Delphian Study Club records, 1931-2007

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Delphian Study Club records, 1931-2007

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The Delphian Study Club records, 1931-2007, consist of meeting minutes, handwritten notebooks, photographs, newspapers, and club programs. The meeting reports provide some documentation on club social activities such as picnics and parties, as well as including revisions to their club constitution. Club programs highlight the diversity of study subjects that include: ancient history, literature (Montaigne, Steinbeck, Turgenev, Shakespeare, etc.), music (classicism, romanticism, Opera, Wagner, Brahms, etc.), art, philosophy (Epicurus, Descartes, Spinoza, etc.), poetry (Milton, Whitman, etc.). This collection is arranged into two series: Series I. Minutes, records, and meeting reports, 1931-1999; Series II. Programs, 1957-2007.

1.5 linear feet (2 boxes).

San Jose State University

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