Records, 1890-1903.

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Records, 1890-1903.

Collection consists of two handwritten folio volumes of meeting minutes and Websterian Society membership and attendance lists.

2 v.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7394431

Auburn University.

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Websterian Society.

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Websterian Society was a literary and debating club for students at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama (now Auburn University). Named for orator and senator Daniel Webster, the society was founded in ca. 1859. The Wirt Society was the Websterians' rival for members and in annual debate competitions. From the description of Records, 1890-1903. (Auburn University). WorldCat record id: 37524030 ...

Auburn university

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East Alabama Male College, sponsored by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was chartered in May 1856. Classes opened in 1859 in Auburn, Alabama, but the college closed during the Civil War. Reopening in 1866, the college became a land-grant institution in 1872 and changed its name to Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama. The college was known as Alabama Polytechnic Institute from 1899 to 1960, when it became Auburn University. From the description of Founders Day collec...