Guide to the Delta Kappa Epsilon Records,
1870-1995

Collection Number: 37-4-1535

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:
William Fogel
Date completed:
June 2010
EAD encoding:
Evan Fay Earle, October 2007

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

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Delta Kappa Epsilon records, 1870-1995.
Collection Number:
37-4-1535
Creator:
Delta Kappa Epsilon.Delta Chi Chapter (Cornell University).
Quantity:
3.6 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Minutes, lists, records, photographs, typescript history,pamphlets, directories, catalogs, brochures, memorabilia, and correspondence.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Minutes, membership lists, initiation records, photographs, typescript narrative history, pamphlets, directories, catalogs, brochures, and memorabilia of Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Minutes, membership lists, initiation records, photographs, typescript narrative history, pamphlets, directories, catalogs, brochures, and memorabilia of Delta Kappa Epsilon. Includes fund raising correspondence and other papers of Walter Bruske concerning Delta Kappa Epsilon at Cornell University; petition from H. William Fogle, Alumni Secretary to the New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation to place two Norway spruce on the New York State Famous and Historic Trees Register, 1987; and petition from the Delta Chi Association to the National Register of Historic Places. Also, "The Delta Chi Deke" newsletter, 1935-1991; 1988 Pledge Class DKE history project research tasks binder; and report of the Alumni Historian, 1988. Also, an 1870 Cornellian listing Delta Upsilon as an "Anti-Secret Society." Includes an 1870 Charter, and a 1908 replacement charter. THE CORNELL DEKE HOUSE by William Fogle.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Bruska, Walter.
Fogle, H. William.
Cornell University--Societies, etc.
Cornell University--Students.

Subjects:
Greek letter societies.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Access Restrictions:
Chapter minutes since 1936 require written permission ofPresident of Delta Chi Chapter, Delta Kappa Epsilon for access and reproduction. Boxes 3, 6, 13, 21, are restricted.
Some files and additional information are available online in ecommons here: http://ecommons.library.cornell.edu/handle/1813/3223.
A copy of the detailed box list is available by clicking here. (5 MB Searchable PDF)
Cite As:
Delta Kappa Epsilon records, #37-4-1535. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
See above link for the most up to date box listing. Includes item level listings not included below.
Books, Bound, DKE Personal Record Blanks.
 Box 1
Uncataloged material.
 Box 2
Books, Bound, DX Chapter Meeting Minutes (CMM). Newsletters, The Delta Chi Deke. RESTRICTED
 Box 3
Books, Bound. Directories, Membership. Newsletters, The Delta Chi Deke. Reports.
Box 4
Artifacts. Artworks. Photographs, DKE Convention Attendees. Photographs, Artifact. Photographs, Brotherhood Assembled, Yearbook. Photographs, Brotherhood Assembled. Photographs, Deke House Exterior. Photographs, Deke House Interior. Photographs, Deke House Party. Photographs, Individual Portrait. Photographs. Photographic Composite, Annual. Postcards.
Box 5
Books, Bound, DX Chapter Meeting Minutes (CMM). Books, Bound. RESTRICTED
 Box 6
Artifacts.
 Box 7
Books, Bound, DKE Songs. Books, Bound, Record. Books. Photographs, Deke House Exterior. Photographs, Deke House Interior. Photographs, Brotherhood Assembled. Also, uncataloged petitions concerning the lodge, early versions of published studies, heraldry papers, digital data diskettes for the DKE History Program circa 1991, photographic color slides and B&W negatives. Color Slides: DKE1-054, -063, -064, -065, -073, -077. DKE2-002, -006, -007, -008, -009, -010, -011, -012, -013, -014, -018, -019, -020, -021, -022, -023, -024, -025, -026, -027, -028, -029, -030, -031, -032, -033, -034, -035, -036, -037, -038, -039, -040 and -041.
Box 8
Photographs, Deke House Exterior. Photographs, Deke House Interior. Photographs, Deke House Interior. Uncataloged photographs and scrapbook pages.
Box 9
Booklets. Directories, Membership. Newsletters, The Delta Chi Deke.
Box 10
Artifacts.
 Box 11
Booklets. Documents. Documents, Photocopy. Drawings, Architectural Plan. Magazines. Photographic Composites, Annual. Posters.
Box 12
Artifacts. Artworks. Books, Bound, DX Chapter Meeting Minutes (CMM). Booklets, Membership Directory. Booklets, Rushing Brochure. Correspondence. Documents. Magazines. Media, Digital Data. Newsletters, The Delta Chi Deke. Photographs, Deke House Exterior. Postcards. RESTRICTED
 Box 13
Books. Booklets, Annual Newsletter & Directory. Booklets, Pledge Manual. Booklets, Rushing Brochure. Correspondence. Documents. Journals, The Deke Quarterly. Photographs, Deke House Interior. Photographs.
Box 14
Seven uncataloged photograph albums marked with temporary labels: ca. 1964, 1964-66, ca. 1980, 1980, 1993, 1995 and 1996.
Box 15
Booklet, Cornellian ’70 (1870). Booklets, Membership Directory. Artifacts. One uncataloged photograph album marked with temporary label, 1999-2000; one envelope labeled MISC GROUP PHOTOS, and seventeen envelopes containing annual composite photographs with labels, 1965-1966, 1964-1967, 1967, 1968-1969, 1968-1969-1971, 1976, 1976-1978-1988, 1995, 1978-1982-1992, 1982-1990-1993, 1996, 1995-1998, 1997, 1999, 1999-2001-2003, 2000 and 2001.
Box 16
Three uncataloged photograph albums marked with temporary labels, 1992, 1994-1995 and 1997-1998.
Box 17
Artifacts.
 Box 18
Artifacts. Artworks. Booklets. Documents, Certificate. Flyers, Campaign. Media, Digital Data. Photographs, Brotherhood Assembled. Photographs, Deke House Party. Postcards. Posters, Campaign.
Box 19
Documents, Certificate. Documents. Map Sheets. Photographs, Artifact. Photographs, Brotherhood Assembled. Photographs, Deke House Party. Photographic Composites, Annual.
Box 20
Three uncataloged record books and a videotape. Record books are RESTRICTED
 Box 21
Books, Bound, DKE Songs. Books, Record. Booklets, Membership Directory. Booklets, promotional Brochure. Booklets, Rushing Brochure. Booklets. Magazines. Media, Digital Data. Photographs.
Box 22
Folder in Box 26 of manuscript collections. Includes photos of President Gerald Ford, George H. W. Bush, and George W. Bush, signed and inscribed to DKE. The G. W. Bush inscription congratulates DKE on their Lion Trophy.
Box Ms. Collection 26
Charters
 Mapcase II-6
Oversize photographs
 Mapcase N-4
Digitized items
 CD 78