Guide to the Sigma Delta Epsilon, Alpha Chapter Records,
1921-1990

Collection Number: 37-4-835

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
rareref@cornell.edu
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
A. Lipsky
Date completed:
July 1988
EAD encoding:
Ann Hubert, May 2004

© 2002 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Sigma Delta Epsilon, Alpha Chapter records, 1921-1990
Collection Number:
37-4-835
Creator:
Sigma Delta Epsilon. Alpha Chapter (Cornell University)
Quantity:
2.1 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, minutes, financial records, and reports.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Records pertain to the organization and functioning of Sigma Delta Epsilon.
Language:
Collection material in English


ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

Cornell chapter of graduate women in science organization.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Records pertain to the organization and functioning of Sigma Delta Epsilon, including the constitution and Resolution of Incorporation; correspondence, minutes, financial records, and reports of the president, vice president, recording secretary, treasurer, and various committees; membership data and materials, including the initiation "chapter roll" (1921-1988) regarding initiation and other ceremonies; notes and history of the chapter; photographs; clippings, programs, and other printed materials; and reports, newsletters, and membership directories of the national organization.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Sigma Delta Epsilon.
Cornell University--Societies, etc.
Graduate Women in Science.

Subjects:
Women--Societies and clubs.
Women in science.

Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.


INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Sigma Delta Epsilon, Alpha Chapter records, #37-4-835. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
1926
Resolution of Incorporation
Box 1 Folder 1
1921-1925
Local and National Constitutions
Box 1 Folder 2
1926-1946
Local and National Constitutions
Box 1 Folder 3
1964
Reactivation of Alpha Chapter
Box 1 Folder 4
1941-1956
Chapter Officers - meetings, committees, reports
Box 1 Folder 5
1941-1959
Special Committees for banquets, dinners, memberships
Box 1 Folder 6
1937-1959
Currents lists, President's Annual Reports, Secretary's summary of buisness
Box 1 Folder 7
1950-1959
Committee reports on chapter buisness
Box 1 Folder 8
1956-1959
Scheduled meetings and committee reports
Box 1 Folder 9
1956-1959
Initiationand Installation; Conditions, Alpha and National
Box 1 Folder 10
1949-1959
National buisness information
Box 1 Folder 11
1948-1950
President's responsibilities
Box 1 Folder 12
1938-1958
Vice-President's Book, Record of Attendance at Meetings
Box 1 Folder 13
1922-1930
Account Book - dues, fees, gifts, postage, entertainment
Box 1 Folder 14
1931-1954
Account Book - dues, postage, entertainment, savings
Box 1 Folder 15
1943-1952
Accountant's records examination
Box 1 Folder 16
1936-1944
Loan Funds
Box 1 Folder 17
1922-1930
Treasurer's Report
Box 1 Folder 18
1928
Format for new chapter petition - 2 petitions, Northwestern University and University of Missouri
Box 1 Folder 19
1937
Initiation Ceremonies for Chapter Officers and new members
Box 1 Folder 20
1924-1930
Membership Data Sheets
Box 1 Folder 21
1921-1930
Membership Data Sheets
Box 1 Folder 22
1931-1938
Membership Data Sheets
Box 1 Folder 23
1935-1955
Membership Data Sheets
Box 1 Folder 24
1955
Membership Data Sheets
Box 1 Folder 25
1956
Membership Data Sheets
Box 1 Folder 26
1957
Membership Data Sheets
Box 1 Folder 27
1958
Membership Data Sheets
Box 1 Folder 28
1921-1957
Alpha Chapter Register (from Chapter Roll Book)
Box 1 Folder 29
1924-1936
Alpha Chapter membership lists
Box 1 Folder 30
1937-1958
Membership Lists
Box 1 Folder 31
1963-1964, 1969, 1986
Membership Lists
Box 1 Folder 32
1986-1987
Program Notices
Box 1 Folder 33
1956-1958
Membership Committee Reports, candidates, invitations
Box 1 Folder 34
1957-1958
Membership lists, candidates
Box 1 Folder 35
1963
Membership lists of local members, past and present
Box 1 Folder 36
1939-1958
Membership lists of former and current members
Box 1 Folder 37
1935-1958
Qualifications for Membership
Box 1 Folder 38
1939-1957
Officer Duties, Procedures, Ceremonies
Box 1 Folder 39
1955-1960
Secretary's Summary of Buisness, membership lists
Box 1 Folder 40
1950-1955
Minutes of Sigma Delta Epsilon
Box 1 Folder 41
1956-1960
Minutes of Sigma Delta Epsilon
Box 1 Folder 42
1937-1952
Monthly Committees, membership responsibilities, programs and invitations
Box 1 Folder 43
Examples of printed programs and invitations
Box 1 Folder 44
1921-1956
Inactive Membership List (from Chapter Roll Book)
Box 1 Folder 45
1921-1954
Inactive Membership List (from Chapter Roll Book)
Box 1 Folder 46
1921-1958
List of Inactive Chapter Members in the Ithaca Vacinity
Box 1 Folder 47
1921-1960
List of Active Ithaca Chapter Members (Alpha Chapter)
Box 1 Folder 48
1921-1958
List of Local Deceased Members
Box 2 Folder 1
1958-1959
National Officer Lists and Committees
Box 2 Folder 2
1948-1963
Committee and Officer Reports
Box 2 Folder 3
July 1937-May 1940
Minutes of Sigma Delta Epsilon
Box 2 Folder 4
Oct. 1940-June 1944
Minutes of Sigma Delta Epsilon
Box 2 Folder 5
Oct. 1944-May 1949
Minutes of Sigma Delta Epsilon
Box 2 Folder 6
1922-1923
Alpha Chapter Notes
Box 2 Folder 7
1923-1924
Alpha Chapter Notes
Box 2 Folder 8
1924-1925
Alpha Chapter Notes
Box 2 Folder 9
1926-1926
Alpha Chapter Notes
Box 2 Folder 10
1926-1927
Alpha Chapter Notes
Box 2 Folder 11
1927-1928
Alpha Chapter Notes
Box 2 Folder 12
1928-1929
Alpha Chapter Notes
Box 2 Folder 13
1929-1930
Alpha Chapter Notes
Box 2 Folder 14
1930-1932
Alpha Chapter Notes
Box 2 Folder 15
1932-1933
Alpha Chapter Notes
Box 2 Folder 16
1934-1935
Alpha Chapter Notes
Box 2 Folder 17
1936-1937
Alpha Chapter Notes
Box 2 Folder 18
1938-1939
Alpha Chapter Notes
Box 3 Folder 1
1930-1938
Correspondence from Sigma Delta Epsilon Members
Box 3 Folder 2
1922-1931
Newspaper Clippings
Box 3 Folder 3
1920's
Photogrpahs, Postcards
Box 3 Folder 4
1928-1930
Wedding and Birth Announcements of Members of Sigma Delta Epsilon
Box 3 Folder 5
1922-1926
History of Sigma Delta Epsilon and the Alpha Chapter
Box 3 Folder 6
Brief History of Sigma Delta Epsilon to 1942
Box 3 Folder 7
c. 1920's
"Society News," verses and poetry, and other items
Box 3 Folder 8
1923-1936
Mintues of the National Convention
Box 3 Folder 9
1928-1933
Reports of the National Convention
Box 3 Folder 10
1934-1944
Reports of the National Convention
Box 3 Folder 11
1937
National Dues and Regulations
Box 3 Folder 12
1922-1940
Summary of the Proceedings of the Conventions of Sigma Delta Epsilon
Box 3 Folder 13
1951-1955
Active Members of Sigma Delta Epsilon
Box 3 Folder 14
1927, 1933, 1938
National Directories
Box 3 Folder 15
1960
National Constitution
Box 3 Folder 16
1961
Reports of National Meetings
Box 3 Folder 17
1957-1963
Duties of National Officers
Box 3 Folder 18
1988 Directory (National); Fall 1983 Bulletin, Vol. 46 #3; 1989-1991 Program Flyers; A 1988-1989 Officers List, A
Box 4 Folder 1
1990-1991 Program Flyers, A; History of Palentologival Research Institute 1932-1982 by K.W. Palmer; 1980's program sheets, A
Box 4 Folder 2
Envelop of obit. clippings to 1990; 1984 record of donation to plantations; Alpha History by Lois F. and Gladys Sperling, 1984; History of the sundial, no longer there; 1971 grand chapter meeting list of attendees; 1970 list of Alpha chapter members and local honorary members; handwritten manuscript, Nov. 1968 for history on chapter growth and decline
Box 4 Folder 3
Photocopy of Dec. 1935 News, pg. 2 (A chapter); Photocopy of Dec. 1936 News, pg. 3 (A chapter); Photocopy of June 1936 News, pg. 3 (Badge); Photocopy of Apr. 1988 Ithaca Journal (Garden Club); second set of earlier copies/orginals
Box 4 Folder 4
1954-1976
Cash Book
Box 4 Folder 5
1980-1989
Membership Lists, Treasurer's Reports and Treasurer's Notes
Box 4 Folder 6
Photographs mounted on poster board; 1918 Grace H. Griswold; 1922 Grace H. Griswold (these are duplicates of photos in Box 3, Folder 4); Spring 1971, Viola Graham
Box 4 Folder 7
Folders 1-4 brought in by Lois Fogelsanger in Feb. 1991; Folders 5-7 donated by Helen Haller, May 16, 2001
1984
Material on the Griswold Memorial Fund at the Cornell University Plantations, Established 1984
Box 5
1932-1982
History of the Palentological Research Institute by Katherine V.W. Palmer
Box 5
Fall 1980-Dec. 1983
Meeting Notices
Box 5
1978-1984
Membership Lists
Box 5
1978
Chapter Honorary Membership, Frank H.T. Rhodes
Box 5
1964-1966, 1970-1978, 1980-1981
Slate of Officers
Box 5
1973, 1978
Constitution for Alpha, Revised
Box 5
Installation Ceremony for officers, duties of officers, and the Badge
Box 5
1973
Federtaion of Organizations for Professional Women (FOPW)
Box 5
June 1971
50th Anniverary Meeting in Ithaca, N.Y. Alpha, Hostess Chapter
Box 5
1964, 1968-1975, 1978
Alpha Newsletters; Annual Reports and Minutes of Secretary
Box 5
May 1968
Regional Meeting
Box 5
1966
45th Anniversay Pictures
Box 5
1921-1962
Brief History of SDE; Alpha History after 1967 (2 copies)
Box 5
1964-1966
Reactivation Meetings
Box 5
1964-1965
Reactivation Correspondence with National and Chapters
Box 5
1953, 1958
Initiation Invitation and Banquet Program
Box 5
1921-1942
Early History, Second copy (first copy in C.U. Archives of National)
Box 5
Early History: Housekeeping and bookkeeping accounts of 1927 SDE House, War Bond Purchase 1944, 502 Dryden Road
Box 5
Early Constitutions: Before 1932, Revisied atfer 1932 (other copies in C.U. Archives)
Box 5
Lua A. Minns: Certificate of Membership 1921, Memorials to Miss Minns. Her notes on exprenses for Dryden Road House
Box 5
1959
Newspaper Clippings and Pictures
Box 5
1967-1971
Professional Skills and Roster - History, Publicity, Reports
Box 5