Scope and Contents
The collection contains meeting minutes, treasurer's and cash books, roll call, secretary's book, correspondence, a scrapbook, and volumes of the joint publication, The Reflector.
The Laurean Society records consist of nine volumes containing handwritten and typed meeting minutes, treasurer's and cash books, and correspondence from 1878-1902.
The Eutaxian Society records consist of five volumes of handwritten and typed meeting minutes, roll call, secretary's book, and a scrapbook from 1889-1909.
Also included are volumes 1-4 of the Laurean and Eutaxian societies' joint publication, The Reflector, 1891-1894.
Dates
- 1878-1909
Creator
- University of Oregon. Laurean Society (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to the public. Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room. Collection or parts of collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives in advance of your visit to allow for transportation time.
Conditions Governing Use
Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Biographical / Historical
The Laurean and Eutaxian societies were student literary groups at the University of Oregon. The Laurean society was a men's student group founded during the first year of the University, 1876. The Eutaxian Society was a women's student literary society and was organized in 1877.
The Laurean and Eutaxian Corporation was organized with a state charter in 1877 to further the literary interests of the societies of the University. In 1877, the University did not yet have its own library. That same year the Laurean and Eutaxian societies purchased the book collection held by the Eugene Library Association and moved it to the UO campus, thereby establishing the nucleus for the future UO campus libraries.
Sources: UO Catalogue, 1914-1915; The University of Oregon, 1882-1942, by Henry D. Sheldon.
Extent
3 linear feet (15 containers)
2 Unprocessed linear feet (2 containers)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Laurean and Eutaxian societies were student literary groups at the University of Oregon, founded in 1876 and 1877, respectively, and together they donated a book collection to UO in 1877 that would become the beginning of a University library. The collection contains meeting minutes, treasurer's and cash books, roll call, secretary's book, correspondence, a scrapbook, and volumes of the joint publication, The Reflector.
Arrangement
Material within this collection may have little to no intellectual or physical arrangement. Any arrangement may have derived from the records' creators or custodians. It may be necessary to look in multiple places for the same types of materials.
Physical Description
14 volumes, 1 half manuscript box.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Tanya Parlet, February 2012.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
This collection received a basic level of processing including minimal to no organization and rehousing.
Description information is drawn in part from information supplied with the collection and initial surveys of the contents.
- Cashbooks Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- College students -- Oregon -- Eugene -- Societies, etc Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Literature -- Societies, etc Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Scrapbooks Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Student Life Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Student activities -- Oregon -- Eugene Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- University of Oregon
- University of Oregon. Laurean Society
- Title
- Guide to the Laurean and Eutaxian Societies' Records
- Status
- Revise Description
- Author
- Tanya Parlet
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English
- Sponsor
- Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
- Box: 15 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 1 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 2 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 3 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 4 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 5 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 6 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 7 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 8 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 9 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 10 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 11 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 12 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 13 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 14 (Mixed Materials)
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
