Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle Student Card, 1882
Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle
Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle
1882
Membership card for the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle; the oldest, continuous book club/home reading course in America. It was founded in 1878 by Bishop John Heyl Vincent and has graduated a class from the four-year reading course every year since 1882. It is run by the Chautauqua Institution.
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