Sigma Kappa, Alpha Zeta chapter records

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Identifier: 37-4-571

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Scope and content

Collection contains correspondence, clippings, articles, ephemera, and historical documents from the Alpha Zeta chapter. Included is correspondence and documentation relating to the suspension controversy, including a few issues of the Sigma Kappa Triangle (magazine) and the Sigma Kappa Trianglette (newsletter). Also included is a circa 1920 scrapbook from the first bid to the national organization for affiliation from the local Chi Gamma group (which was then chartered as Alpha Zeta). The scrapbook has a written history of Cornell, photographs of sisters with letters of recommendation for each, photographs of the university, letters of recommendation from professors for the formation of a Sigma Kappa chapter, and candid photographs of the sisters.

Dates

1921-1966.

Creator

Sigma Kappa Sorority. Alpha Zeta Chapter (Cornell University) (Organization)

Language of Material

In English.

Biographical / Historical

The Alpha Zeta Chapter of Sigma Kappa sorority at Cornell University was suspended by the national Sigma Kappa organization in 1956, apparently because it accepted an African American student as a member. It continued to operate as the local sorority Chi Gamma while attempting to resolve the issue with the national organization. Finally, Chi Gamma returned its charter and severed ties with the national Sigma Kappa in 1958. Four years later, Chi Gamma merged with the Cornell chapter of Chi Omega and became part of the national Chi Omega organization.