Arkham City College (formerly Arkham Community College) was founded in Arkham, Massachusetts to provided academic excellence for the community and working professionals. The College provides much of the same academic material as its more prestigious neighbor, Miskatonic University. However the course work is oriented more toward practical application and vocational instruction than it's larger, more well known neighbor.
(ACC is to Pulp Cthulhu what Miskatonic University is to CoC. The Expeditionary Society is a IRL club putting the pulp back into the world).
Founded by Inspector Achibald "Harry" Tuttle, the Society is also dedicated to reviving the salon using thematic muses to "poke up sluggish intellectual fires". Its goal is to promote an environment that "aut delectare aut prodesse est" (pleases or educates) and promotes a community of people who are seeking fellowship with similar persons of odd nature. The club pays homage to the social clubs of the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Some of those that inspire and inform us ~ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Nellie Bly, Jules Verne, Amelia Earhart, Teddy Roosevelt, Charles Forte, John Muir, Charles Addams, Edward Gorey, H.P. Lovecraft...
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