Chapter VI. VOICES ON THE THIRD FLOOR

  The voluminous records of the Erodelphian, Miami Union and Eccritean literary societies are in the Miami Collection. A detailed study of the Literary Societies is made in the M.A. thesis of Virgil Davis, The Literary Societies of Old Miami (Miami University, 1950). Ralph L. Treichler's typescript Miami Union Literary Society (1926) is a briefer history. The Miami Journal in its issues of 1887-89 included alumni reminiscences of "Old Miami"; the literary societies are prominent in these memories. The Literary Halls in the 1830's are recalled in B. W. Chidlaw, The Story of My Life (Philadelphia, 1890), and N. R. Johnston, Looking Back from the Sunset Land (Oakland, California, 1898). The student diaries and journals of David McClung, Isaac Anderson, Joseph Brady and Abner Jones contain numerous references to the literary societies in the years between 1843 and 1858.