Minutes and letters, 1890-1911.

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Monks of the Meerschaum.

Contributor:

Pennypacker, Samuel W. (Samuel Whitaker), 1843-1916.

Schuckers, J. W. (Jacob William).

Bensell, George F. (George Frederick), 1837-1879.

Bensell, Edmund Birckhead, 1842-

Logan, Charles.

Farr, Chester N. (Chester Nye), 1869-

Burk, Addison B. (Addison Briggs), 1847-1912.

Fodell, William P.

Stockton, Edward A.

Jones, George S.

Folwell, Nathan T.

Moffitt, John B.

Kochersperger, William S.

Burk, Jesse Y.

Eldridge, G. Morgan.

King, Edwin F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Men--Societies and clubs.

Men--Societies and clubs--19th century.

Men.

Clubs.

Societies.

Genre:

Minutes.

Letters.

Penn Provenance:

Purchased in 1969 from the Indian Valley Public Library in Telford Pennsylvania.

Physical Description:

31 items

Place of Publication:

1890-1911.

Biography/History:

Monks of the Meerschaum was a social club formed in 1859 after Jesse Y. Burk, a student at the University of Pennsylvania, drew a picture of a monk with a pipe suspended from his girdle on the fly-leaf of his textbook. His friend, Edwin F. King, after seeing the drawing, suggested a brotherhood be formed called the "Monks of the Meerschaum." Burk went on to become secretary of the Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania. Other members of the club included Samuel Pennypacker (former Governer of Pennsylvania); Jacob William Schuckers; George F. Bensell; Edmund B. Bensell; Chester N. Farr, Jr.; Reverend Charles Logan; Addison B. Burk; William P. Fodell; Edward A. Stockton; George S. Jones; Nathan T. Folwell; John B. Moffitt; William S. Kochersperger; and G. Morgan Eldridge.

Summary:

Manuscript volume of handwritten minutes from the club's meetings. Also includes 30 items consisting of letters written to and from members and newspaper clippings about the club.