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Sigma Delta Chi, Cornell chapter records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 37-4-785

Scope and content

Correspondence with members, other chapters, and the national organization concerning dues, banquets, and programs; treasurer's records; enrollment records and membership lists; invitations and texts of skits for various "Delicate Brown" banquets, as well as replies (1950) from Romeyn Berry, Alexander Drummond, Dexter S. Kimball, and other invited guests; a scrapbook chiefly containing clippings and programs relating to the establishment of the Cornell chapter and the Delicate Brown dinners, 1920-1923; letters to high school editors from Bristow Adams, faculty member of the fraternity and judge of high school publications in competition at conferences of the Eastern Interscholastic Publications Association held at Cornell, with lists of entries and winners; issues of the E.I.P.A. NEWS and The Delicate Brown, issues of the Morning Roast, The Humidor, and Junior Week Nudes; and a manual of procedure and information.

Scope and content

The April 24, 1941 issue of The Delicate Brown includes an invitation in the form of an army induction notice; also newspaper clippings about the affair.

Dates

  • 1919-1954.

Creator

Biographical / Historical

Sigma Delta Chi is a professional journalism fraternity. The Cornell chapter was established in 1920. The Delicate Brown was a satirical newspaper issued for the annual dinner of the Cornell chapter of Sigma Delta Chi.

Extent

1 cubic feet. (1 cubic feet.)

Language of Materials

English