The Philolexian Society of Columbia University
James Lenox
Bibliophile, philanthropist; founder of the Lenox Library.
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Bibliophile, philanthropist; founder of the Lenox Library
Vital
- Full name
- James Lenox
Columbia & the Society
- Columbia
- Class of 1818 (Columbia College)
Works (9)
- 1818 Address at the celebration of the fifty-first anniversary of the American Bible Society
- 1818 Bunyan's Pilgrim's progress, etc
- 1818 Contributions to a catalogue of the Lenox Library
- 1818 Letter of Columbus to Luis de Santangel, 1493
- 1818 Shakespeare's plays, in folio
- 1818 The early editions of King James' Bible in folio
- 1818 The Jesuit relations, etc
- 1818 The Voyages of TheĢvenot
- 1818 Voyages of Hulsius, etc
Primary sources
The Columbia Daily Spectator
1882-05-19 80th Anniversary of the Philolexian Society. [ARTICLE] illustrious alumnus (mentioned)
80th Anniversary of the Philolexian Society. A PLEASANT change in the usual form of the meetings of Philolex. was made on Thursday evening, May nth. Instead of the customary literary exercises held at the hall of the Society, a dinner at Martinelli's was substituted in order to celebrate the " Eightieth Anniversary " of the Society's foundation. The " Committee of Arrangements," Messrs. William S. Sloan, 'B2, Chairman , Girard F. Thomson, 'B3, and Herbert L. Satterlee, 'B3, labored to make the evening successful under a series of misfortunes. The date chosen, the only available night before examinations, happened to coincide with the date set for the New York Bar Association's reception, tendered to Judge Samuel A. Blatchford, one of the Society's graduate members, and many of the Alumni who are in the legal profession were thus unable to be present at the dinner. Congressional…
The Annals of the Philolexian Society (1912)
The Annals of the Philolexian Society (1912) Leaf / page 39
Named in The Annals of the Philolexian Society (1912) at the referenced leaf.
Maxwell, Catalogue of Columbia Graduates (1916)
Maxwell, Catalogue of Columbia Graduates (1916) Leaf / page 135
Named in Maxwell, Catalogue of Columbia Graduates (1916) at the referenced leaf.
Maxwell, Catalogue of Columbia Graduates (1916) Leaf / page 1000
Named in Maxwell, Catalogue of Columbia Graduates (1916) at the referenced leaf.
Maxwell, Catalogue of Columbia Graduates (1916) Leaf / page 1000
Named in Maxwell, Catalogue of Columbia Graduates (1916) at the referenced leaf.
The Foundation's research archive
Philolexian Annals 1912, Roll of Members
James Lenox · Confidence: CERTAIN
External references
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