Board of Directors Minutes 1897-2017

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2024.504.119

Scope and Content

Board of Director meeting minutes from 1897 to 2017. Several of the records include a combination of minutes from the Board of Directors, Monday Programs, Executive Committee, and/or Ebell Operating Company bound together. Contents include Treasurer’s Reports, House Rules, By-Laws, check listings, notes on scholarships and memberships, motion forms, and a handbook.

Context

According to the 1984 By-Laws, Article I, the officers and committee chairs of The Ebell constituted the Executive Committee. The officers consisted of a president, five vice-presidents, a corresponding secretary, a recording secretary, a treasurer, a curator and librarian, and a critic and parliamentarian. The six Standing Committees were Ways and Means and Finance, Building and Rooms, Printing and Publication, Lecture, Reception and Entertainments, and Membership and Ethics. The Executive Committee controlled the business and funds, authorized the formation of Sections and appointment of curators, and reported all matters of general interest to the Society. In 1897, the By-Laws, Article III states that the officers with its board of seven directors (one of whom shall be the President) shall constitute the Executive Committee. Article IV states the Board of Directors shall consider and control all permanent matters, appoint their own secretary, and resolutions passed by the Directors were handed in writing to the Executive Committee to be acted upon and entered into the minutes. The Executive Committee arranged and controlled the current affairs, received reports from all committees, and acted upon them. In 1931, the By-Laws were revised, and the Executive Committee merged with the Board of Directors into a larger directorship of fifteen. All business of permanent or current nature were hereafter recorded under the minutes of the Board of Directors.

Archive Details

Creator

The Ebell of Los Angeles

Date(s) of Creation

1897 - 2017

Archive Size/Extent

13 linear ft. (25 document boxes, 11 flat boxes)

Restrictions

Open for research

Primary Language

eng

Archive Items Details

Description

Board of Directors Minutes.

Date(s) of Creation

1897 - 1907

Container

Box 1, Folder 1

Description

Board of Directors Minutes

Date(s) of Creation

1907 - 1915

Container

Box 1, Folder 2

Description

Board of Directors Minutes

Date(s) of Creation

Jun 1915 - Nov 1924

Container

Box 1, Folder 3

Description

Board of Directors Minutes

Date(s) of Creation

1924 - 1927

Container

Box 1, Folder 4

Description

Board of Directors Minutes

Date(s) of Creation

1927 - 1928

Container

Box 1, Folder 5

Description

Board of Directors Minutes

Date(s) of Creation

1928 - 1929

Container

Box 1, Folder 6

Description

Board of Directors Minutes. Includes Monday Programs and Executive Committee Minutes bound together

Date(s) of Creation

Oct 1, 1929 - Jun 30, 1931

Container

Box 2

Description

Board of Directors Minutes. Includes Monday Programs and Executive Committee Minutes bound together

Date(s) of Creation

1931 - 1933