Lewis & Clark College, Special Collections and Archives
Lewis & Clark College Special Collections and
Archives
Aubrey R. Watzek Library
0615 SW Palatine Hill Rd.
Portland, OR 97219
archives@lclark.edu
503-768-7254
OLPa079ERO
Erodelphian Society
Erodelphian Society Collection
1880-1899
.3 cubic feet
1 box
The official records of the Erodelphian Society, a female student literary society at Albany College (Oregon).
College Archives
English
Historical Note
Founded in 1871, the Erodolphian Society was a female student group at Albany College. The Erodelphian Society was named after a similar
society at Muskingum College, Ohio at the recommendation of Elizabeth Irvine, a faculty advisor to the group. The Erodelphian Society
maintained a library of 250 volumes, which included reference works and English classics. The group also sponsored lectures, and
entertainment, organized community service projects, and edited two literary newspapers, the
Messenger (1873-1875)
and The Echo (1875-1880). Weekly programs consisted of essays, recitations, public speaking drills, and debate. When
Albany College moved to Portland and became Lewis & Clark College in 1941, the Erodelphian Society was maintained as a senior
women's honor society. The Society was renamed as the Sacajaweans in 1960.
Constitution, minutes, and membership lists.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for research.
Permission to publish, exhibit, broadcast, or quote from materials in the Watzek
Library Archives & Special Collections requires written permission of the Head
of Archives & Special Collections.
The Erodelphian Society Collection (OLPa079ERO), Lewis & Clark College Aubrey
Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections, Portland, Oregon.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog.
Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should
search the catalog using these headings.
Albany College (Albany, Or.)
Erodelphian Society
Albany (Or.)
Colleges and Universities
Oregon
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the
collection.
Box M.V.i.1.a - M.v.i.1.d
1871-1904
M.V.i.1.c.1a
Constitution
1871
M.V.i.1.c.1
Minutes and membership lists
November 1871-December 1876
M.V.i.1.c.2
Minutes and membership lists
March 1877-April 1881
M.V.i.1.c.3
Minutes (1st draft)
January 1881-November 1882
M.V.i.1.c.4
Minutes and membership lists
April 1881-April 1882
M.V.i.1.c.5
Minutes
April 1882-March 1884
M.V.i.1.c.6
Minutes
November 1882-March 1887
M.V.i.1.c.7
Treasurer's reports
1871-1884
M.V.i.1.c.8
Roll book
1882-1904
M.V.i.1.c.9
Roll book
1891-1907
M.V.i.1.c.10
Minutes
October 1902-April 1904