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Chi Gamma papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 37-4-940

Scope and content

Records include correspondence (1958-1962), president's and secretary's notebooks, bills and accounts (1959-1961), souvenir programs (1960-1962), membership lists, notes pertaining to pledging and initiation ceremonies, certificates, pins, photographs, and printed and mimeographed material.

Dates

1953-1964.

Creator

Chi Gamma (Cornell University) (Organization)

Biographical / Historical

Chi Gamma was a local sorority formed at Cornell University in 1956 by former members of the national sorority Sigma Kappa who did not want to abide by the discriminatory clauses imposed by Sigma Kappa. They merged with Chi Omega in 1964.