List of literary societies
A literary society is a group of people interested in literature. Often this refers to a society that wants to promote one genre of literature, e.g. the World Science Fiction Society, or a specific writer -- see, for example, the list of poetry groups and movements. Such societies typically engage in research about their chosen author or genre, publishing a newsletter and holding meetings to deliver papers. Many are overtly academic and scholarly.
Some are more social groups of individuals who appreciate a chance to discuss literature and the arts, or their favorite writer with others.
American literary societies[]
Founded | Ended | Society | Location | Source and notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1819 | 1886 | Romney Literary Society | Romney, West Virginia | [1] |
1849 | Present | Literary Club of Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH | [2] |
1874 | Present | Literary Society of Washington | Washington, D.C. | [3] |
1921 | Present | Tucson Literary Club | Tucson, Arizona | [4] |
American literary societies associated with colleges or universities[]
Founded | Ended | Society | College or University | Source and notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1750 | 1787 | F. H. C. | William & Mary | [5] |
1750 | 1772 | Crotonia Society | Yale | [5] |
1753 | Present | Linonian Society | Yale | [5] |
1765 | 1928 | American Whig Society | Princeton | [5] |
1765 | 1928 | Cliosophic Society | Princeton | [5] |
1768 | unknown | Brothers in Unity | Yale | [5] |
1770 | unknown | Institute of 1770 | Harvard | [5] |
1771 | unknown | Pronouncing Society | Brown | [5] |
1773 | 1781 | P. D. A. | William & Mary | [6] |
1776 | 1786 | Athenian Society | Rutgers | [5][7] |
1776 | 1787 | Phi Beta Kappa Society | William & Mary | [5] |
1776 | 1782 | Polemical Society | Rutgers | [7] |
1780 | Present | Phi Beta Kappa Society | Yale | [8] |
1781 | Present | Phi Beta Kappa Society | Harvard | [5] |
1783 | Defunct | Social Friends Society | Dartmouth | [5] |
1786 | Present | Belles Lettres Society | Dickinson | [9][10] |
1786 | Defunct | United Fraternity | Dartmouth | [5] |
1787 | Present | Phi Beta Kappa Society | Dartmouth | [5] |
1789 | Present | Union-Philanthropic Society | Hampden-Sydney | [11][12] |
1789 | Present | Union Philosophical Society | Dickinson | [9] |
1789 | 1795 | Society for Progress in Letters | Columbia | [13] |
1791 | unknown | Porcellian Society | Harvard | [14] |
1793 | 1890 | Calliopean Society | Union | [15] |
1794 | 1866 | Philermenian Society | Brown | [5][16] |
1795 | Present | Dialectic Society | North Carolina | [17] |
1795 | Present | Philanthropic Society | North Carolina | [17] |
1795 | unknown | Philologian Society | Williams | [17] |
1795 | unknown | Philotechnian Society | Williams | [17] |
1796 | unknown | Adelphic Society | Union | [17] |
1797 | Present | Franklin Literary Society | Jefferson | [18] |
1797 | unknown | Philo Literary Society | Jefferson | [18] |
1802 | Present | Philolexian Society | Columbia | [5][13] |
1802 | 1887 | Athenaean Society | Bowdoin | [17][19] |
1803 | Present | Demosthenian Literary Society | Georgia | [11][17] |
1803 | unknown | Phi Sigma Nu Society | Vermont | [17] |
1805 | Present | Peucinian Society | Bowdoin | [17] |
1806 | unknown | Peithologian Society | Columbia | [5] |
1806 | Present | Clariosophic Society | South Carolina | [20][21] |
1806 | Present | Euphradian Society | South Carolina | [22][21] |
1806 | 1866 | United Brothers Society | Brown | [5][16] |
1807 | unknown | Philological Society | Pennsylvania | [5] |
1809 | unknown | Union Literary Society | Washington | [18] |
1811 | unknown | Hermean Society | Pennsylvania | [11] |
1813 | Present | Philomathean Society | Pennsylvania | [5] |
1814 | unknown | Washington Literary Society | Washington | [18] |
1814 | unknown | Phoenix Society | Hamilton | [17] |
1814 | unknown | Union Society | Hamilton | [17] |
1817 | Present | Phi Beta Kappa Society | Union | [8] |
1819 | Present | Calliopean Society | Yale | [11][23] |
1819 | 1830 | Patrick Henry Society | Virginia | [11] |
1820 | Present | Phi Kappa Literary Society | Georgia | [11][24] |
1820 | unknown | Henodelphisterian Society | Indiana | [25] |
1821 | unknown | Alexandrian Society | Amherst | [22] |
1821 | unknown | Athenian Society | Amherst | [22] |
1822 | Present | Enosinian Society | George Washington | [26] |
1822 | unknown | Franklin Debating Society | Randolph-Macon | [11] |
1823 | unknown | Ciceronian Society | George Washington | [26] |
1824 | 1834 | Franklin Society | Brown | [27] |
1824 | unknown | Athenaeum Society | Trinity | [22] |
1824 | unknown | Society for Inquiry | Colgate | [22] |
1825 | Present | Jefferson Society | Virginia | [11][28] |
1825 | Present | Phi Beta Kappa Society | Bowdoin | [8] |
1825 | 1892 | Philoclean Society | Rutgers | [22] |
1825 | unknown | Agatheridan Society | Nashville | [20] |
1825 | 1891 | Peithissophian Society | Rutgers | [22][7] |
1825 | 1924 | Erodelphian Literary Society | Miami University | [29][30] |
1825 | 1928 | Miami Union Literary Society | Miami University | [30] |
1826 | unknown | Franklin Society | William & Mary | [22] |
1826 | unknown | Philozetian Society | Western Reserve | [31] |
1827 | unknown | Literary Fraternity | Colby | [22] |
1827 | unknown | Parthenon Society | Trinity | [22] |
1827 | unknown | Philomathesian Society | Kenyon | [32] |
1828 | unknown | Nu Pi Kappa Society | Kenyon | [32] |
1828 | unknown | Philomathean Society | College of Charleston | [33] |
1829 | unknown | Beth-Hacma | Maryville | [34] |
1829 | unknown | Sophirodelphian Society | Maryville | [34] |
1829 | unknown | Transylvania Whig Society | Transylvania | [35] |
1829 | unknown | Union Philosophical Society | Transylvania | [36] |
1829 | unknown | Zelosophic Society | Pennsylvania | [22] |
1830 | Present | Phi Beta Kappa Society | Brown | [8] |
1830 | Present | Philodemic Society | Georgetown | [11][37] |
1830 | unknown | Athenian Society | Indiana | [25] |
1830 | unknown | Calliopean Society | Maine Wesleyan | [22] |
1830 | unknown | Philosophronian Society | Hanover | [38] |
1830 | unknown | Union Literary Society | Hanover | [38] |
1831 | Present | Washington Literary Society and Debating Union | Virginia | [39][11] |
1831 | 1840 | Adelphic Society | Western Reserve | [31] |
1831 | 1933 | Erosophic Society | Alabama | [22][40] |
1831 | unknown | Euphradian Society | College of Charleston | [33] |
1831 | 1840 | Franklin Society | Western Reserve | [31] |
1831 | unknown | Peithologian Society | Wesleyan | [22] |
1831 | unknown | Philomathean Society | Indiana | [25] |
1831 | unknown | Philorhetorian Society | Wesleyan | [22] |
1832 | 1943 | Philomathic Society | Alabama | [22][40] |
1833 | 1840 | Gamma Phi Society | Colgate | [41][circular reference] |
1833 | 1834 | Franklin Polemic Society | Mercer | [11] |
1833 | Present | Washington Society | Randolph-Macon | [11] |
1834 | 1943 | Eucleian Society | New York | [22] |
1834 | 1888 | Philomathean Society | New York | [11] |
1834 | unknown | Beth-Hacma ve Berith | Maryville | [34] |
1834 | Defunct | Ciceronian Society | Mercer | [11] |
1834 | unknown | Ladies' Literary Society | Oberlin | [42] |
1834 | Defunct | Phi Delta Society | Mercer | [11] |
1834 | unknown | Philo-Franklin Society | Allegheny | [22] |
1834 | unknown | Philomathean Society | Wabash | [43] |
1834 | 1840 | Pi Delta Society | Colgate | [41][circular reference] |
1835 | unknown | Allegheny Society | Allegheny | [22] |
1835 | unknown | Calliopean Society | Denison | [31] |
1835 | unknown | Diagnothian Society | Franklin & Marshall | [22] |
1835 | unknown | Erosophian Adelphoi Society | Colby | [22] |
1835 | unknown | Euphronean Society | Wabash | [43] |
1835 | Present | Euzelian Society | Wake Forest | [44] |
1835 | unknown | Philomathesian Society | Wake Forest | [44] |
1835 | unknown | Society for Religious Inquiry | Vermont | [22] |
1836 | unknown | Chi Delta Society | East Tennessee | [45] |
1836 | unknown | Philomathesian Society | East Tennessee | [45] |
1836 | unknown | Union Literary Society | Muskingum | [20] |
1837 | Present | Philanthropic Society | Davidson | [20][46] |
1837 | Present | Eumenean Society | Davidson | [20][46] |
1837 | Defunct | Phi Gamma Society | Emory | [20] |
1837 | unknown | Philosophian Society | McKendree | [20] |
1838 | unknown | Cliosophic Society | College of Charleston | [33] |
1838 | unknown | Platonian Society | Indiana Asbury | [20] |
1839 | ~1932 | Tau Theta Kappa Society | Georgetown College (KY) | [20] |
1839 | ~1932 | Ciceronian Society | Georgetown College (KY) | [20] |
1839 | unknown | Alpha Kappa Society | Marietta | [20] |
1839 | unknown | Dialectic Society | Oberlin | [42] |
1839 | Present | Euphemian Society | Erskine | [11][47] |
1839 | Defunct | Few Society | Emory | [11] |
1839 | unknown | Licivyronian Society | William & Mary | [22] |
1839 | (Defunct 1863) | Phi Delta Society | Oglethorpe | [48] |
1839 | unknown | Philological Society | Indiana Asbury | [20] |
1839 | unknown | Philomathesian Society | Oberlin | [42] |
1839 | unknown | Psi Gamma Society | Marietta | [20] |
1839 | Present | Thalian Society | Oglethorpe | [48] |
1840 | 1880 | Adelphian Society | Colgate | [22][41][circular reference] |
1840 | 1887 | Aeonian Society | Colgate | [49] |
1840 | (Present) | Calliopean Society | Emory & Henry | [50] |
1840 | Present | Hermesian Society | Emory & Henry | [50] |
1840 | unknown | Phi Delta Society | Western Reserve | [31] |
1840 | unknown | Philalethian Society | Hanover | [51] |
1840 | unknown | Tau Chi Society | William & Mary | [22] |
1841 | unknown | Philopaedian Society | St. Xavier | [20] |
1842 | unknown | Adelphi Society | Howard | [52] |
1842 | unknown | Franklin Society | Howard | [52] |
1842 | Present | Philomathean Society | Erskine | [53] |
1842 | unknown | Phi Phi Alpha Society | Michigan | [22] |
1843 | unknown | Alpha Nu Society | Michigan | [20] |
1843 | unknown | Franklin Society | Denison | [22] |
1843 | Present | Sigma Pi Society | Illinois | [20][54] |
1844 | unknown | Clever Fellows Society | Albion | [55] |
1844 | unknown | Clever Girls Society | Albion | [55] |
1845 | unknown | Adelphi Society | Knox | [56] |
1845 | unknown | Atheniaedes Society | Albion | [57] |
1845 | Defunct | Calliopean Society | Citadel | [11][58] |
1845 | unknown | Eclectic Society | Albion | [57] |
1851 | Present | Excelsior Men's Society | Heidelberg | [20] |
1845 | unknown | Hermean Society | Geneva | [22] |
1845 | Present | Phi Alpha Society | Illinois | [20][54] |
1845 | unknown | Zetagathea Society | Ohio Wesleyan | [20] |
1846 | unknown | Alfreidian Lyceum Society | Alfred | [20] |
1846 | unknown | Philomathean Society | Muskingum | [20] |
1846 | unknown | Philosophian Society | Wittenberg | [20] |
1847 | unknown | Calliopean Society | Wabash | [20] |
1847 | unknown | Chrestomathean Society | Ohio Wesleyan | [20] |
1847 | unknown | Lyceum Society | Wabash | [20] |
1847 | Present | Polytechnic Literary Society | Citadel | [11][58] |
1847 | Present | St. Anthony Hall | Columbia | |
1848 | 1948 | Chrestomathic Society | College of Charleston | [11][59] |
1848 | unknown | Philomatic Society | Spring Hill | [60] |
1848 | unknown | Tripartite Union | Lycoming | [22] |
1849 | unknown | Alethearian Society | Geneva | [61] |
1849 | unknown | Gnothautii Society | Knox | [20] |
1849 | 1946 | Hermaean Society | Mississippi | [11] |
1849 | 1934 | Phi Sigma Society | Mississippi | [11] |
1849 | unknown | Philo-Christomathean Society | Geneva | [61] |
1849 | Defunct | Platonian Society | McKendree | [20] |
1850 | unknown | Athenian Society | Wisconsin | [62] |
1850 | unknown | Belles Letters Society | Lycoming | [22] |
1850 | unknown | Ciceronian Society | Roanoke | [20] |
1850 | Defunct | Columbian Society | Carson-Newman | [11] |
1850 | 1866 | Delphic Society | Rochester | [22][63] |
1850 | unknown | Demosthenean Society | Roanoke | [20] |
1850 | unknown | Eupia Society | Bucknell | [20] |
1850 | unknown | Orophilian Lyceum Society | Alfred | [20] |
1850 | Defunct | Philomathean Society | Carson-Newman | [11] |
1850 | unknown | Philophrenian Society | Columbian | [20] |
1850 | unknown | Pithonian Society | Rochester | [22] |
1850 | unknown | Soverville Society | Ohio Female | [20] |
1850 | unknown | St. Aloysius Literary Society | University of Notre Dame | [64] |
1850 | unknown | Theta Alphea Society | Bucknell | [20] |
1851 | unknown | Addisonian Society | [20] | |
1851 | unknown | Adelphean Society | Wesleyan | [20] |
1851 | unknown | Alleghenian Lyceum Society | Alfred | [20] |
1851 | unknown | Amphictyon Society | Lawrence | [22] |
1851 | unknown | Athenian Society | Ohio Wesleyan | [20] |
1851 | unknown | Belles Letters Society | MacMurray | [65] |
1851 | unknown | Clionian Society | [22] | |
1851 | unknown | Philolexian Society | Kalamazoo | [20] |
1851 | unknown | Philomathean Society | Waynesburg | [22] |
1851 | unknown | Philophronean Society | Otterbein | [20] |
1851 | unknown | Sherwood Rhetorical Society | Kalamazoo | [20] |
1851 | unknown | St. Aloysius Philodemics Society | Notre Dame | [20] |
1851 | unknown | Students Philomathean Society | Hartsville | [20] |
1851 | unknown | Union Society | Waynesburg | [22] |
1852 | Present | Philomathean Society | Wesleyan | [20] |
1852 | unknown | Gamma Epsilon Society | Lycoming | [22] |
1852 | unknown | Ladies Literary Society | Milton | [20] |
1852 | unknown | Philaletha Society | Otterbein | [20] |
1852 | unknown | Philomathean Society | Hiram | [66] |
1852 | unknown | Philomathian Society | Mississippi | [20] |
1852 | unknown | Philomethean Society | Wesleyan | [20] |
1852 | unknown | Phrenocosmian Society | [22] | |
1853 | unknown | Amphictyon Society | Cornell College | [20] |
1853 | unknown | Chrestomathian Society | Grinnell | [20] |
1853 | unknown | Clio Society | Capital | [20] |
1853 | unknown | Emma Willards Society | Waynesburg | [22] |
1853 | unknown | Hentz Society | La Grange | [67] |
1853 | unknown | Judson Society | La Grange | [67] |
1853 | unknown | Parthenian Society | Baltimore | [20] |
1853 | unknown | Periclesian Society | Franklin | [68] |
1853 | unknown | Phi Nu Society | MacMurray | [65] |
1853 | unknown | Phileans Society | Waynesburg | [22] |
1853 | unknown | Union Literary Society | Geneva | [61] |
1853 | unknown | Webster Society | Franklin | [68] |
1854 | unknown | Alethezethian Society | Antioch | [69] |
1854 | Present | Archanian Society | Univ. of the Pacific | [20] |
1854 | unknown | Aristotelian Society | Central | [22] |
1854 | unknown | Calhoun Society | Wofford | [70] |
1854 | 1875 | Delphic Society | Hiram | [71][72] |
1854 | unknown | Erodelphian Society | Burlington | [20] |
1854 | unknown | Hamline Society | Iowa Wesleyan | [73] |
1854 | unknown | Hesperian Society | Hiram | [71] |
1854 | unknown | Hesperian Society | Wisconsin | [62] |
1854 | unknown | Linnaen Society | Mount Union | [20] |
1854 | unknown | Phi Alpha Society | Central | [22] |
1854 | unknown | Philomathian Society | Bethel | [20] |
1854 | unknown | Washington Society | Bethel | [20] |
1855 | unknown | Alethean Society | [20] | |
1855 | unknown | Calliope Academy | Spring Hill | [60] |
1855 | unknown | Crescent Society | Antioch | [69] |
1855 | unknown | Curious Society | [20] | |
1855 | unknown | Erosophian Society | Marshall | [22] |
1855 | unknown | Hyperion Society | Marshall | [22] |
1855 | unknown | Philalethean Society | Lawrence | [68] |
1855 | unknown | Philologian Society | Richmond | [20] |
1855 | unknown | Philopenthean Society | Geneva | [22] |
1855 | unknown | Philophrenian Society | George Washington | [26] |
1855 | unknown | Phoenix Society | Lawrence | [68] |
1855 | unknown | Star Society | Antioch | [69] |
1856 | Defunct | Beltionian Society | Wheaton | [74] |
1856 | unknown | Hinman Society | Northwestern | [71] |
1856 | unknown | Mathesian Society | Northwestern Christian | [75] |
1856 | unknown | Philadelphian Society | Monmouth | [20] |
1856 | unknown | Philalethic Society | Santa Clara | [20] |
1856 | unknown | Philomathean Society | Willamette | [76] |
1856 | unknown | Philoneikean Society | Moores Hill | [77] |
1856 | unknown | Phoenix Band Society | Earlham | [20] |
1857 | unknown | Alpha Kappa Phi Society | Hillsdale | [20] |
1857 | unknown | Amphictyon Society | Hillsdale | [20] |
1857 | unknown | Eurodelphian Society | Spring Hill | [60] |
1857 | unknown | Hesperian Society | Ohio Female | [20] |
1857 | unknown | Ionian Society | Earlham | [20] |
1857 | unknown | Ladies Literary Union | Hillsdale | [20] |
1857 | unknown | Literary Adelphi Society | Michigan | [20] |
1857 | unknown | Philomathean Society | Otterbein | [20] |
1857 | unknown | Phreno-Cosmian Society | [20] | |
1857 | unknown | Pythonian Society | Northwestern Christian | [75] |
1857 | unknown | Sigournean Society | Moores Hill | [77] |
1858 | unknown | Adelphian Society | Cornell College | [20] |
1858 | unknown | Athena Society | Lawrence | [22] |
1858 | unknown | Excelsior Society | Albright | [22] |
1858 | unknown | Preston Society | Wofford | [70] |
1858 | unknown | Rhizomian Society | Univ. of the Pacific | [20] |
1859 | unknown | Alethean Society | Beloit | [20] |
1859 | unknown | Archaean Society | Beloit | [20] |
1859 | unknown | Belles Letters Society | Illinois Wesleyan | [78] |
1859 | 1939 | Belles Lettres Society | Southern University (Greensboro, Alabama) | [79] |
1859 | 1939 | Clariosophic Society | Southern University (Greensboro, Alabama) | [79] |
1859 | unknown | Delean Society | Beloit | [20] |
1859 | Present | German Verein (now the Alpha Omega chapter of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity) | German Wallace | [20] |
1859 | unknown | Germanae Sodales Society | Hillsdale | [20] |
1859 | unknown | Literary Society | Maryland | [80] |
1859 | unknown | Neocosmian Society | Albright | [22] |
1859 | unknown | Philestorian Society | Santa Clara | [20] |
1859 | unknown | Ruthean Society | Iowa Wesleyan | [81] |
1859 | unknown | Sophronikopean Society | Missionary | [20] |
1859 | unknown | Star Society | Adrian | [20] |
1859 | unknown | Webster Society | Michigan | [20] |
1860 | unknown | Adelphian Society | Furman | [82] |
1860 | unknown | Adelphic Society | Northwestern | [71] |
1860 | unknown | Athenaeum Society | Chicago | [20] |
1860 | unknown | Erosophian Society | Lombard | [20] |
1860 | unknown | Eulexian Society | St. Stephen's | [20] |
1860 | unknown | Franklin Reading Society | Furman | [82] |
1860 | unknown | Philomathean Society | Milton | [20] |
1860 | unknown | Philosophian Society | Furman | [82] |
1860 | unknown | Reynolds Society | Stockwell | [20] |
1860 | Defunct | Philomathean Literary Society | Phi Kappa Sigma Male College | |
1861 | unknown | Addisonian Society | Wayland | [20] |
1861 | unknown | Berean Society | Chicago | [83] |
1861 | unknown | Phi Alpha Pi Society | Olivet | [20] |
1861 | unknown | Tri Kappa Society | Chicago | [83] |
1861 | 1933 | Zetagathian Society | University of Iowa | [84] |
1862 | 1933 | Erodelphian Society | University of Iowa | [85] |
1863 | 1933 | Hesperian Society | University of Iowa | [85] |
1864 | 1929 | Irving Institute | University of Iowa | [85] |
1865 | unknown | De La Salle Club | Manhattan | [20] |
1865 | unknown | Erosophian Society | Baylor | [22] |
1865 | unknown | Irving Society | Andalusia, (Pa.) | [20] |
1865 | Present | Philalethean Society (now the Philaletheis Society) | Vassar | [20][86] |
1866 | unknown | Alka Society | Willamette | [76] |
1866 | unknown | Brown Debating Society | Stockwell | [20] |
1866 | unknown | Clionian Society | Almira | [20] |
1866 | unknown | Garnet Society | Lincoln | [22] |
1866 | unknown | Lincoln Association | Illinois Soldiers' | [20] |
1866 | unknown | Philomathean Society | Union Christian | [20] |
1866 | unknown | Robert E. V. Rice Society | Niagara | [22] |
1866 | unknown | Scientific Society | Wilberforce | [20] |
1866 | unknown | Semicentenary Society | Wilberforce | [20] |
1866 | unknown | St Joseph Society | St. Joseph College, New York | [20] |
1866 | unknown | Stonewall Society | Baylor | [22] |
1866 | unknown | Themian Society | Quincy | [20] |
1867 | unknown | Aristotelian Society | Harlem Springs | [20] |
1867 | unknown | Athenian Society | Tennessee Wesleyan | [22] |
1867 | unknown | Byronic Society | Harlem Springs | [20] |
1867 | unknown | Erosophian Society | Albion | [20] |
1867 | unknown | Eulexian Society | St. Augustine College, California | [20] |
1867 | unknown | Euterpean Society | Muhlenberg | [87] |
1867 | unknown | Neotrophian Society | Bethel | [22] |
1867 | unknown | Philokosmian Society | Lebanon Valley | [20] |
1867 | unknown | Philosophian Society | Lincoln | [22] |
1867 | unknown | Sophronian Society | Muhlenberg | [87] |
1867 | unknown | Zetalethean Society | Simpson | [20] |
1868 | unknown | Adelphene Society | Union Christian | [20] |
1868 | unknown | Alpha Delta Society | Hiram | [66] |
1868 | unknown | German Society | St. Xaviers | [20] |
1868 | 1888[88] | Irving Society | Cornell University | [20] |
1868 | unknown | Lehigh Junto | Lehigh | [20] |
1868 | unknown | Phi Delta Society | Berea | [22] |
1868 | unknown | Philocurian Society | Northwestern Christian | [20] |
1868 | unknown | Philomathean Society | Iowa State | [22] |
1868 | unknown | Philomathian Society | Illinois | [20] |
1869 | unknown | Athenaean Society | Kings College, Tennessee | [22] |
1869 | unknown | Basilian Society | Niagara | [22] |
1869 | Still active | Clionian Literary Society | McKendree | [89] |
1869 | unknown | Orthopatetic Society | Blackburn | [22] |
1869 | unknown | Philomathean Society | Tennessee Wesleyan | [22] |
1869 | unknown | Photozotean Society | Moore's hill | [77] |
1869 | unknown | Zenobian Society | Minnesota | [20] |
1870 | Defunct | Aristonian Society | Wheaton | [74] |
1870 | unknown | Atheneum Society | Willamette | [76] |
1870 | unknown | Bachelor Society | Iowa State | [22] |
1870 | 1906 | Baconian Society | Potsdam | [90][91] |
1870 | unknown | Castelian Society | Rockford | [22] |
1870 | unknown | Crescent Society | Iowa State | [22] |
1870 | unknown | Erodelphian Society | Highland | [20] |
1870 | unknown | Grinnell Institute | Grinnell | [20] |
1870 | unknown | Irving Society | Wooster | [20] |
1870 | unknown | Philologian Society | St Stephens | [20] |
1870 | unknown | Philotechnic Society | Louisiana State | [22] |
1870 | Present | Signet Society | Harvard | |
1870 | unknown | Vesperian Society | Rockford | [22] |
1870 | unknown | Wayland Society | Brown | [20] |
1871 | unknown | Bettina Society | German Wallace | [20] |
1871 | unknown | Bonhommian Society | Highland | [20] |
1871 | unknown | Cliolian Society | Iowa State | [22] |
1871 | 1889 | Delphic Society | Geneseo | [92][93] |
1871 | unknown | Sodalian Society | Wilberforce | [20] |
1872 | unknown | Adelphic Society | Geneva | [61] |
1872 | Defunct | Excelsior Society | Wheaton | [74] |
1873 | Defunct | Clariosophic Literary Society | University of Arkansas | [94] |
1873 | Defunct | Alamo Society | Southwestern | [11][95] |
1874 | unknown | Ossoli Society | Northwestern | [71] |
1875 | Defunct | San Jacinto Society | Southwestern | [11][95] |
1876 | unknown | Eutaxian Society | Oregon | [96] |
1876 | unknown | Laurean Society | Oregon | [96] |
1876 | unknown | Stephen F. Austin Society | Texas A&M | |
1877 | Present | Cleo of Alpha Chi | Trinity College | |
1879 | unknown | Calliopean Society | Texas A&M | |
1879 | Defunct | Arkansas Literary and Debating Society | Lyon College | [97] |
1881 | Defunct | Alethean Society | Southwestern | [11][95] |
1883 | Defunct | Philomathean Society | Lyon College | [97] |
1884 | unknown | L'Etoile | Lyon College | [97] |
1885 | Defunct | Clio Society | Southwestern | [11][95] |
1886 | Defunct | Garland Literary Society | University of Arkansas | [94] |
1886 | Defunct | Adelphian Circle | Ouachita Baptist University | |
1888 | Defunct | Hermesian Literary Society | Ouachita Baptist University | |
1888 | Defunct | Philomathean Literary Society | Ouachita Baptist University | |
1889 | Present | Winthrop Literary Society | Winthrop | [11] |
1891 | Defunct | Gamma Sigma Literary Society | Henderson State University | |
1891 | Defunct | Erosophic Society | Lyon College | [97] |
1892 | Defunct | Delta Sigma Society | Lyon College | [97] |
1895 | Defunct | Grady Literary Society | University of Arkansas | [94] |
1895 | 1928 | Philomathean Society | University of Iowa | [85] |
1897 | Present | Gamma Nu Society | Illinois | [11][54] |
1898 | 1939 | Eumenean Society (absorbed by the Clariosophic Society in when Southern University and Birmingham College merged to form Birmingham-Southern College in 1918) | Birmingham-Southern College | |
1898 | 1939 | Robert E. Lee Society (absorbed by the Belles Lettres Society when Southern University and Birmingham College merged to form Birmingham-Southern College in 1918) | Birmingham-Southern College | |
1898 | Defunct | Franklin Literary Society | Hendrix College | |
1899 | Defunct | Harlan Literary Society | Hendrix College | |
1900 | Defunct | Athenian Literary Society | Ouachita Baptist University | |
1900 | 1933 | Octave Thanet | University of Iowa | [85] |
1900 | Defunct | Periclean Literary Society | University of Arkansas | [94] |
1905 | Defunct | Garland Literary Society | Henderson State University | |
1904 | unknown | Sul Ross Literary Society | Texas A&M University | |
1906 | Defunct | Lee Literary Society | University of Arkansas | [94] |
1907 | Defunct | Demosthenean Literary Society | University of Arkansas | [94] |
1908 | Defunct | Franklin Literary Society | University of Arkansas | [94] |
1911 | Present | Elizabethan Club | Yale | [11] |
1911 | Present | Gamma Delta Society | Illinois | [54] |
1912 | Defunct | Hesperian Society | Heidelberg | [11][98] |
1912 | Present | Philomathean Society | Univ. of the Pacific | [99] |
1913 | Present | Euglossian Society | Heidelberg | [11][98] |
1913 | Present | Philalethean Society | Heidelberg | [11] |
1913 | Present | Philalethean Society | Rutgers | [11] |
1913 | 1928 | Whitby | University of Iowa | [85] |
1914 | Defunct | Adelphian Society | Mountain Home College | |
1915 | Defunct | Athenian Society | Mountain Home College | |
1915 | Defunct | Hypatian Society | South Carolina | [11] |
1916 | 1933 | Athena | University of Iowa | [85] |
1916 | Present | Sigma Phi Epsilon Society | Illinois | [11][100] |
1920 | Present | Chi Beta Society | Illinois | [11][54] |
1920 | 1934 | Hamlin Garland | University of Iowa | [85] |
1921 | Present | Aptonalton Literary Society | Heidelberg University | |
1921 | 1950 | Kappa Iota Literary Society | Alma College | |
1923 | Defunct | Daedalian Literary Society | Indiana State Normal School | [101][102][103] |
1924 | Present | Euphrosynean Society | South Carolina | [11] |
1926 | 1928 | Delta Rho Society | Lyon College | [97] |
1928 | Present | American Whig-Cliosophic Society | Princeton | [11][104] |
1929 | Present | Pi Pi Rho Society | Illinois | [11][54] |
1947 | Present | Bob Jones University | ||
1991 | Present | Philomathean Society | Union | [17][105] |
2015 | Present | Franklin Society | Virginia | [106][107] |
Australian literary societies[]
Founded | Ended | Society | Location | Source and notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
c. 1890 | Unknown | Women's Literary Society | Sydney | [108] |
International Societies[]
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