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This 838-page volume contains twelve manuscript issues of the Club Room Gazette, a literary magazine produced by the Everett Literary Association's Committee on Literary Exercises. The magazine appeared monthly and this volume, containing the twelve issues of Volume 6, covers the calendar year of 1861. A complete table of contents may be found here: Club Room Gazette Manuscript Magazine Table of Contents.

This 838-page volume contains twelve manuscript issues of the Club Room Gazette, a literary magazine produced by the Everett Literary Association's Committee on Literary Exercises. The magazine appeared monthly and this volume, containing the twelve issues of Volume 6, covers the calendar year of 1861.

The Club Room Gazette consists primarily of manuscript documents organized into 12 issues and bound into a single volume. It includes essays, short stories, serials, travel accounts, articles, editorials, letters, poems, songs, jokes, club administrative reports, and a single obituary. In addition, the issues contain numerous hand-drawn illustrations and examples of decorative lettering.

Each issue contains varying content, as well as two monthly recurring items: an editorial essay and the ELA "Round Table." The editorial, written by the Gazette editor, reflects on events from the preceding month, the state of the Gazette, and general thoughts from the editor. The Round Table contains a combination of club news, accounts of club events, and jokes submitted by members.

While the Club Room Gazette was not, in general, a political publication, it does include some pieces relating to contemporary politics. Notably, a number of pieces discuss the outbreak of the American Civil War, slavery, and wartime military operations and preparations.

A complete table of contents may be found here: Club Room Gazette Manuscript Magazine Table of Contents.

Teenager Gilbert Attwood created this 8-page manuscript magazine titled "The Nick-Nack" (vol. 1) while attending high school in 1840. The magazine features humorous articles and advertisements, comments about Attwood's teachers and classmates, and several small drawings.

Teenager Gilbert Attwood created this 8-page magazine titled "The Nick-Nack" (vol. 1) while attending high school in 1840. The magazine features humorous articles and advertisements, comments about Attwood's teachers and classmates, and several small drawings.

The magazine's sections include "Names" (a rumination on the names of other students, as well as objects like streets and chairs), "A Year in the Country" (Attwood's account of his family's move in the spring of 1838), "Parody on the Country Schoolmaster Original" (a take on the poem "The Village Schoolmaster" by Oliver Goldsmith), "Extracts from a Journal," and "A Peep into the Year 2000." The sections are separated by thin black lines. Advertisements include "Printing," "Lectures," "Arostook Whiskers," and "Stop Thief."