0.18 1891 minutes of the new york etching club  (Page 2/3)

The following Members were present: Mr Thos. W. Wood, J. C. Nicoll, Robt. F. Bloodgood, James D. Smillie, Thos Moran, A. H. Baldwin, C.F.W. Mielatz and Alexander Schilling.

The President, Mr Farrer not being present, Mr J. C. Nicoll was voted in the chair as presiding officer:

The minutes of the previous meeting were read&approved ______

Then followed the report of the Treasurer which was also accepted, subject to the approval of the auditing committee. __

The Club now proceeded to the Election of officers for the ensuing year. Mr. Henry Farrer was reelected president. Mr. C.F.W. Mielatz was elected Secretary&Treasure. __ Executive Board Messrs J.C. Nicoll, Thos Moran And F. S. Church. ___

It was resolved that a Catalogue be issued in 1892 on the same plan as the one published this year. This subject was freely discussed,

and all present were in favor ofanother article in the same, from the press of Mr Smillie, someone suggested a “practical treatise on etching, themaking of a plate etc” __ __Mr James D Smillie, Carlton. T. Chapman,&the Secretary to act as a committee for selection of names of members whoare to make plates for the book, and to have general charge of getting upthe same. __

The subject reverted to the application For space with Am. Water Color Exhibit which was to have been made by the President Mr Farrer. __ It was explained that Mr Farrer was prevented from attending the Am.W. Color society by illness, so nothing was accomplished in this direction, but as the board of control(of am. W. C. Soc) had power to act in this matter it would be brought before that body. __

A communication to the Secretary from Mr. C.S. Hartman of Grand Rapids Mich. was read, Mr Hartman desired to know if he could arrange with the Club for an exhibition of etchings. __ The Secretary was instructed to write Mr Hartman and if terms satisfactory to the Executive board, could be made, the club would furnish a collection of proofs to be exhibited under it’s auspices. __

The Executive Committee to pass upon the same. __ The question of furnishing proofs unframed did not meet with favor. ______† In 1891, Mr. Carroll S. Hartman was living in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he was known and respected as a prominent citizen. Among his many local accomplishments was the building of Hartman Hall, the center of the city’s cultural life at that time. The Grand Rapids Public Library conducted a microfilm review of all the local newspapers published over an eighteen-month period following April 1891 to identify announcements of an NYEC exhibition in that city, and found none. Since it is likely that such an exhibition would have been reviewed in the press as a relatively significant cultural event, it probably never occurred.

The question of delinquents came under discussion and it was thought best to take a decided stand in the matter. __ The

Following resolution was then introduced and adopted:

Resolved: That the Secretary be instructed to notify all members whose annual dues are in arrears for one year or more, to pay the