Calliopean Society records
Scope and Content note
This collection is comprised of the correspondence related to the society, "The Constitution of the Calliopean Society" (1822), and original handwritten meeting minutes.
Dates
- Creation: 1822
Creator
- Calliopean Society (Organization)
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research use.
Use Restrictions
Standard Federal Copyright Law Applies (U.S. Title 17).
Historical note
The Calliopean Society is a literary and debating society founded at Yale College in 1819. Its name refers to Calliope, the muse of Epic Poetry. A literary society of the same name is said to have been formed in Bermuda in 1790 by George Tucker, at that time under the tutelage of Josiah Meigs, who later became Professor of Moral Philosophy at Yale.
Extent
.2 linear ft. (2 folders)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Calliopean Society is a literary and debating society founded at Yale College in 1819. This collection is comprised of the correspondence related to the society, "The Constitution of the Calliopean Society" (1822), and original handwritten meeting minutes.
Acquisition
Unknown.
Processing Information
Processed by Kara Flynn; completed January 2016.
- Title
- Calliopean Society records, 1822
- Author
- Kara Flynn
- Date
- January 2016
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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