Erodelphian Society Collection 1883-1887

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Erodelphian Society Collection 1883-1887

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The official records of the Hesperian Society, short-lived literary society for college prep students in the academy at Albany College (Oregon).

.2 cubic feet; 1 box

eng,

Lew s & Clark College Special Collections and Archives

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Hesperian Society

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Founded in 1873, the Hesperian Society was a literary society organized for young students in the college prep academy at Albany College. The group functioned from 1883 to 1887. From the guide to the Erodelphian Society Collection, 1883-1887, (Lewis & Clark College Special Collections and Archives) ...

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...