List of college literary societies

!Society

!Founding date and range

!Institution

!Location

!Status!!References

|

|Queen's University at Kingston

|Kingston, Ontario, Canada

|Inactive

|{{Cite web |title=History |url=http://www.queensdebatingunion.org/history/ |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=Queen's Debating Union |language=en-CA}}{{Efn|This female group was absorbed by the Queens Debating Union when it became co-ed.}}

|1858

|Queen's University at Kingston

|Kingston, Ontario, Canada

|

|

|1843

|Queen's University at Kingston

|Kingston, Ontario, Canada

|Active

|{{Efn|Originally called the Dialectic Society of Queen's College.}}

|{{DTS|February 22, 1854}}

|University College, Toronto

|Toronto, Ontario, Canada

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://uclit.ca/about/history.html |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=UC Lit |language=en-US}}

!Society

!Founding date and range

!Institution

!Location

!Status!!References

|1860

|St. Stephen's College, Delhi

|University Enclave, New Delhi, India

|Inactive

|Seeley, I. C. [https://books.google.com/books?id=w_oTAAAAIAAJ Manual of College Literary Societies with Statistical Table]. Kalamazoo: Chaplin & Ihling Bro's Book and Job Printers, 1871, pp. 19–135. via Google Books.

|

|Shri Ram College of Commerce

|Delhi, India

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=English Literary Society {{!}} SRCC |url=https://www.srcc.edu/societies/english-literary-society |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=www.srcc.edu}}

|

|Guru Nanak Khalsa College for Women

|Ludhiana, India

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=English Literary Society – Guru Nanak Khalsa College for Women |url=https://www.gnwldh.com/english-literary-society/ |access-date=2023-09-23 |language=en-US}}

|

|St. Joseph's College, Bangalore

|Bangalore, India

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=English Literary Society |url=https://www.sjc.ac.in/English_Literary_Society.php |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=St.Joseph College}}

|

|St. Stephen's College, Delhi

|University Enclave, New Delhi, India

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=The English Literary Society |url=https://www.ststephens.edu/english-lit-soc/ |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=St. Stephen's College, Delhi |language=en-US}}

!Society

!Founding date and range

!Institution

!Location

!Status!!References

|1846

|University of Galway

|Galway, Ireland

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Societies – Lit & Deb |url=https://socs.universityofgalway.ie/societies/litndeb |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=University of Galway}}{{Efn|Formed as the Literary and Scientific Society.}}

|

|University College Dublin

|Dublin, Ireland

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=English & Literary Society |url=https://societies.ucd.ie/englishliterary/ |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=University College Dublin Student Societies |language=en-US}}

|1855

|University College Dublin

|Dublin, Ireland

|Active

|

|1795

|Maynooth University

|Maynooth, Ireland

|Active

|

!Society

!Founding date and range

!Institution

!Location

!Status!!References

|

|St. John's College, Cambridge

|Cambridge, England

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=The English Society |url=https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/english-society-0 |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=St John's College, University of Cambridge}}

|

|University of Manchester

|Manchester, England

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Societies – School of Arts, Languages and Cultures |url=https://www.alc.manchester.ac.uk/english/study/societies/ |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=The University of Manchester}}

|1919

|St Catharine's College, Cambridge

|Cambridge, England

|Active

|{{Cite web |date=July 27, 2022 |title=Celebrating literary successes |url=https://www.caths.cam.ac.uk/literary-success |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=St Catharine's College, Cambridge |language=en}}

|1851

|Kentucky Military Institute

|Lyndon, Kentucky

|Inactive

|

|1861

|Wayland Baptist University

|Plainview, Texas

|Inactive

|

|1851

|Wesleyan University

|Middletown, Connecticut

|Inactive

|

|1868

|Union Christian College, Merom

|Merom, Indiana

|Inactive

|

|1860

|Furman University

|Greenville, South Carolina

|Inactive

|McGlothlin, W. J., Baptist Beginnings in Education: a History of Furman University, (Nashville: Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Church, 1926), p. 115.

|1860

|Northwestern University

|Evanston, Illinois

|Inactive

|Wilde, Arthur Herbert, Northwestern University, a History, 1855–1905, (New York: University Publishing Society, 1905), III, 31, 49.

|1845

|Knox College

|Galesburg, Illinois

|Inactive

|Calkins, Earnest Elmo, They Broke the Prairie; Being an Account of the Settlement of the Upper Mississippi Valley by Religious and Educational Pioneers, Told in Terms of One City, Galesburg, and of One College, Knox, (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937), pg+N167s. 131–32.

|1842

|Howard College

|Birmingham, Alabama

|Inactive

|Howard College Bulletin, XXXV (October, 1927), p. 22.

|{{DTS|July 24, 1840}} – December 10, 1880

|Colgate University

|Hamilton, New York

|Inactive

|Velez, Philip V. (2023). [https://dspace.sunyconnect.suny.edu/bitstream/handle/1951/83749/document.pdf?sequence=1 Chronicle of the Delphic Fraternity Gamma Sigma Tau: Over 150 Years of Brotherhood, More than 185 Years of History] (Sesquicentennial ed.). The Delphic Fraternity, Inc. pp. 11–12. Retrieved September 8, 2023.{{Efn|The society became a chapter of Theta Pi Fraternity.}}

|1858

|Cornell College

|Mount Vernon, Iowa

|Inactive

|

|1796

|Union College

|Schenectady, New York

|Inactive

|Storie, Catherine Penniman. "The American College Society Library and the College Library," College and Research Libraries, VI (June 1945), pp. 242–47.

|1831–1840

|Western Reserve University

|Hudson, Ohio

|Inactive

|Potter, David. "The Literary Society", History of Speech Education in America; Background Studies. Karl R. Wallace, editor. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc., 1954, p. 241

|1872

|Geneva College

|Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania

|Inactive

|

|1870

|Maryville College

|Maryville, Tennessee

|Inactive

|

|{{DTS|July 24, 1840}} – 1887

|Colgate University

|Hamilton, New York

|Inactive

|The Record of Phi Kappa Psi – A Short History of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity by Guy Morrison Walker, 1906

|1825

|University of Nashville

|Nashville, Tennessee

|Inactive

|

|1866

|Willamette University

|Salem, Oregon

|Inactive

|Gatke, Robert Moulton, Chronicles of Willamette, the Pioneer University of the West, (Portland, Oregon: Binfords & Mort, 1943), p. 179.

|1873

|Southwestern University

|Georgetown, Texas

|Inactive

|{{cite web |date=2008-06-13 |title=The establishment of Southwestern University |url=http://impactnews.com/georgetown-hutto-taylor/history/1193-the-establishment-of-southwestern-university |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100424091826/http://impactnews.com/georgetown-hutto-taylor/history/1193-the-establishment-of-southwestern-university |archive-date=2010-04-24 |access-date=2010-09-05 |publisher=Impactnews.com}}

|1854

|Antioch College

|Yellow Springs, Ohio

|Inactive

|Lyle, Guy R., "College Literary Societies in the Fifties," Library Quarterly, IV, (July 1934), pp. 488–489.

|1855

|Baldwin University

|Berea, Ohio

|Inactive

|

|1859

|Beloit College

|Beloit, Wisconsin

|Inactive

|

|1881

|Southwestern University

|Georgetown, Texas

|Inactive

|

|1849

|Geneva College

|Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania

|Inactive

|Downie, James Vale, "Old Literary Societies," Geneva Alumnus, July, 195, pp. 4–5.

|1821

|Amherst College

|Amherst, Massachusetts

|Inactive

|Harding, Thomas S. College Literary Societies: Their Contribution to Higher Education in the United States, 1815–1876. New York: Pageant Press International,1971. {{ISBN|9780818102028}}

|1846

|Alfred University

|Alfred, New York

|Inactive

|

|1851

|Alfred University

|Alfred, New York

|Inactive

|

|1835

|Allegheny College

|Meadville, Pennsylvania

|Inactive

|

|1868

|Hiram College

|Hiram, Ohio

|Inactive

|Stein, John H., "The Development of the Hiram College Library from the Literary Society Libraries Which Formed its Nucleus," (unpublished Masters' thesis, Kent State University, 1950), pp. 23–31.

|1857

|Hillsdale College

|Hillsdale, Michigan

|Inactive

|

|1839

|Marietta College

|Marietta, Ohio

|Inactive

|

|1843

|University of Michigan

|Ann Arbor, Michigan

|Inactive

|

|1947

|Bob Jones University

|Greenville, South Carolina

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Alpha Omega Delta |url=http://www.bjuvintage.com/2015/organizations/mens-societies_alpha-omega-delta.html |access-date=July 19, 2023 |website=Bob Jones University Vintage}}

|1882

|Maryville College

|Maryville, Tennessee

|Inactive

|Wilson, Samuel Tyndale. Century of Maryville College 1818–1918: A Story of Altruism. Maryville, Tennessee: The Directors of Marville College/J.J. Little & Ives Company, 1916. p. 199–200. via Wikimedia Commons.{{Cite web |last=Lundell |first=Amy |title=Lamar Memorial Library: Insight Into the Past Exhibit: Alpha Sigma |url=https://library.maryvillecollege.edu/archives/exhibits/1920s/literarysocieties/alphasigma |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=library.maryvillecollege.edu |language=en}}

|1765–1928

|Princeton University

|Princeton, New Jersey

|Inactive

|

|1928

|Princeton University

|Princeton, New Jersey

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=The American Whig-Cliosophic Society |url=http://whigclio.princeton.edu/}}

|1853

|Cornell College

|Mount Vernon, Iowa

|Inactive

|

|1851

|Lawrence University

|Appleton, Wisconsin

|Inactive

|

|1857

|Hillsdale College

|Hillsdale, Michigan

|Inactive

|

|1867–1882

|Maryville College

|Maryville, Tennessee

|Inactive

|{{Efn|Became Alpha Sigma, also a literary society, in 1882.}}

|1859

|Beloit College

|Beloit, Wisconsin

|Inactive

|

|{{DTS|March 27, 1954}}

|University of the Pacific

|Stockton, California

|Active

|Seeley, I. C. [https://books.google.com/books?id=w_oTAAAAIAAJ Manual of College Literary Societies with Statistical Table]. Kalamazoo: Chaplin & Ihling Bro's Book and Job Printers, 1871, p. 15. via Google Books.

|1854

|Central Methodist University

|Fayette, Missouri

|Inactive

|

|{{DTS|December 6, 1867}}

|Harlem Springs College

|Harlem Springs, Ohio

|Inactive

|

|1870

|Wheaton College

|Wheaton, Illinois

|Inactive

|

|1870

|Willamette University

|Salem, Oregon

|Inactive

|

|1879

|Lyon College

|Batesville, Arkansas

|Inactive

|{{cite book |last1=Blevins |first1=Brooks |title=Lyon College, 1872–2002: the perseverance and promise of an Arkansas college |date=2003 |publisher=University of Arkansas Press |isbn=1557287422 |location=Fayetteville}}

|1916–1933

|University of Iowa

|Iowa City, Iowa

|Inactive

|{{cite journal |last=Hevel |first=Michael |year=2011 |title=Public Displays of Student Learning: The Role of Literary Societies in Early Iowa Higher Education |journal=The Annals of Iowa |volume=70 |issue=1 |pages=1–35 |doi=10.17077/0003-4827.1502 |doi-access=free}}

|1858

|Lawrence University

|Appleton, Wisconsin

|Inactive

|

|1802–1887

|Bowdoin College

|Brunswick, Maine

|Inactive

|{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/generalcatalogue1950bowd/page/n7/mode/2up?ui=embed&view=theater&q=Athenaean |title=General Catalogue of Bowdoin College and the Medical School of Maine: A Biographical Record of Alumni and Officers, 1794–1950 |publisher=Bowdoin College |year=1950 |edition=Sesquicentennial |location=Brunswick, Maine |page=v |via=Bowdoin Digital Commons}}

|1824

|Trinity College

|Hartford, Connecticut

|Inactive

|

|1860

|University of Chicago

|Chicago, Illinois

|Inactive

|

|1869

|King College

|Bristol, Tennessee

|Inactive

|

|1845

|Albion College

|Albion, Michigan

|Inactive

|Eclectic and Atheniaedes Societies, Catalogue of the Officers, Members, and Library of the Eclectic and Atheniaedes Societies of Albion College, Together with the Constitutions and By-laws, (Albion: F. F. Cole, 1877), p. 3.

|1900

|Ouachita Baptist University

|Arkadelphia, Arkansas

|Inactive

|{{Cite web |date=2015 |title=Gamma Sigma Literary Society Records {{!}} Guides and Finding Aids |url=https://scholarlycommons.obu.edu/finding_aids/48/ |access-date=September 8, 2023 |website=Ouachita Baptist University Scholarly Commons}}

|1776–1786

|Rutgers University

|New Brunswick, New Jersey

|Inactive

|{{cite web |title=Records of the Peithessophian Society of Rutgers College, 1825–1927 (RG 48/A1/01) |url=https://archives.libraries.rutgers.edu/repositories/3/resources/611 |access-date=July 19, 2023 |website=Rutgers University Libraries |publisher=Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.}}

|1821

|Amherst College

|Amherst, Massachusetts

|Inactive

|

|1830

|Indiana University Bloomington

|Bloomington, Indiana

|Inactive

|Woodburn, James Albert. History of Indiana University. Bloomington: Indiana University, 1940. I, 24, 77.

|1850

|University of Wisconsin

|Madison, Wisconsin

|Inactive

|Curti, Merle, and Carstensen, Vernon, The University of Wisconsin, 1848–1925, a History, (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1949), I, 423–424.

|1851

|Ohio Wesleyan University

|Delaware, Ohio

|Inactive

|

|1867

|Tennessee Wesleyan College

|Athens, Tennessee

|Inactive

|

|1870

|Iowa State University

|Ames, Iowa

|Inactive

|

|1870–1906

|State University of New York at Potsdam

|Potsdam, New York

|Inactive

|{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6mXQn6kZOx4C&q=baconian+society+potsdam&pg=PA191 |title=First quarto-centennial history of ... |via=Google Books |date=2007 |access-date=2010-09-05}}{{cite web |title=Excerpts from "Normal Magazine" – March 1907 |url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~stlawgen/MISC/school/NormalMar07.htm |access-date=2010-09-05 |publisher=Freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com}}

|1875

|Maryville College

|Maryville, Tennessee

|Inactive

|

|1869

|Niagara University

|Lewiston, New York

|Inactive

|

|1786

|Dartmouth College

|Hanover, New Hampshire

|Active

|Morgan, James Henry. [https://archives.dickinson.edu/document-descriptions/dickinson-college-history-one-hundred-and-fifty-years-1783-1933-james-h-morgan Dickinson College: the History of One Hundred and Fifty Years, 1783–1933]. Carlisle, Pennsylvania: Dickinson College, 1933. p. 401. via Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections, accessed July 20, 2023.

{{cite web |title=Dickinson College – Campus Life |url=http://www.dickinson.edu/stulife/orgdetail.cfm?oid=64 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071223071122/http://www.dickinson.edu/stulife/orgdetail.cfm?oid=64 |archive-date=2007-12-23 |access-date=2010-09-05 |publisher=Dickinson.edu}}

|1786

|Dickinson College

|Carlisle, Pennsylvania

|Active

|{{Cite web |last=Winters-Fazio |first=Kelly |title=Belles Lettres |url=https://www.dickinson.edu/info/20111/english/741/belles_lettres |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=Dickinson College |language=en}}

|1859

|Illinois Wesleyan University

|Bloomington, Illinois

|Inactive

|Watson, Elmo Scott. Illinois Wesleyan Story, 1850–1950. Bloomington, Ill.: Illinois Wesleyan University Press, 1950, pp. 38, 62, and 68.

|1850

|Lycoming College

|Williamsport, Pennsylvania

|Inactive

|

|1851

|MacMurray College

|Jacksonville, Illinois

|Inactive

|Waters, Mary, First Hundred Years of MacMurray College, (Springfield, Illinois: Williamson Printing & Publishing Co., 1947), pp. 102–103.

|1859

|Southern University

|Greensboro, Alabama

|Inactive

|Perry, Wilbur Dow, History of Birmingham-Southern College, 1856–1931, (Methodist Publishing House, 1931), pp. 16–17.{{Cite web |last=Batesel |first=Paul |title=Southern University |url=https://www.lostcolleges.com/southern-university |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=Lost Colleges |language=en}}

|1856

|Wheaton College

|Wheaton, Illinois

|Inactive

|Gardiner, Gordon P., History of the Beltionian Literary Association, (Wheaton: Wheaton College, 1936), pp. 11–13.

|2015

|University of Virginia

|Charlottesville, Virginia

|Active

|{{Cite news |last=Chellman |first=Jack |date=November 15, 2017 |title=UVa needs literary societies more than ever |work=The Cavalier Daily |url=http://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2017/11/chellman-u-va-needs-literary-societies-more-than-ever |access-date=2017-12-05}}

|1861

|University of Chicago

|Chicago, Illinois

|Inactive

|University of Chicago, Index Universitatis, Vol. I, No. 1, March 1862.

|1829–1860s

|Maryville College

|Maryville, Tennessee

|Inactive

|{{Efn|This society ceased operations due to the Civil War and was not re-established.|name=Maryville College}}

|1834

|Maryville College

|Maryville, Tennessee

|Inactive

|{{Efn|name=Maryville College}}

|1871

|German Wallace College

|Berea, Ohio

|Inactive

|

|1871

|Highland University

|Highland, Kansas

|Inactive

|

|1768–1878, 2022

|Yale University

|New Haven, Connecticut

|Active

|Havemeyer, Loomis. (January 1961) [https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1006&context=yale_history_pubs Yale's Extracurricular & .Social Organizations, 1780–1960.] Yale University. p. 5–6. via ElisScholar. Accessed October 21, 2024.

|{{DTS|1866|September}}

|Stockwell Collegiate Institute

|Stockwell, Indiana

|Inactive

|

|2010

|University of Virginia

|Charlottesville, Virginia

|Active

|{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2019-07-22 |title=How to Get Involved Politically at UVA |url=https://humansofuniversity.com/university-of-virginia/how-to-get-involved-politically-at-uva/ |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=Humans of University |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2010-11-04 |title=About |url=https://burkesociety.wordpress.com/about/ |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=The Burke Society at UVA |language=en}}

|{{DTS|December 6, 1867}}

|Harlem Springs College

|Harlem Springs, Ohio

|Inactive

|

|1854

|Wofford College

|Spartanburg, South Carolina

|Inactive

|Wallace, David Duncan, History of Wofford College, 1854–1949, (Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press), p. 79.

|1855

|Spring Hill College

|Mobile, Alabama

|Inactive

|Spring Hill College, Mobile, Alabama, 1830–1905, (Mobile, Alabama: Commercial printing Company, 1906), p. 128.

|1793–1890

|Union College

|Schenectady, New York

|Inactive

|{{cite web |title=Philomathean Society – History |url=http://www.vu.union.edu/~philo/history.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980614151828/http://www.vu.union.edu/~philo/history.html |archive-date=1998-06-14 |access-date=2010-09-05 |publisher=Vu.union.edu}}

|1819–1853, 1950

|Yale University

|New Haven, Connecticut

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Collection: Calliopean Society, Yale College, records |url=https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/12/resources/2518 |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=Archives at Yale |publisher=Yale University}}{{Cite book |last=Yale University Calliopean Society |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1Nvfw3q5Lu0C |title=Catalogue of the Library of the Calliopean Society, Yale College |publisher=B. L. Hamlen |year=1846 |location=New Haven |language=en |via=Google Books}}{{Efn|Also called Phi Epsilon Mu.}}

|1830

|Maine Wesleyan Seminary

|Kents Hill, Maine

|Inactive

|

|1835

|Granville Literary and Theological Institution

|Granville, Ohio.

|Inactive

|

|1840

|Emory & Henry University

|Emory, Virginia

|Active

|Callipoean Society, Emory and Henry College, Catalogue of the Library of the Calliopean Society of Emory and Henry College, (Wytheville, Virginia: D. A. St. Clair, 1872), passim; Hermesian Society, Emory and Henry College, 1872Catalogue of the Library of the Calliopean Society of Emory and Henry College, (Bristol, Virginia: Bristol News Book and Job Office, 1872), passim.

|1845

|The Citadel

|Charleston, South Carolina

|Inactive

|{{cite web |title=Brief History of The Citadel |url=http://www.citadel.edu/citadel-history/brief-history.html |access-date=2010-09-05 |publisher=Citadel.edu}}

|1847

|Wabash College

|Crawfordsville, Indiana

|Inactive

|

|1879

|Texas A&M University

|College Station, Texas

|Inactive

|{{Cite web |last=Drisker |first=Tiarra |date=May 16, 2023 |title=Blast From the Past: 10 Student Orgs of Yesteryear |url=https://www.txamfoundation.com/News/Blast-From-the-Past.aspx |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=Texas A&M Foundation}}{{Efn|Formed by students who split off from the Stephen F. Austin Literary Society.}}

|1870

|Rockford College

|Rockford, Illinois

|Inactive

|

|1920

|Illinois College

|Jacksonville, Illinois

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Illinois College – Student Activities – Literary Societies |url=http://www.ic.edu/studentlife/litsocieties.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090725125528/http://www.ic.edu/studentlife/litsocieties.asp |archive-date=2009-07-25 |access-date=2009-04-28}}

|1836

|East Tennessee University

|Knoxville, Tennessee

|Inactive

|White, Moses, Early History of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville: By Order of the Board of Trustees, 1879), pp. 32–33.

|1821

|Yale University

|New Haven, Connecticut

|Inactive

|Havemeyer, Loomis. (January 1961) [https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1006&context=yale_history_pubs Yale's Extracurricular & .Social Organizations, 1780–1960.] Yale University. p. 3 and 7. via ElisScholar. Accessed October 21, 2024.

|1847

|Ohio Wesleyan University

|Delaware, Ohio

|Inactive

|

|1889–{{Circa|1917}}

|Hanover College

|Hanover, Indiana

|Inactive

|{{Cite web |last=Austgen |first=Suzanne M. |title=A History of Literary Societies at Hanover College |url=https://history.hanover.edu/hhr/94/hhr94_1.html |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=Hanover College}}{{Efn|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.|name=Red Cross}}

|1853

|Grinnell College

|Grinnell, Iowa

|Inactive

|

|1848–1948

|College of Charleston

|Charleston, South Carolina

|Inactive

|{{cite web |title=Chrestomathy |url=http://www.cofc.edu/chrestomathy/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302024309/http://www.cofc.edu/chrestomathy/ |archive-date=March 2, 2009 |access-date=2010-09-05 |publisher=Cofc.edu}}

|1823

|George Washington University

|Washington, D.C.

|Inactive

|{{Cite web |date=2010-06-13 |title=Student Organizations: Enosinian Society {{!}} The GW and Foggy Bottom Historical Encyclopedia |url=http://encyclopedia.gwu.edu/gwencyclopedia/index.php?title=Student_Organizations:_Enosinian_Society |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613115329/http://encyclopedia.gwu.edu/gwencyclopedia/index.php?title=Student_Organizations:_Enosinian_Society |archive-date=June 13, 2010 |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=Special Collections Research Center Gelman Library}}

|1834

|Mercer University

|Macon, Georgia

|Inactive

|{{Cite news |last=Dayton |first=Bill |date=October 27, 1967 |title=Revived Literary Society to Rival Ciceronians |volume=XLIX |page=1 |pages= |work=Mercer Cluster |issue=5 |url=https://ursa.mercer.edu/bitstream/handle/10898/1762/mer1967-0114.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |access-date=September 8, 2023}}Rose, Richard M. "[http://www.jstor.org/stable/40581466. Diverging Paths: The Emergence of Secret Societies In Antebellum Georgia Colleges]." The Georgia Historical Quarterly 70, no. 1 (1986): 49–50. {{JSTOR|40581466}} accessed September 8, 2023.{{Efn|name=Franklin Literary}}

|1839–{{Circa|1932}}

|Georgetown College

|Georgetown, Kentucky

|Inactive

|

|1850

|Roanoke College

|Salem, Virginia

|Inactive

|

|1873

|University of Arkansas

|Fayetteville, Arkansas

|Inactive

|

|1806–xxxx ?; 2013

|University of South Carolina

|Columbia, South Carolina

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.clariosophic.org/#current-day |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=The Clariosophic Literary Society}}{{Cite web |title=Clariosophic Literary Society Records of the University of South Carolina, 1806–1983 |url=https://digital.library.sc.edu/collections/clariosophic-literary-society-records-of-the-university-of-south-carolina-1806-1983/ |access-date=July 20, 2023 |website=Digital Collections, University of South Carolina Libraries}}{{Cite book |url=https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/artsandsciences/mckissick_museum/documents/mckissick_awr_digital_exhibit.pdf |title=A Women's Right |publisher=McKissick Museum |year=2020 |location=Columbia, South Carolina |page=23 |language=en}}

|1877

|Trinity College

|Hartford, Connecticut

|Active

|{{Cite web |last=Bell |first=Ashley |date=2008-02-08 |title=A Look at the Greek Scene on Campus |url=https://trinitytripod.wordpress.com/first-year-guide/a-look-at-the-greek-scene-on-campus/ |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=The Trinity TriBlog |language=en}}

|1844

|Albion College

|Albion, Michigan

|Inactive

|Erosophian Society, Catalogue of the Officers, Members, Graduates, and Library of the Erosophian Society of Albion College,

(Albion: Cole's Steam Printing House, 1879), p. 3.

|1853

|Capital University

|Bexley, Ohio

|Inactive

|

|1885

|Southwestern University

|Georgetown, Texas

|Inactive

|

|1869

|McKendree College

|Lebanon, Illinois

|Active

|Walton, William Clarance, Centennial McKendree College with St. Clair County History, (Lebanon, Ill.: McKendree, 1928), pp. 310–312.

|1851

|Free Academy of the City of New York

|New York City, New York

|Inactive

|{{Cite web |title=Social Activities on Lexington Avenue {{!}} Upton Sinclair, Class of 1897 |url=https://blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/uptonsinclair/social-activities-on-lexington-avenue/ |access-date=2023-07-21 |language=en-US}}

|1866

|Almira College

|Greenville, Illinois

|Inactive

|

|1871

|Iowa State University

|Ames, Iowa

|Inactive

|

|1765–1928

|Princeton University

|Princeton, New Jersey

|Inactive

|

|1838

|Georgetown College

|Georgetown, Kentucky

|Inactive

|Easterly, James Harold, History of the College of Charleston, Founded 1770, Charleston, S.C., 1935. pp. 82–83 and 137–138.

|1859

|Southern University

|Greensboro, Alabama

|Inactive

|

|1845 – October 10, 1846

|Richmond College

|Richmond, Virginia

|Inactive

|{{Cite journal |last=Barlow |first=W. H. |date=April 1916 |title=The Philologian Literary Society |url=https://scholarship.richmond.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1310&context=messenger-rc |journal=The Messenger |publisher=Richmond College |volume=42 |issue=7 |pages=401 |access-date=September 8, 2023 |via=Richmond University}}{{Efn|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.|name=Mu Sigma Rho}}

|1855

|Antioch College

|Yellow Springs, Ohio

|Inactive

|

|1870

|Iowa State University

|Ames, Iowa

|Inactive

|

|1750–1772

|Yale University

|New Haven, Connecticut

|Inactive

|

|1923

|Indiana State Normal School

|Terre Haute, Indiana

|Inactive

|{{Efn|The Daedalian Literary Society at Indiana State became Delta Lambda Sigma in 1923; Delta Lambda Sigma affiliated with Lambda Chi Alpha in 1952.}}

|1865

|Manhattan College

|New York City, New York

|Inactive

|

|1859

|Beloit College

|Beloit, Wisconsin

|Inactive

|

|1854–1875

|Hiram College

|Hiram, Ohio

|Inactive

|Wilde, Arthur Herbert, Northwestern University, a History, 1855–1905, (New York: University Publishing Society, 1905), III, 31, 49.{{cite web |title=A memorial.: The reunion of the Delphic literary society, of Hiram College, 1854–1875 |url=http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=AGE3432 |access-date=2010-09-05 |publisher=Quod.lib.umich.edu}}

|1871–1889

|State University of New York at Geneseo

|Geneseo, New York

|Inactive

|The Normalian (1915), SUNY Geneseo Yearbook, p. 57.

|1926–1928

|Lyon College

|Batesville, Arkansas

|Inactive

|

|1892

|Lyon College

|Batesville, Arkansas

|Inactive

|

|1803

|University of Georgia

|Athens, Georgia

|Active

|{{cite web |title=About Us |url=http://www.demosthenian.org/ |access-date=2010-09-05 |website=Demosthenian Literary Society |publisher=}}

|1907

|University of Arkansas

|Fayetteville, Arkansas

|Inactive

|{{cite book |last1=Reynolds |first1=John Hugh |url=https://archive.org/details/historyuniversi00unkngoog |title=History of the University of Arkansas |last2=Thomas |first2=David Yancey |date=1910 |publisher=University of Arkansas}}

|1835

|Franklin & Marshall College

|Lancaster, Pennsylvania

|Inactive

|

|1795

|University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

|Chapel Hill, North Carolina

|Active

|

|1839

|Oberlin College

|Oberlin, Ohio

|Inactive

|Fletcher, Robert Samuel, A History of Oberlin College from its Foundation Through the Civil War, (Oberlin, Ohio: Oberlin College, 1943), II, p. 761.

|1845

|Albion College

|Albion, Michigan

|Inactive

|

|1911

|Yale University

|New Haven, Connecticut

|Active

|{{Cite web |last=Hahamy |first=Madison |date=2020-02-21 |title=Living with the Lizzie |url=https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2020/02/20/living-with-the-lizzie/ |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=Yale Daily News |language=en}}

|1853

|Waynesburg College

|Waynesburg, Pennsylvania

|Inactive

|

|1822

|George Washington University

|Washington, D.C.

|Active

|{{cite web |title=Student Organizations: Enosinian Society |url=http://encyclopedia.gwu.edu/gwencyclopedia/index.php?title=Student_Organizations:_Enosinian_Society |access-date=2012-12-06}}{{Cite web |title=Mission & History |url=https://www.gwdebate.org/mission-history |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512033446/https://www.gwdebate.org/mission-history |url-status=usurped |archive-date=May 12, 2022 |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=GWU Debate & Literary Society |language=en-US}}

|1843–1845

|Hanover College

|Hanover, Indiana

|Inactive

|

|1862–1933

|University of Iowa

|Iowa City, Iowa

|Inactive

|

|1825–1924

|Miami University

|Oxford, Ohio

|Inactive

|{{Cite book |last=Havighurst |first=Walter |title=The Miami Years |publisher=G. P. Putnam's Sons |year=1984 |location=New York |pages=73–89}}

|1854

|Burlington College

|Burlington, Vermont

|Inactive

|

|1870

|Highland University

|Highland, Kansas

|Inactive

|

|1835

|Colby College

|Waterville, Maine

|Inactive

|

|1831–1933

|University of Alabama

|Tuscaloosa, Alabama

|Inactive

|{{cite book |last=Wolfe |first=Suzanne Rau |title=The University of Alabama: A Pictorial History |publisher=University of Alabama Press |year=1983 |isbn=0-8173-0119-4 |location=Tuscaloosa, Alabama}}{{Cite web |last=Porterfield |first=Katie |date=April 13, 2006 |title=Campus life: 'Secret societies' became fraternities |url=https://www.tuscaloosanews.com/story/news/2006/04/13/campus-life-secret-societies-became-fraternities/27676055007/ |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=The Tuscaloosa News |language=en-US}}

|1847

|Mercer University

|Macon, Georgia

|Inactive

|

|1891

|Lyon College

|Batesville, Arkansas

|Inactive

|

|1855

|Marshall University

|Huntington, West Virginia

|Inactive

|

|1860

|Lombard College

|Galesburg, Illinois

|Inactive

|

|1865

|Baylor College

|Waco, Texas

|Inactive

|

|1834–1943

|New York University

|New York City, New York

|Inactive

|

|1913

|Heidelberg University

|Tiffin, Ohio

|Active

|{{cite web |title=Heidelberg University. Societies |url=http://www.heidelberg.edu/studentlife/studentactivities/greeklife/societies |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101010030353/http://www.heidelberg.edu/studentlife/studentactivities/greeklife/societies |archive-date=2010-10-10 |access-date=2010-09-05 |publisher=Heidelberg.edu}}

|1867

|Albion College

|Albion, Michigan

|Inactive

|

|{{DTS|November 27, 1867}} – January 1870; March 1871

|St. Augustine College

|Benicia, California

|Inactive

|Seeley, I. C. [https://books.google.com/books?id=w_oTAAAAIAAJ Manual of College Literary Societies with Statistical Table]. Kalamazoo: Chaplin & Ihling Bro's Book and Job Printers, 1871, p. 17. via Google Books.{{Efn|Chapter closed briefly when all of its original members left college.}}

|1860

|St. Stephens College

|Annandale-on-Hudson, New York

|Inactive

|

|1876

|University of Oregon

|Eugene, Oregon

|Inactive

|

|1837

|McKendree College

|Lebanon, Illinois

|Active

|{{cite web |title=Literary Societies |url=http://library.davidson.edu/archives/ency/euphi.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20060909170719/http://library.davidson.edu/archives/ency/euphi.asp |archive-date=2006-09-09 |access-date=2010-09-05 |publisher=Library.davidson.edu}} [https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2463346 Heidi J. Lewis, Jurisprudence at Davidson College Before the Civil War].

|April 14, 1837

|Davidson College

|Davidson, North Carolina

|Active

|

|1898–1918

|Birmingham–Southern College

|Birmingham, Alabama

|Inactive

|{{Efn|Absorbed by the Clariosophic Society when Southern University and Birmingham College merged to form Birmingham-Southern College in 1918.}}

|1839

|Erskine College

|Due West, South Carolina

|Active

|{{cite web |title=Euphemian Literary Society |url=http://www.euphemian.org/ |access-date=2010-09-05 |publisher=Euphemian.org}}

|1806

|University of South Carolina

|Columbia, South Carolina

|Active

|

|1831

|College of Charleston

|Charleston, South Carolina

|Inactive

|

|1835

|Wabash College

|Crawfordsville, Indiana

|Inactive

|Osborne, James inslInsleyd Gronert, Theodore Gregory, Wabash College: the First Hundred Years, 1832–1932, (Crawfordsville,

Indiana: R. E. Banta, 1932), p. 103.

|1850

|Bucknell University

|Lewisburg, Pennsylvania

|Inactive

|

|1857

|Spring Hill College

|Mobile, Alabama

|Inactive

|

|1867

|Muhlenberg College

|Allentown, Pennsylvania

|Inactive

|davi Davidsonhn S., "Literary Society Libraries at Muhlenberg College," College and Research Libraries, XVII, (April 1955), p. 184.

|1835

|Wake Forest University

|Wake Forest, North Carolina

|Active

|Paschal, George Washington, History of Wake Forest College, (Wake Forest, N. C.: Wake Forest College, 1935), I, p. 490.

|1851

|Heidelberg University

|Tiffin, Ohio

|Active

|

|1858

|Albright College

|Reading, Pennsylvania

|Inactive

|

|1872

|Wheaton College

|Wheaton, Illinois

|Inactive

|

|1750–1787

|College of William & Mary

|Williamsburg, Virginia

|Inactive

|Potter, David. Debating in the Colonial Chartered Colleges; an Historical Survey, 1642 to 1900. New York: Teacher's College, Columbia University, 1944, pp. 67–70.

|{{DTS|August 10, 1839}} – 1932

|Emory University

|Atlanta, Georgia

|Inactive

|{{Cite web |title=Student Debates: Few Society |url=https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/emoryafamhistory/atticus-haygood/ |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=Emory Report Techniques |language=en-US}}{{Efn|Formed from a division of Phi Gamma Society}}

|1797

|Jefferson College

|Canonsburg, Pennsylvania

|Active

|{{Cite book |last=McClelland |first=W.C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t1QyAAAAYAAJ |title=The Centennial Celebration of the Chartering of Jefferson College in 1802 |publisher=George H. Buchanan and Company |year=1903 |location=Philadelphia |pages=111–132 |chapter=A History of Literary Societies at Washington & Jefferson College |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t1QyAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA111 |via=Google Books}}

|1898

|Hendrix College

|Conway, Arkansas

|Inactive

|

|1908

|University of Arkansas

|Fayetteville, Arkansas

|Inactive

|

|1833–1834

|Mercer University

|Macon, Georgia

|Inactive

|

|1860

|Furman University

|Greenville, South Carolina

|Inactive

|McGlothlin, W. J., Baptist Beginnings in Education: a History of Furman University, (Nashville: Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Church, 1926), p. 115.

|1824–1834

|Brown University

|Providence, Rhode Island

|Inactive

|{{cite web |title=Encyclopedia Brunoniana {{pipe}} Franklin Society |url=http://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/Databases/Encyclopedia/search.php?serial=F0260 |access-date=2010-09-05 |publisher=Brown.edu}}

|1826

|College of William & Mary

|Williamsburg, Virginia

|Inactive

|

|1831–1840

|Western Reserve University

|Hudson, Ohio

|Inactive

|

|1842

|Howard College

|Birmingham, Alabama

|Inactive

|

|1843

|Granville Literary and Theological Institution

|Granville, Ohio

|Inactive

|

|{{DTS|March 1843}}

|Richmond College

|Richmond, Virginia

|Inactive

|

|1911

|Illinois College

|Jacksonville, Illinois

|Active

|

|1852

|Lycoming College

|Williamsport, Pennsylvania

|Inactive

|

|1897

|Illinois College

|Jacksonville, Illinois

|Active

|

|1833–{{Circa|1840}}

|Colgate University

|Hamilton, New York

|Inactive

|{{Cite book |last=Velez |first=Philip V. |url=https://dspace.sunyconnect.suny.edu/bitstream/handle/1951/83749/document.pdf?sequence=1 |title=Chronicle of the Delphic Fraternity Gamma Sigma Tau: Over 150 Years of Brotherhood, More than 185 Years of History |publisher=The Delphic Fraternity, Inc. |year=2023 |edition=Sesquicentennial |pages=9–10 |language=en |access-date=September 8, 2023}}

|1891

|Henderson State University

|Arkadelphia, Arkansas

|Inactive

|

|

|Henderson State University

|Arkadelphia, Arkansas

|Inactive

|

|1886

|University of Arkansas

|Fayetteville, Arkansas

|Inactive

|

|1866

|Lincoln University

|Oxford, Pennsylvania

|Inactive

|

|1859–1942

|German Wallace College

|Berea, Ohio

|Inactive

|{{Efn|Became the Alpha Omega chapter of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity in 1942.}}

|1859

|Hillsdale College

|Hillsdale, Michigan

|Inactive

|

|1849

|Knox College

|Galesburg, Illinois

|Inactive

|

|1895

|University of Arkansas

|Fayetteville, Arkansas

|Inactive

|

|1870

|Grinnell College

|Grinnell, Iowa

|Inactive

|

|1920–1934

|Heidelberg University

|Tiffin, Ohio

|Inactive

|

|1854

|Iowa Wesleyan College

|Mount Pleasant, Iowa

|Inactive

|Hamline Literary Society, Regular Open Session of the Hamline Literary Society at University Chapel, Friday evening, June 2nd, 1876.

|1899–1952

|Hendrix College

|Conway, Arkansas

|Inactive

|

|1820

|Indiana University Bloomington

|Bloomington, Indiana

|Inactive

|

|1849–1946

|University of Mississippi

|Oxford, Mississippi

|Inactive

|{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/olemiss20univ/page/176/mode/2up?q=Hermaean |title=Ole Miss (Yearbook) |publisher=University of Mississippi |year=1916 |location=Oxford |page=176 |language=en |via=Internet Archive}}

|1811

|University of Pennsylvania

|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

|Inactive

|{{Cite web |title=College Class of 1811: Students |url=https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-history/class-histories/class-of-1811/students/ |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=University Archives and Records Center |publisher=University of Pennsylvania |language=en}}

|1845

|Geneva College

|Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania

|Inactive

|

|1888

|Ouachita Baptist University

|Arkadelphia, Arkansas

|Inactive

|

|1840

|Emory & Henry College

|Emory, Virginia

|Active

|

|1853

|LaGrange College

|LaGrange, Georgia

|Inactive

|LaGrange Female College, Catalog of the Faculty, Pupils, and Patrons of the LaGrange Female College, at LaGrange, Ga., for the Scholastic Year Closing July 13th, 1853, (New York: John F. Trow, Printer, 1853), pp. 21–22.

|1857

|Ohio Female College

|Cincinnati, Ohio

|Inactive

|

|1863–1933

|University of Iowa

|Iowa City, Iowa

|Inactive

|

|1912

|Heidelberg University

|Tiffin, Ohio

|Inactive

|

|1856

|Northwestern University

|Evanston, Illinois

|Inactive

|

|1855

|Marshall University

|Huntington, West Virginia

|Inactive

|

|1770

|Harvard University

|Cambridge, Massachusetts

|Inactive

|

|1864–1929

|University of Iowa

|Iowa City, Iowa

|Inactive

|

|{{DTS|September 5, 1865}}

|Andalusia College

|Pennsylvania

|Inactive

|

|1868–1888

|Cornell University

|Ithaca, New York

|Inactive

|F.E. Moyer, "Cornell Student Activities," Cornell Magazine. 8:4 (January 1895) p. 192.{{Efn|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.}}

|1870

|College of Wooster

|Wooster, Ohio

|Inactive

|

|1857

|Earlham College

|Richmond, Indiana

|Inactive

|

|1934

|Yale University

|New Haven, Connecticut

|Inactive

|

|1825

|University of Virginia

|Charlottesville, Virginia

|Active

|{{cite web |title=Jefferson Society |url=http://www.jeffersonsociety.org/ |access-date=2010-09-05 |publisher=Jefferson Society}}{{Cite web |last=Viccellio |first=Robert |title=Wrapped in Mystery: A guide to secret—and not-so-secret—student organizations at UVA |url=https://uvamagazine.org/articles/wrapped_in_mystery |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=Virginia Magazine |language=en}}

|2014

|Harvard University

|Cambridge, Massachusetts

|Active

|{{Cite web |last1=DArms |first1=Cecila R. |last2=Hong |first2=Sarah J. |date=December 13, 2017 |title=Duels, Drinks, Debates: Inside the John Adams Society |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2017/12/13/john-adams-society-feature/ |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=The Harvard Crimson}}

|1853

|LaGrange College

|LaGrange, Georgia

|Inactive

|

|1862–1864

|Yale University

|New Haven, Connecticut

|Inactive

|

|1876

|University of Oregon

|Eugene, Oregon

|Inactive

|Sheldon, Henry D., The University of Oregon Library, 1882–1942, ("Studies in Bibliography, no. 1"; Eugene: University of Oregon Library, 1942), p. 3.

|1906

|University of Arkansas

|Fayetteville, Arkansas

|Inactive

|

|1868

|Lehigh University

|Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

|Inactive

|

|1884

|Lyon College

|Batesville, Arkansas

|Inactive

|

|1839

|College of William & Mary

|Williamsburg, Virginia

|Inactive

|

|1866

|Illinois Soldiers College

|Fulton, Indiana

|Inactive

|{{Cite web |title=Illinois Soldiers College, 1866–1873 |url=https://www.gilderlehrman.org/collection/glc05111010010 |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History}}{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mTMVAAAAYAAJ&q=Illinois+Soldiers+College |title=History of Whiteside County, Illinois: From Its First Settlement to the Present Time; with Numerous Biographical and Family Sketches |publisher=L. P. Allen, Printer and Binder |year=1877 |isbn= |editor-last=Bent |editor-first=Charles |location=Morrison, Illinois |pages=178–179 |language=en |via=Google Books}}

|1854

|Mount Union College

|Alliance, Ohio

|Inactive

|

|1753–1868, 1878–1880, 1904–1906, 19xx ?

|Yale University

|New Haven, Connecticut

|Active

|

|1857

|University of Michigan

|Ann Arbor, Michigan

|Inactive

|

|1827

|Colby College

|Waterville, Maine

|Inactive

|

|1859

|University of Maryland, College Park

|College Park, Maryland

|Inactive

|Cordell, E. F., University of Maryland (1807–1907), (New York: Lewis Publishing Company, 1907), I, p. 475.

|1888

|Winthrop University

|Rock Hill, South Carolina

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Department of English – Organizations |url=https://www.winthrop.edu/cas/english/organizations.aspx |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=Winthrop University}}

|1847

|Wabash College

|Crawfordsville, Indiana

|Inactive

|

|1856

|Northwestern Christian University

|Indianapolis, Indiana

|Inactive

|Smith, Leland R., The Early Days of the Pythonian Society, MS, p. 1.

|1825–1928

|Miami University

|Oxford, Ohio

|Inactive

|

|{{DTS|October 10, 1846}} – 1861;

October 5, 1866

|Richmond College

|Richmond, Virginia

|Inactive

|{{Cite journal |last=Allen |first=B. D. |title=The Mu Sigma Rho Literary Society |url=https://scholarship.richmond.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1310&context=messenger-rc |journal=The Messenger |volume=42 |issue=7 |pages=408 and 410 |access-date=September 8, 2023 |via=Richmond University}}{{Efn|name=Mu Sigma Rho}}

|1859

|Albright College

|Reading, Pennsylvania

|Inactive

|

|1867

|Bethel College

|Russellville, Kentucky

|Inactive

|

|1828

|Kenyon College

|Gambier, Ohio

|Inactive

|Parker, Wyman W., "[https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.1086/617756 The College Reading of a President]", Library Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 4 (April, 191) p. 107. via The University of Chicago Press Journals.{{Cite journal |date=2014 |title=Club Scene |url=https://bulletin.kenyon.edu/feature/club-scene/ |journal=Kenyon Alumni Magazine |issue=Winter |access-date=July 20, 2023}}

|1900–1933

|University of Iowa

|Iowa City, Iowa

|Inactive

|

|1869

|Blackburn College

|Carlinville, Illinois

|Inactive

|

|1850

|Alfred University

|Alfred, New York

|Inactive

|

|1874

|Northwestern University

|Evanston, Illinois

|Inactive

|

|1773–1781

|College of William & Mary

|Williamsburg, Virginia

|Inactive

|Carson, Jane. James Innes and His Brothers of the F.H.C. Charlottesville, Virginia: The University Press of Virginia, 1965.

|1853

|University of Baltimore

|Baltimore, Maryland

|Inactive

|

|1827

|Trinity College

|Hartford, Connecticut

|Inactive

|

|1819–1830, {{Circa|1966}}

|University of Virginia

|Charlottesville, Virginia

|Inactive

|{{Cite web |title=The Psychedelic '60s: Literary Tradition and Social Change |url=https://explore.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/show/sixties/walkthrough/protest |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=University of Virginia Library Online Exhibits}}

|1825–1891

|Rutgers University

|New Brunswick, New Jersey

|Inactive

|

|1806

|Columbia University

|New York City, New York

|Inactive

|

|1831

|Wesleyan University

|Middletown, Connecticut

|Inactive

|

|1900

|University of Arkansas

|Fayetteville, Arkansas

|Inactive

|

|1853

|Franklin College

|Franklin, Indiana

|Inactive

|Cady, John F., Centennial History of Franklin College, (Franklin: Franklin College of Indiana, 1934), p. 128.

|1805

|Bowdoin College

|Brunswick, Maine

|Active

|

|1845

|Illinois College

|Jacksonville, Illinois

|Active

|

|1861

|Olivet College

|Olivet, Michigan

|Inactive

|

|1854

|Central Methodist University

|Fayette, Missouri

|Inactive

|

|1776–1787

|College of William & Mary

|Williamsburg, Virginia

|Inactive

|{{Efn|Phi Beta Kappa was only a private literary society until ca. 1831.|name=Phi Beta Kappa}}

|1780

|Yale University

|New Haven, Connecticut

|Active

|{{Efn

|1781

|Harvard University

|Cambridge, Massachusetts

|Active

|{{Efn

|1787

|Dartmouth College

|Hanover, New Hampshire

|Active

|{{Efn

|1830

|Brown University

|Providence, Rhode Island

|Active

|{{Efn

|1817

|Union College

|Schenectady, New York

|Active

|{{Efn

|1825

|Bowdoin College

|Brunswick, Maine

|Active

|{{Efn

|1834–late 1930s;

October 1967–xxxx ?

|Mercer University

|Macon, Georgia

|Inactive

|{{Efn|Formed when the Franklin Literary Society dissolved.|name=Franklin Literary}}

|1839–1863

|Oglethorpe University

|Brookhaven, Georgia

|Inactive

|Tankersley, Allen P., College Life at Old Oglethorpe, (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1951), pp. 45–46.

|1840

|Western Reserve University

|Hudson, Ohio

|Inactive

|

|1868

|Berea College

|Berea, Kentucky

|Inactive

|

|1837

|College of Charleston

|Charleston, South Carolina

|Inactive

|

|1820

|University of Georgia

|Athens, Georgia

|Active

|{{cite web |title=News – Phi Kappa Literary Society at UGA, The University of Georgia |url=http://www.phikappa.org/ |access-date=2010-09-05 |publisher=Phikappa.org}}

|1853

|MacMurray College

|Jacksonville, Illinois

|Inactive

|

|1842

|University of Michigan

|Ann Arbor, Michigan

|Inactive

|

|1803

|University of Vermont

|Burlington, Vermont

|Inactive

|

|1849–1934

|University of Mississippi

|Oxford, Mississippi

|Inactive

|{{Cite web |last=Marion |first=Andrew |date=2018-04-12 |title=Enslaved Laborers and The Phi Sigma Society |url=https://slaveryresearchgroup.olemiss.edu/enslaved-laborers-and-the-phi-sigma-society/ |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=University of Mississippi Slavery Research Group |language=en-US}}

|1856

|Monmouth College

|Monmouth, Illinois

|Inactive

|

|{{Circa|1920}}–{{Circa|1931}}

|Hanover College

|Hanover, Indiana

|Inactive

|{{Efn|Formed from the merger of the Philalathean Society and the Union Literary Society.}}

|1852

|Otterbein College

|Westerville, Ohio

|Inactive

|

|1913

|Taylor University

|Upland, Indiana

|Inactive

|{{Cite news |date=October 23, 1929 |title=New Philaletheans' Entertainment is a Surprise Party |page=1 |work=The Echo |url=https://pillars.taylor.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1005&context=echo-1929-1930 |access-date=September 8, 2023}}

|1855

|Lawrence University

|Appleton, Wisconsin

|Inactive

|

|1913

|Heidelberg University

|Tiffin, Ohio

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Philalethean Society |url=https://www.heidelberg.edu/student-life/student-groups/philalethean-society |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=Heidelberg University}}

|1856

|Santa Clara College

|Santa Clara, California

|Inactive

|Seeley, I. C. [https://books.google.com/books?id=w_oTAAAAIAAJ Manual of College Literary Societies with Statistical Table]. Kalamazoo: Chaplin & Ihling Bro's Book and Job Printers, 1871, p. 16. via Google Books.

|1807–1929

|Hampden–Sydney College

|Hampden Sydney, Virginia

|Inactive

|"[https://web.archive.org/web/20110813005358/http://people.hsc.edu/organizations/upls/history.html UPLS History | Union-Philanthropic Society]". web.archive.org. Archived from the [http://people.hsc.edu/organizations/upls/history.html original] on August 13, 2011. Retrieved 2023-07-19.{{Efn|Merged with Union Philosophical Society.}}

|1795

|University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

|Chapel Hill, North Carolina

|Active

|

|1837

|Emory University

|Atlanta, Georgia

|Active

|

|1853

|Waynesburg College

|Waynesburg, Pennsylvania

|Inactive

|

|1794–1866

|Brown University

|Providence, Rhode Island

|Inactive

|{{cite web |last=Mitchell |first=Martha |title=Philermenian Society |url=http://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/Databases/Encyclopedia/search.php?serial=P0190 |access-date=2010-09-05 |website=Encyclopedia Brunoniana |publisher=Brown University}}

|{{DTS|October 14, 1859}}

|Santa Clara College

|Santa Clara, California

|Inactive

|

|1849

|Geneva College

|Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania

|Inactive

|

|1834

|Allegheny College

|Meadville, Pennsylvania

|Inactive

|

|1797

|Jefferson College

|Canonsburg, Pennsylvania

|Inactive

|

|1825–1892

|Rutgers University

|New Brunswick, New Jersey

|Inactive

|

|1868

|Northwestern Christian University

|Indianapolis, Indiana

|Inactive

|

|1830

|Georgetown University

|Washington, D.C.

|Active

|{{Cite web |date=2022-02-02 |title=Philodemic Society – Georgetown's Premier Debate Society |url=https://philodemicsociety.org/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202215401/https://philodemicsociety.org/ |archive-date=2022-02-02 |access-date=2023-07-21}}{{Cite web |last=Agar |first=John |date=2022-03-03 |title=Where Did the Philodemic Society Go Wrong? |url=https://gureview.org/where-did-the-philodemic-society-go-wrong/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307013201/http://gureview.org/where-did-the-philodemic-society-go-wrong/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=March 7, 2022 |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=The Georgetown Review |language=en-US}}

|1867

|Lebanon Valley College

|Annville, Pennsylvania

|Inactive

|

|1802

|Columbia University

|New York City, New York

|Active

|{{cite web |author= |date=2009-11-25 |title=Philowixian – The Philolexian Society |url=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/philo/ |access-date=2010-09-05 |publisher=Columbia.edu}}

|1851

|Kalamazoo College

|Kalamazoo, Michigan

|Inactive

|

|1795

|Williams College

|Williamstown, Massachusetts

|Inactive

|

|{{DTS|October 8, 1855}} – April 22, 1861; October 27, 1867

|Richmond College

|Richmond, Virginia

|Inactive

|Barlow, W. H. (April 1916). "[https://scholarship.richmond.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1310&context=messenger-rc The Philologian Literary Society]". The Messenger. Richmond College. 42 (7): 402 and 406. Retrieved September 8, 2023 – via Richmond University.{{Efn|Formed by seven former members of the Mu Sigma Rho Society.}}

|1870

|St. Stephens College

|Annandale-on-Hudson, New York

|Inactive

|

|1807

|University of Pennsylvania

|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

|Inactive

|

|1839

|Indiana Asbury College

|Greencastle, Indiana

|Inactive

|

|1851–1857

|Carson-Newman College

|Jefferson City, Tennessee

|Inactive

|{{Cite web |title=CN Philo History |url=https://cnphilos.com/about/ |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=Carson-Newman Philos |language=en}}{{Efn|The society became Phi Mu Delta in 1857.}}

|1888

|Ouachita Baptist University

|Arkadelphia, Arkansas

|Inactive

|

|1813

|University of Pennsylvania

|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

|Active

|

|1828

|College of Charleston

|Charleston, South Carolina

|Inactive

|

|1831

|Indiana University

|Bloomington, Indiana

|Inactive

|

|{{DTS|1832}}–1891

|New York University

|New York City, New York

|Inactive

|{{Cite web |last=Zarrillo |first=John |date=May 2018 |title=Guide to the Records of the Philomathean Society |url=https://findingaids.library.nyu.edu/archives/rg_39_2/ |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=New York University Libraries |language=en-us}}

|1834

|Wabash College

|Crawfordsville, Indiana

|Inactive

|

|1839–{{Circa|1917}}

|Hanover College

|Hanover, Indiana

|Merged

|Philalethean Society, Records, MS, I, Oct 30 & Nov. 5, 1840.{{Efn|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.}}

|1842

|Erskine College

|Due West, South Carolina

|Active

|Ware, Lowry (1997), A Place Called Due West, The Home of Erskine College, R.L. Bryan Co. p. 42

|1846

|Muskingum College

|New Concord, Ohio

|Inactive

|

|1851

|Waynesburg College

|Waynesburg, Pennsylvania

|Inactive

|

|1852

|Hiram College

|Hiram, Ohio

|Inactive

|

|1852

|Wesleyan University

|Middletown, Connecticut

|Active

|

|1856

|Willamette University

|Salem, Oregon

|Inactive

|

|1857

|Otterbein College

|Westerville, Ohio

|Inactive

|

|1860

|Milton College

|Milton, Wisconsin

|Inactive

|

|1866

|Union Christian College

|Merom, Indiana

|Inactive

|

|1868

|Iowa State University

|Ames, Iowa

|Inactive

|

|1869

|Tennessee Wesleyan College

|Athens, Tennessee

|Inactive

|

|1871

|University of the Pacific

|Stockton, California

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Philomathean Society (Pacific University) Records – Archives West |url=https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv78747 |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=Archives West Orbis Cascade Alliance}}{{Efn|This was an organization for women.|name=Women}}{{Efn|The society changed its name to Phi Lambda Omicron in 1924 after its mission shifted to being a social sorority.}}

|1883

|Lyon College

|Batesville, Arkansas

|Inactive

|

|1928–1928

|University of Iowa

|Iowa City, Iowa

|Inactive

|

|1991

|Union College

|Schenectady, New York

|Active

|{{cite web |title=Philomathean Society |url=http://www.vu.union.edu/~philo/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120806000000/http://www.vu.union.edu/~philo/ |archive-date=2012-08-06 |access-date=2010-09-05 |publisher=Vu.union.edu}}

|1827

|Kenyon College

|Gambier, Ohio

|Inactive

|

|1835

|Wake Forest University

|Wake Forest, North Carolina

|Inactive

|

|1836

|East Tennessee University

|Knoxville, Tennessee

|Inactive

|

|1839

|Oberlin College

|Oberlin, Ohio

|Inactive

|

|1852

|University of Mississippi

|Oxford, Mississippi

|Inactive

|

|1854

|Bethel College

|Russellville, Kentucky

|Inactive

|

|1868

|Illinois Industrial University

|Urbana, Illinois

|Inactive

|

|1832–1943

|University of Alabama

|Tuscaloosa, Alabama

|Inactive

|

|1848

|Spring Hill College

|Mobile, Alabama

|Inactive

|

|1856

|Moores Hill College

|Evansville, Indiana

|Inactive

|Warneke, Omer E., "A History of Moores Hill College", (unpublished Master's thesis, College of Education, Butler University, 1942), pp. 121–122.

|{{Date table sorting|January 16, 1841}}

|St. Xavier College

|Cincinnati, Ohio

|Inactive

|

|1855

|Geneva College

|Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania

|Inactive

|

|1850

|Columbian College

|New York City, New York

|Inactive

|

|1855

|George Washington University

|Washington, D.C.

|Inactive

|

|1851

|Otterbein College

|Westerville, Ohio

|Inactive

|

|1837

|Indiana Asbury College

|Greencastle, Indiana

|Inactive

|

|1846

|Wittenberg College

|Springfield, Ohio

|Inactive

|

|1860

|Furman University

|Greenville, South Carolina

|Inactive

|

|1867

|Lincoln University

|Oxford, Pennsylvania

|Inactive

|

|1830–1839

|Hanover College

|Hanover, Indiana

|Merged

|Hanover College, The Crow, 1890–91, (Hanover, Indiana), p. 59.{{Efn|When student enrollment decline, it merged with the Whig Society to form the Philalathean Society.}}

|1795

|Williams College

|Williamstown, Massachusetts

|Inactive

|

|1870

|Louisiana State University

|Baton Rouge, Louisiana

|Inactive

|

|1831

|Wesleyan University

|Middletown, Connecticut

|Inactive

|

|1826

|Western Reserve University

|Hudson, Ohio

|Inactive

|

|1856

|Earlham College

|Richmond, Indiana

|Inactive

|

|1814

|Hamilton College

|Clinton, New York

|Inactive

|

|1855

|Lawrence University

|Appleton, Wisconsin

|Inactive

|

|1869

|Moores Hill College

|Evansville, Indiana

|Inactive

|

|1857

|Baldwin University

|Berea, Ohio

|Inactive

|

|1852

|Free Academy of the City of New York

|New York City, New York

|Inactive

|

|1834–{{Circa|1840}}

|Colgate University

|Hamilton, New York

|Inactive

|

|1929

|Illinois College

|Jacksonville, Illinois

|Active

|

|1850

|University of Rochester

|Rochester, New York

|Inactive

|

|1838

|Georgetown College

|Georgetown, Kentucky

|Inactive

|

|1849

|McKendree College

|Lebanon, Illinois

|Inactive

|

|1776–1782

|Rutgers University

|New Brunswick, New Jersey

|Inactive

|

|1847

|The Citadel

|Charleston, South Carolina

|Active

|

|1791

|Harvard University

|Cambridge, Massachusetts

|Inactive

|Morison, Samuel Eliot. [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZUUf7ssp1u4C Three Centuries of Harvard, 1636–1936]. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1936.

|1858

|Wofford College

|Spartanburg, South Carolina

|Inactive

|

|1771

|Brown University

|Providence, Rhode Island

|Inactive

|

|1839

|Marietta College

|Marietta, Ohio

|Inactive

|

|1884

|Yale University

|New Haven, Connecticut

|Active

|{{Efn|Now considered a secret society.}}

|1857

|Northwestern Christian University

|Indianapolis, Indiana

|Inactive

|

|1860

|Stockwell Collegiate Institute

|Stockwell, Indiana

|Inactive

|{{Cite journal |date=Winter 2010 |title=Schools in Lauramie Townships |url=https://sites.rootsweb.com/~intcags/Schools/Lauramie_twp%20schools%20of%20TC.html |journal=TIPCOA Newsletter |issue=3 |via=Roots Web}}

|1858

|University of the Pacific

|Stockton, California

|Inactive

|

|1898–1918

|Birmingham–Southern College

|Birmingham, Alabama

|Inactive

|{{Efn|Absorbed by the Belles Lettres Society when Southern University and Birmingham College merged to form Birmingham-Southern College in 1918.}}

|1866

|Niagara University

|Lewiston, New York

|Inactive

|

|2015

|University of Virginia

|Charlottesville, Virginia

|Active

|

|1859

|Iowa Wesleyan College

|Mount Pleasant, Iowa

|Inactive

|Ruthean Literary Society, Eighteenth Anniversary of theRuthean Literary Society, Union Hall, Friday Evening, June 15th, 1877.

|1851

|Notre Dame University

|Notre Dame, Indiana

|Inactive

|{{Cite book |url=http://archives.nd.edu/bulletin/AC_08.pdf |title=Catalogue of the Officers and Students of the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, for the Academic Year 1857–8 |publisher=The Register Office |year=1857 |location=South Bend, Indiana |page=6 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200126001906/http://archives.nd.edu/bulletin/AC_08.pdf |archive-date=January 26, 2020 |url-status=dead |via=Internet Archive}}

|{{DTS|September 10, 1866}}

|St. Joseph College

|New York

|Inactive

|

|1875

|Southwestern University

|Georgetown, Texas

|Inactive

|

|1866

|Wilberforce University

|Wilberforce, Ohio

|Inactive

|

|1866

|Wilberforce University

|Wilberforce, Ohio

|Inactive

|

|1851

|Kalamazoo College

|Kalamazoo, Michigan

|Inactive

|

|1916

|Illinois College

|Jacksonville, Illinois

|Active

|{{cite web |title=Illinois College-Sigma Phi Epsilon |url=http://www2.ic.edu/sigma_phi_epsilon/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724183602/http://www2.ic.edu/sigma_phi_epsilon/ |archive-date=2008-07-24 |access-date=2010-09-05 |publisher=.ic.edu}}

|1843

|Illinois College

|Jacksonville, Illinois

|Active

|

|1870

|Harvard University

|Cambridge, Massachusetts

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=The Signet Society |url=https://www.signetsociety.org/ |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=The Signet Society |language=en-US}}

|1857

|Moores Hill College

|Evansville, Indiana

|Inactive

|

|1783

|Dartmouth College

|Hanover, New Hampshire

|Inactive

|

|1824

|Colgate University

|Hamilton, New York

|Inactive

|

|1789–1795

|Columbia University

|New York City, New York

|Inactive

|

|1835

|University of Vermont

|Burlington, Vermont

|Inactive

|

|1871

|Wilberforce University

|Wilberforce, Ohio

|Inactive

|

|1829–1860s

|Maryville College

|Maryville, Tennessee

|Inactive

|{{Efn|name=Maryville College}}

|1867

|Muhlenberg College

|Allentown, Pennsylvania

|Inactive

|

|1859

|Missionary Institute

|Pennsylvania

|Inactive

|{{Efn|Named changed to Clionian Society in 1866.}}

|1850

|Ohio Female College

|Cincinnati, Ohio

|Inactive

|

|1855

|Antioch College

|Yellow Springs, Ohio

|Inactive

|

|1859

|Adrian College

|Adrian, Michigan

|Inactive

|

|1876

|Texas A&M University

|College Station, Texas

|Inactive

|

|1866

|Baylor College

|Waco, Texas

|Inactive

|

|1851

|Hartsville College

|Hartsville, Indiana

|Inactive

|

|1866

|Quincy College

|Quincy, Massachusetts

|Inactive

|

|1840

|College of William & Mary

|Williamsburg, Virginia

|Inactive

|

|1839–{{Circa|1932}}

|Georgetown College

|Georgetown, Kentucky

|Inactive

|

|1839

|Oglethorpe University

|Brookhaven, Georgia

|Active

|

|1850

|Bucknell University

|Lewisburg, Pennsylvania

|Inactive

|

|1894

|Maryville College

|Maryville, Tennessee

|Inactive

|

|1829

|Transylvania University

|Lexington, Kentucky

|Inactive

|Transylvania Whig Society, Records, May 11, 1829 – July 25, 1834, MC, May 11, 1829.

|1861

|University of Chicago

|Chicago, Illinois

|Inactive

|

|1848

|Lycoming College

|Williamsport, Pennsylvania

|Inactive

|

|1809

|Washington College

|Washington, Pennsylvania

|Inactive

|

|1830–{{Circa|1917}}

|Hanover College

|Hanover, Indiana

|Merged

|{{Efn|The society stopped meeting during World War I. After the war, it merged with the Philalathean Society to form the Philal-Union Society.}}

|1836

|Muskingum College

|New Concord, Ohio

|Inactive

|

|1853

|Geneva College

|Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania

|Inactive

|

|1789

|Hampden–Sydney College

|Hampden Sydney, Virginia

|Active

|{{cite web |title=UPLS – Home |url=http://people.hsc.edu/organizations/upls/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709165705/http://people.hsc.edu/organizations/upls/ |archive-date=2011-07-09 |access-date=2010-09-05 |publisher=People.hsc.edu}}{{Efn|Originally was called the Union Philosophical Society.}}

|1789

|Dickinson College

|Carlisle, Pennsylvania

|Active

|

|1829

|Transylvania University

|Lexington, Kentucky

|Inactive

|Union Philosophical Society, Records, May 11, 1829 – July 25, 1834, MC, May 11, 1829.

|1814

|Hamilton College

|Clinton, New York

|Inactive

|

|1851

|Waynesburg College

|Waynesburg, Pennsylvania

|Inactive

|

|1806–1866

|Brown University

|Providence, Rhode Island

|Inactive

|

|1786

|Dartmouth College

|Hanover, New Hampshire

|Inactive

|

|1870

|Rockford College

|Rockford, Illinois

|Inactive

|

|1870

|Brown University

|Providence, Rhode Island

|Inactive

|

|{{Circa|1845}} – October 10, 1846

|Richmond College

|Richmond, Virginia

|Inactive

|{{Efn|name=Mu Sigma Rho}}

|1814

|Washington College

|Washington, Pennsylvania

|Inactive

|

|1831–1861, 1865–1929, 1979

|University of Virginia

|Charlottesville, Virginia

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Our History |url=https://www.washingtonsociety.org/our-history.html |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=The Washington Society |language=en}}{{Efn|The society went dormant during the Civil War and after the 1929 Stock Market crash.}}

|1854

|Bethel College

|Russellville, Kentucky

|Inactive

|

|1853

|Franklin College

|Franklin, Indiana

|Inactive

|

|1859

|University of Michigan

|Ann Arbor, Michigan

|Inactive

|

|1834–1839

|Hanover College

|Hanover, Indiana

|Merged

|{{Efn|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.}}

|1913–1928

|University of Iowa

|Iowa City, Iowa

|Inactive

|

|2024

|Florida State University

|Tallahassee, Florida

|Active

|

|1829

|University of Pennsylvania

|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

|Inactive

|

|{{Date table sorting|December 9, 1869}} – June 10, 1970

|University of Minnesota

|Minneapolis, Minnesota

|Inactive

|{{Cite web |title=Collection: Zenobian Society records {{!}} University of Minnesota Archival Collections Guides |url=https://archives.lib.umn.edu/repositories/14/resources/1437 |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=University of Minnesota Archives}}

|1880–1917

|Hanover College

|Hanover, Indiana

|Inactive

|{{Efn|name=Red Cross}}

|1845

|Ohio Wesleyan University

|Delaware, Ohio

|Inactive

|

|1867

|Simpson College

|Indianola, Iowa

|Inactive

|

|1861–1933

|University of Iowa

|Iowa City, Iowa

|Inactive

|Zetagathian Society, Constitution, By-laws, and History of the Zetagathian Society, S. U. I., (1908).

|1872

|Geneseo Normal School

|Geneseo, New York

|Active

|{{Efn|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.}}

|1893–1953

|Woman's College of the University of North Carolina

|Greensboro, North Carolina

|Inactive

|{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Kristen |date=2013 |title=Campus Literary Societies |url=https://library.uncg.edu/about-us/library-departments/special-collections-university-archives/university-archives/literary-societies/ |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=UNCG University Libraries |language=en-US}}

|1923–1953

|Woman's College of the University of North Carolina

|Greensboro, North Carolina

|Inactive

|{{Cite web |title=UNCG Timeline |url=https://library.uncg.edu/about-us/library-departments/special-collections-university-archives/university-archives/uncg-timeline/ |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=UNCG University Libraries |language=en-US}}

|1844

|Albion College

|Albion, Michigan

|Inactive

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|Ouachita Baptist University

|Arkadelphia, Arkansas

|Inactive

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|1893–1953

|Woman's College of the University of North Carolina

|Greensboro, North Carolina

|Inactive

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|1855

|Milwaukee Female College

|Milwaukee, Wisconsin

|Inactive

|{{Cite web |title=Milwaukee-Downer College and Seminary |url=https://emke.uwm.edu/entry/milwaukee-downer-college-and-seminary/ |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=Encyclopedia of Milwaukee |language=en-US}}

|1918–1953

|Woman's College of the University of North Carolina

|Greensboro, North Carolina

|Inactive

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|1892

|Newberry College

|Newberry, South Carolina

|Inactive

|{{Cite web |last= |date=2023-04-24 |title=Sororities at Newberry College |url=https://collegeaftermath.com/sorority/sororities-at-newberry-college/ |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=College Aftermath |language=en-us}}

|1924

|University of South Carolina

|Columbia, South Carolina

|Active

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|1822–1921

|Randolph–Macon College

|Ashland, Virginia

|Inactive

|{{Cite web |title=Franklin Debating Society |url=https://www.rmc.edu/departments/communication-studies/franklin-debating-society |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=Randolph-Macon College |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Cornelius |first=Roberta D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H6PU8qyCCY0C&q=franklin+literary |title=The History of Randolph-Macon Woman's College: From the Founding in 1891 Through the Year of 1949–1950 |date=2012-01-01 |publisher=Univ of North Carolina Press |isbn=978-0-8078-6968-0 |language=en |via=Google Books}}{{Efn|The Franklin Debating Society is a modern group that is active on campus as of 2023.}}

|1915–1970s

|University of South Carolina

|Columbia, South Carolina

|Inactive

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|1902–1921

|Randolph–Macon College

|Ashland, Virginia

|Inactive

|{{Efn|Formed by members of the Franklin Literary Society to create competition after the Washington Literary Society ceased to exist.}}

|1834

|Oberlin College

|Oberlin, Ohio

|Inactive

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|1852

|Milton College

|Milton, Wisconsin

|Inactive

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|1857

|Hillsdale College

|Hillsdale, Michigan

|Inactive

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|{{DTS|October 12, 1921}} – 1950

|Alma College

|Alma, Michigan

|Inactive

|{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://kappaiota.weebly.com/ |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=Kappa Iota Sorority |language=en}}{{Efn|In 1950, the society changed its mission from academic to a social sorority and changed its name to Kappa Iota.}}

|1865

|Vassar College

|Poughkeepsie, New York

|Active

|{{cite news |last1=Lorenzsonn |first1=Erik |date=January 18, 2011 |title=From informal beginnings, Vassar theater takes off |work=The Miscellany News |url=http://newspaperarchives.vassar.edu/cgi-bin/vassar?a=d&d=miscellany20110118-01.2.47&srpos=9&e=------201-en-20--1--txt-IN-philaletheis------# |access-date=July 16, 2014}}{{Efn|Originally called Philalethean Society}}

|1891

|Henderson State University

|Arkadelphia, Arkansas

|Inactive

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|Ouachita Baptist University

|Arkadelphia, Arkansas

|Inactive

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|Henderson State University

|Arkadelphia, Arkansas

|Inactive

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|1833–1899, 1940s

|Randolph–Macon College

|Ashland, Virginia

|Active

|{{Cite web |title=Washington Literary Society |url=https://www.rmc.edu/departments/english/washington-literary-society |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=Randolph-Macon College |language=en}}