The lyceum movement in the United States refers to a loose collection of adult education programs named for the classical Lyceum which flourished in the mid-19th century, particularly in the Northeast and Midwest.[1] Some of these organizations lasted until the early 20th century.
The Lyceum Magazine,Chicago. The magazine worked toward the movement's goals of improving society by its advertisements of event choices for members to sponsor for their communities.
The lyceums, mechanics’ institutes, and agriculture organizations like The Grange flourished in the U.S. before and after the Civil War. They were important in the development of adult education in America. During this period hundreds of informal associations were established for the purpose of improving the social, intellectual, and moral fabric of society. The lyceum movement featured lectures, dramatic performances, class instructions, and debates, by noted lecturers, entertainers and readers. They would travel the "lyceum circuit," going from town to town or state to state to entertain, speak, or debate in a variety of locations, never staying in one place for too long. Their appearances were open to the public, which caused them to contribute significantly to the education of the adult American in the 19th century.
OriginsEdit
The first American lyceum, "Millbury Branch Number 1 of the American Lyceum," was founded by Josiah Holbrook in 1826. Holbrook was a traveling lecturer and teacher who believed that education was a lifelong experience, and intended to create a National American Lyceum organization that would oversee this method of teaching. Other educators adopted the lyceum format but were not interested in organizing, so this idea was ultimately dropped.
^Cecil B. Hayes (1932). The American Lyceum: Its History and Contribution to Education (PDF) (Report). United States Department of the Interior. p. vii-viii. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
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Bode, The American Lyceum: Town Meeting
Goldsmith, Barbara, Other Powers, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1998.
Stevens, "Science, Culture, and Morality." 69-83
Strother, French (September 1912). "The Great American Forum: Chautauqua and the Chautauquas in Summer and the Lyceum In Winter". The World's Work: A History of Our Time. XXIV: 551–564. Retrieved 2009-07-10.
Further readingEdit
Ray, Angela G. The Lyceum and Public Culture in the Nineteenth Century United States. E. Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2005.
Powell, E. P., “The Rise and Decline of the New England Lyceum”, The New England Magazine, Vol. 17, No. 6 (February 1895), pp. 730–739.
A.A. Wright, ed. (1906), Who's who in the lyceum, Philadelphia: Pearson brothers, OL 24162319M
Wright, Tom F., ed. The Cosmopolitan Lyceum: lecture culture and the globe in nineteenth-century America. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2013.
October 15, 2023
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