Title	Claxton Literary Society
Date	1910-1919?
Coverage	1910-1919
Description	Claxton Literary Society was one of the earliest organizations on campus. Reportedly the organization was named for a local writer, and the group went on social outings together.
Contextual note	“It is evident to all great thinking people that in order for a young man to feel perfectly at ease among his fellow men, he must be a ready conversationalist; a debater on the great issues of the day, a ready reader, and able to be a just critic of others' doings” (Middle Tennessee Normal Signal, 1912). The Claxton Literary Society, a debating and public speaking society, was formed at the beginning of the second quarter of the school year of 1911-12.
Subject-LCSH	Literature--Societies, etc. College students Middle Tennessee State Normal School
Subject-TGM	Organizations Group portraits
Geographic Location	Murfreesboro, TN
Type	Still image
Format	image/jpeg
Genre	Photograph
Extent	8 x 10 in.
Copyright status	Not protected by copyright
Conditions for use	Credit: Property of the Albert Gore Research Center, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN 37132
Collection Name	Alumni Collection
Contributing Institution	Albert Gore Research Center, Middle Tennessee State University
Digital Publisher	Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
Identifying Number	256
Date created	2008-12-04