Sigma Nu records

Record Group

Identifier: UA-12.2.19

Staff Only

Scope and Content

The records of Sigma Nu consist of materials from the Eunomian and Olympic Literary Societies and include yearbooks and programs. Photographs from both literary societies and Sigma Nu are also included.

Dates

Creation: 1893-1917, 1950-1961

Creator

Sigma Nu. Epsilon Rho Chapter (Michigan State University) (Creator, Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish material from this collection must be obtained from University Archives & Historical Collections, Michigan State University.

Historical Note

Sigma Nu, a national fraternity that was founded at the Virginia Military Institute, formed its Michigan State College (now Michigan State University) chapter in 1934 with the merger of two local student societies, the Eunomian Literary Society and the Olympic Literary Society. The Olympic Literary Society was organized in October of 1885. A. L. Marhoff and other charter members started it because the two other literary societies were filled to their constitutional limit. In 1903, the Sigma Mu Beta Literary society was formed by Burt Wermuth and Clem Ford. In 1904, the society changed its names to the Eunomian Literary Society.