FRATERNITIES, SORORITIES, & HONOR SOCIETIES
Print Material (1909- present)
Background
The first national academic fraternity to be established on the NDAC campus
was Alpha Zeta (honorary agriculture), which was organized in 1909. The first
local men’s social fraternity to be organized on campus was Alpha Mu in
1904, which eventually became Theta Chi. The first women’s social fraternity
established on campus was Delta Phi Beta in 1908. Alpha Gamma Rho, men’s
fraternity, has the distinction of being the first national fraternity established
at NDAC in March of 1913.
Scope and Contents
This print material series is artificially created from materials that the University
Archives has collected. There is no information for some of the organizations
and extensive information for others. See the "See Also" section for
processed and unprocessed fraternity, sorority and honor society records.
BOX 1
Academic/Honorary/Professional Organizations
2 Alpha Epsilon - Agricultural Engineering Honor Society - press release - 1964
3 Alpha Zeta - Dakota Chapter - Honorary Agricultural - organizational letter,
1909; History of
Alpha Zeta, The Weekly Spectrum, October 19, 1909, pp 1, 8; Banquets, 1913,
1914; invitation to Annual Smoker, College Armory, November 2, 1916; Dacotah
News Notes, late 1920s, Alumni Directory, 1929-1930
4 Alpha Zeta - Ag Trax - 1985-1996 [gaps]
5 Alpha Phi Omega - service fraternity - 15th annual Spring Sing - 1951; program
- North Dakota/Minnesota Sectional Meeting - Fargo - December, 1951
Blue Key National Honor Society - student leadership and service (SEE: finding
aid)
Epsilon Sigma Phi - Honorary Extension Fraternity (SEE: finding aid)
5a Guidon, R.O.T.C. auxiliary honorary fraternity for sponsors - invitation
to 2nd Annual Spring Formal, Comstock Hotel, Moorhead, Saturday, March 8, 1930.
6 Kappa Alpha Theta - social sorority - new house, clipping, Forum, 1956; 50th
Anniversary - 1997
Kappa Kappa Psi - national organization made up of college bandmen who are elected
on the basis of musicianship, scholarship, and character (SEE: Music Department
Scrapbooks)
7 Kappa Psi - Pharmaceutical Fraternity - centennial commemorative book - 1979;
clipping: Kappa Psi chapter at SU switching to coed - 1999 (SEE: Rho Chi Society)
Kappa Tau Delta - NDSU - Honorary Architecture Fraternity - 1925-1973 (SEE:
UA Mss. 3)
8 Lambda Iota Epsilon - Industrial Engineering Honor Fraternity - press release
- 1966
9 Mortar Board - National Honor Society for Women - printed petitions for membership
from Senior Staff - 1963 (SEE: UA Acc. 203, scrapbook)
10 Mortar Board - clippings - installation - 1964’
11 Mortar Board - Outstanding Academic Advisor nomination form - 1984, 1987;
Preferred Professors Breakfast - 1988
11a Omega Alpha Delta - clipping: Business club becomes Omega Alpha Delta -
April 1986
12 Phi Delta Kappa - graduate students & professional educators - dinner
program, 1971; minutes, 1975-1976
13 Phi Eta Sigma - Freshmen Scholarship Society - installation clipping, 1964
14 Pi Gamma Mu - Social Science Honor Society - histories, programs, surveys,
recommendation letter - 1930s
15 Pi Gamma Mu - membership - 1931-1941
16 Pi Gamma Mu - Member’s Record Cards - 1930-1931
17 Pi Gamma Mu - Financial stubs, 1939-1940; blank membership card & envelope,
n.d.
18 Pi Gamma Mu - paper - “Economic and Social Development of Fargo, North
Dakota,” 1930
18a Phi Alpha Theta – History Honor Society – newsletter, Spring
2004
19 Phi Kappa Delta - National Honorary Forensics Fraternity - press releases
- 1967, 1999; A Festival of Speech and Reading, program – May 1972
20 Phi Kappa Phi - Honor Society - all academic fields - Banquet programs, 1943,
1945, 1966, 1967; By-laws, n.d.; banquet and initiation, 1999; Fall Initiation,
2001 (SEE: finding aids)
Phi Upsilon Omicron - Home Economics Honorary - 1918-1993 (SEE Phi Upsilon Omicron
Finding Aid)
21 Rho Chi Society - Kappa Chapter - Pharmaceutical Honor Society - Directory
of Membership of the Rho Chi Society - 1932; Newsletter, Kappa Chapter, May
1962 (SEE: Kappa Psi)
22 Sigma Alpha Iota - Omicron Chapter - National Music Sorority - invitation
to Formal Evening Musicale, Wednesday evening, November 13, 1930; invitation
to Annual MacDowell Program, Festival Hall, May 29, 19[45] (SEE UA Acc. 52,
178 - scrapbooks)
23 Sigma Xi - scientific research society - brochure sent to Executive Committee
- background on NDAC – 1959 (SEE: finding Aid)
24 Sigma Xi - A Petition for the establishment of a chapter of The Society of
the Sigma Xi at The North Dakota State University of Applied Arts and Science
- August 1962
BOX 2
1 Sigma Xi - scientific research society - press release and clipping, installation
- 1963; public lecture poster, 1980; announcement, 1989 outstanding research
Tau Beta Sigma - women students who have participated in 2 quarters of work
in the Gold Star Band and have maintained a GPA of 2.7 (SEE: Music Department
Scrapbooks)
Social Organizations
Social Organizations – General
1a Clippings from the Spectrum: “My big, fat Greek college life,”
The Forum, October 12, 2003, A1; “Feeling the rush,” The Forum,
October 13, 2003, A1
2 Fraternities at NDAC/NDSU - 2nd Annual interfraternity Pledge Banquet (program),
Ceres Hall, October 10, 1938; booklets by Inter-Fraternity Council - c.1950s,
c. 1958, c. 1984, c. 1986, c. 1989; clipping - NDSU frats going dry” -
1998
3 Fact Sheets/Booklets - Social Sororities and Fraternities - 1982, 1988, 1996,
2004
4 Panhellenic Association - Rush Week - booklets/Flyers: 1957, 1984, 1985, 1986,
1992, 1994; Twenty-fifth Annual Scholarship Recognition Service, Festival Hall,
May 11, 1953 (SEE
UA Accession #93, Panhellenic Council Scrapbook, 1961-1963)
4a Panhellenic Association – Rushing Rules, 1926
5 Social Fraternities and Sororities - Fall Tour `87 - “Tour De Greek;”
Greek Life booklet - 2001
5a It’s Happening With Greeks, Spring 2002, Fall 2002
5b The Cornerstone, Fall 2003, Spring 2003
Social Organizations – Specific
5c Alpha Gamma Delta - Beta Beta Chapter - social sorority- sorority house,
1967; Alumnae directory 1990-1991
-Alpha Gamma Rho –Installation Banquet – Epsilon Chapter –
program – March 24, 1913
6 Alpha Gamma Rho - Epsilon Chapter
- Fraternity - financial statement, fund raisers, installation
ball, formal dinner and dance -1920s; invitation to Spring Formal, Crystal Ballroom,
May 7, 1931; Clippings: new fraternity house; special fireplace – 1928;
6a Alpha Kappa Phi – social fraternity – proposed new fraternity
house (Spectrum, February 19, 1929, p. 1
7 Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity - social - 1929 letter; invitation to annual Founder’s
Day Banquet, Lincoln Log Cabin, March 12, 1934; Tau Talk, Vol. 1, No. 1, c.
1951; congratulations on attending NDSU - c.1981; clipping, “Animal house
to penthouse,” The Forum, Sunday, May 7, 2000.
8 Delta Upsilon Fraternity - social - webpage, 1997, 2005
8 Delta Upsilon Fraternity - social
- WebPages, 1997, 2005
8a Delta Upsilon – Teeter-a-Thon clippings
8b Delta Upsilon – Report on Installation – July 1970
8c Delta Upsilon – Chapter Briefs – 1972, 1975
8d Delta Upsilon – National Visitation Reports – 1989, 1996
8e Delta Upsilon – 30th Anniversary – October 2000
8f Delta Upsilon – Patrick E. Germ – 1995
8g Delta Upsilon – General
8h Delta Upsilon – Clippings
8i Delta Upsilon – Christmas Card – n.d.
8j Delta Upsilon – Newsletter – Winter/Spring 2005
9 Farmhouse Fraternity - social - installation banquet, 1955; groundbreaking,
1968
10 Farmer’s Union Co-op House - social - GTA Digest, “Students’
‘Co-op. House’ Has Successful Year”, July 22, 1942, p. 15;
dedication ceremonies, 1958
11 Gamma Phi Beta (Sigma Theta) Sorority - social - letter, 1929; announcement
of installation of Alpha Omicron Chapter at North Dakota State College, February
1, 1930; invitation to formal dinner dance, Fargo Country Club, May 31, 1930
11a Kappa Kappa Gamma – social sorority – clipping: breaking ground
for chapter house, The Forum, November 17, 1954
12 Phi Mu - social sorority - invitation to Spring Formal, Island Park Recreation
Hall, Saturday, May 19, 19[45]; New Home for Phi Mu, Forum, 1961
13 Rahjahs - pamphlet, 1948-49; clipping, 1983
14 Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity - social - newsletters, 1951, 1965; anniversary
program – 1985
15 Alpha Sigma Tau Fraternity - social academic - 1928 newsletter
16 Sigma Chi Fraternity - social - newsletters, 1960; letters to National re:
Delta Sigma Kappa – 1929, 1930; WWW page on founding of NDSU chapter;
Derby Days - 1979, 1981, 1987
17 Sigma Chi Fraternity - social - installation banquet program, Lincoln Log
cabin, April 28, 1934; Founder’s Day & 15th Anniversary program, 1949;
news photo from Collegiate Digest, c. 1942-1945
18 Sigma Chi Fraternity - social - membership lists - 1930s-1940s
19 Sigma Chi Fraternity - social - correspondence - 1930s-1940s
20 Sigma Chi Fraternity - social - proposed fraternity house - c.1945
21 Sigma Chi Fraternity - social - The Prairie Sig - April & June, 1935
22 Sigma Chi Fraternity - social - The Corrugated Sig - 1949
23 Sigma Chi Fraternity - social - Gamma Tau Talks - 1962
24 Delta Kappa Sigma (local social fraternity) - petition booklets - 1932, 1934
25 Sigma Nu Fraternity - social - webpage, 1997; newsletter, January 2002; 3-on-3
Basketball Tournament Flyer, 2003
26 Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity - social - alumni newsletters - 1980s-2001;
press press release, 1966
27 Theta Chi – social fraternity – clippings: “Theta Chis
broke sod Sunday,” Spectrum, May 7, 1929, p. 1; Mrs. Sheedy new at Theta
Chi fraternity; Miss Midget mascot,” Spectrum, October 9, 1953
SEE ALSO:
Processed Collections:
*Blue Key National Honor Society, 1927-1996
*Epsilon Sigma Pi (honor society, extension
workers), 1928-1985
*Gamma Phi Beta (social sorority), 1929-1993
*Gamma Phi Beta alumnae
(social sorority), 1930-1993
*Kappa Kappa Psi (band), 1958-1973
*Kappa Tau Delta (honorary architectural) [scrapbook & record book, 1925-1935
– UA Mss 3]
*NDSU Ephemera Collection: NDSU-FR FRATERNITIES/SORORITIES,
1978-2003
*Phi Kappa Phi (academic honor society), 1913-1951
*Phi Kappa
Phi (academic honor society), 1949-1996
*Phi Upsilon Omicron (family and consumer
sciences honor society), 1915-2001
*Rho Chi (academic honor society in pharmacy),
1928-1984
*Sigma Xi (scientific research society), 1943-1971
*Tau Beta Sigma (band), 1951-1969,
1970-1985, 1985-1987
Unprocessed Collections:
*Alpha Lambda Delta scrapbook, 1964-1979 (academic honor society, first year
students) – UA ACC 264
*Panhellenic Council scrapbook, 1961-1963 – UA ACC 93
*Phi Mu composites, 1973-2002 [gaps] (women’s social fraternity) –
UA ACC 402
*Sigma Alpha Iota, scrapbook, 1938-1941 (international music fraternity) - UA
ACC 178
*Student Activities Office, 1929-2003. Records Inventory, Greek records –
UA ACC 448
*Student Activities Office, 1955-2002. Records Inventory, Greek records –
UA ACC - 482
*Student Activities Office, 1990s-2000s.
Records Inventory, Greek records - UA ACC 536
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