Guide to the Chi Psi, Alpha Psi Chapter Records,
1906-1965

Collection Number: 37-4-1124

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:
M.E. Warren
Date completed:
April 1991
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, September 2003

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


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Chi Psi, Alpha Psi Chapter records, 1906-1965.
Collection Number:
37-4-1124
Creator:
Chi Psi. Alpha Psi Chapter.
Quantity:
1.8 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Annual reports, histories, correspondence, financial records, personnel records; pledging materials, and photographs.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Annual reports; histories, including materials on the 1906 fire; correspondence; financial records; personnel records; pledging materials; and photographs of Chi Psi Fraternity.
Language:
Collection material in English


ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

The Alpha Psi Chapter of Chi Psi Fraternity is located at Cornell University.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Annual reports; histories, including materials on the 1906 fire; correspondence; financial records; personnel records; pledging materials; and photographs of Chi Psi Fraternity.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Chi Psi. Alpha Psi Chapter.
Chi Psi--Fire, 1906.
Cornell University--Societies, etc.
Cornell University--Students.

Subjects:
Students' societies.

Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.


INFORMATION FOR USERS

Access Restrictions:
Restricted to active members of Chi Psi or by permission of the Archivist.
Cite As:
Chi Psi Alpha Psi Chapter records, #37-4-1124. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
1906
Chi Psi fire letters
Box 1 Folder 1
1906
Chi Psi letters
Box 1 Folder 2-3
The Calamity of Alpha Psi
Box 1 Folder 4
1906
Chi Psi fire
Box 1 Folder 5
Dec. 7, 1906
Chi Psi fire
Box 1 Folder 6-9
1908-1909
Chi Psi
Box 1 Folder 10
prior to 1930
Alpha reports
Box 1 Folder 11
1930-1940
Alpha reports
Box 1 Folder 12
1940-1950
Alpha reports
Box 1 Folder 13
1950-1960
Alpha reports
Box 1 Folder 14
1944-1949
Memorial plaque
Box 1 Folder 15
1948-1949
Alpha history
Box 1 Folder 16
1949-1951
[Charles] Love Durham Memorial
Box 1 Folder 17
1941-1951
"Chaos Articles"
Box 1 Folder 18
1952-1958
"Chaos Articles," miscellany
Box 1 Folder 19
1952-1960
Thayer Trophy reports
Box 1 Folder 20
1952-1964
Report of Alpha Psi to the Convention of Chi Psi Fraternity
Box 1 Folder 21
Sept. 1953
National Convention - Alpha Psi
Box 1 Folder 22
1954-1961
Scholarship
Box 1 Folder 23
1957
#1's position
Box 1 Folder 24
1957-1958
Alpha Psi historian
Box 1 Folder 25
1958-1960
Fraternity advisors, Cornell
Box 1 Folder 26
1959-1960
Student Medical Services
Box 1 Folder 27
Interfraternity Council (IFC)
Box 1 Folder 28
1961
House operation
Box 1 Folder 29
1961-1962
Alpha history
Box 1 Folder 30
1962-1963
121, 122 Annual Convention reports
Box 1 Folder 31
Sept. 4-7, 1963
122nd Convention, Paul E. Reading, Jr. '64
Box 1 Folder 32
Pledges - to be entered in #2's file
Box 1 Folder 33
Pledging file
Box 1 Folder 34
Pledge training
Box 1 Folder 35
Forms for pledges - past
Box 1 Folder 36
Past brothers
Box 1 Folder 37
1941
Centennial History and Biographical Directory of the Chi Psi Fraternity
Box 1 Folder 38
Forms for pledges - past
Box 2 Folder 1
Employment file
Box 2 Folder 2
Cornell University faculty, officers, and employees
Box 2 Folder 3-4
Alpha Psi of Chi Psi - Local By-Laws; Parliamentary procedure manual
Box 2 Folder 5
Work details
Box 2 Folder 6
Duties of #1, #2, #3
Box 2 Folder 7
Alpha Management Manual
Box 2 Folder 8
Miscellany
Box 2 Folder 9-10
Finance miscellany
Box 2 Folder 11
1939
Principles Underlying Sound Scholarship
Box 2 Folder 12
June 1895
The Purple and Gold
Box 2 Folder 13
Feb. 1904
The Purple and Gold
Box 2 Folder 14
Feb. 1907
The Purple and Gold
Box 2 Folder 15
Sept. 3-5, 1964
123rd Annual Convention, Chi Psi, Rutgers University - Alpha Rho of Chi Psi 85th Anniversary
Box 2 Folder 16
1959
Records of the One Hundred Eighteenth Annual Convention of Chi Psi Fraternity
Box 2 Folder 17
1960
Records of the One Hundred Nineteenth Annual Convention of Chi Psi Fraternity
Box 2 Folder 18
1961
Records of the One Hundred Twentieth Annual Convention of Chi Psi Fraternity
Box 2 Folder 19
1963
Records of the One Hundred Twenty-Second Annual Convention of Chi Psi Fraternity
Box 2 Folder 20
1964
Records of the One Hundred Twenty-Third Annual Convention of Chi Psi Fraternity
Box 2 Folder 21
1961
The Cornell Fraternity Self-Study Program: A Report on Some Educational and Social Aspects of Fraternity Life at Cornell University, 1959-1960
Box 2 Folder 22
Photographs
Box 3
Photographs
Mapcase
1965
Blueprint: Chi Psi Lodge
Mapcase