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| Title: | University of Chicago. The Stochastics. Records |
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| Dates: | 1939-1972 |
| Size: | .5 linear ft. (1 box) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | The Stochastics Records consist of membership lists, correspondence, financial records, meeting minutes, and the Stochastics constitution. |
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When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: University of Chicago. The Stochastics. Records, [Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
The literary and social faculty club the Stochastics was founded at the University of Chicago in 1939 by William Burrows, R.W. Harrison, Graham Du Shane, H.H. Strandskov, and Thomas Park. All were young faculty members who sought an alternative to the more established faculty clubs, "The Innominates" and the "X-Club." The club was designed as a venue for " prandial pleasures, hilarity, extraneous gossip, and a total absence of scholarship."
The Stochastics Records consist of membership lists, correspondence, financial records, meeting minutes, and the Stochastics constitution.
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Roland Wendell Harrison. Papers
Innominates (University of Chicago). Records
| Box 1 Folder 1 | Record Book of the Stochastics, 1939-1958 |
| Box 1 Folder 2 | Constitutions with Correspondence, 1953-1970 |
| Box 1 Folder 3 | Membership lists, Nomination lists, and Correspondence, 1958-
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| Box 1 Folder 4 | Membership lists of X-Club and Innominates, 1958-1972 |
| Box 1 Folder 5 | Correspondence, 1952-1963 |
| Box 1 Folder 6 | Correspondence, 1965-1972 |
| Box 1 Folder 7 | Tally Sheets, 1968-1970 |
| Box 1 Folder 8 | Meeting Notices, 1958-1963 |
| Box 1 Folder 9 | Financial Records, 1959-1970 |