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Sigma Alpha Epsilon, New York Alpha chapter records

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 37-4-4243

Scope and content

Files relating to the Fraternity and Sorority skit nights at Willard Straight Hall. Includes scripts and song lyrics for skits performed by members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) that parodied Carmen, The Pajama Game, HMS Pinafore and The Pirates of Penzance. One skit references the sandwich man, Chuck Feeney. SAE won the competition three years in a row. Includes a photo of a skit being performed in the Ivy Room. Also some fake and bawdy movie reviews for movies being shown at Ithaca theaters on a flyer form the Willard Straight Hall desk men. Also a holiday card showing the Hillcrest house. CD contains scans of some of the memorabilia, photographs of members and additional description of items. Also pledge class composites (1957-1959, 1961, 2010), photographs of parties and formals (1945, 1953, 1956-1961) and photographs of the fraternity building exterior.

Dates

  • 1945 - 2010
  • Majority of material found within 1950 - 1961

Creator

Language of Material

English.

Biographical / Historical

The New York Alpha chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon was founded at Cornell University in 1891.

Extent

0.2 cubic feet.

Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
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Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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