Albany College Literary Society Collection 1880-1899

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Albany College Literary Society Collection 1880-1899

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The official records of the Albany College (Oregon) Literary Society, an organization for male students.

.2 cubic feet; 1 box

eng,

Lew s & Clark College Special Collections and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6374440

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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...