Scarab Club records
name: label: Creator
content: Scarab Club
label: Names
content: Boutell, Henry Sherman, 1856-1926
label: Names
content: Burroughs, Clyde H. (Clyde Huntley), 1882-1973
topic: label: Occupation
content: Artists -- Michigan
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: A majority of the collection was donated in 2022 by the Scarab Club via MaryAnn Wilkinsion, Executive Director. Material on reels 3622-3623 was donated in 1976 by the Detroit Institute of Art. Material on reel D117 was lent for microfilming in 1963 by William Bostick and material on reel D318 was lent for microfilming in 1968 by the Scarab Club.
creator: label: Creator
content: Scarab Club
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Scarab Club (est. 1907) ia an art club in Detroit, Michigan.
function: label: Function
content: Arts organizations -- Michigan
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 10.6 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1910-2000
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.scarclub
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Portions of the collection including 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 are available on 35mm microfilm reels 3622-3633 at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Scarab Club records measure 10.6 linear feet and date from circa 1910-2000. The records document the membership, annual events, exhibitions, and special programs conducted by the organization and include administrative files; financial records; printed materials; photographs; a metal printing block engraved with club logo for stationery; club publications; scrapbooks of exhibition materials, clippings, invitations, photographs and memorabilia; constitution and by-laws; membership lists; correspondence, between the secretary, Clyde H. Burroughs, the treasurer, H. S. Boutell, members, and others; 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.
separatedmaterial: label: Separated Materials
content: Also in the Archives is material lent for microfilming on reels D117 and D318 and includes 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; and an incomplete file of the "Scarab," the publication of the Scarab Club. Originals returned to the lender, the Scarab Club, after microfilming.