The Chicago Literary Club

The Club is a voluntary association of men and women interested in writing original essays on topics of their own choosing and in listening to other members present their essays. Meetings are held on Monday evenings from October through May; one essay is delivered each evening. Most members are not professional writers, but all are expected to express themselves competently in English, and to present their essays in typewritten or printed form to the Secretary for inclusion in the Club archives. Further information: chicago.literary.club@gmail.com. Please submit any queries, errors, and broken links to the webmaster at this address.

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Officers and Committee Members

Scheme of Exercises
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You may now search this website using our Google search box. Click ‘search this site only’ on the masthead to the left. This will take you to a search page. The more specific your search terms, the shorter the list of responses you will receive and the more specific your answers will be.

Papers available online may be found under the author’s name in the Roll of Members or by subject in the Index of Papers Online. Papers from the current season are listed as received in the Scheme of Exercises for that season only.

The Glessner House Museum engages
diverse audiences in exploring urban life and design through the preservation and interpretation of the architecture of Henry Hobson Richardson and the historic home of John and Frances Glessner. Glessner was a member of the Club until his death in 1936; the Director is this year’s Arthur Baer Fellow.

The Club Archives	The Club Archives primarily consist of papers presented before the Club, and are housed at The Newberry Library. Most of those papers date from the 1930s, 1940s and later. Papers available online are listed by subject in the Index of Papers Online. You may search for the papers of a specific author under the author's name in the Roll of Members. If the paper has the notation (N) following the date of presentation, it is held in the collection at the Newberry. If it does not have this notation, the Club does not possess a copy. The Club would be very grateful for copies of any papers it does not possess -- please contact the Webmaster. Copies can be digital or on paper.
Histories of the Club since inception
Index of Papers Online, by subject
Papers Published by the Club
Past Officers and Arthur Baer Fellows
Photo Directory, restricted to members only
Roll of Members, with links to papers online
By-laws
Internal Revenue Service letter
Form of Papers Publishing Papers Online (faq)
Links to other sites
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The artwork found on the site is original, created by Frederick W. Gookin in the late 19^th and early 20^th centuries. The artwork and all material on this site are ©1874-2010 by The Chicago Literary Club, except as noted.