Psi Upsilon Nineteen Hundred Club records

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 41-6-2118

Scope and content

Annotated programs of Charles H. Blair (Cornell Class of 1897) from quinquennial dinners of the Club at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, 1905-1940.

Scope and content

Items relating to Frederick C. Fletcher include photographs of Psi Upsilon members, 1892-1893; 1900 Club members, 1894; and pictures of the dinner, 1920, 1925, and 1930. Also clippings and photocopies of letters and articles and a history of the club compiled by Selina Fletcher Little. Also a Life Magazine article from February 28, 1955 showing Charles H. Blair at the Waldorf Astoria and him being the last member of the 1900 Club.

Dates

1892-1955.

Creator

Nineteen Hundred Club (Organization)
Little, Selina F. (Person)

Biographical / Historical

The Nineteen Hundred Club was formed by 28 Psi Upsilon fraternity brothers from Cornell University who signed a pledge on February 9, 1894, in Ithaca to meet at the Waldorf -Astoria Hotel (or its site) at eight o'clock on the evening of February 9, 1900 and every five years thereafter. Charles H. Blair had a lonely drink at the hotel on February 9, 1955, constituting the last meeting of the club.