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Greek letter societies.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

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.

Eileen Linsner, collector. Sigma Kappa suspension papers

 Collection — Manuscript box 17 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065304283]
Identifier: 37-4-m.538
Scope and content

Correspondence, mimeographed material, and clippings relating to the suspension of the Cornell chapter of Sigma Kappa by the national organization for pledging an African-American girl.

Dates: 1956-1962.

Sigma Kappa, Alpha Zeta chapter records

 Collection
Identifier: 37-4-571
Scope and content Collection contains correspondence, clippings, articles, ephemera, and historical documents from the Alpha Zeta chapter.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...
Dates: 1921-1966.