Call Number:

MC.950.036

Repository:

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Extent:

2 folders (2 folders)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Calliopean Society records (HC.MC.950.036), Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.

Date:

1822

Creator:

Calliopean Society

Form:

Correspondence and minutes (administrative records)

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.

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.

This collection is comprised of the correspondence related to the society, "The Constitution of the Calliopean Society" (1822), and original handwritten meeting minutes.