Scope & content
The records document the activities of the Board of Management, 1880-1901 and the Executive Committee, 1901-2007. The bulk of the records consist of fifteen volumes of meeting minutes, 1888-2007. The volume for 1877-1885 is missing. The minutes may include correspondence and reports presented to the Committee. The series includes Committee reports, 1880-1968, prepared for presentation to the Board of Directors/Trustees and Committee motions, 1913-1933, acted upon by the Committee. There are two small series of correspondence for Committee Chair Helen Metcalf, 1877-1895, and Committee Secretary Howard Hoppin, 1887-1934. See also the Office of the President, Executive Committee Meeting files, 1962-1993.