The Old Glasgow Club is a club that began in Glasgow in 1900. [1] It was formed to preserve the history of the city. [2]
The first meeting of the club took place on 17th December, 1900 in the Atheneum, Glasgow. [3] It followed an advertisement having been placed in The Evening Citizen and Glasgow Herald asking for people to form a society to discuss and share information about the history of Glasgow. [2] At the first meeting, Mr Charles Taylor read a paper on "The passing of Old Glasgow". [3]
The constitution stated that the object of the club was "‘to form a centre of Glasgow gentlemen for the purpose of hearing papers, reminiscences and notes on Old Glasgow Life, and to record these for permanent preservation" [4]
The club collected books and papers relating to Glasgow's past. A librarian was elected in 1903 to look after the collection, and a list of the books was published in the yearly transactions. [5] [2]
Many artefacts were donated by the club to the City of Glasgow. They form the nucleus of the collections of Glasgow Museums relating to the city of Glasgow. [6]
The first annual edition of the Transactions was published in August 1904. [4] The transactions consist of the records of the business of the club, summaries of papers given to the club, lists of membership, property inventories and reports from office bearers. [7]
Female members were first admitted in 1908. [4] [8]