Literary Society Database

 

To All Who are Interested,

What follows is all the information that we were able to find about all literary societies, past and present.

The information represents a smaller portion of a database being constructed by members of the Demosthenian Literary Society of The University of Georgia and the Dialectic and Philanthropic Literary Societies of The University of North Carolina.

If you would like to contribute to this project, please contact
Josh D. Weiss with any information you can provide about the societies listed or ones that were overlooked.

Useful information includes:

  • Name of the Society
  • University of the Society
  • Mailing address of the Society
  • Date of Society's birth
  • Date of Society's death (if defunct)
  • Number of Members in society
  • Society's webpage
  • And etc.

Thank you,
Sara Gregory (Di), Andrew Pham (Phi), & Josh D. Weiss (Demos)

Name

School

Alive?

The Franklin Society

Brown University

United Brothers Society

Brown University

Pronouncing Society

Brown University


Philermenian Society

Brown University

Athenian Society

Brown University


Philomathean Society

Carson-Newman College

Calliopean Society

Carson-Newman College

Columbian Society

Carson-Newman College

Hypatian Society

Carson-Newman College

Polytechnic Literary Society

Citadel

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Calliopean Society

Citadel

Cliosophic Society

College of Charleston


Chrestomathic Society

College of Charleston

Peithologian Society

Columbia


Philolexian Society

Columbia

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United Fraternity

Dartmouth College

Social Friends

Dartmouth College

Philanthropic Society

Davidson


Eumenean Society

Davidson


Philanthropic Society

Davidson


Union Philosophical Society

Dickinson College

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Belles Lettres Society

Dickinson College

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Calliopean Society

Emory & Henry College

Hermesian Society

Emory & Henry College

Irinian Society

Emory University

Phi Gamma Society

Emory University

The Few Society

Emory University

Euphemian Society

Erskine College

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Philodemic Society

Georgetown University

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Union-Philanthropic Society

Hampden-Sydney College

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Hasty-Pudding

Harvard

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Porcellian Society

Harvard


Hermean Society

Harvard


Heidelberg Society

Heidelberg College

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Excelsion Men's Society

Heidelberg College

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Philalethean Society

Heidelberg College

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Euglossian Society

Heidelberg College

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Philomathean

Illinois College


Chi Beta

Illinois College

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Gamma Delta

Illinois College

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Gamma Nu

Illinois College

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Pi Pi Rho

Illinois College

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Sigma Phi Epsilon

Illinois College

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Sigma Pi Society

Illinois College

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Phi Alpha Society

Illinois College

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Clionian Society

McKendree College

Platonian Society

McKendree College

Erosophic Society

Mercer

Franklin Polemic Society

Mercer

Phi Delta Society

Mercer

Ciceronian Society

Mercer

Eucleian Society

New York University

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Philomathean Society

New York University

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Thalian Society

Oglethorpe University

Whig-Cliosophic Society

Princeton

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Washington Society

Randolph-Macon College


The Franklin Debating Society

Randolph-Macon College


Philalethean Society

Rutgers University


Peithessophian Society

Rutgers University


Philoclean Society

Rutgers University

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Philomathean Society

Union College

Phi Kappa Society

University of Georgia

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Demosthenian Society

University of Georgia

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Hermaean Society

University of Mississippi

Phi Sigma Society

University of Mississippi

Dialectic & Philanthropic Societies

University of North Carolina

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Philological Society

University of Pennsylvania


Hermean Society

University of Pennsylvania


Philomathean Society

University of Pennsylvania

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Euphrosynean

University of South Carolina


Hypation Society

University of South Carolina

Clariosophic Society

University of South Carolina

Euphradian Society

University of South Carolina

Patrick Henry Society

University of Virginia

Washington Society

University of Virginia

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Jefferson Society

University of Virginia

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Philomathean Society

Wesleyan College

Adelphian Society

Wesleyan College

Excelsior Society

Wheaton College

Aristonian Society

Wheaton College

Beltonian Society

Wheaton College

Flat Hat Club

William & Mary


Winthrop Literary Society

Winthrop University

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Society of Brothers in Unity

Yale University


Critonian Society

Yale University


Elizabethan Club

Yale University

Brothers In Unity

Yale University


Linonian Society

Yale University


Calliopean Society

Yale University