The Searchlight Club was organized as a reading circle in the summer of 1892 by six Grinnell women. Originally called the "Reading Club", its name was changed at the suggestion of Rev. George White to "Searchlight Club", since its members were "searching for the light" through study of history, current events, and fine arts. Their first constitution was drafted in 1896.
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Consists of meeting minutes, treasurer's records, programs, photographs, one issue of the Searchlight Magazine, and a book manuscript.
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Duplicates, one gavel, one bank bag removed.
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Copyright was tranferred to Grinnell College.
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includes clipping and membership list.
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4 letters.
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Consists of three brief histories written in 1928, 1951, and 1992.
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8 notebooks of minutes. 1905-10 notebook contains correspondence inside back cover, some dated 1912, others undated; one poem.
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8 notebooks
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4 notebooks. Last two overlap some years.
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Chronicle of events in the life of Paul Somers Harding, the fictional hero. Author unknown. Date unknown but probably early 20th century.