Cresson Literary Society records, 1859-1895.

Douglas, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold), 1813-1861

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Stephen Arnold Douglas (April 23, 1813 – June 3, 1861) was an American politician and lawyer from Illinois. He was one of two Democratic Party nominees for president in the 1860 presidential election, which was won by Abraham Lincoln. Douglas had previously defeated Lincoln in the 1858 United States Senate election in Illinois, known for the Lincoln–Douglas debates. During the 1850s, Douglas was one of the foremost advocates of popular sovereignty, which held that each territory should be allowe...

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...

Pennsylvania State College

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Cresson Literary Society (State College, Pa.)

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The Cresson Literary Society was founded in March 1859 after the formation of the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania (now Pennsylvania State University). The members engaged in debates, essay and declamation writing, and orations with its campus rival, the Washington Agricultural Literary Society. With the rise of fraternities and a more diversified student life, the society declined until it dissolved in June 1895. From the description of Cresson Literary Society records, 1859-189...

Pugh, Evan, 1828-1864

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Evan Pugh was Professor of Chemistry, Scientific and Practical Agriculture, Mineralogy, and Analytical Mechanics, and first president (1860-1864) at the forerunner to Pennsylvania State University. From the description of Evan Pugh papers, 1822-1864. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 31020132 ...

Washington Agricultural Literary Society (State College, Pa.)

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The students of the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania (now Penn State University) petitioned to organize literary societies. The Washington Agricultural Literary Society formed on 4 March 1859; it dropped Agricultural from its name in 1869. The trustees granted money to procure books for its library. By the 1890s social fraternities, engineering societies, athletic groups, music and drama clubs had become popular and WLS membership declined; it dissolved in June 1895. From the des...