Records, 1795-1963.

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Records, 1795-1963.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39204557

The collection contains meeting minutes, records of debate topics, attendance and membership records, library catalogs, correspondence and exhibition programs of the Adelphic Union and its subsidiaries: the Philologian, Philotechnian and Philorhetorian Societies.

2.75 linear ft. (2 boxes, 12 v.)

Williams College, Sawyer Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7412135

Williams College, Sawyer Library

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Williams College. Philotechnian Society

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Williams College. Philologian Society

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Williams College

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Williams College. Adelphic Union Society

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The Adelphic Union, established by 1795 to promote the "literary improvement of its members," was the first extra-curricular student organization at Williams College. The Union soon split into the Philologian and Philotechnian Societies. The Societies were known for their library collections, debates on social and political topics, as well as public orations and exhibitions. The Philorhetorian Society (1844-1847) was a short lived rival society. In 1963, the Adelphic Union was formally dissolved...

Williams College. Philorhetorian Society

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