Elkridge-Harford Hunt Club manuscript collection

The Elkridge-Harford Hunt Club manuscript collection is comprised of four series: Series I) Organizational History; Series II) Correspondence; Series III) 100th Anniversary Records; and Series IV) Publications.

Series I: Organizational History, 1937–1986 (Box 1, folders 1-6) This series contains various documents relating to the organizational structure of the Elkridge-Harford Hunt Club (EHHC), including by-laws, financial records, membership rolls, and minutes of meetings. The minutes of the meetings of the Board of Governors from 1927 to 1935 demonstrate the organizational workings of the Depression-era Hunt Club and record the merger of the Elkridge Hounds, Inc. and the Harford Hunt Club to form the EHHC. The series is arranged alphabetically by subject, and then divided chronologically within each subject.

Series II: Correspondence, 1890-1987 (Box 1, folders 7-16) This series consists of correspondence to and from the EHHC concerning a variety of organizational concerns. The bulk of the letters date from 1924-1936 and include a boundary dispute, the EHHC merger, the liquidation of the old Elkridge Hounds, Inc., the McLean farm property owned by the Club, a Social Security tax settlement, and the 75th Anniversary celebration in 1953. There are also letters to J. Rieman McIntosh concerning the history of the organization and some miscellaneous correspondence. Arrangement is roughly chronological.

Series III: 100th Anniversary Records, 1978 (Box 1, folders 17-21) This series consists of the financial records of the EHHC's 100th Anniversary Planning Committee, as well as the records of the Invitations Committee, which was headed by J. Rieman McIntosh's wife, Elizabeth. The series also contains 100th Anniversary publications, such as hand-colored invitations, dinner place-cards, and menus. The correspondence thanking Mr. and Mrs. J. Rieman McIntosh for their role in planning the celebration is contained in folder 21. This series is arranged by subject, as all of the material is from the same year.

Series IV: Publications, 1884-1992 (Box 2, folders 1-15) This series contains the published ephemera of the EHHC. The 1884 pamphlet describing the early Club’s amenities and the 1889 booklet listing the hounds and horses are of particular interest. Various race invitations, programs, kennel lists, and bulletins regarding the Christmas Fund for EHHC-employed servants are also present. It also consists of newspaper clippings related to the EHHC and EHHC-published newspapers. The bulk of the series, however, is devoted to fixture cards dating from 1889 to 1992. Copies of J. Rieman McIntosh’s two books are contained at the end of the series: The Elkridge Fox Hunting Club: Stories of the Hunts, 1880- 1884 and A History of the Elkridge-Harford Hunt Club, 1878–1978. This series is arranged chronologically by type of publication.