Gridiron Club (Washington, D.C.) records
Language: eng
Number of pages: 42850
Subjects: Politics and government; Social life and customs; Journalists; Anecdotes; Presidents; American Political satire; Journalism; Politicians; Officials and employees; Societies; Statesmen
Description: Correspondence, writings, club records, membership books, autograph albums, dinner programs and menus, financial records, newspaper clippings, printed matter, scrapbooks, slides, photographs, and other records relating primarily to the club's annual dinner hosting members of the press, the U.S. president, and other elected officials and political figures.  The dinner features humorous anecdotes concerning the statesmen, politicians, and elected officials.
Notes: Restrictions apply.

Gift, J. Alexis Shiver and Henry F. Ashurst, 1943.

Gift, Gridiron Club via James Free, 1981-1986.

transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.

Journalistic organization founded in 1885.  Members represent major newspapers, news services, news magazines and broadcast networks.

Collection material in English.

Finding aid and partial item index available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room.