Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society of North America, Alpha Chapter records, 1886-1986.
Collection Number: 37-4-194
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society of North America, Alpha Chapter records, 1886-1986.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
37-4-194
Abstract:
Collection includes material pertaining to the chapter affiliations of members, 1886-1967,
with correspondence, lists, forms, minutes, notices, and announcements concerning
transfers, nominations, officers, committees, and branches at the Cornell Aeronautical
Laboratory, the Cornell Medical College in New York City, and the New York Agricultural
Experiment Station in Geneva, New York; materials concerning the founding and early
history of Sigma Xi, 1886-1945, including correspondence, printed material, manuscripts,
and speeches; extensive financial records, 1909-1973, including correspondence, lists,
reports, bills, receipts, checks, and bank statements; miscellaneous correspondence,
1930-1976; Alpha Chapter membership lists, 1949-1974; administrative information,
1887-1976, including procedural manuals, by-laws, constitutions, yearbooks, song,
annual reports, programs, proceedings, minutes, correspondence, and presidential addresses;
petitions for new chapters of Sigma Xi, 1909-1971, initiation announcements, and completed
nomination forms, 1965-1971, with unclaimed certificates and insignia order forms;
volumes, 1886-1966, include minutes, petitions for new chapters, account books, histories
of Sigma Xi, and photographic negatives of the chapter signature book. Also included
is a 1904 Sigma Xi diploma. Includes correspondence of Simpson Linke and Yervant Terzian.
Creator:
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society of North America. Alpha Chapter
Quanitities:
6.4 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Founded at Cornell University, Sigma Xi is an honorary scientific organization composed
of undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty members. Originally called the Society
of the Sigma Xi, this organization merged with the Scientific Research Society in
1974, and is currently named Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society of North America.
Collection includes material pertaining to the chapter affiliations of members, 1886-1967,
with correspondence, lists, forms, minutes, notices, and announcements concerning
transfers, nominations, officers, committees, and branches at the Cornell Aeronautical
Laboratory, the Cornell Medical College in New York City, and the New York Agricultural
Experiment Station in Geneva, New York; materials concerning the founding and early
history of Sigma Xi, 1886-1945, including correspondence, printed material, manuscripts,
and speeches; extensive financial records, 1909-1973, including correspondence, lists,
reports, bills, receipts, checks, and bank statements; miscellaneous correspondence,
1930-1976; Alpha Chapter membership lists, 1949-1974; administrative information,
1887-1976, including procedural manuals, by-laws, constitutions, yearbooks, song,
annual reports, programs, proceedings, minutes, correspondence, and presidential addresses;
petitions for new chapters of Sigma Xi, 1909-1971, initiation announcements, and completed
nomination forms, 1965-1971, with unclaimed certificates and insignia order forms;
volumes, 1886-1966, include minutes, petitions for new chapters, account books, histories
of Sigma Xi, and photographic negatives of the chapter signature book. Also included
is a 1904 Sigma Xi diploma. Includes correspondence of Simpson Linke and Yervant Terzian.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society of North America, Alpha Chapter records,
#37-4-194. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Names:
Linke, Simpson.
Terzian, Yervant.
Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory
Cornell University. Medical College
Cornell University -- : Societies, etc.
New York State Agricultural Experiment Station
Subjects:
Greek letter societies.
Form and Genre Terms:
Yearbooks.
Speeches.
Scrapbooks.
Negatives.
Histories.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Series I. Affiliation Related Materials
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Affiliation Correspondence
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1939 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, annotated lists
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Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Affiliation Correspondence
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1940 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters
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Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Affiliation Correspondence
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1941 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters
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Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Affiliation Correspondence
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1943 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence
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Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Affiliation Correspondence
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1944 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, v-mail
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Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Affiliation Correspondence
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1945 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, mimeographed correspondence,
blank forms
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Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Affiliation Correspondence
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1946 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, lists
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Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Affiliation Correspondence
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1947 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, lists, invitations
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Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Affiliation Correspondence
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1948 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, lists, invitations
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Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Affiliation Correspondence
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1949 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, lists
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Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Affiliates, Canvases for List of New (Members)
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1940-1941 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, typescript list
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Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Transfers, Credentials received and billed
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1947 |
Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Transfers, Credentials received and billed
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1948 |
Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Transfers, Credentials received and billed
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1949 |
Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Transfers: completed forms
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1957-1958 |
Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Membership Lists, Correspondence to Correct
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1944-1946 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, lists
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Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Membership Lists, Correspondence to Correct
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1947-1950 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, lists
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Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Invitations to join Cornell Chapter
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1947 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, lists
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Box 1 | Folder 19 |
Affiliates Elsewhere
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1939-1942 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence
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Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Membership Lists
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1893-1943 |
Scope and Contents
Includes incomplete set; printed, typescript, and typed carbon lists
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Box 1 | Folder 21 |
Yearbook Correspondence
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1945-1947 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, mimeographed correspondence
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Box 1 | Folder 22 |
Yearbooks
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1945-1948 |
Scope and Contents
Includes all typescripts
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Box 1 | Folder 23 |
Retired Members: correspondence
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1931-1932 |
Box 1 | Folder 24 |
Alumni List for Affiliation program
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1945 |
Scope and Contents
Includes typescript, annotated list
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Box 1 | Folder 25 |
Inactive Members, Reminders - Requests for Reinstatement
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1945-1947 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence
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Box 1 | Folder 26 |
Leave Notices
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1950 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence
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Box 1 | Folder 27 |
Resignations
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1917-1946 |
Scope and Contents
Includes letters
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Box 1 | Folder 28 |
Associate Members, Inquiries re Promotion
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1944-1947 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, 1 completed nomination
form
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Box 1 | Folder 29 |
Nomination Correspondence
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1941-1943 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, nomination forms, mimeographed
correspondence, lists
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Box 1 | Folder 30 |
Nomination Correspondence
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1944-1946 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, nomination forms, annotated
lists
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Box 1 | Folder 31 |
Nomination Correspondence
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1947-1949 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, nomination forms, mimeographed
correspondence, blank forms
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Box 1 | Folder 32 |
Nomination Lists
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1928-1933 |
Scope and Contents
Includes mimeographed lists
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Box 1 | Folder 33 |
Nomination Lists
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1936 |
Scope and Contents
Includes mimeographed lists, typescript press release, carbon copy of outgoing letter
and list, postcards
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Box 1 | Folder 34 |
Nomination Lists
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1938-1942 |
Scope and Contents
Includes mimeographed lists, letter
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Box 1 | Folder 35 |
Nomination Lists
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1943-1961 |
Scope and Contents
Includes annotated mimeographed lists
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Box 1 | Folder 36 |
Nomination Blank with suggestions for improvement
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1946 |
Scope and Contents
Includes typed carbon blank, printed blank, handwritten note
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Box 1 | Folder 37 |
Local Officers and Committees, Correspondence
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1942-1947 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, typescript excerpts from
Sigma Xi constitution, Report of Committee on Eligibility Policy
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Box 1 | Folder 38 |
Richard Bradfield, James B. Sumner, correspondence
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1947-1949 |
Scope and Contents
Includes chapter presidents - correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters
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Box 1 | Folder 39 |
John W. Wells, chapter secretary, correspondence
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1949-1955 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, lists, mimeographed correspondence
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Box 1 | Folder 40 |
Election of Officers and Committees, correspondence
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1939-1950 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters
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Box 1 | Folder 41 |
Lists of officers and committees
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1886-1951 |
Scope and Contents
Includes typescript, typed carbon, handwritten and annotated lists
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Box 1 | Folder 42 |
Banquet Committee
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1946-1948 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, initiation programs, reply
cards, mimeographed correspondence, typed carbon list of receipts, typescript/handwritten
list
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Box 1 | Folder 43 |
Program Committee
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1946-1947 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, typed carbon annotated
list, mimeographed correspondence, handwritten notes, postcard
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Box 1 | Folder 44 |
Program Committee
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1948-1949 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, mimeographed correspondence,
abstract, handwritten notes, press release
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Box 1 | Folder 45 |
Current Minutes
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1945-1949 |
Scope and Contents
Includes typed carbon copies of chapter and committee meeting minutes
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Box 1 | Folder 46 |
Correspondence with National Office
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1947-1949 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, blank forms, mimeographs,
postcards
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Box 1 | Folder 47 |
Correspondence with National Office
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1957-1958 |
Scope and Contents
Includes carbon copies of outgoing letters, handwritten notes
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Box 1 | Folder 48 |
Edward Ellery, President of Sigma Xi, Correspondence
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1939-1940 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, cellophane diploma envelope,
pencilled note
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Box 1 | Folder 49 |
George A. Baitsell, Executive Secretary of Sigma Xi, Correspondence
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1946-1947 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, diploma orders, mimeographs,
membership list, Constitution of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural
Organization
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Box 1 | Folder 50 |
National Convention
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1945-1946 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, mimeographs, Congressional
Record offprint
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Box 1 | Folder 51 |
New Members, Press Release Listing by State of Origin
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1951 |
Scope and Contents
Includes Cornell Chapter mimeograph
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Box 1 | Folder 52 |
Geneva, NY, NYS Agricultural Experiment Station, Sigma Xi Membership, Correspondence
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1940-1946 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, lists
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Box 1 | Folder 53 |
Geneva Sigma Xi Branch, Correspondence
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1950-1957 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, transfer forms, annotated
lists
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Box 1 | Folder 54 |
Cornell Medical College, New York City, Sigma Xi Branch, Correspondence
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1941-1943 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, annotated lists, mimeographs,
handwritten notes
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Box 1 | Folder 55 |
Cornell Medical College branch, correspondence
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1957 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, annotated list
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Box 1 | Folder 56 |
Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory Sigma Xi branch
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1953 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, transfer requests
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Box 1 | Folder 57 |
CAL branch
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1954-1967 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, annotated lists, carbon copies of outgoing letters, affiliation
cards, mimeographs
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Box 1 | Folder 58 |
Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research Application Blank
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Undated |
Scope and Contents
Includes 2 copies
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Box 1 | Folder 59 |
Sigma Xi Fellowship
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1945-1947 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, ballots, statement of
conditions
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Box 1 | Folder 60 |
Notices and Announcements
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1941-1947 |
Scope and Contents
Includes printed and mimeographed letters to members, some annotated, broadsides,
postcards, carbon copies of outgoing letters, typescript annotated lists
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Box 1 | Folder 61 |
Notices and Announcements
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1948-1950 |
Scope and Contents
Includes carbon copies of outgoing letters, annotated lists, mimeographed notices,
printed program, clippings, broadside
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Box 1 | Folder 62 |
Materials and Tasks for Initiation
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1947-1949 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, diploma orders, typed
carbon initiation program, mimeographs, typed annotated lists, handwritten notes and
lists, postcards, blank forms
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Box 1 | Folder 63 |
Unclaimed Sigma Xi diplomas
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1942 |
Scope and Contents
Includes 1 diploma, 1942, with handwritten note
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Box 1 | Folder 64 |
Lecturer in Residence
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1945 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters
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Box 1 | Folder 65 |
Miss Barra, Alumni House
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1946-1947 |
Scope and Contents
Includes handwritten note, carbon copies of outgoing letters
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Box 1 | Folder 66 |
Insignia Correspondence
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1941-1943 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters
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Box 1 | Folder 67 |
Fields and Eligibility for Sigma Xi Membership
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1937 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, mimeographs, agenda for
38th annual convention, President's Report for 1937, Secretary's Report for 1937,
handwritten notes, report of joint conference with National Executive Committee, Eligibility
in Sigma Xi, annotated lists including "Fields of Science"
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Box 1 | Folder 68 |
Membership Structure, National Committee
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1940 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, mimeographs, handwritten
and typescript lists
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Series II. History
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Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Correspondence with the Librarian
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1937-1945 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, typescript list, printed
acknowledgements, annotated index card
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Box 2 | Folder 2 |
The Organization of the Scientific Society of the Sigma Xi. F. Van Vleck, J.H. Comstock,
C.D. Marx: Andrus & Church
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1888 |
Scope and Contents
Printed booklet.
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Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Copy of Historical Sketch
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1936 |
Scope and Contents
Includes typed annotated carbon copy of "Historical Sketch" by L.F. Randolph, list
of Alpha Chapter publications, typed carbon photocopy and annotated paste-ups, printed
booklet - Sigma Xi History 1886-1936, Constitution and By-laws
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Box 2 | Folder 4 |
Preamble to first Constitution of Sigma Xi
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Undated |
Scope and Contents
Includes original manuscript draft
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Box 2 | Folder 5 |
First Constitution of Sigma Xi
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Undated |
Scope and Contents
Includes original manuscript draft
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Box 2 | Folder 6 |
Early Letters of Sigma Xi Founders
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1892-1915 |
Scope and Contents
Includes typescript and handwritten correspondence of James McMahon, Frank Van Vleck,
Elias Duran, W.A. Day
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Unpublished Manuscripts and Letters of Professor Henry Shaler Williams (selected)
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1910-1918 |
Scope and Contents
Includes handwritten annotations, manuscript - "The Sigma Xi Idea" - with typescript
copy
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Box 2 | Folder 8 |
Early published notices of Sigma Xi
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1886-1912 |
Scope and Contents
Includes typescript copies of newspaper notices, articles and announcements, toast
card for Sigma Xi Banquet, single-sheet leaflet - "Sigma Xi: Report on Extension,"
typescript copy of "Sigma Xi: A Sketch on the Origin and Growth of the Society - Its
Aims and Ideals" by J. McMahon, 1900, in Cornell Alumni News, printed list of officers
through 1902, printed letter to members, handwritten notes and sketches, clippings
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Box 2 | Folder 9 |
History, Various Memorials
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1926-1942 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, handwritten annotation,
printed program for Initiation and Henry Shaler Williams memorial, printed program
for Initiation and Banquet for Edward Bausch, typescript list, clippings
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Box 2 | Folder 10 |
Semi-Centennial Celebration, Correspondence
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters
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Box 2 | Folder 11 |
Semi-Centennial Celebration, Correspondence
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1936 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, lists, handwritten notes
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Box 2 | Folder 12 |
Semi-Centennial Printed Material
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1936 |
Scope and Contents
Includes announcement, program, list of research demonstrations, clippings
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Box 2 | Folder 13 |
A.R. Mann, "Acceptance of Sigma Xi Memorial by Cornell University"
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1936-06-20 |
Scope and Contents
Includes typed carbon copy of speech, letter
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Box 2 | Folder 14 |
Notes on Early History of Sigma Xi from statements of living founders attending the
Semi-Centennial, Ithaca. Transcribed by L.F. Randolph, Cornell Chapter Secretary
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1936-06-20 |
Scope and Contents
Includes handwritten pages
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Box 2 | Folder 15 |
Historical Sketch, Cornell Chapter, by L.F. Randolph
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1936 |
Scope and Contents
Includes copy of original manuscript, and correspondence relating to the preparation
of the manuscript, annotated typed carbon copy, correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing
letters
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Box 2 | Folder 16 |
Letters of living founders of Sigma Xi to officers of Cornell Chapter on the occasion
of the Semi-Centennial Celebration
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1935-1936 |
Box 2 | Folder 17 |
Historical Exhibit, Semi-Centennial Celebration
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1936 |
Scope and Contents
Typescript list of items exhibited
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Box 2 | Folder 18 |
A.R. Mann, Presidential Address at Sigma Xi initiation exercises
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1936 |
Scope and Contents
Includes typed and signed speech
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Box 2 | Folder 19 |
Frank Van Vleck, address before Semi-Centennial Gathering. "The Inception of the Society
of the Sigma Xi"
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1936 |
Scope and Contents
Typescript carbon copy
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Box 2 | Folder 20 |
Sigma Xi Research Exposition (Cornell Chapter)
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1936 |
Scope and Contents
Includes mimeographs, program, 1 number of The Cornellian Council Bulletin
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Series III. Finances
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Box 2 | Folder 21 |
Treasurer and Printing
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1942-1943 |
Scope and Contents
Includes carbon copies of outgoing letters
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Box 2 | Folder 22 |
Treasurer
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1945-1947 |
Scope and Contents
Includes carbon copies of outgoing letters, typescript annotated lists, correspondence,
handwritten notes and lists, carbon copy of Financial Statement
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Box 2 | Folder 23 |
Finance Committee
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1946-1951 |
Scope and Contents
Includes carbon copies of Reports and Financial Statements, correspondence, typescript
memoranda, mimeographs, carbon copies of outgoing letters
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Box 2 | Folder 24 |
Treasurer
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1947-1949 |
Scope and Contents
Includes carbon copies of outgoing letters, mimeographs, correspondence, annotated
lists
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Box 2 | Folder 25 |
James L. Gaylor, Sigma Xi Treasurer, Correspondence
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1964-1965 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, Treasurer's Report, handwritten
notes, mimeographs, annotated lists, blank forms
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Box 2 | Folder 26 |
Gaylor, Correspondence
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1966 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, page from desk calendar
mimeographs, annotated lists, chart, IRS form 1099, savings passbook, printed copy
of Cornell Chapter By-Laws
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Box 2 | Folder 27 |
Bill Stubs and Receipts
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1965-1967 |
Scope and Contents
Includes includes memorandum-type correspondence
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Box 2 | Folder 28 |
Bill Stubs and Receipts
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1967-1968 |
Scope and Contents
Includes includes memorandum-type correspondence
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Box 2 | Folder 29 |
Bill Stubs and Receipts
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1968-1969 |
Scope and Contents
Includes includes memorandum-type correspondence
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Box 2 | Folder 30 |
Bill Stubs and Receipts
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1969-1970 |
Scope and Contents
Includes includes memorandum-type correspondence, photocopied list, handwritten notes,
list of officers and committees, examination book used for notes
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Box 2 | Folder 31 |
Bank Statements
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1963 |
Box 2 | Folder 32 |
Bank Statements
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1964 |
Box 2 | Folder 33 |
Bank Statements
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1965 |
Box 2 | Folder 34 |
Bank Statements
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1966 |
Box 2 | Folder 35 |
Bank Statements
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1967 |
Box 2 | Folder 36 |
Bank Statements
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1968 |
Box 2 | Folder 37 |
Bank Statements
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1969 |
Box 2 | Folder 38 |
Cancelled Checks, Bills, Statements
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1970-1971 |
Scope and Contents
Includes memorandum-type correspondence
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Box 2 | Folder 39 |
Bills, Receipts, Cancelled Checks
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1971-1972 |
Scope and Contents
Includes tax forms, bank statements, memorandum-type correspondence
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Box 2 | Folder 40 |
Fiscal Records
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1972-1973 |
Scope and Contents
Includes memorandum-type correspondence, minutes and reports, bills, receipts, bank
statements, cancelled checks
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Box 2 | Folder 41 |
Treasurer's Reports
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1909-1914 |
Scope and Contents
Includes typescript and carbon copies
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Box 2 | Folder 42 |
Treasurer's Reports
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1910-1938 |
Scope and Contents
Includes incomplete set; handwritten note, typescript and typed carbon reports, Inventory
of Club Dishes and Silverware, correspondence, mimeographs, annotated lists
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Box 2 | Folder 43 |
Treasurer's Report, Vouchers Supporting
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1940-1941 |
Scope and Contents
Includes typescript lists, bills and receipts, memorandum-type correspondence, mimeographs,
carbon copies of outgoing letters
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Box 2 | Folder 44 |
Treasurer's Reports
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1943-1945 |
Scope and Contents
Includes typed annotated carbon copies
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Box 2 | Folder 45 |
Treasurer's Reports
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1956-1970 |
Scope and Contents
Includes annotated mimeographs, handwritten page
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Series IV. Correspondence
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Box 2 | Folder 46 |
Correspondence
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1930-1941 |
Scope and Contents
Incldues correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters
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Box 2 | Folder 47 |
Correspondence
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1951-1955 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, printed invitation
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Box 2 | Folder 48 |
Correspondence, Miscellaneous
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1956-1959 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, mimeographs, printed slips,
photocopied Sigma Xi diploma, offprint, postcards, handwritten lists
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Box 2 | Folder 49 |
Correspondence, Miscellaneous
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1960-1961 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, dues slips, envelopes
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Box 2 | Folder 50 |
Correspondence, Miscellaneous
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1962 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, mimeographs, lists
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Box 2 | Folder 51 |
Correspondence
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1961-1962 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, typescript budget, mimeographs,
proceedings of 1961 Annual Convention
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Box 2 | Folder 52 |
Correspondence
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1962-1963 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, mimeographed list and
memoranda
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Box 2 | Folder 53 |
Correspondence, Miscellaneous
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1962-1963 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, dues slips, mimeographs
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Box 2 | Folder 54 |
Correspondence, Miscellaneous
|
1964 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, dues slips
|
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Box 2 | Folder 55 |
Correspondence
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1962-1963 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, mimeographs, nomination
lists
|
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Box 2 | Folder 56 |
Correspondence
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1963-1964 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, mimeographs, nomination
lists, other lists, Treasurer's Report, lecture announcement
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Box 2 | Folder 57 |
Correspondence to Members
|
1962-1965 |
Scope and Contents
Includes mimeographs, nomination lists, officer and committee lists, nomination blank,
lecture notice, Treasurer's Report
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Box 2 | Folder 58 |
Correspondence
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1964-1965 |
Scope and Contents
Include correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, dues/affiliation slips,
mimeographs
|
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Box 2 | Folder 59 |
Correspondence
|
1966 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, mimeographs, carbon copies of outgoing letters, membership
lists
|
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Box 2 | Folder 60 |
Correspondence
|
1967-1968 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, membership lists, mimeographs
|
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Box 2 | Folder 61 |
Correspondence
|
1962-1964 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, typed annotated Initiation program, carbon copies of outgoing
letters, mimeographs, officer and committee lists
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Box 2 | Folder 62 |
Correspondence
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1965-1966 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, mimeographs, nomination lists, printed initiation program,
carbon copies of outgoing letters, Treasurer's Report
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Box 2 | Folder 63 |
Correspondence
|
1964-1967 |
Scope and Contents
Includes carbon copies of outgoing letters, mimeographs, officer and committee lists,
handwritten lists correspondence, certificate order form carbons
|
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Box 2 | Folder 64 |
Miscellaneous
|
1966 |
Scope and Contents
Includes Sigma Xi certificates, insignia order forms, Boston College Installation
programs
|
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Box 2 | Folder 65 |
Correspondence
|
1966-1967 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, mimeographs, bank slips
|
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Box 2 | Folder 66 |
Correspondence
|
1966 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, mimeographs, printed announcements, officer and committee
lists, carbon copies of outgoing letters, handwritten notes, nomination lists, blank
forms
|
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Box 2 | Folder 67 |
Correspondence
|
1966-1967 |
Scope and Contents
Includes carbon copies of outgoing letters, correspondence, mimeographs, printed invitations,
blank forms, Treasurer's Report
|
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Box 2 | Folder 68 |
National Annual Meeting
|
1967 |
Scope and Contents
Includes handwritten lists, officer and committee list, Agenda, Revisions to Constitution,
Report of Ad Hoc Committee on Visit to Manhattan College, Attendance List, Reports
on Grants-in-Aid and Lectureships
|
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Box 3 | Folder 1 |
Correspondence
|
1967 |
Scope and Contents
Includes nomination list, by-laws (printed), Proceedings of Annual Convention, photocopied
and mimeographed letters, membership lists, correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing
letters, hotel reservation card, officer and committee list, bank interest income
form
|
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Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Correspondence
|
1968 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, mimeographs, carbon copies of outgoing letters, nomination
blank and lists, change of address cards
|
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Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Correspondence
|
1967-1968 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, mimeographs, nomination
lists, hotel brochure, photocopy of handwritten list, other lists, handwritten notes,
officer and committee lists
|
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Box 3 | Folder 4 |
Correspondence
|
1969-1970 |
Scope and Contents
Includes carbon copies of outgoing letters, correspondence, mimeographs, financial
report forms, Executive Committee Minutes, nomination list, change of address forms
|
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Box 3 | Folder 5 |
Correspondence
|
1967-1969 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, banquet reservation cards, initiation ceremony program, typed
manuscript on Sigma Xi history, carbon copies of outgoing letters, Nominating Committee
Report, mimeographs, Annual Meeting Schedule and Program, Officer and Committee lists,
nomination lists, Treasurer's Report, printed Initiation program
|
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Box 3 | Folder 6 |
Miscellaneous
|
1968-1971 |
Scope and Contents
Includes Nominating Committee Report, nomination lists, mimeographs, Executive Committee
minutes, officer and committee list, blank notification of membership
|
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Box 3 | Folder 7 |
Correspondence
|
1969-1970 |
Scope and Contents
Includes carbon copies of outgoing letters, mimeographs
|
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Box 3 | Folder 8 |
Correspondence
|
1968-1969 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, Treasurer's Report, nomination
lists, printed program for Annual Convention, Proceedings of Annual Convention
|
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Box 3 | Folder 9 |
Correspondence
|
1969-1970 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, nomination list and blank, other lists, national Sigma Xi
budget, national Sigma Xi President's Report, report to delegates of 1970 Annual Meeting,
handwritten notes, Annual Meeting Agenda and Minutes, Treasurer's Report
|
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Box 3 | Folder 10 |
Correspondence
|
1970 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters
|
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Box 3 | Folder 11 |
Correspondence
|
1971 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, handwritten notes
|
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Box 3 | Folder 12 |
Correspondence
|
1969-1971 |
Scope and Contents
Includes lists of officers and committees, carbon copies of outgoing letters, handwritten
lists, correspondence, Travel Expense Report (blank), Treasurer's Annual Report, Annual
Meeting minutes, press release (with photograph), printed invitations
|
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Box 3 | Folder 13 |
Correspondence
|
1968-1970 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, photocopied bank deposit slips, carbon copies of outgoing
letters, photocopied check, handwritten notes, report of Nominating Committee, printed
Initiation program, lists
|
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Box 3 | Folder 14 |
Correspondence
|
1971 |
Scope and Contents
Includes carbon copies of outgoing letters, correspondence, receipts, Treasurer's
Report, Annual Meeting Minutes, Financial Report form, membership certificate order
form, photocopied deposit slips, membership lists
|
|||
Box 3 | Folder 15 |
Correspondence
|
1972 |
Scope and Contents
Includes nomination list, carbon copies of outgoing letters, membership certificate
order form, correspondence, handwritten notes
|
|||
Box 3 | Folder 16 |
Correspondence
|
1971 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, Treasurer's Report, nomination
lists
|
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Box 3 | Folder 17 |
Correspondence
|
1972-1973 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, Annual Meeting Agenda and Minutes, carbon copies of outgoing
letters, Treasurer's Reports, Request Form for National Lecturer, Application for
Grant-in-Aid of Research (several drafts), nomination lists, handwritten notes, officer
and committee lists, Sigma Xi Certificate of Incorporation, printed Initiation program
|
|||
Box 3 | Folder 18 |
Correspondence
|
1974 |
Scope and Contents
Includes carbon copies of outgoing letters, Executive Committee Meeting minutes (handwritten),
correspondence, nomination list
|
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Box 3 | Folder 19 |
Correspondence for Recording Secretary
|
1973-1974 |
Scope and Contents
Includes Committee Questionnaire, handwritten notes, Annual Meeting Minutes, correspondence,
Treasurer's Report, carbon copies of outgoing letters
|
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Box 3 | Folder 20 |
Correspondence
|
1974-1975 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, Annual Meeting Minutes and Treasurer's Report, carbon copies
of outgoing letters, printed leaflet, handwritten notes, nomination list, list of
officers, typescript photocopied manuscript - "Early Cornell naturalists and anatomists.
Part I, 1867-1869" by Howard E. Evans
|
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Box 3 | Folder 21 |
Correspondence
|
1973-1975 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, nomination list, carbon copies of outgoing letters, printed
leaflet - "Sigma Xi News," nomination blank, officer and committee lists, excerpts
from chapter by-laws, handwritten notes, printed Errata and Index for 1974 Manual
of Procedure, Procedure for Presenting Resolutions to the Assembly of Delegates at
the National Meeting
|
|||
Box 3 | Folder 22 |
Correspondence
|
1976 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, nominating committee selections
|
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Series V. Membership
|
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Box 3 | Folder 23 |
Miscellaneous
|
Undated |
Scope and Contents
Includes changes of address, address labels, single-sheet brochure
|
|||
Box 3 | Folder 24 |
Grants-in-Aid of Research
|
Undated |
Scope and Contents
Includes information sheets, application blanks, statistical summaries
|
|||
Box 3 | Folder 25 |
Annual Convention
|
1971 |
Scope and Contents
Includes printed program, minutes, Treasurer's Report, committee reports, President's
Report
|
|||
Box 3 | Folder 26 |
Membership Lists
|
1949-1955 |
Box 3 | Folder 27 |
1956 Roll
|
1956 |
Box 3 | Folder 28 |
1958 Roll
|
1958 |
Box 3 | Folder 29 |
1959 Roll
|
1959 |
Box 3 | Folder 30 |
Addressograph Changes
|
1960-1963 |
Box 3 | Folder 31 |
Addressograph Changes
|
1960-1963 |
Box 3 | Folder 32 |
1960 Roll
|
1960 |
Box 3 | Folder 33 |
1961 Roll
|
1961 |
Box 3 | Folder 34 |
Addressograph Changes
|
1962-1964 |
Box 3 | Folder 35 |
Addressograph Changes
|
1962-1964 |
Box 3 | Folder 36 |
Additions to National Roll
|
1964-1966 |
Box 3 | Folder 37 |
1962 Roll
|
1962 |
Box 3 | Folder 38 |
1963 Roll
|
1963 |
Box 3 | Folder 39 |
Additions to Roll
|
1963 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters
|
|||
Box 3 | Folder 40 |
Additions to Roll
|
1964 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, handwritten notes
|
|||
Box 3 | Folder 41 |
National Roll
|
1965-10 |
Box 3 | Folder 42 |
National Roll
|
1965-12 |
Box 3 | Folder 43 |
National Roll
|
1966 |
Box 3 | Folder 44 |
Membership List
|
1967 |
Box 3 | Folder 45 |
Membership List
|
1967-1968 |
Box 3 | Folder 46 |
National Lists
|
1967-1968 |
Box 3 | Folder 47 |
1967 Roll
|
1967 |
Box 3 | Folder 48 |
1968 Roll
|
1968 |
Box 3 | Folder 49 |
1969 Roll
|
1969 |
Box 3 | Folder 50 |
Membership Lists
|
1968-1969 |
Box 4 | Folder 1 |
Membership Lists
|
1969 |
Box 4 | Folder 2 |
Membership Lists
|
1970 |
Box 4 | Folder 3 |
Membership Lists
|
1970 |
Box 4 | Folder 4 |
Membership Lists
|
1971 |
Box 4 | Folder 5 |
Miscellaneous National Sigma Xi associate to full membership
|
1974 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, handwritten notes
|
|||
Box 7 |
Two copies of the Plantations Newsletter with Fuertes Prize essay
|
1982 | |
Series VI. Administration
|
|||
Box 4 | Folder 6 |
Manual of Procedure: incomplete, revised through 1963
|
1963 |
Box 4 | Folder 7 |
Manual of Procedure: incomplete, revised through 1963
|
1963 |
Box 4 | Folder 8 |
Manual of Procedure for Chapter and Club Officers of the Society of the Sigma Xi:
revised through 1966
|
1966 |
Box 4 | Folder 9 |
Manual of Procedure for Chapter and Club Officers of the Society of the Sigma Xi:
revised through 1966
|
1966 |
Box 4 | Folder 10 |
Manual of Procedure for Chapter and Club Officers of the Society of the Sigma Xi:
revised through 1966
|
1966 |
Box 4 | Folder 11 |
Manual of Procedure for Chapter and Club Officers of the Society of the Sigma Xi:
revised through 1966
|
1966 |
Box 4 | Folder 12 |
Manual of Procedure update
|
1966 |
Box 4 | Folder 13 |
Manual of Procedure for Chapter and Club Officers of the Society of the Sigma Xi:
revised through 1969
|
1969 |
Box 4 | Folder 14 |
Manual of Procedure for Chapter and Club Officers of the Society of the Sigma Xi:
revised through 1969
|
1969 |
Box 4 | Folder 15 |
Manuals of Procedure
|
1973-1975 |
Box 4 | Folder 16 |
By-Laws of the Alpha Chapter of the Society of the Sigma Xi
|
1897-1954 |
Box 4 | Folder 17 |
Constitution of the Society of the Sigma Xi
|
1893-1904 |
Box 4 | Folder 18 |
Report of the Committee for the Revision of the Constitution
|
1911-1912 |
Box 4 | Folder 19 |
Sigma Xi Constitution and By-Laws
|
1922-1929 |
Box 4 | Folder 20 |
Sigma Xi History, Constitution and By-Laws
|
1936-1942 |
Box 4 | Folder 21 |
Sigma Xi Song
|
Undated |
Box 4 | Folder 22 |
Sigma Xi Yearbooks: incomplete set
|
1888-1948 |
Box 4 | Folder 23 |
The Society of the Sigma Xi and the Scientific Research Society of America (RESA)
Official Information and Annual Reports
|
1953-1955 |
Box 4 | Folder 24 |
Alpha Chapter of the Society of Sigma Xi Initiation Programs: incomplete set
|
1922-1970 |
Box 4 | Folder 25 |
Officers and Membership Prior to 1917 - Incomplete
|
1917 |
Scope and Contents
Includes statistical forms
|
|||
Box 4 | Folder 26 |
General Information on Procedures
|
1965 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, proposed revisions to Constitution
|
|||
Box 4 | Folder 27 |
Officers, Committees, Nominations
|
1967-1976 |
Scope and Contents
Includes handwritten notes, nomination blank, mimeographs, reports
|
|||
Box 4 | Folder 28 |
Proposed Consolidation of the Sigma Xi and RESA
|
1952-1953 |
Scope and Contents
Includes handwritten notes, correspondence, Resolution, carbon copies of outgoing
letters
|
|||
Box 4 | Folder 29 |
Information Concerning the Society of the Sigma Xi: for new members
|
1966-1973 |
Box 4 | Folder 30 |
Proceedings of the Annual Convention
|
1901-1912 |
Box 4 | Folder 31 |
Proceedings of the Annual Convention
|
1942-1965 |
Box 4 | Folder 32 |
Proceedings of the Annual Convention
|
1970 |
Box 4 | Folder 33 |
Proceedings of the Annual Convention
|
1971 |
Box 4 | Folder 34 |
Proceedings of the Annual Convention
|
1973 |
Box 4 | Folder 35 |
Reports of Officers and Chairmen of Standing Committees to the 74th National Meeting
|
1973 |
Box 4 | Folder 36 |
Proceedings of the National Meeting
|
1975 |
Box 4 | Folder 37 |
Society of the Sigma Xi Semi-Centennial Celebration program
|
1936 |
Box 4 | Folder 38 |
Minutes
|
1944 |
Box 4 | Folder 39 |
Minutes
|
1945 |
Box 4 | Folder 40 |
Minutes
|
1946 |
Box 4 | Folder 41 |
Minutes
|
1947 |
Box 4 | Folder 42 |
Minutes
|
1948 |
Box 4 | Folder 43 |
Minutes
|
1949 |
Box 4 | Folder 44 |
Minutes
|
1950 |
Box 4 | Folder 45 |
Minutes
|
1951 |
Box 4 | Folder 46 |
Presidential Addresses (incomplete)
|
1887-1953 |
Series VII. Petitions
|
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Box 4 | Folder 47 |
Petitions for new chapters of Sigma Xi
|
1909-1913 |
Box 4 | Folder 48 |
Petitions
|
1923-1926 |
Box 4 | Folder 49 |
Petitions
|
1931-1935 |
Box 4 | Folder 50 |
Petitions
|
1946-1948 |
Box 5 | Folder 1 |
Petitions
|
1949 |
Box 5 | Folder 2 |
Petitions
|
1950-1951 |
Box 5 | Folder 3 |
Petitions
|
1952 |
Box 5 | Folder 4 |
Petitions
|
1953 |
Box 5 | Folder 5 |
Petitions
|
1953 |
Box 5 | Folder 6 |
Petitions
|
1953 |
Box 5 | Folder 7 |
Petitions
|
1954 |
Box 5 | Folder 8 |
Petitions
|
1954 |
Box 5 | Folder 9 |
Petitions
|
1965 |
Box 5 | Folder 10 |
Petitions
|
1965 |
Box 5 | Folder 11 |
Petitions
|
1966 |
Box 5 | Folder 12 |
Petitions
|
1968 |
Box 5 | Folder 13 |
Petitions
|
1969 |
Box 5 | Folder 14 |
Petitions
|
1972 |
Box 5 | Folder 15 |
Petitions
|
1973 |
Box 5 | Folder 16 |
Petitions
|
1982 |
Series VIII. Nominations
|
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Box 5 | Folder 17 |
Initiation Announcements
|
1925-1945 |
Box 5 | Folder 18 |
Nominations A-D (completed forms)
|
1965 |
Box 5 | Folder 19 |
Nominations E-H
|
1965 |
Box 5 | Folder 20 |
Nominations I-L
|
1965 |
Box 5 | Folder 21 |
Nominations M-P
|
1965 |
Box 5 | Folder 22 |
Nominations R-U
|
1965 |
Box 5 | Folder 23 |
Nominations V-Z
|
1965 |
Box 5 | Folder 24 |
Unclaimed certificates
|
1965 |
Box 5 | Folder 25 |
Nominations
|
1966 |
Box 5 | Folder 26 |
Nominations
|
1966 |
Box 5 | Folder 27 |
Nominations
|
1966 |
Box 5 | Folder 28 |
Nominations
|
1966 |
Box 5 | Folder 29 |
Nominations
|
1966 |
Box 5 | Folder 30 |
Nominations
|
1966 |
Box 5 | Folder 31 |
Nominations
|
1966 |
Box 5 | Folder 32 |
Nominations
|
1966 |
Box 6 | Folder 1 |
Nominations
|
1967 |
Box 6 | Folder 2 |
Nominations
|
1967 |
Box 6 | Folder 3 |
Nominations
|
1967 |
Box 6 | Folder 4 |
Nominations
|
1967 |
Box 6 | Folder 5 |
Nominations
|
1967 |
Box 6 | Folder 6 |
Nominations
|
1967 |
Box 6 | Folder 7 |
Nominations
|
1967 |
Box 6 | Folder 8 |
Official Insignia and Order Forms
|
1967 |
Box 6 | Folder 9 |
Unclaimed certificates, official insignia and order forms
|
1968 |
Box 6 | Folder 10 |
Nominations
|
1968 |
Box 6 | Folder 11 |
Nominations
|
1968 |
Box 6 | Folder 12 |
Nominations
|
1968 |
Box 6 | Folder 13 |
Nominations
|
1968 |
Box 6 | Folder 14 |
Nominations
|
1968 |
Box 6 | Folder 15 |
Nominations
|
1968 |
Box 6 | Folder 16 |
Nominations
|
1968 |
Box 6 | Folder 17 |
Nominations
|
1968 |
Box 6 | Folder 18 |
Nominations
|
1968 |
Box 6 | Folder 19 |
Nominations
|
1967 |
Box 6 | Folder 20 |
Nominations
|
1967 |
Box 6 | Folder 21 |
Nominations
|
1967 |
Box 6 | Folder 22 |
Nominations
|
1967 |
Box 6 | Folder 23 |
Official Insignia and Order Forms
|
1969 |
Box 6 | Folder 24 |
Unclaimed certificates
|
1969 |
Box 6 | Folder 25 |
Nominations
|
1970 |
Box 6 | Folder 26 |
Nominations
|
1970 |
Box 6 | Folder 27 |
Nominations
|
1970 |
Box 6 | Folder 28 |
Unclaimed Certificates
|
1970 |
Box 6 | Folder 29 |
Official Insignia and Order Forms
|
1970 |
Box 6 | Folder 30 |
Nominations
|
1971 |
Box 6 | Folder 31 |
Nominations
|
1971 |
Box 6 | Folder 32 |
Nominations
|
1971 |
Box 6 | Folder 33 |
Official Insignia and Order Forms, handwritten list of initiates
|
1971 |
Series IX. Volumes
|
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Box 7 |
Vol I. Minutes of Cornell Chapter: 1st to 74th meetings
|
1886-1901 | |
Box 7 |
Vol II. Minutes of Cornell Chapter: 75th to 205th meetings
|
1901-1917 | |
Box 7 |
Petition for Sigma Xi chapter, University of Cincinnati
|
1895 | |
Box 7 |
Petition for Sigma Xi chapter, University of Cincinnati
|
1898 | |
Box 7 |
The Aims and Objectives of the Society of the Sigma Xi
|
1914 | |
Box 7 |
Sigma Xi - Alpha Chapter Treasurer's Accounts
|
1887-1914 | |
Box 7 |
Sigma Xi Cash Journal
|
1914-1924 | |
Box 7 |
Journal of the Cornell Chapter
|
1953-1964 | |
Box 7 |
Journal of the Cornell Chapter
|
1964-1966 | |
Box 7 |
Sigma Xi Half-Century Record and History
|
1886-1936 | |
Box 7 | F-1923-1929 |
7 rolls of 35mm negative film: Sigma Xi signature book
|
Undated |
Mapcase Folder 1 |
Centennial Celebration
|
1986 |