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I just added a pair of newspaper articles that give some support to notability, and a search of JSTOR indicates that this Club's
Journal, newsletter, and meetings are cited. One of the naked links in the article is to the Detroit Public Library and includes a brief description of the Club's history.
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I can't access all of those old Free Press articles either, but I did find and add material from other newspapers. It's the usual problem with articles about stuff that was a bigger deal in the pre-internet era than it is today. So much of what was published back then is not available in
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the club itself - why it was significant, where did it meet and what activities did it organise. To me this seems like a local book club - yes, it existed for 50 years, but it was still a local book club without any claim of significance. Organisations need to pass
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