The Columbian Club was organized October 12, 1892 to assist the State of Iowa in making "a credible display" for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.

Charter members of the Columbian Club:

Mrs. Charles Van Gorder	Agnes R. Stotts
Mrs. Charles Stuart	Mrs. Jim Consigny
Mrs. J. A. Nash	Mrs. Belle Smith
Mrs. Frank Gleason	Mrs. A. F. Armstrong
Mrs. S. D. Thayer	Mrs. R. A. Smith
Mrs. Byron S. Phelps	Mrs. Frank Watts
Mrs. F. B. Bradley	Mrs. J. A. Overholtzer
Mrs. I. James	Mrs. James Chandler
Mrs. G. B. Russell	Mrs. H. U. Funk
Mrs. W. R. Green	Mrs. Theo. Myers
Mrs. Dr. Clark	Mrs. Dr. A. L. Brooks
Mrs. Dr. C. W. De Motte	Miss Ella Stearns
Mrs. D. E. Soar	Miss Lydia Turner
Mrs. Ed Vandenburg	Miss Sara Green
Mrs. S. J. VanScoy	Miss Farmer

Transcribed by Cheryl Siebrass, April, 2016 from Recipes & Reflections: A Celebration of 100 Years of Good Cooking, Audubon, Iowa, 1991, pg. 399. This cookbook was published in support of the Audubon Public Library, and it contains a complete reprint of the 1898 Columbian Club Cookbook. Page 397 is a reprint of the original cover of the 1898 cookbook, followed by a full-page advertisement for The Commercial Bank of Leet & Co. and a 2 page history of the Columbian Club, and then a complete reprint of the 1898 cookbook.

The Columbian Club Cookbook was published in Audubon, Iowa in 1898, compiled and edited by Mrs. R. M. Carpenter and Mrs. B. S. Phelps. A complete name index from the 1898 cookbook will be added in the future.