Albany College (Albany, Or.)

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The first literary society at Albany College was a men's organization called Sigma Phi organized in the fall of 1867. Sigma Phi had the responsibility of managing the College's library, which was donated to the College by the city of Albany's Library and Literary Institute. In 1880 Sigma Phi re-organized under the new name, Albany College Literary Society. For a short time in the early 1880s, the Albany College Literary Society merged with Albany's women's literary society, the Erodelphians. The merger was short-lived and the societies split are resumed individual self-governance. The last documented activity of Sigma Phi occurred on March 13, 1899.

From the guide to the Albany College Literary Society Collection, 1880-1899, (Lewis & Clark College Special Collections and Archives)

In 1867 a group of Presbyterian settlers in Albany, Oregon established the Albany Collegiate Institute. The institute included a college preparatory department, as well as the college itself. In 1925, Albany College sold its centrally located campus to the Albany school district, and relocated to a larger parcel of land southwest of downtown. Financial hardships of economic depression hit the college in the 1930's, and it responded by opening a satellite campus in Portland, hoping to draw students from the larger population base. This plan was so successful that the college decided to relocate permanently to Portland. In 1941 the college acquired the Fir Acres estate in southwest Portland. The estate was originally owned by Lloyd Frank, who had commissioned Herman Brookman to design its buildings and gardens. In 1942 classes began on the new campus, and the college unveiled its new name, Lewis & Clark College. The college has resided on this new campus continuously since 1942.

From the guide to the Albany College Bookplate Collection, 1844-1930, (Lewis & Clark College Special Collections and Archives)

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Albany College (Oregon) Yearbook Collection, 1902-1942 Lew s & Clark College Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Luse, Fred Deininger. Fred Deininger Luse photograph album, 1908-1910. Oregon State University Libraries
referencedIn Administrative Records of Albany College (Oregon) President, Edward R. Geary, 1869-1871 Lew s & Clark College Special Collections and Archives
creatorOf Albany College Bookplate Collection, 1844-1930 Lew s & Clark College Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Erodelphian Society Collection, 1883-1887 Lew s & Clark College Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Moline, Carl R.,. Purcell family photographs collection [graphic], circa 1905-1930. Oregon Historical Society Research Library
referencedIn Erodelphian Society Collection, 1880-1899 Lew s & Clark College Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Administrative Records of Albany College (Oregon) President, Elbert Neal Condit, 1879-1894 Lew s & Clark College Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn The Elisabeth Hampton-Gray Collection, 2009 Lew s & Clark College Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Administrative Records of Albany College (Oregon) President, Harry Means Crooks, 1905-1915 Lew s & Clark College Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Administrative Records of Albany College (Oregon) Acting President, Benjamin A. Thaxter, 1941-1942 Lew s & Clark College Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Administrative Records of Albany College (Oregon) President, Alfred M. Williams, 1920-1922 Lew s & Clark College Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Doyle and Patterson (Firm),. Albany College dormitory sketch [manuscript], 1914. Oregon Historical Society Research Library
referencedIn Albany College dormitory sketch, 1914 Oregon Historical Society Research Library
referencedIn Fred Deininger Luse Photograph Album, 1908-1910 Oregon State University Libraries University Archives
referencedIn Administrative Records of Albany College (Oregon) President, Wallace Howe Lee, 1895-1920 Lew s & Clark College Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Administrative Records of Albany College (Oregon) President, Clarence Wilson Greene, 1923-1941 Lew s & Clark College Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Administrative Records of Albany College (Oregon) President, William Thomas Bibb, 1929-1938 Lew s & Clark College Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Administrative Records of Albany College (Oregon) President, William J. Monteith, 1867/1868 Lew s & Clark College Special Collections and Archives
creatorOf Albany College Literary Society Collection, 1880-1899 Lew s & Clark College Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Arion Literary Society Collection, 1890-1891 Lew s & Clark College Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Administrative Records of Albany College (Oregon) Acting President, Raymond J. Baker, 1922-1923 Lew s & Clark College Special Collections and Archives
Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
associatedWith Arion Literary Society corporateBody
associatedWith Baker, Raymond J. person
associatedWith Bibb, Thomas William, b. 1884- person
associatedWith Condit, Elbert Neal person
associatedWith Crooks, Harry Means person
associatedWith Doyle and Patterson (Firm), corporateBody
associatedWith Doyle and Patterson (Firm), architects. corporateBody
associatedWith Erodelphian Society corporateBody
associatedWith Erodolphian Society corporateBody
associatedWith Geary, Edward R., 1811-1886 person
associatedWith Greene, Clarence Wilson, 1873- person
associatedWith Hampton-Gray, Elisabeth person
associatedWith Hesperian Society corporateBody
associatedWith Lee, Wallace Howe person
associatedWith Luse, Fred Deininger person
associatedWith Luse, Fred Deininger. person
associatedWith Monteith, W. J. (William John), 1801-1876 person
associatedWith Thaxter, Benjamin A., 1873-1964 person
associatedWith Williams, Alfred Melvin person
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Albany (Or.)
Albany (Or.)
Albany (Or.)
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Universities and colleges
Oregon
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