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University
Archives
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Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331-4501
Phone:
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Email:
archives@oregonstate.edu
Web:
http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives
RG
061
Athenian Literary Society (Oregon Agricultural
College)
Athenian Literary Society
Records
1892-1895
1 microfilm reel
The Athenian Literary Society Records
consist of minutes of the society's meetings. The Athenian Literary
Society was established for preparatory students at Oregon Agricultural
College in 1892.
Materials in English.
Historical Note:
The Athenian Literary Society was established in 1892 as one of two
societies for students in the Preparatory Department as preparation for
public speaking. It was a co-educational society that met regularly for
programs of readings, recitations, essays, and debates. The Preparatory
Department offered a one-year course of study for students at least 15
years of age from small Oregon communities to prepare for admission to the
college.
The Athenian Literary Society Records consist of meeting minutes that
document attendance and programs and activities of the society.
Collection is open for research.
Athenian Literary Society Records (RG 061), Oregon State University
Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.
The records were acquired in the early-mid 1960s and microfilmed in
1967.
The Archives collections include the records of several other literary
societies, including the
Adelphian,
Amicitia,
Feronian,
Jeffersonian, Hesperian Lyceum,
Sorosis,
Websterian,
and Zetagathean Literary Societies. Additional materials pertaining to the
literary societies are available in the
Memorabilia
Collection (MC-Literary Societies); information about debating
and forensics is also available in the
Memorabilia
Collection and the Speech Communication Department Records (RG
181).
Oregon
Agricultural College--Students.
Oregon
Agricultural College. Preparatory Dept.
Literature--Societies, etc.
Student
activities--Oregon--Corvallis.
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