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Summary:
Organizational records; financial records; printed materials; metal printing block engraved with club logo for stationery; club publications; and scrapbooks of exhibition materials, clippings, invitations, photographs and memorabilia.
REELS 3622-3623: Constitution and by-laws; membership lists; correspondence, between the secretary, Clyde H. Burroughs, the treasurer, H. S. Boutell, members, and others; financial records,a booklet, "The Founding and Growth of The Scarab Club of Detroit"; an undated exhibition catalog annotated with a record of sales; 5 issues of the "Scarab," 1925; and a metal-faced printing block engraved with a design for Scarab Club stationery.
REEL D318: Three scrapbooks containing annual exhibition catalogs, clippings, copy of the constitution and house rules, directories of members, party invitations, back issues of the "Scarab", photographs, and club memorabilia.
REEL D117: An incomplete file of the "Scarab," the publication of the Scarab Club.
Citation:
Scarab Club records, 1910-1959. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reels D117, D318, and 3622-3623 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Location of Originals:
Reels D318 and D117: Originals returned to the lender, the Scarab Club, after microfilming.
Biography Note:
Art club; Detroit, Mich. Founded in 1907 for artists and art lovers.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Material on reel D117 lent 1963 for microfilming by William Bostick, material on reel D318 lent 1968 for microfilming by the Scarab Club, material on reels 3622-3623 donated 1976 by the Detroit Institute of Art.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
