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Adelphic Literary Society Minute Book
Collection
Identifier: 31/6/9
Abstract
The Adelphic Society records are comprised of two volumes of secretary's minutes, one from January 19, 1877 to September 25, 1885, and the other from September 25, 1885 to March 17, 1893. Membership rolls can be found at the end of the first volume and the beginning of the second
Dates:
1877-1893
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
Hinman Literary Society (1857-1915) Minute Books and Librarian's Record
Collection
Identifier: 31/6/8
Abstract
Founded in 1855, Hinman Society was the first literary society at Northwestern University. These records consist of 2 volumes of minutes and 1 volume documenting the Society's library.
Dates:
1857-1882
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
Philomathia Society (1868-1917) Minute Books
Collection
Identifier: 38/4
Abstract
The Philomathia Society Minute Books record the minutes of this Northwestern Academy literary society from its inception on May 8, 1868, to its final meeting on May 4, 1917, with a break of over 11 years, from February 1893 to September 1904. Philomathia, meaning “love of learning,” was founded to “supplement the routine of school-work by providing an opportunity for original thinking and expression,” according to an essay in the 1907 Academy annual, The Bear (p.38). The Society met on an...
Dates:
1904-1917
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives