late twentieth century. CONTROLLED ACCESS HEADINGS Corporate Name(s) Oriental Club of Philadelphia. Geographic Name(s) Asia -- Study and teaching -- Pennsylvania - 2 -
Oriental Club of Philadelphia Records 1894-2007 (bulk 1950-1976) Access is granted in accordance with the Protocols for the University Archives and Records Center. INVENTORY INVENTORY Box Folder Abstracts 1968 1 1 Account Book 1965-1967 1 2 Agenda Forms 1966-1968 1 3 Appeal to the Membership Regarding the Past History of the Club n.d. 1 4 Audits 1960-1963 1 5 Ballots 1974, n.d. 1 6 Bank Statements 1955-1956 1 7 Cataloguing Worksheets (unfinished) n.d. 1 8 Correspondence - Incoming 1955-1978 1 9 Correspondence - Outgoing 1956-1957 1 10 Correspondence - Outgoing 1958-1977 1 11 Correspondence - Outgoing 1958 1 12 Correspondence - Outgoing 1966 1 13 Correspondence - Outgoing 1967 1 14 Correspondence - Outgoing 1968 1 15-3 -
Correspondence - Outgoing 1969 1 16 Correspondence - Outgoing 1970 1 17 Correspondence - Outgoing 1971 1 18 Correspondence - Outgoing 1972 1 19 Correspondence - Outgoing 1973 1 20 Correspondence - Outgoing 1974 1 21 Correspondence - Outgoing 1975 1 22 Correspondence - Outgoing 1976 1 23 Curriculum Vitae A-L n.d. 1 24 Curriculum Vitae M-Z n.d. 1 25 Eightieth Anniversary Dinner [7 inch real audio] 1968 April 25 1 26 Finances n.d. 1 27 Historical Background 1917, n.d. 1 28 Laws and By-Laws 1950-1990 1 29 Mailing Distribution Lists 1956-1966 1 30 Meeting Minutes 1950-1959 1 31 Meeting Minutes 1960-1967 1 32 Meeting Minutes 1965-1966 1 33 Meeting Minutes 1966-1967 1 34 Meeting Minutes 1968-1969 1 35 Meeting Minutes 1970-1979 1 36 Meeting Minutes n.d. 1 37 Membership 1948-1954 1 38 Membership and Financial Reports 1965-1967 1 39-4 -
Membership Notecards 1965-1976 2 Miscellaneous Records (1) 1955-1978 1 40 Miscellaneous Records (2) 1955-1978 1 41 Miscellaneous Records 1955-1985 1 42 Miscellaneous Records 1957-1968 1 43 Miscellaneous Records 1957-1977 1 44 Miscellaneous Records 2004-2007 1 45 Nathan Stuir Great Orientalists [CD] 2006 1 46 Oral History of the Club [CD] 2001 April 25 1 47 Oriental Club of New Haven: 1913-1963 1963 1 48 Oriental Club of Philadelphia, 1888-1968 1968 1 49 Oriental Club of Philadelphia: Record of 25 Years, 1888-1913 1913 1 50 Oriental Studies: A Selection of Papers Read before the Oriental Club of Philadelphia, 1888-1894 1894 1 51 Questionnaires n.d. 1 52 Regional Symposium Program 2013 1 53 Savings Account Books 1956-1979 1 54 Secretary-Treasurer's Report 1956-1958 1 55 Thirty Years of Oriental Studies, 1888-1918 1918 1 56-5 -