Administrative Records of Albany College (Oregon) President, William J. Monteith 1867/1868
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Monteith, W. J. (William John), 1801-1876
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Rev. William J. Monteith was Albany College's first president from 1867-1868. Montieth was the organizing pastor of the Albany Presbyterian Church, and the brother of Thomas and Walter Montieth, founders of the town of Albany. Montieth served as president of what was then Albany Collegiate Institute for one year during which he helped finalize the donation of land to the college from his bothers, secured articles of incorporation from the State of Oregon, raised money for the constr...
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...
