List of college literary societies

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The following is a list of college literary societies by country.

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Canadian college literary societies

Active societies are indicated in bold. Inactive societies and institutions are in italics.

SocietyFounding date and rangeInstitutionLocationStatusReferences
Levana Debating Society Queen's University at Kingston Kingston, Ontario, CanadaInactive [1] [a]
Queen's Alma Mater Society1858 Queen's University at Kingston Kingston, Ontario, Canada [1]
Queen's Debating Union 1843 Queen's University at Kingston Kingston, Ontario, CanadaActive [1] [b]
University College Literary and Athletic SocietyFebruary 22, 1854 University College, Toronto Toronto, Ontario, CanadaActive [2]

Indian college literary societies

Active societies are indicated in bold. Inactive societies and institutions are in italics.

SocietyFounding date and rangeInstitutionLocationStatusReferences
Eulexian Society1860 St. Stephen's College, Delhi University Enclave, New Delhi, India Inactive [3]
English Literary Society Shri Ram College of Commerce Delhi, India Active [4]
English Literary Society Guru Nanak Khalsa College for Women Ludhiana, IndiaActive [5]
English Literary Society St. Joseph's College, Bangalore Bangalore, India Active [6]
The English Literary Society St. Stephen's College, Delhi University Enclave, New Delhi, India Active [7]

Irish college literary societies

Active societies are indicated in bold. Inactive societies and institutions are in italics.

SocietyFounding date and rangeInstitutionLocationStatusReferences
Literary & Debating Society 1846 University of Galway Galway, Ireland Active [8] [c]
English & Literary Society (LitSoc) University College Dublin Dublin, Ireland Active [9]
Literary and Historical Society 1855 University College Dublin Dublin, Ireland Active
Literary and Debating Society 1795 Maynooth University Maynooth, Ireland Active

United Kingdom college literary societies

Active societies are indicated in bold. Inactive societies and institutions are in italics.

SocietyFounding date and rangeInstitutionLocationStatusReferences
The English Society St. John's College, Cambridge Cambridge, EnglandActive [10]
The English Society University of Manchester Manchester, England Active [11]
Shirley Society 1919 St Catharine's College, Cambridge Cambridge, EnglandActive [12]

United States men's literary societies

Active societies are indicated in bold. Inactive societies and institutions are in italics.

SocietyFounding date and rangeInstitutionLocationStatusReferences
Addisonian Society1851 Kentucky Military Institute Lyndon, Kentucky Inactive [3]
Addisonian Society1861 Wayland Baptist University Plainview, Texas Inactive [3]
Adelphean Society1851 Wesleyan University Middletown, Connecticut Inactive [3]
Adelphene Society1868 Union Christian College, Merom Merom, Indiana Inactive [3]
Adelphian Society1860 Furman University Greenville, South Carolina Inactive [13]
Adelphic Society1860 Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois Inactive [14]
Adelphi Society1845 Knox College Galesburg, Illinois Inactive [15]
Adelphi Society1842 Howard College Birmingham, Alabama Inactive [16]
Adelphian Society July 24, 1840 – December 10, 1880 Colgate University Hamilton, New York Inactive [17] [d]
Adelphian Society1858 Cornell College Mount Vernon, Iowa Inactive [3]
Adelphic Society1796 Union College Schenectady, New York Inactive [18]
Adelphic Society1831–1840 Western Reserve University Hudson, Ohio Inactive [19]
Adelphic Society1872 Geneva College Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania Inactive [20]
Adelphic Union Literary Society1870 Maryville College Maryville, Tennessee Inactive [21]
Aeonian SocietyJuly 24, 1840 – 1887 Colgate University Hamilton, New York Inactive [22] [17]
Agatheridan Society1825 University of Nashville Nashville, Tennessee Inactive [3]
Alka Society1866 Willamette University Salem, Oregon Inactive [23]
Alamo Society1873 Southwestern University Georgetown, Texas Inactive [24]
Alethezethian Society1854 Antioch College Yellow Springs, Ohio Inactive [25]
Alethean Society1855 Baldwin University Berea, Ohio Inactive [3]
Alethean Society1859 Beloit College Beloit, Wisconsin Inactive [3]
Alethean Society1881 Southwestern University Georgetown, Texas Inactive [24]
Alethearian Society1849 Geneva College Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania Inactive [20]
Alexandrian Society1821 Amherst College Amherst, Massachusetts Inactive [26]
Alfreidian Lyceum Society1846 Alfred University Alfred, New York Inactive [3]
Alleghenian Lyceum Society1851 Alfred University Alfred, New York Inactive [3]
Allegheny Society1835 Allegheny College Meadville, Pennsylvania Inactive [26]
Alpha Delta Society1868 Hiram College Hiram, Ohio Inactive [27]
Alpha Kappa Phi Society1857 Hillsdale College Hillsdale, Michigan Inactive [3] [28]
Alpha Kappa Society1839 Marietta College Marietta, Ohio Inactive [3]
Alpha Nu Society1843 University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan Inactive [3]
Alpha Omega Delta Literary Society1947 Bob Jones University Greenville, South Carolina Active [29]
Alpha Sigma1882 Maryville College Maryville, Tennessee Inactive [21] [30]
American Whig Society 1765–1928 Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey Inactive [31]
American Whig-Cliosophic Society 1928 Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey Active [32]
Amphictyon Society1853 Cornell College Mount Vernon, Iowa Inactive [3]
Amphictyon Society1851 Lawrence University Appleton, Wisconsin Inactive [26]
Amphictyon Society1857 Hillsdale College Hillsdale, Michigan Inactive [3] [28]
Animi Cultus1867–1882 Maryville College Maryville, Tennessee Inactive [21] [e]
Archaean Society1859 Beloit College Beloit, Wisconsin Inactive [3]
Archanian SocietyMarch 27, 1954 University of the Pacific Stockton, California Active [33]
Aristotelian Society1854 Central Methodist University Fayette, Missouri Inactive [26]
Aristotelian SocietyDecember 6, 1867 Harlem Springs College Harlem Springs, Ohio Inactive [3]
Aristonian Society1870 Wheaton College Wheaton, Illinois Inactive [34]
Ars Sapientiae2024 Lehigh University Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Active [35]
Atheneum Society1870 Willamette University Salem, Oregon Inactive [23]
Arkansas Literary and Debating Society1879 Lyon College Batesville, Arkansas Inactive [36]
Athena1916–1933 University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa Inactive [37]
Athena Society1858 Lawrence University Appleton, Wisconsin Inactive [26]
Athenaean Society1802–1887 Bowdoin College Brunswick, Maine Inactive [18] [38]
Athenaeum Society1824 Trinity College Hartford, Connecticut Inactive [26]
Athenaeum Society1860 University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois Inactive [3]
Athenaean Society1869 King College Bristol, Tennessee Inactive [26]
Atheniaedes Society1845 Albion College Albion, Michigan Inactive [39]
Athenian Literary Society1900 Ouachita Baptist University Arkadelphia, Arkansas Inactive [40]
Athenian Society1776–1786 Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Jersey Inactive [31] [41]
Athenian Society1821 Amherst College Amherst, Massachusetts Inactive [26]
Athenian Society1830 Indiana University Bloomington Bloomington, Indiana Inactive [42]
Athenian Society1850 University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin Inactive [43]
Athenian Society1851 Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware, Ohio Inactive [3]
Athenian Society1867 Tennessee Wesleyan College Athens, Tennessee Inactive [26]
Bachelor Society1870 Iowa State University Ames, Iowa Inactive [26]
Baconian Society1870–1906 State University of New York at Potsdam Potsdam, New York Inactive [44] [45]
Bainonian1875 Maryville College Maryville, Tennessee Inactive [21]
Basilian Society1869 Niagara University Lewiston, New York Inactive [26]
Belles Lettres Society1786 Dartmouth College Hanover, New Hampshire Active [46] [47]
Belles Lettres Society1786 Dickinson College Carlisle, Pennsylvania Active [48]
Belles Letters Society1859 Illinois Wesleyan University Bloomington, Illinois Inactive [49]
Belles Letters Society1850 Lycoming College Williamsport, Pennsylvania Inactive [26]
Belles Letters Society1851 MacMurray College Jacksonville, Illinois Inactive [50]
Belles Lettres Society1859 Southern University Greensboro, Alabama Inactive [51] [52]
Beltionian Society1856 Wheaton College Wheaton, Illinois Inactive [34]
Benjamin Franklin Literary and Debating Society2015 University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia Active [53]
Berean Society1861 University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois Inactive [54]
Beth-Hacma1829–1860s Maryville College Maryville, Tennessee Inactive [21] [f]
Beth-Hacma ve Berith1834 Maryville College Maryville, Tennessee Inactive [21] [f]
Bettina Society1871 German Wallace College Berea, Ohio Inactive [3]
Bonhommian Society1871 Highland University Highland, Kansas Inactive [3]
Brothers in Unity 1768–1878, 2022 Yale University New Haven, Connecticut Active [31] [55]
Brown Debating ClubSeptember 1866 Stockwell Collegiate Institute Stockwell, Indiana Inactive [3]
Burke Society2010 University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia Active [53] [56] [57]
Byronic Literary SocietyDecember 6, 1867 Harlem Springs College Harlem Springs, Ohio Inactive [3]
Calhoun Society1854 Wofford College Spartanburg, South Carolina Inactive [58]
Calliope Academy1855 Spring Hill College Mobile, Alabama Inactive [59]
Calliopean Society1793–1890 Union College Schenectady, New York Inactive [60]
Calliopean Society1819–1853, 1950 Yale University New Haven, Connecticut Active [61] [62] [55] [g]
Calliopean Society1830 Maine Wesleyan Seminary Kents Hill, Maine Inactive [26]
Calliopean Society1835 Granville Literary and Theological Institution Granville, Ohio.Inactive [19]
Calliopean Society1840 Emory & Henry University Emory, Virginia Active [63]
Calliopean Society1845 The Citadel Charleston, South Carolina Inactive [64]
Calliopean Society1847 Wabash College Crawfordsville, Indiana Inactive [3]
Calliopean Society1879 Texas A&M University College Station, Texas Inactive [65] [h]
Castelian Society1870 Rockford College Rockford, Illinois Inactive [26]
Chi Beta Society1920 Illinois College Jacksonville, Illinois Active [66]
Chi Delta Society1836 East Tennessee University Knoxville, Tennessee Inactive [67]
Chi Delta Theta1821 Yale University New Haven, Connecticut Inactive [68]
Chrestomathean Society1847 Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware, Ohio Inactive [3]
Chrestomathean1889–c. 1917 Hanover College Hanover, Indiana Inactive [69] [i]
Chrestomathian Society1853 Grinnell College Grinnell, Iowa Inactive [3]
Chrestomathic Society1848–1948 College of Charleston Charleston, South Carolina Inactive [70]
Ciceronian Society1823 George Washington University Washington, D.C. Inactive [71]
Ciceronian Society1834 Mercer University Macon, Georgia Inactive [72] [73] [j]
Ciceronian Society1839–c. 1932 Georgetown College Georgetown, Kentucky Inactive [3]
Ciceronian Society1850 Roanoke College Salem, Virginia Inactive [3]
Clariosophic Literary Society1873 University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas Inactive [74]
Clariosophic Society 1806–xxxx ?; 2013 University of South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina Active [3] [75] [76] [77]
Cleo of Alpha Chi 1877 Trinity College Hartford, Connecticut Active [78]
Clever Fellows Society1844 Albion College Albion, Michigan Inactive [79]
Clio Society1853 Capital University Bexley, Ohio Inactive [3]
Clio Society1885 Southwestern University Georgetown, Texas Inactive [24]
Clionian Literary Society1869 McKendree College Lebanon, Illinois Active [80]
Clionian Society1851 Free Academy of the City of New York New York City, New York Inactive [26] [81]
Clionian Society1866 Almira College Greenville, Illinois Inactive [3]
Cliolian Society1871 Iowa State University Ames, Iowa Inactive [26]
Cliosophic Society 1765–1928 Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey Inactive [31]
Cliosophic Society 1838 Georgetown College Georgetown, Kentucky Inactive [82]
Clariosophic Society1859 Southern University Greensboro, Alabama Inactive [51] [52]
Columbian Debating Society1845 – October 10, 1846 Richmond College Richmond, Virginia Inactive [83] [k]
Crescent Society1855 Antioch College Yellow Springs, Ohio Inactive [25]
Crescent Society1870 Iowa State University Ames, Iowa Inactive [26]
Crotonia Society1750–1772 Yale University New Haven, Connecticut Inactive [31]
Daedalian Literary Society1923 Indiana State Normal School Terre Haute, Indiana Inactive [l]
De La Salle Club1865 Manhattan College New York City, New York Inactive [3]
Delean Society1859 Beloit College Beloit, Wisconsin Inactive [3]
Delphic Society1854–1875 Hiram College Hiram, Ohio Inactive [14] [84]
Delphic Society 1871–1889 State University of New York at Geneseo Geneseo, New York Inactive [85]
Delta Rho Society1926–1928 Lyon College Batesville, Arkansas Inactive [36]
Delta Sigma Society1892 Lyon College Batesville, Arkansas Inactive [36]
Demosthenian Literary Society 1803 University of Georgia Athens, Georgia Active [86] [18]
Demosthenean Literary Society1907 University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas Inactive [74]
Diagnothian Society1835 Franklin & Marshall College Lancaster, Pennsylvania Inactive [26]
Dialectic Society 1795 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina Active [18]
Dialectic Society1839 Oberlin College Oberlin, Ohio Inactive [87]
Eclectic Society1845 Albion College Albion, Michigan Inactive [39]
Elizabethan Club 1911 Yale University New Haven, Connecticut Active [88] [68]
Emma Willards Society1853 Waynesburg College Waynesburg, Pennsylvania Inactive [26]
Enosinian Society 1822 George Washington University Washington, D.C. Active [89] [90] [71]
Erodelphian1843–1845 Hanover College Hanover, Indiana Inactive [69]
Erodelphian Society1862–1933 University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa Inactive [37]
Erodelphian Literary Society1825–1924 Miami University Oxford, Ohio Inactive [91]
Erodelphian Society1854 Burlington College Burlington, Vermont Inactive [3]
Erodelphian Society1870 Highland University Highland, Kansas Inactive [3]
Erosophian Adelphoi Society1835 Colby College Waterville, Maine Inactive [26]
Erosophic Society1831–1933 University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama Inactive [26] [92] [93]
Erosophic Society1847 Mercer University Macon, Georgia Inactive [73]
Erosophic Society1891 Lyon College Batesville, Arkansas Inactive [36]
Erosophian Society1855 Marshall University Huntington, West Virginia Inactive [26]
Erosophian Society1860 Lombard College Galesburg, Illinois Inactive [3]
Erosophian Society1865 Baylor College Waco, Texas Inactive [26]
Eucleian Society 1834–1943 New York University New York City, New York Inactive [26]
Euglossian Society1913 Heidelberg University Tiffin, Ohio Active [94]
Erosophian Society1867 Albion College Albion, Michigan Inactive [3]
Eulexian Literary SocietyNovember 27, 1867 – January 1870; March 1871 St. Augustine College Benicia, California Inactive [95] [m]
Eulexian Society1860 St. Stephens College Annandale-on-Hudson, New York Inactive [3]
Eutaxian Society1876 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon Inactive [96]
Eumenean Society1837 McKendree College Lebanon, Illinois Active [3] [97]
Eumenean Society April 14, 1837 Davidson College Davidson, North Carolina Active
Eumenean Society1898–1918 Birmingham–Southern College Birmingham, Alabama Inactive [n]
Euphemian Literary Society 1839 Erskine College Due West, South Carolina Active [98]
Euphradian Society 1806 University of South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina Active [26] [77]
Euphradian Society1831 College of Charleston Charleston, South Carolina Inactive [82]
Euphronean Society1835 Wabash College Crawfordsville, Indiana Inactive [99]
Eupia Society1850 Bucknell University Lewisburg, Pennsylvania Inactive [3]
Eurodelphian Society1857 Spring Hill College Mobile, Alabama Inactive [59]
Euterpean Society1867 Muhlenberg College Allentown, Pennsylvania Inactive [100]
Euzelian Society1835 Wake Forest University Wake Forest, North Carolina Active [101]
Excelsior Men's Society1851 Heidelberg University Tiffin, Ohio Active [3]
Excelsior Society1858 Albright College Reading, Pennsylvania Inactive [26]
Excelsior Society1872 Wheaton College Wheaton, Illinois Inactive [34]
F. H. C. 1750–1787 College of William & Mary Williamsburg, Virginia Inactive [31]
Few SocietyAugust 10, 1839 – 1932 Emory University Atlanta, Georgia Inactive [102] [o]
Franklin Literary Society 1797 Jefferson College Canonsburg, Pennsylvania Active [103]
Franklin Literary Society1898 Hendrix College Conway, Arkansas Inactive
Franklin Literary Society1908 University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas Inactive [74]
Franklin Polemic Society1833–1834 Mercer University Macon, Georgia Inactive [72]
Franklin Reading Society1860 Furman University Greenville, South Carolina Inactive [13]
Franklin Society 1824–1834 Brown University Providence, Rhode Island Inactive [104]
Franklin Society1826 College of William & Mary Williamsburg, Virginia Inactive [26]
Franklin Society1831–1840 Western Reserve University Hudson, Ohio Inactive [19]
Franklin Society1842 Howard College Birmingham, Alabama Inactive [16]
Franklin Society1843 Granville Literary and Theological Institution Granville, Ohio Inactive [26]
Franklin SocietyMarch 1843 Richmond College Richmond, Virginia Inactive [83]
Gamma Delta Society1911 Illinois College Jacksonville, Illinois Active [66]
Gamma Epsilon Society1852 Lycoming College Williamsport, Pennsylvania Inactive [26]
Gamma Nu Society1897 Illinois College Jacksonville, Illinois Active [66]
Gamma Phi Society 1833–c. 1840 Colgate University Hamilton, New York Inactive [105]
Gamma Sigma Literary Society1891 Henderson State University Arkadelphia, Arkansas Inactive [40]
Garland Literary Society Henderson State University Arkadelphia, Arkansas Inactive [40]
Garland Literary Society1886 University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas Inactive [74]
Garnet Society1866 Lincoln University Oxford, Pennsylvania Inactive [26]
German Verein1859–1942 German Wallace College Berea, Ohio Inactive [3] [p]
Gnothautii Society1849 Knox College Galesburg, Illinois Inactive [3]
Grady Literary Society1895 University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas Inactive [74]
Grinnell Institute1870 Grinnell College Grinnell, Iowa Inactive [3]
Hamlin Garland1920–1934 Heidelberg University Tiffin, Ohio Inactive [37]
Hamline Society1854 Iowa Wesleyan College Mount Pleasant, Iowa Inactive [106]
Harlan Literary Society 1899–1952 Hendrix College Conway, Arkansas Inactive
Henodelphisterian Society1820 Indiana University Bloomington Bloomington, Indiana Inactive [42]
Hermaean Society1849–1946 University of Mississippi Oxford, Mississippi Inactive [107]
Hermean Society1811 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Inactive [108]
Hermean Society1845 Geneva College Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania Inactive [26]
Hermesian Literary Society1888 Ouachita Baptist University Arkadelphia, Arkansas Inactive [40]
Hermesian Society1840 Emory & Henry College Emory, Virginia Active [63]
Hentz Society1853 LaGrange College LaGrange, Georgia Inactive [109]
Hesperian Society1857 Ohio Female College Cincinnati, Ohio Inactive [3]
Hesperian Society1863–1933 University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa Inactive [37]
Hesperian Society1912 Heidelberg University Tiffin, Ohio Inactive [94]
Hinman Society1856 Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois Inactive [14]
Hyperion Society1855 Marshall University Huntington, West Virginia Inactive [26]
Institute of 17701770 Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts Inactive [31]
Irving Institute1864–1929 University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa Inactive [37]
Irving Literary SocietySeptember 5, 1865 Andalusia College Pennsylvania Inactive [3]
Irving Society 1868–1888 Cornell University Ithaca, New York Inactive [3] [110] [q]
Irving Society1870 College of Wooster Wooster, Ohio Inactive [3]
Ionian Society1857 Earlham College Richmond, Indiana Inactive [3]
Jared Eliot Book Collectors and Literary Society (Jared Eliot Assoiation)1934 Yale University New Haven, Connecticut Inactive [68]
Jefferson Society 1825 University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia Active [111] [112] [56]
John Adams Society2014 Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts Active [113]
Judson Society1853 LaGrange College LaGrange, Georgia Inactive [109]
L & S (Literature and Science)1862–1864 Yale University New Haven, Connecticut Inactive [68]
Laurean Society1876 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon Inactive [96]
Lee Literary Society1906 University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas Inactive [74]
Lehigh Junto1868 Lehigh University Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Inactive [3]
L'Etoile1884 Lyon College Batesville, Arkansas Inactive [36]
Licivyronian Society1839 College of William & Mary Williamsburg, Virginia Inactive [26]
Lincoln Association1866 Illinois Soldiers College Fulton, Indiana Inactive [3] [114] [115]
Linnean Society1854 Mount Union College Alliance, Ohio Inactive [3]
Linonian Society 1753–1868, 1878–1880, 1904–1906, 19xx ? Yale University New Haven, Connecticut Active [31] [55]
Literary Adelphi Society1857 University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan Inactive [3]
Literary Fraternity1827 Colby College Waterville, Maine Inactive [26]
Literary Society1859 University of Maryland, College Park College Park, Maryland Inactive [116]
The Literary Society1888 Winthrop University Rock Hill, South Carolina Active [117]
Lyceum Society1847 Wabash College Crawfordsville, Indiana Inactive [3]
Mathesian Society1856 Northwestern Christian University Indianapolis, Indiana Inactive [118]
Miami Union Literary Society1825–1928 Miami University Oxford, Ohio Inactive [91]
Mu Sigma Rho Literary SocietyOctober 10, 1846 – 1861;

October 5, 1866

 Richmond College Richmond, Virginia Inactive [83] [119] [k]
Neocosmian Society1859 Albright College Reading, Pennsylvania Inactive [26]
Neotrophian Society1867 Bethel College Russellville, Kentucky Inactive [26]
Nu Pi Kappa Society1828 Kenyon College Gambier, Ohio Inactive [120] [121]
Octave Thanet1900–1933 University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa Inactive [37]
Orthopatetic Society1869 Blackburn College Carlinville, Illinois Inactive [26]
Orophilian Lyceum Society1850 Alfred University Alfred, New York Inactive [3]
Ossoli Society1874 Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois Inactive [14]
P. D. A. 1773–1781 College of William & Mary Williamsburg, Virginia Inactive [122]
Parthenian Society1853 University of Baltimore Baltimore, Maryland Inactive [3]
Parthenon Society1827 Trinity College Hartford, Connecticut Inactive [26]
Patrick Henry Society1819–1830, c. 1966 University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia Inactive [123] [112]
Peithissophian Society1825–1891 Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Jersey Inactive [26] [41]
Peithologian Society 1806 Columbia University New York City, New York Inactive [31]
Peithologian Society1831 Wesleyan University Middletown, Connecticut Inactive [26]
Periclean Literary Society1900 University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas Inactive [74]
Periclesian Society1853 Franklin College Franklin, Indiana Inactive [124]
Peucinian Society1805 Bowdoin College Brunswick, Maine Active [18] [38]
Phi Alpha Literary Society 1845 Illinois College Jacksonville, Illinois Active [3] [66]
Phi Alpha Pi Society1861 Olivet College Olivet, Michigan Inactive [3]
Phi Alpha Society1854 Central Methodist University Fayette, Missouri Inactive [26]
Phi Beta Kappa Society 1776–1787 College of William & Mary Williamsburg, Virginia Inactive [31] [r]
Phi Beta Kappa Society1780 Yale University New Haven, Connecticut Active [r]
Phi Beta Kappa Society1781 Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts Active [31] [r]
Phi Beta Kappa Society1787 Dartmouth College Hanover, New Hampshire Active [31] [r]
Phi Beta Kappa Society1830 Brown University Providence, Rhode Island Active [r]
Phi Beta Kappa Society1817 Union College Schenectady, New York Active [r]
Phi Beta Kappa Society1825 Bowdoin College Brunswick, Maine Active [38] [r]
Phi Delta Society1834–late 1930s;

October 1967–xxxx ?

 Mercer University Macon, Georgia Inactive [72] [j]
Phi Delta Society1839–1863 Oglethorpe University Brookhaven, Georgia Inactive [125]
Phi Delta Society1840 Western Reserve University Hudson, Ohio Inactive [19]
Phi Delta Society1868 Berea College Berea, Kentucky Inactive [26]
Phi Gamma Society1837 College of Charleston Charleston, South Carolina Inactive [3]
Phi Kappa Literary Society 1820 University of Georgia Athens, Georgia Active [126]
Phi Nu Society1853 MacMurray College Jacksonville, Illinois Inactive [50]
Phi Phi Alpha Society1842 University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan Inactive [26]
Phi Sigma Nu Society1803 University of Vermont Burlington, Vermont Inactive [18]
Phi Sigma Society1849–1934 University of Mississippi Oxford, Mississippi Inactive [127]
Philadelphian Society1856 Monmouth College Monmouth, Illinois Inactive [3]
Philal-Union Societyc. 1920–c. 1931 Hanover College Hanover, Indiana Inactive [69] [s]
Philaletha Society1852 Otterbein College Westerville, Ohio Inactive [3]
Philalethean Literary Society1913 Taylor University Upland, Indiana Inactive [128]
Philalethean Society1855 Lawrence University Appleton, Wisconsin Inactive [124]
Philalethean Society1913 Heidelberg University Tiffin, Ohio Active [129]
Philalethic Literary Society1856 Santa Clara College Santa Clara, California Inactive [130]
Philanthropic Literary Society1807–1929 Hampden–Sydney College Hampden Sydney, Virginia Inactive [131] [t]
Philanthropic Society 1795 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina Active [18]
Philanthropic Society1837 Emory University Atlanta, Georgia Active [3] [97]
Phileans Society1853 Waynesburg College Waynesburg, Pennsylvania Inactive [26]
Philermenian Society1794–1866 Brown University Providence, Rhode Island Inactive [31] [132]
Philestorian Debating SocietyOctober 14, 1859 Santa Clara College Santa Clara, California Inactive [95]
Philo-Christomathean Society1849 Geneva College Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania Inactive [20]
Philo-Franklin Society1834 Allegheny College Meadville, Pennsylvania Inactive [26]
Philo Literary Society 1797 Jefferson College Canonsburg, Pennsylvania Inactive [103]
Philoclean Society 1825–1892 Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Jersey Inactive [26]
Philocurian Society1868 Northwestern Christian University Indianapolis, Indiana Inactive [3]
Philodemic Society 1830 Georgetown University Washington, D.C. Active [133] [134]
Philokosmian Society1867 Lebanon Valley College Annville, Pennsylvania Inactive [3]
Philolexian Society 1802 Columbia University New York City, New York Active [31] [135]
Philolexian Society1851 Kalamazoo College Kalamazoo, Michigan Inactive [3]
Philologian Society1795 Williams College Williamstown, Massachusetts Inactive [18]
Philologian SocietyOctober 8, 1855 – April 22, 1861; October 27, 1867 Richmond College Richmond, Virginia Inactive [3] [136] [u]
Philologian Society1870 St. Stephens College Annandale-on-Hudson, New York Inactive [3]
Philological Society1807 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Inactive [31]
Philological Society1839 Indiana Asbury College Greencastle, Indiana Inactive [3]
Philomathean Literary Society1851–1857 Carson-Newman College Jefferson City, Tennessee Inactive [137] [v]
Philomathean Literary Society1888 Ouachita Baptist University Arkadelphia, Arkansas Inactive [40]
Philomathean Society 1813 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Active [31]
Philomathean Society1828 College of Charleston Charleston, South Carolina Inactive [82]
Philomathean Society1831 Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana Inactive [42]
Philomathean Society 1832–1891 New York University New York City, New York Inactive [138]
Philomathean Society1834 Wabash College Crawfordsville, Indiana Inactive [99]
Philalathean Society1839–c. 1917 Hanover College Hanover, Indiana Merged [139] [69] [w]
Philomathean Society 1842 Erskine College Due West, South Carolina Active [140]
Philomathean Society1846 Muskingum College New Concord, Ohio Inactive [3]
Philomathean Society1851 Waynesburg College Waynesburg, Pennsylvania Inactive [26]
Philomathean Society1852 Hiram College Hiram, Ohio Inactive [27]
Philomathean Society 1852 Wesleyan University Middletown, Connecticut Active [3]
Philomathean Society1856 Willamette University Salem, Oregon Inactive [23]
Philomathean Society1857 Otterbein College Westerville, Ohio Inactive [3]
Philomathean Society1860 Milton College Milton, Wisconsin Inactive [3]
Philomathean Society1866 Union Christian College Merom, Indiana Inactive [3]
Philomathean Society1868 Iowa State University Ames, Iowa Inactive [26]
Philomathean Society1869 Tennessee Wesleyan College Athens, Tennessee Inactive [26]
Philomathean Society1871 University of the Pacific Stockton, California Active [141] [x] [y]
Philomathean Society1883 Lyon College Batesville, Arkansas Inactive [36]
Philomathean Society1928–1928 University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa Inactive [37]
Philomathean Society1991 Union College Schenectady, New York Active [18] [142]
Philomathesian Society1827 Kenyon College Gambier, Ohio Inactive [120] [121]
Philomathesian Society1835 Wake Forest University Wake Forest, North Carolina Inactive [101]
Philomathesian Society1836 East Tennessee University Knoxville, Tennessee Inactive [67]
Philomathesian Society1839 Oberlin College Oberlin, Ohio Inactive [87]
Philomathian Society1852 University of Mississippi Oxford, Mississippi Inactive [3]
Philomathian Society1854 Bethel College Russellville, Kentucky Inactive [3]
Philomathian Society1868 Illinois Industrial University Urbana, Illinois Inactive [3]
Philomathic Society1832–1943 University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama Inactive [26] [92] [93]
Philomatic Society1848 Spring Hill College Mobile, Alabama Inactive [59]
Philoneikean Society1856 Moores Hill College Evansville, Indiana Inactive [143]
Philopaedian SocietyJanuary 16, 1841 St. Xavier College Cincinnati, Ohio Inactive [3]
Philopenthean Society1855 Geneva College Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania Inactive [26]
Philophrenian Society1850 Columbian College New York City, New York Inactive [3]
Philophrenian Society1855 George Washington University Washington, D.C. Inactive [89]
Philophronean Society1851 Otterbein College Westerville, Ohio Inactive [3]
Philosophian Society1837 Indiana Asbury College Greencastle, Indiana Inactive [3]
Philosophian Society1846 Wittenberg College Springfield, Ohio Inactive [3]
Philosophian Society1860 Furman University Greenville, South Carolina Inactive [13]
Philosophian Society1867 Lincoln University Oxford, Pennsylvania Inactive [26]
Philosophronian Society1830–1839 Hanover College Hanover, Indiana Merged [144] [69] [z]
Philotechnian Society1795 Williams College Williamstown, Massachusetts Inactive [18]
Philotechnic Society1870 Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, Louisiana Inactive [26]
Philorhetorian Society1831 Wesleyan University Middletown, Connecticut Inactive [26]
Philozetian Society1826 Western Reserve University Hudson, Ohio Inactive [19]
Phoenix Band Society1856 Earlham College Richmond, Indiana Inactive [3]
Phoenix Society1814 Hamilton College Clinton, New York Inactive [18]
Phoenix Society1855 Lawrence University Appleton, Wisconsin Inactive [124]
Photozotean Society1869 Moores Hill College Evansville, Indiana Inactive [143]
Phreno-Cosmian Society1857 Baldwin University Berea, Ohio Inactive [3]
Phrenocosmian Society1852 Free Academy of the City of New York New York City, New York Inactive [26] [81]
Pi Delta Society1834–c. 1840 Colgate University Hamilton, New York Inactive [105]
Pi Pi Rho Society1929 Illinois College Jacksonville, Illinois Active [66]
Pithonian Society1850 University of Rochester Rochester, New York Inactive [26]
Platonian Society1838 Georgetown College Georgetown, Kentucky Inactive [3]
Platonian Society1849 McKendree College Lebanon, Illinois Inactive [3]
Polemical Society1776–1782 Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Jersey Inactive [41]
Polytechnic Literary Society1847 The Citadel Charleston, South Carolina Active [64]
Porcellian Society1791 Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts Inactive [145]
Preston Society1858 Wofford College Spartanburg, South Carolina Inactive [58]
Pronouncing Society1771 Brown University Providence, Rhode Island Inactive [31]
Psi Gamma Society1839 Marietta College Marietta, Ohio Inactive [3]
The Pundits 1884 Yale University New Haven, Connecticut Active [68] [aa]
Pythonian Society1857 Northwestern Christian University Indianapolis, Indiana Inactive [118]
Reynolds Literary Society1860 Stockwell Collegiate Institute Stockwell, Indiana Inactive [3] [146]
Rhizomian Society1858 University of the Pacific Stockton, California Inactive [130]
Robert E. Lee Society1898–1918 Birmingham–Southern College Birmingham, Alabama Inactive [ab]
Robert E. V. Rice Society1866 Niagara University Lewiston, New York Inactive [26]
Roosevelt Society2015 University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia Active [53] [56]
Ruthean Society1859 Iowa Wesleyan College Mount Pleasant, Iowa Inactive [147]
St.. Aloysius Philodemics Society1851 Notre Dame University Notre Dame, Indiana Inactive [3] [148]
St. Joseph Literary AssociationSeptember 10, 1866 St. Joseph College New York Inactive [3]
San Jacinto Society1875 Southwestern University Georgetown, Texas Inactive [24]
Scientific Society1866 Wilberforce University Wilberforce, Ohio Inactive [3]
Semicentenary Society1866 Wilberforce University Wilberforce, Ohio Inactive [3]
Sherwood Rhetorical Society1851 Kalamazoo College Kalamazoo, Michigan Inactive [3]
Sigma Phi Epsilon Society1916 Illinois College Jacksonville, Illinois Active [149]
Sigma Pi 1843 Illinois College Jacksonville, Illinois Active [3] [66]
Signet Society 1870 Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts Active [150]
Sigournean Society1857 Moores Hill College Evansville, Indiana Inactive [143]
Social Friends Society1783 Dartmouth College Hanover, New Hampshire Inactive [31]
Society for Inquiry1824 Colgate University Hamilton, New York Inactive [26]
Society for Progress in Letters1789–1795 Columbia University New York City, New York Inactive [135]
Society for Religious Inquiry1835 University of Vermont Burlington, Vermont Inactive [26]
Sodalian Society1871 Wilberforce University Wilberforce, Ohio Inactive [3]
Sophirodelphian Society1829–1860s Maryville College Maryville, Tennessee Inactive [21] [f]
Sophronian Society1867 Muhlenberg College Allentown, Pennsylvania Inactive [100]
Sophronikopean Society1859 Missionary Institute PennsylvaniaInactive [3] [ac]
Soverville Society1850 Ohio Female College Cincinnati, Ohio Inactive [3]
Star Society1855 Antioch College Yellow Springs, Ohio Inactive [25]
Star Society1859 Adrian College Adrian, Michigan Inactive [3]
Stephen F. Austin Society1876 Texas A&M University College Station, Texas Inactive [65]
Stonewall Society1866 Baylor College Waco, Texas Inactive [26]
Students Philomathean Society1851 Hartsville College Hartsville, Indiana Inactive [3]
Themian Society1866 Quincy College Quincy, Massachusetts Inactive [3]
Tau Chi Society1840 College of William & Mary Williamsburg, Virginia Inactive [26]
Tau Theta Kappa Society1839–c. 1932 Georgetown College Georgetown, Kentucky Inactive [3]
Thalian Society1839 Oglethorpe University Brookhaven, Georgia Active [125]
Theta Alphea Society1850 Bucknell University Lewisburg, Pennsylvania Inactive [3]
Theta Epsilon1894 Maryville College Maryville, Tennessee Inactive [21]
Transylvania Whig Society1829 Transylvania University Lexington, Kentucky Inactive [151]
Tri Kappa Society1861 University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois Inactive [54]
Tripartite Union1848 Lycoming College Williamsport, Pennsylvania Inactive [26]
Union Literary Society 1809 Washington College Washington, Pennsylvania Inactive [103]
Union Literary Society1830–c. 1917 Hanover College Hanover, Indiana Merged [144] [69] [ad]
Union Literary Society1836 Muskingum College New Concord, Ohio Inactive [3]
Union Literary Society1853 Geneva College Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania Inactive [20]
Union-Philanthropic Society 1789 Hampden–Sydney College Hampden Sydney, Virginia Active [152] [ae]
Union Philosophical Society1789 Dickinson College Carlisle, Pennsylvania Active [46]
Union Philosophical Society1829 Transylvania University Lexington, Kentucky Inactive [153]
Union Society1814 Hamilton College Clinton, New York Inactive [18]
Union Society1851 Waynesburg College Waynesburg, Pennsylvania Inactive [26]
United Brothers Society1806–1866 Brown University Providence, Rhode Island Inactive [31] [132]
United Fraternity1786 Dartmouth College Hanover, New Hampshire Inactive [31]
Vesperian Society1870 Rockford College Rockford, Illinois Inactive [26]
Wayland Society1870 Brown University Providence, Rhode Island Inactive [3]
Washington Debating Societyc. 1845 – October 10, 1846 Richmond College Richmond, Virginia Inactive [83] [k]
Washington Literary Society 1814 Washington College Washington, Pennsylvania Inactive [103]
Washington Literary Society andDebating Union 1831–1861, 1865–1929, 1979 University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia Active [154] [af]
Washington Society1854 Bethel College Russellville, Kentucky Inactive [3]
Webster Society1853 Franklin College Franklin, Indiana Inactive [124]
Webster Society1859 University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan Inactive [3]
Whig Society1834–1839 Hanover College Hanover, Indiana Merged [69] [ag]
Whitby1913–1928 University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa Inactive [37]
William Dodd Society2024 Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida Active
Zelosophic Society1829 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Inactive [26]
Zenobian SocietyDecember 9, 1869 – June 10, 1970 University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota Inactive [3] [155]
Zetelethean1880–1917 Hanover College Hanover, Indiana Inactive [69] [i]
Zetagathea Society1845 Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware, Ohio Inactive [3]
Zetalethean Society1867 Simpson College Indianola, Iowa Inactive [3]
Zetagathian Society1861–1933 University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa Inactive [156]

United States women's literary societies

Active societies are indicated in bold. Inactive societies and institutions are in italics.

SocietyFounding date and rangeInstitutionLocationStatusReferences
Alpha Clionian1872 Geneseo Normal School Geneseo, New York Active [2] [4] [ah]
Adelphian Literary Society1893–1953 Woman's College of the University of North Carolina Greensboro, North Carolina Inactive [157]
Alethian Society1923–1953 Woman's College of the University of North Carolina Greensboro, North Carolina Inactive [158] [157]
Ars Sapientiae2024 Lehigh University Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Active [159]
Clever Girls Society1844 Albion College Albion, Michigan Inactive [79]
Corinnean Society Ouachita Baptist University Arkadelphia, Arkansas Inactive [40]
Cornelian Literary Society1893–1953 Woman's College of the University of North Carolina Greensboro, North Carolina Inactive [157]
Curious Literary Society1855 Milwaukee Female College Milwaukee, Wisconsin Inactive [3] [160]
Dikean Literary Society1918–1953 Woman's College of the University of North Carolina Greensboro, North Carolina Inactive [157]
Euphrosynean Literary Society1892 Newberry College Newberry, South Carolina Inactive [161]
Euphrosynean Society1924 University of South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina Active [77]
Franklin Literary Society1822–1921 Randolph–Macon College Ashland, Virginia Inactive [162] [163] [ai]
Germanae Sodales Society1859 Hillsdale College Hillsdale, Michigan Inactive [3] [28]
Hypatian Society1915–1970s University of South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina Inactive [77]
Jefferson Literary Society1902–1921 Randolph–Macon College Ashland, Virginia Inactive [163] [aj]
Ladies' Literary Society1834 Oberlin College Oberlin, Ohio Inactive [87]
Ladies Literary Society1852 Milton College Milton, Wisconsin Inactive [3]
Ladies Literary Union1857 Hillsdale College Hillsdale, Michigan Inactive [3] [28]
Kappa Iota Literary SocietyOctober 12, 1921 – 1950 Alma College Alma, Michigan Inactive [164] [ak]
The Philaletheis Society 1865 Vassar College Poughkeepsie, New York Active [3] [165] [al]
Philomathean1891 Henderson State University Arkadelphia, Arkansas Inactive [40]
Polymnian Society Ouachita Baptist University Arkadelphia, Arkansas Inactive [40]
Upsilon Phi Literary Society Henderson State University Arkadelphia, Arkansas Inactive [40]
Washington Literary Society1833–1899, 1940s Randolph–Macon College Ashland, Virginia Active [163] [166]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ This female group was absorbed by the Queens Debating Union when it became co-ed.
  2. ↑ Originally called the Dialectic Society of Queen's College.
  3. ↑ Formed as the Literary and Scientific Society.
  4. ↑ The society became a chapter of Theta Pi Fraternity.
  5. ↑ Became Alpha Sigma, also a literary society, in 1882.
  6. 1 2 3 This society ceased operations due to the Civil War and was not re-established.
  7. ↑ Also called Phi Epsilon Mu.
  8. ↑ Formed by students who split off from the Stephen F. Austin Literary Society.
  9. 1 2 The society discontinued its meetings during World War I so that its members could volunteer for the Red Cross. However, it did not reform after the war.
  10. 1 2 Formed when the Franklin Literary Society dissolved.
  11. 1 2 3 In the fall semester of 1846, the Columbian Debating Society and the Washington Debating Society formed a temporary alliance as Mu Sigma Rho. The merger as Mu Sigma Rho Literary Society became official in February 1847.
  12. ↑ The Daedalian Literary Society at Indiana State became Delta Lambda Sigma in 1923; Delta Lambda Sigma affiliated with Lambda Chi Alpha in 1952.
  13. ↑ Chapter closed briefly when all of its original members left college.
  14. ↑ Absorbed by the Clariosophic Society when Southern University and Birmingham College merged to form Birmingham-Southern College in 1918.
  15. ↑ Formed from a division of Phi Gamma Society
  16. ↑ Became the Alpha Omega chapter of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity in 1942.
  17. ↑ Last documented public meeting was held in May 1887 as a coeducational society. A fraternity later claimed to be the "custodian" of this society and said it carries out private literary exercises within one fraternity house.
  18. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Phi Beta Kappa was only a private literary society until ca. 1831.
  19. ↑ Formed from the merger of the Philalathean Society and the Union Literary Society.
  20. ↑ Merged with Union Philosophical Society.
  21. ↑ Formed by seven former members of the Mu Sigma Rho Society.
  22. ↑ The society became Phi Mu Delta in 1857.
  23. ↑ This formed from the merger of the Philosophronian and the Whig Societies. It was originally called the Zelomathean but changed its name after one week. The society stopped meeting during World War I. After the war, it merged with the Union Literary Society to form the Philal-Union Society.
  24. ↑ This was an organization for women.
  25. ↑ The society changed its name to Phi Lambda Omicron in 1924 after its mission shifted to being a social sorority.
  26. ↑ When student enrollment decline, it merged with the Whig Society to form the Philalathean Society.
  27. ↑ Now considered a secret society.
  28. ↑ Absorbed by the Belles Lettres Society when Southern University and Birmingham College merged to form Birmingham-Southern College in 1918.
  29. ↑ Named changed to Clionian Society in 1866.
  30. ↑ The society stopped meeting during World War I. After the war, it merged with the Philalathean Society to form the Philal-Union Society.
  31. ↑ Originally was called the Union Philosophical Society.
  32. ↑ The society went dormant during the Civil War and after the 1929 Stock Market crash.
  33. ↑ Formed as Chrestomathean but its name was changed shortly afterward. When student enrollment declined, it merged with the Philosophronian Society to form the Philalathean Society.
  34. ↑ Was formed as a literary society. Around 1902, it became a traditional sorority with the Greek letters Phi Kappa Pi but still uses the name Alpha Clio.
  35. ↑ The Franklin Debating Society is a modern group that is active on campus as of 2023.
  36. ↑ Formed by members of the Franklin Literary Society to create competition after the Washington Literary Society ceased to exist.
  37. ↑ In 1950, the society changed its mission from academic to a social sorority and changed its name to Kappa Iota.
  38. ↑ Originally called Philalethean Society

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