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Records, 1825-1927 (bulk 1825-1891, 1925-1927).

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Records of the Peithesopphian Society date from 1825-1927. The bulk of the papers date from 1825-1891, with a supplementary set of papers from the Society's revival dating from 1923-1927. Sixteen manuscript boxes contain minutes, correspondence, receipts and reports. Bound volumes include Treasurer's Records from 1831-1881. Constitutions and By-laws from 1830-1847 and 1876-1891 are also in bound volumes. Minutes of the Society are in bound volumes and loose papers in folders, covering the years 1825-1890 and 1923-1927. Bills and vouchers are in folders, covering the years 1847-1884. There are miscellaneous papers from 1826-1891, general correspondence from 1828-1875, and 1923-1926. Correspondence with the Philoclean Society, a rival literary society at Rutgers, dates from 1820-1868.Addresses presented to the Society date from 1829-1882, and 1923-1926, some of which are bound. There are lists of Honorary Members, bound, from 1825-1858 and Membership Record Books and Registrar's Books from 1843-1879, and 1923-1926. Librarian's Reports cover 1827-1882, and there are also Library Catalogues for 1834 and 1864, and Librarian's Circulation Registers from 1857-1886. There are History and By-Laws dating 1923 and 1927, and a Society photograph dated 1923. The records are arranged in series and subseries, then arranged chronologically. Appendix A lists the correspondents to the Society, chronologically, giving name, date, and address, with occasional notations. Appendix B lists Addresses before the Society, with date, speaker and title of Address, from 1829-1881. Appendix C lists Addresses given before the Society during the Society's revival from 1923-1924, plus a list of undated addresses.

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