The Hamilton Club was founded in 1872 to provide a gentleman's club in the city of Hamilton, Ontario. It has been located for its entire history at the corner of Main Street East and James Street South. The first chairman of the Club was Isaac Buchanan. Women were first admitted to the Club in 1960.
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The fonds is arranged in the following series: financial, administration, membership and correspondence.
Ownership of the fonds is retained by the Hamilton Club which deposited the fonds in May 1985.
No further accruals are expected.
Permission of the manager of the Hamilton Club must be obtained in order to gain access to any material less than one hundred years old at the time access is sought.
[Finding Aid](https://library.mcmaster.ca/finding-aid/hamclub)