Finding aid for the Sumner Society Minutebook
Repository: Western Reserve Historical Society
Creator: Sumner Society
Title: Sumner Society Minutebook
Dates: 1858-1860
Extent: 0.20 linear feet (1 container)
Abstract: The Sumner Society was a lecture society formed in 1858, in Damascus, Ohio, by former members of the Philomathian Society. The collection consists of one volume of meeting minutes.
MS Number MS 1105
Location: closed stacks
Language: The records are in English

Scope and Content

The Sumner Society Minutebook, 1858-1860, consists of one volume of meeting minutes.

This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of Damascus, Ohio, in the mid-nineteenth century and lecture clubs in Ohio and the United States.

Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged chronologically and is maintained in one volume.

Restrictions on Access

None.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Clubs -- Ohio -- Damascus.
Damascus (Ohio) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
Lectures and lecturing -- Ohio -- Damascus.
Sumner Society (Damascus, Ohio)

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, folder ___ ] MS 1105 Sumner Society Minutebook, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Acquisition Information

Gift of the Estate of Jesse B. Strawn in 1922.