Sigma Delta Epsilon, Alpha Chapter records, 1921-1990.
Collection Number: 37-4-835
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Sigma Delta Epsilon, Alpha Chapter records, 1921-1990.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
37-4-835
Abstract:
Records pertain to the organization and functioning of Sigma Delta Epsilon.
Creator:
Sigma Delta Epsilon. Alpha Chapter (Cornell University)
Quanitities:
2.9 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Cornell chapter of graduate women in science organization.
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.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Sigma Delta Epsilon, Alpha Chapter records, #37-4-835. Division of Rare and Manuscript
Collections, Cornell University Library.
See also Sigma Delta Epsilon records, #3605.
Names:
Cornell University -- : Societies, etc.
Graduate Women in Science
Subjects:
Women in science.
Women -- Societies and clubs.
Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
|
Description
|
Date
|
|
Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Resolution of Incorporation
|
1926 |
Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Local and National Constitutions
|
1921-1925 |
Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Local and National Constitutions
|
1926-1946 |
Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Reactivation of Alpha Chapter
|
1964 |
Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Chapter Officers - meetings, committees, reports
|
1941-1956 |
Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Special Committees for banquets, dinners, memberships
|
1941-1959 |
Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Currents lists, President's Annual Reports, Secretary's summary of business
|
1937-1959 |
Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Committee reports on chapter business
|
1950-1959 |
Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Scheduled meetings and committee reports
|
1956-1959 |
Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Initiation and Installation; Conditions, Alpha and National
|
1956-1959 |
Box 1 | Folder 11 |
National business information
|
1949-1959 |
Box 1 | Folder 12 |
President's responsibilities
|
1948-1950 |
Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Vice-President's Book, Record of Attendance at Meetings
|
1938-1958 |
Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Account Book - dues, fees, gifts, postage, entertainment
|
1922-1930 |
Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Account Book - dues, postage, entertainment, savings
|
1931-1954 |
Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Accountant's records examination
|
1943-1952 |
Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Loan Funds
|
1936-1944 |
Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Treasurer's Report
|
1922-1930 |
Box 1 | Folder 19 |
Format for new chapter petition - 2 petitions, Northwestern University and University
of Missouri
|
1928 |
Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Initiation Ceremonies for Chapter Officers and new members
|
1937 |
Box 1 | Folder 21 |
Membership Data Sheets
|
1924-1930 |
Box 1 | Folder 22 |
Membership Data Sheets
|
1921-1930 |
Box 1 | Folder 23 |
Membership Data Sheets
|
1931-1938 |
Box 1 | Folder 24 |
Membership Data Sheets
|
1935-1955 |
Box 1 | Folder 25 |
Membership Data Sheets
|
1955 |
Box 1 | Folder 26 |
Membership Data Sheets
|
1956 |
Box 1 | Folder 27 |
Membership Data Sheets
|
1957 |
Box 1 | Folder 28 |
Membership Data Sheets
|
1958 |
Box 1 | Folder 29 |
Alpha Chapter Register (from Chapter Roll Book)
|
1921-1957 |
Box 1 | Folder 30 |
Alpha Chapter membership lists
|
1924-1936 |
Box 1 | Folder 31 |
Membership Lists
|
1937-1958 |
Box 1 | Folder 32 |
Membership Lists
|
1963-1964, 1969, 1986 |
Box 1 | Folder 33 |
Program Notices
|
1986-1987 |
Box 1 | Folder 34 |
Membership Committee Reports, candidates, invitations
|
1956-1958 |
Box 1 | Folder 35 |
Membership lists, candidates
|
1957-1958 |
Box 1 | Folder 36 |
Membership lists of local members, past and present
|
1963 |
Box 1 | Folder 37 |
Membership lists of former and current members
|
1939-1958 |
Box 1 | Folder 38 |
Qualifications for Membership
|
1935-1958 |
Box 1 | Folder 39 |
Officer Duties, Procedures, Ceremonies
|
1939-1957 |
Box 1 | Folder 40 |
Secretary's Summary of Business, membership lists
|
1955-1960 |
Box 1 | Folder 41 |
Minutes of Sigma Delta Epsilon
|
1950-1955 |
Box 1 | Folder 42 |
Minutes of Sigma Delta Epsilon
|
1956-1960 |
Box 1 | Folder 43 |
Monthly Committees, membership responsibilities, programs and invitations
|
1937-1952 |
Box 1 | Folder 44 |
Examples of printed programs and invitations
|
|
Box 1 | Folder 45 |
Inactive Membership List (from Chapter Roll Book)
|
1921-1956 |
Box 1 | Folder 46 |
Inactive Membership List (from Chapter Roll Book)
|
1921-1954 |
Box 1 | Folder 47 |
List of Inactive Chapter Members in the Ithaca Vacinity
|
1921-1958 |
Box 1 | Folder 48 |
List of Active Ithaca Chapter Members (Alpha Chapter)
|
1921-1960 |
Box 2 | Folder 1 |
List of Local Deceased Members
|
1921-1958 |
Box 2 | Folder 2 |
National Officer Lists and Committees
|
1958-1959 |
Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Committee and Officer Reports
|
1948-1963 |
Box 2 | Folder 4 |
Minutes of Sigma Delta Epsilon
|
July 1937-May 1940 |
Box 2 | Folder 5 |
Minutes of Sigma Delta Epsilon
|
October 1940-June 1944 |
Box 2 | Folder 6 |
Minutes of Sigma Delta Epsilon
|
October 1944-May 1949 |
Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Alpha Chapter Notes
|
1922-1923 |
Box 2 | Folder 8 |
Alpha Chapter Notes
|
1923-1924 |
Box 2 | Folder 9 |
Alpha Chapter Notes
|
1924-1925 |
Box 2 | Folder 10 |
Alpha Chapter Notes
|
1926-1926 |
Box 2 | Folder 11 |
Alpha Chapter Notes
|
1926-1927 |
Box 2 | Folder 12 |
Alpha Chapter Notes
|
1927-1928 |
Box 2 | Folder 13 |
Alpha Chapter Notes
|
1928-1929 |
Box 2 | Folder 14 |
Alpha Chapter Notes
|
1929-1930 |
Box 2 | Folder 15 |
Alpha Chapter Notes
|
1930-1932 |
Box 2 | Folder 16 |
Alpha Chapter Notes
|
1932-1933 |
Box 2 | Folder 17 |
Alpha Chapter Notes
|
1934-1935 |
Box 2 | Folder 18 |
Alpha Chapter Notes
|
1936-1937 |
Box 2 | Folder 19 |
Alpha Chapter Notes
|
1938-1939 |
Box 2 | Folder 20 |
Correspondence from Sigma Delta Epsilon Members
|
1930-1938 |
Box 2 | Folder 21 |
Newspaper Clippings
|
1922-1931 |
Box 2 | Folder 22 |
Photographs, Postcards
|
1920's |
Box 2 | Folder 23 |
Wedding and Birth Announcements of Members of Sigma Delta Epsilon
|
1928-1930 |
Box 2 | Folder 24 |
History of Sigma Delta Epsilon and the Alpha Chapter
|
1922-1926 |
Box 2 | Folder 25 |
Brief History of Sigma Delta Epsilon to
|
1942 |
Box 2 | Folder 26 |
"Society News," verses and poetry, and other items
|
1920's |
Box 2 | Folder 27 |
Minutes of the National Convention
|
1923-1936 |
Box 2 | Folder 28 |
Reports of the National Convention
|
1928-1933 |
Box 2 | Folder 29 |
Reports of the National Convention
|
1934-1944 |
Box 2 | Folder 30 |
National Dues and Regulations
|
1937 |
Box 2 | Folder 31 |
Summary of the Proceedings of the Conventions of Sigma Delta Epsilon
|
1922-1940 |
Box 2 | Folder 32 |
Active Members of Sigma Delta Epsilon
|
1951-1955 |
Box 2 | Folder 33 |
National Directories
|
1927, 1933, 1938 |
Box 2 | Folder 34 |
National Constitution
|
1960 |
Box 2 | Folder 35 |
Reports of National Meetings
|
1961 |
Box 2 | Folder 36 |
Duties of National Officers
|
1957-1963 |
Box 2 | Folder 37 |
1988 Directory (National); Fall 1983 Bulletin, Vol. 46 #3; 1989-1991 Program Flyers;
A 1988-1989 Officers List, A
|
1988, 1983, 1989-1991, 1988-1989 |
Box 2 | Folder 38 |
1990-1991 Program Flyers, A; History of Paleontological Research Institute 1932-1982
by K.W. Palmer; 1980's program sheets, A
|
1990-1991, 1932-1982, 1980's |
Box 2 | Folder 39 |
Envelope of obituary 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, November 1968 for history on chapter
growth and decline
|
1990, 1984, 1984, 1971, 1970, November 1968 |
Box 2 | Folder 40 |
Cash Book
|
1954-1976 |
Box 2 | Folder 41 |
Membership Lists, Treasurer's Reports and Treasurer's Notes
|
1980-1989 |
Box 2 | Folder 42 |
Material on the Griswold Memorial Fund at the Cornell University Plantations, Established
1984
|
1984 |
Box 2 | Folder 43 |
History of the Paleontological Research Institute by Katherine V.W. Palmer
|
1932-1982 |
Box 2 | Folder 44 |
Meeting Notices
|
Fall 1980-December 1983 |
Box 2 | Folder 45 |
Membership Lists
|
1978-1984 |
Box 2 | Folder 46 |
Chapter Honorary Membership, Frank H.T. Rhodes
|
1978 |
Box 2 | Folder 47 |
Slate of Officers
|
1964-1966, 1970-1978, 1980-1981 |
Box 2 | Folder 48 |
Constitution and Bylaws, 1973 and 1978 are revised
|
1972, 1973, 1978 |
Box 2 | Folder 49 |
Installation Ceremony for officers, duties of officers, and the Badge
|
|
Box 2 | Folder 50 |
Federation of Organizations for Professional Women (FOPW)
|
1973 |
Box 2 | Folder 51 |
50th Anniversary Meeting in Ithaca, N.Y. Alpha, Hostess Chapter
|
June 1971 |
Box 2 | Folder 52 |
Alpha Newsletters; Annual Reports and Minutes of Secretary
|
1964, 1968-1975, 1978 |
Box 2 | Folder 53 |
Reports of the Past Presidents (1976-1977; 1978-1979); Various other memos from 1977
|
1976-1979 |
Box 2 | Folder 54 |
Regional Meeting
|
May 1968 |
Box 2 | Folder 55 |
45th Anniversary Pictures
|
1966 |
Box 2 | Folder 56 |
Brief History of SDE; Alpha History after 1967 (2 copies)
|
1921-1962 |
Box 2 | Folder 57 |
Reactivation Meetings
|
1964-1966 |
Box 2 | Folder 58 |
Reactivation Correspondence with National and Chapters
|
1964-1965 |
Box 2 | Folder 59 |
Initiation Invitation and Banquet Program
|
1953, 1958 |
Box 2 | Folder 60 |
Early History, Second copy (first copy in C.U. Archives of National)
|
1921-1942 |
Box 2 | Folder 61 |
Early History: Housekeeping and bookkeeping accounts of 1927 SDE House, War Bond Purchase 1944, 502 Dryden Road
|
|
Box 2 | Folder 62 |
Early Constitutions: Before 1932, Revised after 1932 (other copies in C.U. Archives)
|
|
Box 2 | Folder 63 |
Lua A. Minns: Certificate of Membership 1921, Memorials to Miss Minns. Her notes on expenses for Dryden Road House
|
|
Box 2 | Folder 64 |
Newspaper Clippings and Pictures
|
1959 |
Box 2 | Folder 65 |
Professional Skills and Roster - History, Publicity, Reports
|
1967-1971 |
Box 3 |
Scrapbook
|
1968-1989 | |
Box 3 |
Chapter Roll in Bound Volume
|
1921-1988 | |
Box 3 |
Photocopy of December 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/originals
|
December 1935, Dec. 1936, June 1936, Apr. 1988 | |
Box 3 |
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
|
1918, 1922, 1971 | |
Scope and Contents
Folders 1-4 brought in by Lois Fogelsanger in February 1991; Folders 5-7 donated by Helen Haller, May 16, 2001
|
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Box 4 | Folder 1 |
Estate of Eloise Gerry
|
1971 |
Box 4 | Folder 2 |
GWIS History
|
1979-1986 |
Box 4 | Folder 3 |
National Meetings
|
1982, 1983 |
Box 4 | Folder 4 |
Dr. Viola Graham Award
|
1983 |
Box 4 | Folder 5 |
Rituals
|
1983-1984 |
Box 4 | Folder 6 |
Correspondence
|
1983 |
Box 4 | Folder 7 |
Committee Appointed
|
1983-1984 |
Box 4 | Folder 8 |
President's Annual Report and Treasurer's Report
|
1983-1984 |
Box 4 | Folder 9 |
Officers' Report
|
1983 |
Box 4 | Folder 10 |
Secretary and Editor Reports
|
1983-1984 |
Box 4 | Folder 11 |
Dispute Resolution
|
1983-1984 |
Box 4 | Folder 12 |
Finance Report, Committee Awards
|
1983-1984 |
Box 4 | Folder 13 |
American Association for the Advancement of Science: Consortium of Affiliates for
International Programs
|
May 1984 |
Box 4 | Folder 14 |
Congratulatory Letters to Fellowship Winners
|
1984 |
Box 4 | Folder 15 |
List of Chapters
|
1984 |
Box 4 | Folder 16 |
Recommendations for Honorary Memberships
|
1986-1987 |
Box 4 | Folder 17 |
Correspondence
|
1986 |
Box 4 | Folder 18 |
Grand Chapter Meeting in St. Paul
|
1987 |
Box 4 | Folder 19 |
Correspondence
|
1995 |