COPY OF THE TYPED "MINUTES OF THE COLUMBIAD CLUB MEETING" INITIALED TWICE by E. HAROLD HUGO as clerk of the Columbiad Club.

Bethany, Connecticut, circa [1941]., [1941].. Good. - Over 400 words typed on 11 inch high by 8-1/2 inch wide onion skin paper, consisting of the minutes of the club's "Meeting held September 23 at Ed Rudge's Home in Bethany". The word "COPY" is stamped in red on the verso. Parker Allen, Harold Hugo, Carl Rollins and Ed Rudge were among those present as well as the club's 2 special guests, Bob Dothard and the Austrian-Impressionist artist & printmaker Hugo Steiner-Prag. The minutes mention distribution of the club's "Keepsake No. 50" which was printed by Gregg Anderson in Los Angeles in 1941. That keepsake's subject was "Collecting, especially books" written by Henry R. Wagner. Copies of the essay "Of Typecasting", which was published as the Columbiad Club's Keepsake No. 42, were presented to Bob Dothard and Dr. Steiner-Prag. A letter from Rollo G. Silver to Carl Rollins was read to the membership and mention is made that "Keepsake No. 51 will be due from Valenti Angelo" at the next meeting. Dr. Steiner-Prag and Dob Dothard showed "kodachrome and black and white slides of many of the books he designed and told us something about his work". Initialed "E.H.H." by E. Harold Hugo in orange graphite at the bottom and additionally initialed by him in orange at top left. Slightly soiled and folded for mailing with creases and a few small chips to the edges. Good.

Together with a 4-5/8 inch high by 6-1/4 inch wide Christmas card designed by Edwin Rudge with a black & white print of a snowy valley scene by Rudge mounted on the front of the green cardstock. We have been unable to decipher the name of the creator of the drawing. The attractively printed text within reads: "Will / Joanna / Abigail / William Edwin Rudge / Greet You from Pomfret, Vermont / Christmas 1942". The card is in fine condition.