Organizational correspondence and records Offices in the Early Birds organization were rotated regularly, with that of President changing yearly and Trustees rotating on a circular, multi-year basis. Other offices, such as Secretary and Treasurer, were held by certain members for a number of years. In at least one instance, an individual held multiple offices in the organization concurrently. For this reason, the records in this series are arranged alphabetically by office holder and chronologically within the folders of each officer. Most of the correspondence concerns organizational issues.
Financial records are few.
Much of the material consists of copies of fragile onionskin and the researcher is therefore cautioned in the handling of these documents. Correspondence on any given subject was often fastened together. In these cases, the order has been kept intact and the letters filed according to the most recent letter in the grouping. Please refer to the appendix of this finding aid for a chronological table of officers.