Skip to main content

Quarterly Committee Rosters, undated

 File — Box: 153

Dates

  • undated

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Extent

From the Collection: 300 Linear Feet (400 boxes, 198 Oversized Volumes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Scope and Contents

From the Sub-Series:

Minutes and associated documents from meetings of both the board of directors and the general membership. Minutes of the bi-weekly meetings of the Board of Directors reflected a high degree of control over the day-to-day affairs of the Society, with risks, investments, and settlements frequently being considered on a case-by-case basis. Maintenance of a formal record was not regularized until 1842, and while the supplementary records (designated “draft,” “copy,” or “summary”) bridge many of the gaps that exist up to that point, no records survive for the periods 9/1/1794-5/6/1799 and 1/13/1807-4/13/1808. Records of the Investment Committee, which consisted of three members of the board of directors, are present from 1841 through 1887, with a few scattered records remaining beyond that period. The Examining Committee, which was charged with reviewing the Society’s financial records on a quarterly basis, is here represented with rosters of its members, 1864-1890. The only actual reports surviving for this committee, from 1837-1840, can be found in the subseries Subject Files under the heading “Accounting.” Records of the yearly General Meetings consist of notices, minutes, reports from the board of directors, and ballots and returns of the election of directors and officers.

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the H. Furlong Baldwin Library Repository

Contact:
H. Furlong Baldwin Library
Maryland Center for History and Culture
610 Park Avenue
Baltimore MD 21201 United States
4106853750