Annual 'Yuletide Revels' Invitations

Reference No:
C DSLIT/11/1
Dates:
1892-2009
Description:
Subseries contains invitations to the annual 'Yuletide Revels' held by the Hull Literary Club in December prior to Christmas Day, at which carols were sung, toasts were given, a dinner was served, and entertainment was provided after dinner. Revels invitations up to 1978 were written with a different 'gimmick' each year by the President appointed for the current session. Invitations for following dates are present: Unknown dates (9 items); 23 Dec 1892; 28 Dec 1893; 23 Dec 1895; 23 Dec 1896; 23 Dec 1898; 22 Dec 1899; 22 Dec 1900; 23 Dec 1903; 23 Dec 1904; 22 Dec 1905; 20 Dec 1907; 23 Dec 1909; 22 Dec 1910; 1911; 20 Dec 1913; 1913; 19 Dec 1921; 20 Dec 1922; 19 Dec 1947; 20 Dec 1948; 18 Dec 1950; 17 Dec 1951; 22 Dec 1953; 20 Dec 1954; 20 Dec 1955; 17 Dec 1956; 21 Dec 1959 (2 copies each addressed to a different person); 19 Dec 1960; 17 Dec 1962; 21 Dec 1964; 20 Dec 1965; 18 Dec 1967; 23 Dec 1968; 22 Dec 1969; 21 Dec 1970; 20 Dec 1971; 18 Dec 1972; 17 Dec 1973; 16 Dec 1974; 20 Dec 1976; 19 Dec 1977 (the Club's Centenary revels involving Philip Larkin); 18 Dec 1978; 17 Dec 1979; 22 Dec 1980; 20 Dec 1982; 16 Dec 1985; 12 Dec 1988; 9 Dec 1991; 14 Dec 1992; 7 Dec 2009.
Extent:
58 items
Language:
Access Conditions:
Access will be granted to any accredited reader
Repository:
Hull City Archives
Collection:
Records of The Hull Literary Club