# List of college literary societies

The following is a list of college literary societies by country.

## Canadian college literary societies

Active societies are indicated in bold. Inactive societies and institutions are in italics.
| Society | Founding date and range | Institution | Location | Status |
| Levana Debating Society | | Queen's University at Kingston | Kingston, Ontario, Canada | Inactive |
| Queen's Alma Mater Society | 1858 | Queen's University at Kingston | Kingston, Ontario, Canada | |
| Queen's Debating Union | 1843 | Queen's University at Kingston | Kingston, Ontario, Canada | Active |
| University College Literary and Athletic Society | February 22, 1854 | University College, Toronto | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Active |

## Indian college literary societies

Active societies are indicated in bold. Inactive societies and institutions are in italics.
| Society | Founding date and range | Institution | Location | Status |
| Eulexian Society | 1860 | St. Stephen's College, Delhi | University Enclave, New Delhi, India | Inactive |
| English Literary Society | | Shri Ram College of Commerce | Delhi, India | Active |
| English Literary Society | | Guru Nanak Khalsa College for Women | Ludhiana, India | Active |
| English Literary Society | | St. Joseph's College, Bangalore | Bangalore, India | Active |
| The English Literary Society | | St. Stephen's College, Delhi | University Enclave, New Delhi, India | Active |

## Irish college literary societies

Active societies are indicated in bold. Inactive societies and institutions are in italics.
| Society | Founding date and range | Institution | Location | Status |
| Literary & Debating Society | 1846 | University of Galway | Galway, Ireland | Active |
| English & Literary Society (LitSoc) | | University College Dublin | Dublin, Ireland | Active |
| Literary and Historical Society | 1855 | University College Dublin | Dublin, Ireland | Active |
| Literary and Debating Society | 1795 | Maynooth University | Maynooth, Ireland | Active |

## United Kingdom college literary societies

Active societies are indicated in bold. Inactive societies and institutions are in italics.
| Society | Founding date and range | Institution | Location | Status |
| The English Society | | St. John's College, Cambridge | Cambridge, England | Active |
| The English Society | | University of Manchester | Manchester, England | Active |
| Shirley Society | 1919 | St Catharine's College, Cambridge | Cambridge, England | Active |

## United States men's literary societies

Active societies are indicated in bold. Inactive societies and institutions are in italics.
| Society | Founding date and range | Institution | Location | Status |
| Addisonian Society | 1851 | Kentucky Military Institute | Lyndon, Kentucky | Inactive |
| Addisonian Society | 1861 | Wayland Baptist University | Plainview, Texas | Inactive |
| Adelphean Society | 1851 | Wesleyan University | Middletown, Connecticut | Inactive |
| Adelphene Society | 1868 | Union Christian College, Merom | Merom, Indiana | Inactive |
| Adelphian Society | 1860 | Furman University | Greenville, South Carolina | Inactive |
| Adelphic Society | 1860 | Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois | Inactive |
| Adelphi Society | 1845 | Knox College | Galesburg, Illinois | Inactive |
| Adelphi Society | 1842 | Howard College | Birmingham, Alabama | Inactive |
| Adelphian Society | July 24, 1840 – December 10, 1880 | Colgate University | Hamilton, New York | Inactive |
| Adelphian Society | 1858 | Cornell College | Mount Vernon, Iowa | Inactive |
| Adelphic Society | 1796 | Union College | Schenectady, New York | Inactive |
| Adelphic Society | 1831–1840 | Western Reserve University | Hudson, Ohio | Inactive |
| Adelphic Society | 1872 | Geneva College | Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania | Inactive |
| Adelphic Union Literary Society | 1870 | Maryville College | Maryville, Tennessee | Inactive |
| Aeonian Society | July 24, 1840 – 1887 | Colgate University | Hamilton, New York | Inactive |
| Agatheridan Society | 1825 | University of Nashville | Nashville, Tennessee | Inactive |
| Alka Society | 1866 | Willamette University | Salem, Oregon | Inactive |
| Alamo Society | 1873 | Southwestern University | Georgetown, Texas | Inactive |
| Alethezethian Society | 1854 | Antioch College | Yellow Springs, Ohio | Inactive |
| Alethean Society | 1855 | Baldwin University | Berea, Ohio | Inactive |
| Alethean Society | 1859 | Beloit College | Beloit, Wisconsin | Inactive |
| Alethean Society | 1881 | Southwestern University | Georgetown, Texas | Inactive |
| Alethearian Society | 1849 | Geneva College | Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania | Inactive |
| Alexandrian Society | 1821 | Amherst College | Amherst, Massachusetts | Inactive |
| Alfreidian Lyceum Society | 1846 | Alfred University | Alfred, New York | Inactive |
| Alleghenian Lyceum Society | 1851 | Alfred University | Alfred, New York | Inactive |
| Allegheny Society | 1835 | Allegheny College | Meadville, Pennsylvania | Inactive |
| Alpha Delta Society | 1868 | Hiram College | Hiram, Ohio | Inactive |
| Alpha Kappa Phi Society | 1857 | Hillsdale College | Hillsdale, Michigan | Inactive |
| Alpha Kappa Society | 1839 | Marietta College | Marietta, Ohio | Inactive |
| Alpha Nu Society | 1843 | University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan | Inactive |
| Alpha Omega Delta Literary Society | 1947 | Bob Jones University | Greenville, South Carolina | Active |
| Alpha Sigma | 1882 | Maryville College | Maryville, Tennessee | Inactive |
| American Whig Society | 1765–1928 | Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey | Inactive |
| American Whig-Cliosophic Society | 1928 | Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey | Active |
| Amphictyon Society | 1853 | Cornell College | Mount Vernon, Iowa | Inactive |
| Amphictyon Society | 1851 | Lawrence University | Appleton, Wisconsin | Inactive |
| Amphictyon Society | 1857 | Hillsdale College | Hillsdale, Michigan | Inactive |
| Animi Cultus | 1867–1882 | Maryville College | Maryville, Tennessee | Inactive |
| Archaean Society | 1859 | Beloit College | Beloit, Wisconsin | Inactive |
| Archanian Society | March 27, 1954 | University of the Pacific | Stockton, California | Active |
| Aristotelian Society | 1854 | Central Methodist University | Fayette, Missouri | Inactive |
| Aristotelian Society | December 6, 1867 | Harlem Springs College | Harlem Springs, Ohio | Inactive |
| Aristonian Society | 1870 | Wheaton College | Wheaton, Illinois | Inactive |
| Atheneum Society | 1870 | Willamette University | Salem, Oregon | Inactive |
| Arkansas Literary and Debating Society | 1879 | Lyon College | Batesville, Arkansas | Inactive |
| Athena | 1916–1933 | University of Iowa | Iowa City, Iowa | Inactive |
| Athena Society | 1858 | Lawrence University | Appleton, Wisconsin | Inactive |
| Athenaean Society | 1802–1887 | Bowdoin College | Brunswick, Maine | Inactive |
| Athenaeum Society | 1824 | Trinity College | Hartford, Connecticut | Inactive |
| Athenaeum Society | 1860 | University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois | Inactive |
| Athenaean Society | 1869 | King College | Bristol, Tennessee | Inactive |
| Atheniaedes Society | 1845 | Albion College | Albion, Michigan | Inactive |
| Athenian Literary Society | 1900 | Ouachita Baptist University | Arkadelphia, Arkansas | Inactive |
| Athenian Society | 1776–1786 | Rutgers University | New Brunswick, New Jersey | Inactive |
| Athenian Society | 1821 | Amherst College | Amherst, Massachusetts | Inactive |
| Athenian Society | 1830 | Indiana University Bloomington | Bloomington, Indiana | Inactive |
| Athenian Society | 1850 | University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin | Inactive |
| Athenian Society | 1851 | Ohio Wesleyan University | Delaware, Ohio | Inactive |
| Athenian Society | 1867 | Tennessee Wesleyan College | Athens, Tennessee | Inactive |
| Bachelor Society | 1870 | Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa | Inactive |
| Baconian Society | 1870–1906 | State University of New York at Potsdam | Potsdam, New York | Inactive |
| Bainonian | 1875 | Maryville College | Maryville, Tennessee | Inactive |
| Basilian Society | 1869 | Niagara University | Lewiston, New York | Inactive |
| Belles Lettres Society | 1786 | Dartmouth College | Hanover, New Hampshire | Active |
| Belles Lettres Society | 1786 | Dickinson College | Carlisle, Pennsylvania | Active |
| Belles Letters Society | 1859 | Illinois Wesleyan University | Bloomington, Illinois | Inactive |
| Belles Letters Society | 1850 | Lycoming College | Williamsport, Pennsylvania | Inactive |
| Belles Letters Society | 1851 | MacMurray College | Jacksonville, Illinois | Inactive |
| Belles Lettres Society | 1859 | Southern University | Greensboro, Alabama | Inactive |
| Beltionian Society | 1856 | Wheaton College | Wheaton, Illinois | Inactive |
| Benjamin Franklin Literary and Debating Society | 2015 | University of Virginia | Charlottesville, Virginia | Active |
| Berean Society | 1861 | University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois | Inactive |
| Beth-Hacma | 1829–1860s | Maryville College | Maryville, Tennessee | Inactive |
| Beth-Hacma ve Berith | 1834 | Maryville College | Maryville, Tennessee | Inactive |
| Bettina Society | 1871 | German Wallace College | Berea, Ohio | Inactive |
| Bonhommian Society | 1871 | Highland University | Highland, Kansas | Inactive |
| Brothers in Unity | 1768–1878, 2022 | Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut | Active |
| Brown Debating Club | September 1866 | Stockwell Collegiate Institute | Stockwell, Indiana | Inactive |
| Burke Society | 2010 | University of Virginia | Charlottesville, Virginia | Active |
| Byronic Literary Society | December 6, 1867 | Harlem Springs College | Harlem Springs, Ohio | Inactive |
| Calhoun Society | 1854 | Wofford College | Spartanburg, South Carolina | Inactive |
| Calliope Academy | 1855 | Spring Hill College | Mobile, Alabama | Inactive |
| Calliopean Society | 1793–1890 | Union College | Schenectady, New York | Inactive |
| Calliopean Society | 1819–1853, 1950 | Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut | Active |
| Calliopean Society | 1830 | Maine Wesleyan Seminary | Kents Hill, Maine | Inactive |
| Calliopean Society | 1835 | Granville Literary and Theological Institution | Granville, Ohio. | Inactive |
| Calliopean Society | 1840 | Emory & Henry University | Emory, Virginia | Active |
| Calliopean Society | 1845 | The Citadel | Charleston, South Carolina | Inactive |
| Calliopean Society | 1847 | Wabash College | Crawfordsville, Indiana | Inactive |
| Calliopean Society | 1879 | Texas A&M University | College Station, Texas | Inactive |
| Castelian Society | 1870 | Rockford College | Rockford, Illinois | Inactive |
| Chi Beta Society | 1920 | Illinois College | Jacksonville, Illinois | Active |
| Chi Delta Society | 1836 | East Tennessee University | Knoxville, Tennessee | Inactive |
| Chi Delta Theta | 1821 | Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut | Inactive |
| Chrestomathean Society | 1847 | Ohio Wesleyan University | Delaware, Ohio | Inactive |
| Chrestomathean | 1889–c. 1917 | Hanover College | Hanover, Indiana | Inactive |
| Chrestomathian Society | 1853 | Grinnell College | Grinnell, Iowa | Inactive |
| Chrestomathic Society | 1848–1948 | College of Charleston | Charleston, South Carolina | Inactive |
| Ciceronian Society | 1823 | George Washington University | Washington, D.C. | Inactive |
| Ciceronian Society | 1834 | Mercer University | Macon, Georgia | Inactive |
| Ciceronian Society | 1839–c. 1932 | Georgetown College | Georgetown, Kentucky | Inactive |
| Ciceronian Society | 1850 | Roanoke College | Salem, Virginia | Inactive |
| Clariosophic Literary Society | 1873 | University of Arkansas | Fayetteville, Arkansas | Inactive |
| Clariosophic Society | 1806–xxxx ?; 2013 | University of South Carolina | Columbia, South Carolina | Active |
| Cleo of Alpha Chi | 1877 | Trinity College | Hartford, Connecticut | Active |
| Clever Fellows Society | 1844 | Albion College | Albion, Michigan | Inactive |
| Clio Society | 1853 | Capital University | Bexley, Ohio | Inactive |
| Clio Society | 1885 | Southwestern University | Georgetown, Texas | Inactive |
| Clionian Literary Society | 1869 | McKendree College | Lebanon, Illinois | Active |
| Clionian Society | 1851 | Free Academy of the City of New York | New York City, New York | Inactive |
| Clionian Society | 1866 | Almira College | Greenville, Illinois | Inactive |
| Cliolian Society | 1871 | Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa | Inactive |
| Cliosophic Society | 1765–1928 | Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey | Inactive |
| Cliosophic Society | 1838 | Georgetown College | Georgetown, Kentucky | Inactive |
| Clariosophic Society | 1859 | Southern University | Greensboro, Alabama | Inactive |
| Columbian Debating Society | 1845 – October 10, 1846 | Richmond College | Richmond, Virginia | Inactive |
| Crescent Society | 1855 | Antioch College | Yellow Springs, Ohio | Inactive |
| Crescent Society | 1870 | Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa | Inactive |
| Crotonia Society | 1750–1772 | Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut | Inactive |
| Daedalian Literary Society | 1923 | Indiana State Normal School | Terre Haute, Indiana | Inactive |
| De La Salle Club | 1865 | Manhattan College | New York City, New York | Inactive |
| Delean Society | 1859 | Beloit College | Beloit, Wisconsin | Inactive |
| Delphic Society | 1854–1875 | Hiram College | Hiram, Ohio | Inactive |
| Delphic Society | 1871–1889 | State University of New York at Geneseo | Geneseo, New York | Inactive |
| Delta Rho Society | 1926–1928 | Lyon College | Batesville, Arkansas | Inactive |
| Delta Sigma Society | 1892 | Lyon College | Batesville, Arkansas | Inactive |
| Demosthenian Literary Society | 1803 | University of Georgia | Athens, Georgia | Active |
| Demosthenean Literary Society | 1907 | University of Arkansas | Fayetteville, Arkansas | Inactive |
| Diagnothian Society | 1835 | Franklin & Marshall College | Lancaster, Pennsylvania | Inactive |
| Dialectic Society | 1795 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, North Carolina | Active |
| Dialectic Society | 1839 | Oberlin College | Oberlin, Ohio | Inactive |
| Eclectic Society | 1845 | Albion College | Albion, Michigan | Inactive |
| Elizabethan Club | 1911 | Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut | Active |
| Emma Willards Society | 1853 | Waynesburg College | Waynesburg, Pennsylvania | Inactive |
| Enosinian Society | 1822 | George Washington University | Washington, D.C. | Active |
| Erodelphian | 1843–1845 | Hanover College | Hanover, Indiana | Inactive |
| Erodelphian Society | 1862–1933 | University of Iowa | Iowa City, Iowa | Inactive |
| Erodelphian Literary Society | 1825–1924 | Miami University | Oxford, Ohio | Inactive |
| Erodelphian Society | 1854 | Burlington College | Burlington, Vermont | Inactive |
| Erodelphian Society | 1870 | Highland University | Highland, Kansas | Inactive |
| Erosophian Adelphoi Society | 1835 | Colby College | Waterville, Maine | Inactive |
| Erosophic Society | 1831–1933 | University of Alabama | Tuscaloosa, Alabama | Inactive |
| Erosophic Society | 1847 | Mercer University | Macon, Georgia | Inactive |
| Erosophic Society | 1891 | Lyon College | Batesville, Arkansas | Inactive |
| Erosophian Society | 1855 | Marshall University | Huntington, West Virginia | Inactive |
| Erosophian Society | 1860 | Lombard College | Galesburg, Illinois | Inactive |
| Erosophian Society | 1865 | Baylor College | Waco, Texas | Inactive |
| Eucleian Society | 1834–1943 | New York University | New York City, New York | Inactive |
| Euglossian Society | 1913 | Heidelberg University | Tiffin, Ohio | Active |
| Erosophian Society | 1867 | Albion College | Albion, Michigan | Inactive |
| Eulexian Literary Society | November 27, 1867 – January 1870; March 1871 | St. Augustine College | Benicia, California | Inactive |
| Eulexian Society | 1860 | St. Stephens College | Annandale-on-Hudson, New York | Inactive |
| Eutaxian Society | 1876 | University of Oregon | Eugene, Oregon | Inactive |
| Eumenean Society | 1837 | McKendree College | Lebanon, Illinois | Active |
| Eumenean Society | April 14, 1837 | Davidson College | Davidson, North Carolina | Active |
| Eumenean Society | 1898–1918 | Birmingham–Southern College | Birmingham, Alabama | Inactive |
| Euphemian Literary Society | 1839 | Erskine College | Due West, South Carolina | Active |
| Euphradian Society | 1806 | University of South Carolina | Columbia, South Carolina | Active |
| Euphradian Society | 1831 | College of Charleston | Charleston, South Carolina | Inactive |
| Euphronean Society | 1835 | Wabash College | Crawfordsville, Indiana | Inactive |
| Eupia Society | 1850 | Bucknell University | Lewisburg, Pennsylvania | Inactive |
| Eurodelphian Society | 1857 | Spring Hill College | Mobile, Alabama | Inactive |
| Euterpean Society | 1867 | Muhlenberg College | Allentown, Pennsylvania | Inactive |
| Euzelian Society | 1835 | Wake Forest University | Wake Forest, North Carolina | Active |
| Excelsior Men's Society | 1851 | Heidelberg University | Tiffin, Ohio | Active |
| Excelsior Society | 1858 | Albright College | Reading, Pennsylvania | Inactive |
| Excelsior Society | 1872 | Wheaton College | Wheaton, Illinois | Inactive |
| F. H. C. | 1750–1787 | College of William & Mary | Williamsburg, Virginia | Inactive |
| Few Society | August 10, 1839 – 1932 | Emory University | Atlanta, Georgia | Inactive |
| Franklin Literary Society | 1797 | Jefferson College | Canonsburg, Pennsylvania | Active |
| Franklin Literary Society | 1898 | Hendrix College | Conway, Arkansas | Inactive |
| Franklin Literary Society | 1908 | University of Arkansas | Fayetteville, Arkansas | Inactive |
| Franklin Polemic Society | 1833–1834 | Mercer University | Macon, Georgia | Inactive |
| Franklin Reading Society | 1860 | Furman University | Greenville, South Carolina | Inactive |
| Franklin Society | 1824–1834 | Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island | Inactive |
| Franklin Society | 1826 | College of William & Mary | Williamsburg, Virginia | Inactive |
| Franklin Society | 1831–1840 | Western Reserve University | Hudson, Ohio | Inactive |
| Franklin Society | 1842 | Howard College | Birmingham, Alabama | Inactive |
| Franklin Society | 1843 | Granville Literary and Theological Institution | Granville, Ohio | Inactive |
| Franklin Society | March 1843 | Richmond College | Richmond, Virginia | Inactive |
| Gamma Delta Society | 1911 | Illinois College | Jacksonville, Illinois | Active |
| Gamma Epsilon Society | 1852 | Lycoming College | Williamsport, Pennsylvania | Inactive |
| Gamma Nu Society | 1897 | Illinois College | Jacksonville, Illinois | Active |
| Gamma Phi Society | 1833–c. 1840 | Colgate University | Hamilton, New York | Inactive |
| Gamma Sigma Literary Society | 1891 | Henderson State University | Arkadelphia, Arkansas | Inactive |
| Garland Literary Society | | Henderson State University | Arkadelphia, Arkansas | Inactive |
| Garland Literary Society | 1886 | University of Arkansas | Fayetteville, Arkansas | Inactive |
| Garnet Society | 1866 | Lincoln University | Oxford, Pennsylvania | Inactive |
| German Verein | 1859–1942 | German Wallace College | Berea, Ohio | Inactive |
| Germanae Sodales Society | 1859 | Hillsdale College | Hillsdale, Michigan | Inactive |
| Gnothautii Society | 1849 | Knox College | Galesburg, Illinois | Inactive |
| Grady Literary Society | 1895 | University of Arkansas | Fayetteville, Arkansas | Inactive |
| Grinnell Institute | 1870 | Grinnell College | Grinnell, Iowa | Inactive |
| Hamlin Garland | 1920–1934 | Heidelberg University | Tiffin, Ohio | Inactive |
| Hamline Society | 1854 | Iowa Wesleyan College | Mount Pleasant, Iowa | Inactive |
| Harlan Literary Society | 1899–1952 | Hendrix College | Conway, Arkansas | Inactive |
| Henodelphisterian Society | 1820 | Indiana University Bloomington | Bloomington, Indiana | Inactive |
| Hermaean Society | 1849–1946 | University of Mississippi | Oxford, Mississippi | Inactive |
| Hermean Society | 1811 | University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Inactive |
| Hermean Society | 1845 | Geneva College | Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania | Inactive |
| Hermesian Literary Society | 1888 | Ouachita Baptist University | Arkadelphia, Arkansas | Inactive |
| Hermesian Society | 1840 | Emory & Henry College | Emory, Virginia | Active |
| Hentz Society | 1853 | LaGrange College | LaGrange, Georgia | Inactive |
| Hesperian Society | 1857 | Ohio Female College | Cincinnati, Ohio | Inactive |
| Hesperian Society | 1863–1933 | University of Iowa | Iowa City, Iowa | Inactive |
| Hesperian Society | 1912 | Heidelberg University | Tiffin, Ohio | Inactive |
| Hinman Society | 1856 | Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois | Inactive |
| Hyperion Society | 1855 | Marshall University | Huntington, West Virginia | Inactive |
| Institute of 1770 | 1770 | Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts | Inactive |
| Irving Institute | 1864–1929 | University of Iowa | Iowa City, Iowa | Inactive |
| Irving Literary Society | September 5, 1865 | Andalusia College | Pennsylvania | Inactive |
| Irving Society | 1868–1888 | Cornell University | Ithaca, New York | Inactive |
| Irving Society | 1870 | College of Wooster | Wooster, Ohio | Inactive |
| Ionian Society | 1857 | Earlham College | Richmond, Indiana | Inactive |
| Jared Eliot Book Collectors and Literary Society (Jared Eliot Assoiation) | 1934 | Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut | Inactive |
| Jefferson Society | 1825 | University of Virginia | Charlottesville, Virginia | Active |
| John Adams Society | 2014 | Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts | Active |
| Judson Society | 1853 | LaGrange College | LaGrange, Georgia | Inactive |
| L & S (Literature and Science) | 1862–1864 | Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut | Inactive |
| Laurean Society | 1876 | University of Oregon | Eugene, Oregon | Inactive |
| Lee Literary Society | 1906 | University of Arkansas | Fayetteville, Arkansas | Inactive |
| Lehigh Junto | 1868 | Lehigh University | Bethlehem, Pennsylvania | Inactive |
| L'Etoile | 1884 | Lyon College | Batesville, Arkansas | Inactive |
| Licivyronian Society | 1839 | College of William & Mary | Williamsburg, Virginia | Inactive |
| Lincoln Association | 1866 | Illinois Soldiers College | Fulton, Indiana | Inactive |
| Linnean Society | 1854 | Mount Union College | Alliance, Ohio | Inactive |
| Linonian Society | 1753–1868, 1878–1880, 1904–1906, 19xx ? | Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut | Active |
| Literary Adelphi Society | 1857 | University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan | Inactive |
| Literary Fraternity | 1827 | Colby College | Waterville, Maine | Inactive |
| Literary Society | 1859 | University of Maryland, College Park | College Park, Maryland | Inactive |
| The Literary Society | 1888 | Winthrop University | Rock Hill, South Carolina | Active |
| Lyceum Society | 1847 | Wabash College | Crawfordsville, Indiana | Inactive |
| Mathesian Society | 1856 | Northwestern Christian University | Indianapolis, Indiana | Inactive |
| Miami Union Literary Society | 1825–1928 | Miami University | Oxford, Ohio | Inactive |
| Mu Sigma Rho Literary Society | October 10, 1846 – 1861; October 5, 1866 | Richmond College | Richmond, Virginia | Inactive |
| Neocosmian Society | 1859 | Albright College | Reading, Pennsylvania | Inactive |
| Neotrophian Society | 1867 | Bethel College | Russellville, Kentucky | Inactive |
| Nu Pi Kappa Society | 1828 | Kenyon College | Gambier, Ohio | Inactive |
| Octave Thanet | 1900–1933 | University of Iowa | Iowa City, Iowa | Inactive |
| Orthopatetic Society | 1869 | Blackburn College | Carlinville, Illinois | Inactive |
| Orophilian Lyceum Society | 1850 | Alfred University | Alfred, New York | Inactive |
| Ossoli Society | 1874 | Northwestern University | Evanston, Illinois | Inactive |
| P. D. A. | 1773–1781 | College of William & Mary | Williamsburg, Virginia | Inactive |
| Parthenian Society | 1853 | University of Baltimore | Baltimore, Maryland | Inactive |
| Parthenon Society | 1827 | Trinity College | Hartford, Connecticut | Inactive |
| Patrick Henry Society | 1819–1830, c. 1966 | University of Virginia | Charlottesville, Virginia | Inactive |
| Peithissophian Society | 1825–1891 | Rutgers University | New Brunswick, New Jersey | Inactive |
| Peithologian Society | 1806 | Columbia University | New York City, New York | Inactive |
| Peithologian Society | 1831 | Wesleyan University | Middletown, Connecticut | Inactive |
| Periclean Literary Society | 1900 | University of Arkansas | Fayetteville, Arkansas | Inactive |
| Periclesian Society | 1853 | Franklin College | Franklin, Indiana | Inactive |
| Peucinian Society | 1805 | Bowdoin College | Brunswick, Maine | Active |
| Phi Alpha Literary Society | 1845 | Illinois College | Jacksonville, Illinois | Active |
| Phi Alpha Pi Society | 1861 | Olivet College | Olivet, Michigan | Inactive |
| Phi Alpha Society | 1854 | Central Methodist University | Fayette, Missouri | Inactive |
| Phi Beta Kappa Society | 1776–1787 | College of William & Mary | Williamsburg, Virginia | Inactive |
| Phi Beta Kappa Society | 1780 | Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut | Active |
| Phi Beta Kappa Society | 1781 | Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts | Active |
| Phi Beta Kappa Society | 1787 | Dartmouth College | Hanover, New Hampshire | Active |
| Phi Beta Kappa Society | 1830 | Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island | Active |
| Phi Beta Kappa Society | 1817 | Union College | Schenectady, New York | Active |
| Phi Beta Kappa Society | 1825 | Bowdoin College | Brunswick, Maine | Active |
| Phi Delta Society | 1834–late 1930s; October 1967–xxxx ? | Mercer University | Macon, Georgia | Inactive |
| Phi Delta Society | 1839–1863 | Oglethorpe University | Brookhaven, Georgia | Inactive |
| Phi Delta Society | 1840 | Western Reserve University | Hudson, Ohio | Inactive |
| Phi Delta Society | 1868 | Berea College | Berea, Kentucky | Inactive |
| Phi Gamma Society | 1837 | College of Charleston | Charleston, South Carolina | Inactive |
| Phi Kappa Literary Society | 1820 | University of Georgia | Athens, Georgia | Active |
| Phi Nu Society | 1853 | MacMurray College | Jacksonville, Illinois | Inactive |
| Phi Phi Alpha Society | 1842 | University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan | Inactive |
| Phi Sigma Nu Society | 1803 | University of Vermont | Burlington, Vermont | Inactive |
| Phi Sigma Society | 1849–1934 | University of Mississippi | Oxford, Mississippi | Inactive |
| Philadelphian Society | 1856 | Monmouth College | Monmouth, Illinois | Inactive |
| Philal-Union Society | c. 1920–c. 1931 | Hanover College | Hanover, Indiana | Inactive |
| Philaletha Society | 1852 | Otterbein College | Westerville, Ohio | Inactive |
| Philalethean Literary Society | 1913 | Taylor University | Upland, Indiana | Inactive |
| Philalethean Society | 1855 | Lawrence University | Appleton, Wisconsin | Inactive |
| Philalethean Society | 1913 | Heidelberg University | Tiffin, Ohio | Active |
| Philalethic Literary Society | 1856 | Santa Clara College | Santa Clara, California | Inactive |
| Philanthropic Literary Society | 1807–1929 | Hampden–Sydney College | Hampden Sydney, Virginia | Inactive |
| Philanthropic Society | 1795 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, North Carolina | Active |
| Philanthropic Society | 1837 | Emory University | Atlanta, Georgia | Active |
| Phileans Society | 1853 | Waynesburg College | Waynesburg, Pennsylvania | Inactive |
| Philermenian Society | 1794–1866 | Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island | Inactive |
| Philestorian Debating Society | October 14, 1859 | Santa Clara College | Santa Clara, California | Inactive |
| Philo-Christomathean Society | 1849 | Geneva College | Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania | Inactive |
| Philo-Franklin Society | 1834 | Allegheny College | Meadville, Pennsylvania | Inactive |
| Philo Literary Society | 1797 | Jefferson College | Canonsburg, Pennsylvania | Inactive |
| Philoclean Society | 1825–1892 | Rutgers University | New Brunswick, New Jersey | Inactive |
| Philocurian Society | 1868 | Northwestern Christian University | Indianapolis, Indiana | Inactive |
| Philodemic Society | 1830 | Georgetown University | Washington, D.C. | Active |
| Philokosmian Society | 1867 | Lebanon Valley College | Annville, Pennsylvania | Inactive |
| Philolexian Society | 1802 | Columbia University | New York City, New York | Active |
| Philolexian Society | 1851 | Kalamazoo College | Kalamazoo, Michigan | Inactive |
| Philologian Society | 1795 | Williams College | Williamstown, Massachusetts | Inactive |
| Philologian Society | October 8, 1855 – April 22, 1861; October 27, 1867 | Richmond College | Richmond, Virginia | Inactive |
| Philologian Society | 1870 | St. Stephens College | Annandale-on-Hudson, New York | Inactive |
| Philological Society | 1807 | University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Inactive |
| Philological Society | 1839 | Indiana Asbury College | Greencastle, Indiana | Inactive |
| Philomathean Literary Society | 1851–1857 | Carson-Newman College | Jefferson City, Tennessee | Inactive |
| Philomathean Literary Society | 1888 | Ouachita Baptist University | Arkadelphia, Arkansas | Inactive |
| Philomathean Society | 1813 | University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Active |
| Philomathean Society | 1828 | College of Charleston | Charleston, South Carolina | Inactive |
| Philomathean Society | 1831 | Indiana University | Bloomington, Indiana | Inactive |
| Philomathean Society | 1832–1891 | New York University | New York City, New York | Inactive |
| Philomathean Society | 1834 | Wabash College | Crawfordsville, Indiana | Inactive |
| Philalathean Society | 1839–c. 1917 | Hanover College | Hanover, Indiana | Merged |
| Philomathean Society | 1842 | Erskine College | Due West, South Carolina | Active |
| Philomathean Society | 1846 | Muskingum College | New Concord, Ohio | Inactive |
| Philomathean Society | 1851 | Waynesburg College | Waynesburg, Pennsylvania | Inactive |
| Philomathean Society | 1852 | Hiram College | Hiram, Ohio | Inactive |
| Philomathean Society | 1852 | Wesleyan University | Middletown, Connecticut | Active |
| Philomathean Society | 1856 | Willamette University | Salem, Oregon | Inactive |
| Philomathean Society | 1857 | Otterbein College | Westerville, Ohio | Inactive |
| Philomathean Society | 1860 | Milton College | Milton, Wisconsin | Inactive |
| Philomathean Society | 1866 | Union Christian College | Merom, Indiana | Inactive |
| Philomathean Society | 1868 | Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa | Inactive |
| Philomathean Society | 1869 | Tennessee Wesleyan College | Athens, Tennessee | Inactive |
| Philomathean Society | 1871 | University of the Pacific | Stockton, California | Active |
| Philomathean Society | 1883 | Lyon College | Batesville, Arkansas | Inactive |
| Philomathean Society | 1928–1928 | University of Iowa | Iowa City, Iowa | Inactive |
| Philomathean Society | 1991 | Union College | Schenectady, New York | Active |
| Philomathesian Society | 1827 | Kenyon College | Gambier, Ohio | Inactive |
| Philomathesian Society | 1835 | Wake Forest University | Wake Forest, North Carolina | Inactive |
| Philomathesian Society | 1836 | East Tennessee University | Knoxville, Tennessee | Inactive |
| Philomathesian Society | 1839 | Oberlin College | Oberlin, Ohio | Inactive |
| Philomathian Society | 1852 | University of Mississippi | Oxford, Mississippi | Inactive |
| Philomathian Society | 1854 | Bethel College | Russellville, Kentucky | Inactive |
| Philomathian Society | 1868 | Illinois Industrial University | Urbana, Illinois | Inactive |
| Philomathic Society | 1832–1943 | University of Alabama | Tuscaloosa, Alabama | Inactive |
| Philomatic Society | 1848 | Spring Hill College | Mobile, Alabama | Inactive |
| Philoneikean Society | 1856 | Moores Hill College | Evansville, Indiana | Inactive |
| Philopaedian Society | January 16, 1841 | St. Xavier College | Cincinnati, Ohio | Inactive |
| Philopenthean Society | 1855 | Geneva College | Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania | Inactive |
| Philophrenian Society | 1850 | Columbian College | New York City, New York | Inactive |
| Philophrenian Society | 1855 | George Washington University | Washington, D.C. | Inactive |
| Philophronean Society | 1851 | Otterbein College | Westerville, Ohio | Inactive |
| Philosophian Society | 1837 | Indiana Asbury College | Greencastle, Indiana | Inactive |
| Philosophian Society | 1846 | Wittenberg College | Springfield, Ohio | Inactive |
| Philosophian Society | 1860 | Furman University | Greenville, South Carolina | Inactive |
| Philosophian Society | 1867 | Lincoln University | Oxford, Pennsylvania | Inactive |
| Philosophronian Society | 1830–1839 | Hanover College | Hanover, Indiana | Merged |
| Philotechnian Society | 1795 | Williams College | Williamstown, Massachusetts | Inactive |
| Philotechnic Society | 1870 | Louisiana State University | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | Inactive |
| Philorhetorian Society | 1831 | Wesleyan University | Middletown, Connecticut | Inactive |
| Philozetian Society | 1826 | Western Reserve University | Hudson, Ohio | Inactive |
| Phoenix Band Society | 1856 | Earlham College | Richmond, Indiana | Inactive |
| Phoenix Society | 1814 | Hamilton College | Clinton, New York | Inactive |
| Phoenix Society | 1855 | Lawrence University | Appleton, Wisconsin | Inactive |
| Photozotean Society | 1869 | Moores Hill College | Evansville, Indiana | Inactive |
| Phreno-Cosmian Society | 1857 | Baldwin University | Berea, Ohio | Inactive |
| Phrenocosmian Society | 1852 | Free Academy of the City of New York | New York City, New York | Inactive |
| Pi Delta Society | 1834–c. 1840 | Colgate University | Hamilton, New York | Inactive |
| Pi Pi Rho Society | 1929 | Illinois College | Jacksonville, Illinois | Active |
| Pithonian Society | 1850 | University of Rochester | Rochester, New York | Inactive |
| Platonian Society | 1838 | Georgetown College | Georgetown, Kentucky | Inactive |
| Platonian Society | 1849 | McKendree College | Lebanon, Illinois | Inactive |
| Polemical Society | 1776–1782 | Rutgers University | New Brunswick, New Jersey | Inactive |
| Polytechnic Literary Society | 1847 | The Citadel | Charleston, South Carolina | Active |
| Porcellian Society | 1791 | Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts | Inactive |
| Preston Society | 1858 | Wofford College | Spartanburg, South Carolina | Inactive |
| Pronouncing Society | 1771 | Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island | Inactive |
| Psi Gamma Society | 1839 | Marietta College | Marietta, Ohio | Inactive |
| The Pundits | 1884 | Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut | Active |
| Pythonian Society | 1857 | Northwestern Christian University | Indianapolis, Indiana | Inactive |
| Reynolds Literary Society | 1860 | Stockwell Collegiate Institute | Stockwell, Indiana | Inactive |
| Rhizomian Society | 1858 | University of the Pacific | Stockton, California | Inactive |
| Robert E. Lee Society | 1898–1918 | Birmingham–Southern College | Birmingham, Alabama | Inactive |
| Robert E. V. Rice Society | 1866 | Niagara University | Lewiston, New York | Inactive |
| Roosevelt Society | 2015 | University of Virginia | Charlottesville, Virginia | Active |
| Ruthean Society | 1859 | Iowa Wesleyan College | Mount Pleasant, Iowa | Inactive |
| St.. Aloysius Philodemics Society | 1851 | Notre Dame University | Notre Dame, Indiana | Inactive |
| St. Joseph Literary Association | September 10, 1866 | St. Joseph College | New York | Inactive |
| San Jacinto Society | 1875 | Southwestern University | Georgetown, Texas | Inactive |
| Scientific Society | 1866 | Wilberforce University | Wilberforce, Ohio | Inactive |
| Semicentenary Society | 1866 | Wilberforce University | Wilberforce, Ohio | Inactive |
| Sherwood Rhetorical Society | 1851 | Kalamazoo College | Kalamazoo, Michigan | Inactive |
| Sigma Phi Epsilon Society | 1916 | Illinois College | Jacksonville, Illinois | Active |
| Sigma Pi | 1843 | Illinois College | Jacksonville, Illinois | Active |
| Signet Society | 1870 | Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts | Active |
| Sigournean Society | 1857 | Moores Hill College | Evansville, Indiana | Inactive |
| Social Friends Society | 1783 | Dartmouth College | Hanover, New Hampshire | Inactive |
| Society for Inquiry | 1824 | Colgate University | Hamilton, New York | Inactive |
| Society for Progress in Letters | 1789–1795 | Columbia University | New York City, New York | Inactive |
| Society for Religious Inquiry | 1835 | University of Vermont | Burlington, Vermont | Inactive |
| Sodalian Society | 1871 | Wilberforce University | Wilberforce, Ohio | Inactive |
| Sophirodelphian Society | 1829–1860s | Maryville College | Maryville, Tennessee | Inactive |
| Sophronian Society | 1867 | Muhlenberg College | Allentown, Pennsylvania | Inactive |
| Sophronikopean Society | 1859 | Missionary Institute | Pennsylvania | Inactive |
| Soverville Society | 1850 | Ohio Female College | Cincinnati, Ohio | Inactive |
| Star Society | 1855 | Antioch College | Yellow Springs, Ohio | Inactive |
| Star Society | 1859 | Adrian College | Adrian, Michigan | Inactive |
| Stephen F. Austin Society | 1876 | Texas A&M University | College Station, Texas | Inactive |
| Stonewall Society | 1866 | Baylor College | Waco, Texas | Inactive |
| Students Philomathean Society | 1851 | Hartsville College | Hartsville, Indiana | Inactive |
| Themian Society | 1866 | Quincy College | Quincy, Massachusetts | Inactive |
| Tau Chi Society | 1840 | College of William & Mary | Williamsburg, Virginia | Inactive |
| Tau Theta Kappa Society | 1839–c. 1932 | Georgetown College | Georgetown, Kentucky | Inactive |
| Thalian Society | 1839 | Oglethorpe University | Brookhaven, Georgia | Active |
| Theta Alphea Society | 1850 | Bucknell University | Lewisburg, Pennsylvania | Inactive |
| Theta Epsilon | 1894 | Maryville College | Maryville, Tennessee | Inactive |
| Transylvania Whig Society | 1829 | Transylvania University | Lexington, Kentucky | Inactive |
| Tri Kappa Society | 1861 | University of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois | Inactive |
| Tripartite Union | 1848 | Lycoming College | Williamsport, Pennsylvania | Inactive |
| Union Literary Society | 1809 | Washington College | Washington, Pennsylvania | Inactive |
| Union Literary Society | 1830–c. 1917 | Hanover College | Hanover, Indiana | Merged |
| Union Literary Society | 1836 | Muskingum College | New Concord, Ohio | Inactive |
| Union Literary Society | 1853 | Geneva College | Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania | Inactive |
| Union-Philanthropic Society | 1789 | Hampden–Sydney College | Hampden Sydney, Virginia | Active |
| Union Philosophical Society | 1789 | Dickinson College | Carlisle, Pennsylvania | Active |
| Union Philosophical Society | 1829 | Transylvania University | Lexington, Kentucky | Inactive |
| Union Society | 1814 | Hamilton College | Clinton, New York | Inactive |
| Union Society | 1851 | Waynesburg College | Waynesburg, Pennsylvania | Inactive |
| United Brothers Society | 1806–1866 | Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island | Inactive |
| United Fraternity | 1786 | Dartmouth College | Hanover, New Hampshire | Inactive |
| Vesperian Society | 1870 | Rockford College | Rockford, Illinois | Inactive |
| Wayland Society | 1870 | Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island | Inactive |
| Washington Debating Society | c. 1845 – October 10, 1846 | Richmond College | Richmond, Virginia | Inactive |
| Washington Literary Society | 1814 | Washington College | Washington, Pennsylvania | Inactive |
| Washington Literary Society and Debating Union | 1831–1861, 1865–1929, 1979 | University of Virginia | Charlottesville, Virginia | Active |
| Washington Society | 1854 | Bethel College | Russellville, Kentucky | Inactive |
| Webster Society | 1853 | Franklin College | Franklin, Indiana | Inactive |
| Webster Society | 1859 | University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan | Inactive |
| Whig Society | 1834–1839 | Hanover College | Hanover, Indiana | Merged |
| Whitby | 1913–1928 | University of Iowa | Iowa City, Iowa | Inactive |
| William Dodd Society | 2024 | Florida State University | Tallahassee, Florida | Active |
| Zelosophic Society | 1829 | University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Inactive |
| Zenobian Society | December 9, 1869 – June 10, 1970 | University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Inactive |
| Zetelethean | 1880–1917 | Hanover College | Hanover, Indiana | Inactive |
| Zetagathea Society | 1845 | Ohio Wesleyan University | Delaware, Ohio | Inactive |
| Zetalethean Society | 1867 | Simpson College | Indianola, Iowa | Inactive |
| Zetagathian Society | 1861–1933 | University of Iowa | Iowa City, Iowa | Inactive |

## United States women's literary societies

Active societies are indicated in bold. Inactive societies and institutions are in italics.
| Society | Founding date and range | Institution | Location | Status |
| Alpha Clionian | 1872 | Geneseo Normal School | Geneseo, New York | Active |
| Clever Girls Society | 1844 | Albion College | Albion, Michigan | Inactive |
| Corinnean Society | | Ouachita Baptist University | Arkadelphia, Arkansas | Inactive |
| Curious Literary Society | 1855 | Milwaukee Female College | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Inactive |
| Euphrosynean Literary Society | 1892 | Newberry College | Newberry, South Carolina | Inactive |
| Euphrosynean Society | 1924 | University of South Carolina | Columbia, South Carolina | Active |
| Franklin Literary Society | 1822–1921 | Randolph–Macon College | Ashland, Virginia | Inactive |
| Hypatian Society | 1915–1970s | University of South Carolina | Columbia, South Carolina | Inactive |
| Jefferson Literary Society | 1902–1921 | Randolph–Macon College | Ashland, Virginia | Inactive |
| Ladies' Literary Society | 1834 | Oberlin College | Oberlin, Ohio | Inactive |
| Ladies Literary Society | 1852 | Milton College | Milton, Wisconsin | Inactive |
| Ladies Literary Union | 1857 | Hillsdale College | Hillsdale, Michigan | Inactive |
| Kappa Iota Literary Society | October 12, 1921 – 1950 | Alma College | Alma, Michigan | Inactive |
| The Philaletheis Society | 1865 | Vassar College | Poughkeepsie, New York | Active |
| Philomathean | 1891 | Henderson State University | Arkadelphia, Arkansas | Inactive |
| Polymnian Society | | Ouachita Baptist University | Arkadelphia, Arkansas | Inactive |
| Upsilon Phi Literary Society | | Henderson State University | Arkadelphia, Arkansas | Inactive |
| Washington Literary Society | 1833–1899, 1940s | Randolph–Macon College | Ashland, Virginia | Active |