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Student Life: Literary Organizations Records

 Collection
Identifier: RG 19-003-004-000

Scope and Contents

Student Life: Literary Organizations Records contains files of many of Oberlin College's literary societies, including: Acme Literary Society, Alpha Zeta Literary Society, Oratorical Association, Phi Delta Society, Phi Kappa Pi, Sigma Gamma, Phi Alpha Phi, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Union Literary Society, and other miscellaneous records. The files related to Ladies' Literary Society are found in RG 19/003/004/001, described separately.

Dates

  • Creation: 1839-2021, undated
  • Other: Date acquired: 1974 April 16

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Unrestricted.

Full Extent

21.35 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Metadata Rights Declarations

  • License: This record is made available under an Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Creative Commons license.

Abstract

This record group holds the records of various Oberlin College literary organizations.

Accruals and Additions

Accession Nos: 234, 1978/43, 1981/23, 1989/203, 1997/029, 1997/148, 2001/048, 2001/094.

Related Materials

See the records of the Ladies' Literary Society (Aelioian, L.L.S.), RG 19/3/4/1.

Title
Student Life: Literary Organizations Records
Author
William E. Bigglestone, Kennneth M. Grossi, Tara L. Ikenouye
Date
1981 October 1
Description rules
Rules for Archival Description
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Revision Statements

  • 1998 April: Revised by Kenneth M. Grossi and Tara L. Ikenouye.
  • 2000 February: Revised by Joshua Adler.
  • 2001 May: Updated by Rebecca Deeb.
  • 2001 October: Revised by Melanie Merz.
  • 2013 December: Revised by Archives staff.
  • 2023 October: Revised by Archvies staff.
  • 2024: Finding aid prepared for migration to ArchivesSpace by Emily Rebmann.

Repository Details

Part of the Oberlin College Archives Repository

Contact:
420 Mudd Center
148 West College Street
Oberlin OH 44074-1532 US
440-775-8014