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Student Affairs - Special Interest Organizations - Philologian Literary Society

 Collection
Identifier: 05-52-001

Scope and Contents

Records of the institution's first student organization, founded in December 1866 before the dedication of Institute (Carver) Hall.

Dates

  • 1866-1922

Language of Materials

English

Extent

0.3 Cubic Feet (One .3 Box)

Arrangement

Alphabetical

Box and Folder Listing

Box 1:

Advance, 1892-1911

Contains three issues of the Advance publication for June 1892, June 1893, and April 22, 1911. These include the name and picture of each faculty member in the society, a brief history, pictures and drawings of State Normal School, advertisements, and obituaries for deceased students and faculty.


Constitution and By-laws, 1900-10
Contains four copies of the handbooks listing the society's Constitution and By-laws.


Financial Forms, 1910-22
Includes a blank original receipt used by the society and two statements for purchased goods, building materials and cloth, dated March 23, 1922.


Normal Mentor (2 Folders), 1875-77
Includes Volume 1, numbers 3, 5, 6, and 8, 1875-76 and Volume 2, numbers 1, 7, and 12, 1876-77. The Normal Mentor contained articles on normal school events and the March, 1876 issue included and a floor plan of the second floor of the New Dormitory Building of the State Normal School.


Programs/Presentations, 1912-19
Includes programs for the plays She Stoops to Conquer, Charley's Aunt, Booth Tarkington's Monsieur Beaucaire, Mice and Men, The Tempest, The Maneuvers of Jane, as well as the programs for two public presentations sponsored by the society. The plays were presented each November as part of the society's annual reunion.


Register (1 Book), 1866-1921
Includes each individual member's name, post office, county, and state in which they reside. States which annual reunion it is, the date, the time, and the location.


Reunions, 1887-1916
Contains programs and invitations to the annual society reunions, held first in the normal auditorium and later in Philo Hall in Science Hall.

Title
Philologian Literary Society
Status
Completed
Author
Bloomsburg University Archives
Date
2019 January
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Bloomsburg University Archives Repository

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