Archives West Finding Aid

This series consists of minutes of bi-monthly meetings. Includes information about attendance, old business, new business, and the weekly program. The weekly program consisted of presentations by members on certain agreed upon subjects. They discussed a wide array of topics, including: suffrage and political rights for women, Native Americans, parliamentary law, Luther and Calvin, Nihilism, Spain, Russia, great naturalists, air pollution and art in Egypt. The programs at times featured guest speakers. This series also includes treasurer's reports after 1922, and attendance lists after 2012.

Yearly Programs, formally called "Yearbooks" and informally called "Blue Books", consist of names of officers and members for that year, the topic and program for each meeting and who presented it, and who led the meeting each week. The programs after 1901 also include the club's constitution, club traditions, names of the founding members and honorary members. Some programs include the titles of books referred to throughout the year.

This series includes proposed changes to the constitution from 1976; a history of the As You Like It Club from 1895 to 1941; a list of the committees and officers of the Club, 1974 to 1999, and summaries of club activities from 1914 to 1918 to supplement missing meeting minutes, sheet music created for the club, and a list of programs offered each year.. History folders include clippings, memorial programs and other material related to members and their families.

Included in this series are personal correspondence, a letter from the Missoula Festival of the Arts, a letter from the club to the President, Board of Regents and Law School of the University of Montana, a letter from the President of the University of Montana, a Christmas card, letters to and from the archivist at the University of Montana, and a letter to the secretary of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The series also includes a list of Christmas cards sent by the club, 1981-1995.