Manuscript Society (Yale University)

Founded in 1951, Manuscript was Yale's seventh "landed" senior society. That is, its alumni trust owns the society's meeting place or "tomb". The Manuscript Society was one of the first senior societies to offer membership to rising females at Yale College. Each delegation is selected by consensus among Manuscript alumni, trustees, delegates, and significant others, unlike other Yale societies where undergraduate members more freely select, recruit, and initiate their society's next delegation. The Wrexham Foundation is the society's alumni arm. Since 1956, the foundation has underwritten the Wrexam Prize, a scholarship in the humanities for the senior who writes the best essay in the field of the humanities. Manuscript Society is part of a four-society "Consortium" with the Aurelian Honor Society, Book and Snake, and Berzelius. == Traditions ==

The society holds the number 344 to be sacred. The society holds an annual gathering in its tomb on Halloween. Its members also invite guests to events featuring notable alumni. ==Chapter house==

Designed by King-lui Wu, Manuscript's white granite tomb was built in 1952. The tomb is mid-century modern, unusual amid other societies' elaborate mid-to-late-19th century buildings. Dan Kiley designed the landscaping which includes a Japanese water garden. == Popular culture ==

Manuscript is described in the novel Joe College by Tom Perrotta as "basically the cool people's version of a secret society". Leigh Bardugo’s dark academia fantasy novel Ninth House features an occult version of the society that specializes in mirror magic, illusions, and glamouring. == Notable members ==