Collection Overview
Title: Sororities, 1950-2010
Predominant Dates:1955-1972
ID: RHC/UA/40/
Extent: 4.5 Linear Feet
Date Acquired: 00/00/1966
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The Sorority Collection includes documents from the Panhellenic Council and thirty-six separate sororities. Included here are materials concerning rush, housing, and activities in the Panhellenic series; most of the individual sorority files contain a brief history, constitution, some correspondence and a brief record of activities. The majority of records in this collection date between 1955 and 1972. Researchers should also consult the Student Organizations Index for additional information on the various sororities.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions:
There are no restrictions on access to this collection.
Use Restrictions:
Literary rights are dedicated to the public.
Acquisition Method:
The University Archives acquired Panhellenic Council and sorority records in several installments between 1966 and 1976, and one addition in 2006.
Box and Folder Listing
- Series I: Panhellenic Records
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Directories of Sororities, 1960-1972
- Folder 2: General Information, 1955-1972
- Folder 3: Housing, 1958-1972
- Folder 4: Membership Summaries, 1967-1972
- Folder 5: Panhellenic and Sorority Officers Lists, 1955-1970
- Folder 6: Panhellenic Constitution
- Folder 7: Panhellenic Council Correspondence, 1952-1972
- Folder 8-9: Panhellenic Council Minutes, 1954-1972
- Folder 10: Social Sorority Directory, 1969-1972
- Folder 11: Sorority Grade Averages, 1953-1972
- Folder 12: Sorority Newsletter, 1962-1968
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Fashion Show: Programs, 1958-1965
- Folder 2: Informal Dance: Program Information, 1954-1962
- Folder 3: March of Dimes, 1963-1964
- Folder 4: Muscular Dystrophy Drive, 1964-1969
- Folder 5: Pledge Training Program, 1958-1960
- Folder 6: Rush (Sorority), 1959-1972, 2010
- Folder 7: Rush Handbooks, 1959-1972
- Folder 8: Rush Information, 1952-1970
- Folder 9: Rush Lists, 1956-1968
- Folder 10: Rush Procedures, 1954-1972
- Folder 11: Rush Statistics, 1951-1972
- Folder 12: Social Sorority Information, Spring, 1972
- Folder 13: Workshops, 1955-1971
- Series II: Individual Sororities
- Box 3
- Folder 1: Alpha Chi Omega, 1967-1972
- Folder 2: Alpha Delta Pi, 1964-1972
- Folder 3: Alpha Eta, 1965-1970
- Folder 4: Alpha Kappa Alpha, 1960-1970
- Folder 5-6: Alpha Omicron Pi, 1955-1972
- Folder 7: Alpha Phi, 1954-1970, 2007
- Box 4
- Folder 1-2: Alpha Sigma Alpha, 1953-1972
- Folder 3-4: Alpha Xi Delta, 1959-1972
- Folder 5: Chi Delta Chi, 1967-1969
- Folder 6: Chi Omega, 1966-1972
- Folder 7: Chi Sigma Phi, 1966-1972
- Folder 8: Chi Upsilon Constitution, 1951-1952
- Folder 9: Delta Chi Omega, 1967-1968
- Box 5
- Folder 1: Delta Gamma, 1962-1972
- Folder 2: Delta Sigma, 1966-1969
- Folder 3: Delta Sigma Epsilon, 1952-1956
- Folder 4: Delta Sigma Theta, 1967-1970
- Folder 5: Delta Theta, 1967
- Folder 6-7: Delta Zeta, 1950-1972
- Folder 8: Gamma Alpha Mu, 1963-1970
- Folder 9: Gamma Theta, 1954-1959
- Folder 10-11: Kappa Delta, 1952-1972
- Box 6
- Folder 1: Nu Alpha, 1953-1954
- Folder 2: Phi Pi Omega, 1935-1964
- Folder 3a: Pi Kappa Sigma, 1945-1953
- Folder 3b: Pi Kappa Sigma, 2005, no date
- Folder 4: Sigma Delta Tau, 1963-1972
- Folder 5-6: Sigma Kappa, 1952-1972
- Folder 7: Sigma Rho, 1965-1967
- Folder 8-9: Sigma Sigma Sigma, 1932-1973
- Folder 10: Tau Delta Sigma, 1959-1960
- Folder 11: Zeta Phi Beta, 1971, 1979, 2006, no date
- Folder 12: Cwens, 1954-1969
- Folder 13: Pi Lambda Theta, 1965/1966
- Folder 14: Sigma Alpha Iota, 1951-1972
- Folder 15: Sigma Lambda Sigma, 1969
- Folder 16: Alpha Sigma Omega, 2011
- Box 7
- Item 1: Oversize poster showing tree of members of Zeta Phi Beta, circa 1979
- Item 2: Zeta Ph Beta, 10th Anniversary Matches, 1981
- Item 3: Wooden "A C" pendant on leather cord, no date