Content Description Collection contains letters written by Marian Duschnes to her parents and grandparents during a her time as a student at Cornell University in the 1920s. Topics include discussions of orientation week (including the swim test in the Sage Pool and women's crew test), sorority rush, Sigma Delta Tau and other Jewish student organizatiosn, Greek life social events, daily life on campus, the opening of Willard Straight Hall (1925), and the Cornell infirmary (March of 1928). Duschnes' letters also...

Content Description

Collection contains candid photographs of members, composite photographs, a photograph of the 1941 pledge dance, a group photograph circa 1945-1947 with Dr. Joyce Brothers, and an exterior photograph of the sorority house. Also includes Dr. Brothers' copy of the 1945 initiation banquet program.