Collection: Adelphia Literary Society records

Scope and Content Note

This collection contains two minute books, membership certificates for Ernest A. Howard and Wilbur J. Stenger, and the constitution and bylaws.

Dates

Creation: 1901-1932

Access restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Publication rights

Copyright has been assigned to Washington College. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Archives and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Washington College as the owner of the physical items and as the owner of copyright in items created by the donor.

Organizational History Note

The Adelphia Literary Society superseded the Philomathean Literary Society in 1902 and promoted impromptu speaking, oratory, declamation, debate, and parliamentary procedure. The Society continued until around 1937.