Albany College Bookplate Collection 1844-1930

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Albany College Bookplate Collection 1844-1930

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This collections includes books de-accessioned from theLewis & Clark College Library collections featuring Albany College bookplatesand stamps. These include the stamps of the libraries of student organization thatpreceded the official college library including: the Erodolphian Society, the AlbanyCollege Literary Society, and the Albany Organization of University Women. Thecollection also includes books with ownership marks of individual Albany Collegefaculty members.

1.5 cubic feet; 1 box; 20 volumes

eng,

Lew s & Clark College Special Collections and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6375052

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Erodolphian Society

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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...