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    <title>Gridiron Club (Washington, D.C.) records, 1885-1988</title>
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  <abstract>Correspondence, writings, club records, membership books, autograph albums, dinner programs and menus, financial records, newspaper clippings, printed matter, scrapbooks, slides, photographs, and other records relating primarily to the club's annual dinner hosting members of the press, the U.S. president, and other elected officials and political figures.  The dinner features humorous anecdotes concerning the statesmen, politicians, and elected officials.</abstract>
  <note>Open to research.</note>
  <note>Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material.</note>
  <note>Audio and video recordings transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.</note>
  <note>Journalistic organization founded in 1885.  Members represent major newspapers, news services, news magazines and broadcast networks.</note>
  <note>Collection material in English.</note>
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    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>Anecdotes</topic>
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    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>Politics and government</topic>
    <topic>Anecdotes</topic>
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    <geographic>Washington (D.C.)</geographic>
    <topic>Social life and customs</topic>
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