These records document the "founding" of the Atlanta Writers Club on Feb. 23, 1923, in a meeting at the Atlanta City Club. Dudley R. Cowles, a director at D. C. Heath and Company (publishers of text books with an office on North Pryor St.), served as acting president. The minutes mentioned "helpful suggestions for 'carrying on' of the club along a broader, more useful, and practical-working basis." Early records may have been kept by Helen Knox Spain, recording secretary. However, there are references to "the old writer's club," which was organized in 1914 by Kate Ross (Mrs. Thomas) Peters and Lollie Belle Moore (Mrs. Hartford) Wylie "to bring about a helpful and more intimate acquaintance among Atlanta writers, to promote their talents and market their writings." The writers met for many years in the Atlanta Women's Club building.