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Greek letter societies

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Alpha Epsilon Phi records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-12.2.50
Scope and Contents

The Alpha Epsilon Phi records consist of a housemother's manual from 1957. This manual outlines the duties and responsibilities of the housemother, which includes advising the chapter, advising individual members, and maintaining the house. The manual contains guidelines for members on proper etiquette with regards to the housemother. The collection also contains one photograph of an event.

Dates: 1957
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs and Services and Director of Student Life records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-7.1
Scope and Contents The Department of Student Life records consist of Fall Welcome Week programs, student organization handbook for 1992, student organization resource fair programs, and Success at State Newsletters. There is also a Guide to Greek Life, ca. 1998, Greek Coalition Report from 1999, and a list of Greek life staff assignments for 1999. Also included are lists of registered student organizations for 2008-2010 that were printed from the Departments website. The collection also includes contracts...
Dates: 1932 - 2021
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Charles E. Blakeslee papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.167
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of bills, The Grand Constitution of Pi Delta Epsilon, scripts for the 1925 fraternity initiation ritual, minutes of a meeting, and the charter record book of the Michigan State College chapter. The charter record book includes a history of Pi Delta Epsilon, the by-laws of the fraternity, and register, with records of members between the years 1924 and 1930. The charter was in the “Charter of Pi Delta Epsilon” binder but was removed for preservation reasons.

Dates: 1924 - 1933
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Dorothy Shemick Collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.378
Content The Dorothy Shemick Collection contains negatives of student life. Included are student events, campus, and people. The images of campus and building include Macklin Field, Co-Op Houses - Beal house and Kedrick Housea and construction photos of President Hannah's house. Other images include action shots of football, hockey, and diving, water carnival, parties, teas, Sailing club, Yakeley girls group photos, Yakeley officer photos, and a Horticulture Show, President Hannah;s senior...
Dates: 1948 - 1950
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Phi Kappa Phi records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-12.2.12
Scope and Content Included in the collection are correspondence, and membership information, such as membership, initiate, and officer lists. The bulk of this material is from the 1960s and 1970s. Records from national (1968-1980), and regional (1969-1979) conventions, symposia sponsored by Phi Kappa Phi (1970s), and national and regional publications are included in the collection. Programs, ceremony guides, and seating information for the annual Phi Kappa Phi Banquet and Initiation (1927-1995), as well...
Dates: 1927 - 2016; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1979
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Sigma Chi Fraternity, Gamma Psi Chapter records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-12.2.26
Scope and Content

The records consist of a constitution and statute law for all the chapters of the Beta Kappa fraternity and several issues of the Spartan Sig newsletter (1989-1991). The constitution is not dated but was adopted in 1935.

Dates: 1989-1991, undated
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Tau Beta Pi records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-12.2.43
Scope and Contents

Collection consists of one folder with 6 programs from banquets. The programs have been autographed.

Dates: 1911 - 1912
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Tekla Sparks papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.292
Scope and Content

This collection consists of photographs, pamphlets, various handbooks, music programs, a commencement program, and other printed materials.

Dates: 1923 - 1926
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

William H. Bartels papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.166
Scope and Contents The collection includes William Bartel's class schedules and course receipts, a textbook for working at a forge, engineering experiments assignments, a play program for "The Beginnings: A Drama of Michigan History," and a 1927 commencement program. It also contains records from the Tau Beta Pi fraternity, Alpha Chapter, and the address of Joseph Bell Cotton (class of 1886) for Michigan State College's (now Michigan State University) 70th anniversary in 1927. The collection also contains...
Dates: 1921 - 1927
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections