Panhellenic Council records, 1940-1970.
Collection Number: 37-4-1545

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Panhellenic Council records, 1940-1970.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
37-4-1545
Abstract:
Includes circular letters; sorority financial reports, questionnaires, and statistics; rushing booklets, questionnaires, infractions, house statistics, finances, historical material, and other records; descriptions of sororities; correspondence and other papers related to individual fraternities and sororities at Cornell University; Panhellenic rules; and material on the National Panhellenic Council.
Creator:
Panhellenic Council
Quanitities:
3 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Includes circular letters; sorority financial reports, questionnaires, and statistics; rushing booklets, questionnaires, infractions, house statistics, finances, historical material, and other records; descriptions of sororities; correspondence and other papers related to individual fraternities and sororities at Cornell University; Panhellenic rules; and material on the National Panhellenic Council.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Panhellenic Council records, #37-4-1545. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Cornell University -- : Societies, etc.
National Panhellenic Council
Cornell University. Panhellenic Council
City of Ithaca Panhellenic Council
Subjects:
Greek letter societies.
Form and Genre Terms:
Questionnaires.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Series I. Documents for Specific Greek Organizations
Box 1 Folder 1
Kappa Alpha Theta Fund, 1960s
1960s
Box 1 Folder 2
Phi Delta Gamma Documents
Box 1 Folder 3
Kappa Delta Documents
Box 1 Folder 4
Phi Sigma Sigma Documents
Box 1 Folder 5
Iota Alpha Pi
Box 1 Folder 6
Alpha Epsilon P. Documents Documents
Box 1 Folder 7
Alpha Xi Delta Documents
Box 1 Folder 8
Alpha Omicron Pi Documents
Box 1 Folder 9
Chi Gamma Documents
Box 1 Folder 10
Kappa Alpha Theta Documents, 1960s
1960s
Box 2 Folder 1
Delta Delta Delta Documents
Box 2 Folder 2
Chi Omega Documents
Box 2 Folder 3
Sigma Delta Tau Documents
Box 2 Folder 4
Delta Phi Epsilon Documents
Box 2 Folder 5
Pi Beta Phi Documents
Box 2 Folder 6
Kappa Kappa Gamma Documents
Box 2 Folder 7
Alpha Phi Documents
Box 2 Folder 8
Delta Gamma Documents
Box 2 Folder 35
Constitution and By-Laws of Sigma Kappa Sorority, July 8, 1952
July 8, 1952
Box 2 Folder 37
Sigma Kappa Documents, Late 1950s
Late 1950s
Box 3 Volume 2
Sigma Kappa
1950s
Contains assorted documents, correspondence, newspaper articles, etc. focusing on the admission into the sorority of an African American student and the resulting fall-out with the national branch.
Housemother Manuals
Box 2 Folder 24
"Handbook for Housemother or Chaperone," Alpha Phi Fraternity, 1947
1947
Box 2 Folder 25
"Housemother's Manual," Alpha Omicron Pi, 1954; Financial Statement - Epsilon Chapter, June 1946
1946, 1954
Box 2 Folder 26
"Housemother's Manual," Alpha Epsilon Phi
Box 2 Folder 27
"The College Housemother," 1964
1964
Box 2 Folder 28
"Manual for Pi Beta Phi Chaperons," 1953
1953
Box 2 Folder 29
"Housemother's Manual," Sigma Delta Tau, 1954
1954
Box 2 Folder 30
"Chi Gamma Housemother's Manual"
Box 2 Folder 31
"Delta Delta Delta Manual for House Directors," 1950
1950
Box 2 Folder 32
"Our Housemother," Delta Gamma, 1947
1947
Box 2 Folder 33
"Housemother's Handbook," Kappa Alpha Theta
Box 2 Folder 34
"Cornell University Handbook for Sorority Head Residents," 1949
1949
Series II. General Panhellenic Council Papers
Box 1 Folder 11
Sorority General Information, 1940s-1967
1940s-1967
Box 1 Folder 12
Sorority Questionnaires and Statistics from Other Schools, 1950s-1960s
1950s-1960s
Box 1 Folder 13
National Panhellenic Conference, Information and Correspondence, 1950s-1960s
1950s-1960s
Box 1 Folder 14
Panhellenic Adhoc Committee, New Sorority Study, 1959-1960
1959-1960
Box 1 Folder 15
Society Annual Reports, 1959-1964
1959-1964
Box 1 Folder 16
City of Ithaca Panhellenic, 1960s
1960s
Box 1 Folder 17
Sorority General Information, 1940s-1967
1940s-1967
Box 1 Folder 18
Summary of Sorority Averages, 1961-1962
1961-1962
Box 1 Folder 19
Panhellenic Frosh Council Questionnaire on Rushing, 1962
1962
Box 1 Folder 20
Report on Panhellenic Rushing Questionnaire, 1963-1964
1963-1964
Box 1 Folder 21
Panhellenic Rushing, Pre-1964
Pre-1964
Box 1 Folder 22
Panhellenic Rushing, 1964-1965
1964-1965
Box 1 Folder 23
Panhellenic Council, 1967-1968
1967-1968
Box 1 Folder 24
Panhellenic Computer Bill, 1968
1968
Box 1 Folder 25
Sorority Financial Reports, 1968-1969
1968-1969
Box 1 Folder 26
Panhellenic Council, 1968-1969
1968-1969
Box 1 Folder 27
Panhellenic Council, 1969-1970
1969-1970
Box 1 Folder 28
Documents on Panhellenic Discrimination
Box 1 Folder 29
Role of National Organizations
Box 1 Folder 30
Pledge Training
Box 1 Folder 31
Panhellenic Rules
Box 2 Folder 9
Assorted Panhellenic Council Papers, 1940-1950
1940-1950
Box 2 Folder 9
Assorted Panhellenic Council Papers, 1940-1950
1940-1950
Box 2 Folder 10
Assorted Panhellenic Council Documents, 1940-1960
1940-1960
Box 2 Folder 11
Panhellenic Notes, 1943-1948
1943-1948
Box 2 Folder 12
Panhellenic Discrimination, 1950s-1960s
1950s-1960s
Box 2 Folder 13
Rushing Documents, 1950s-1960s
1950s-1960s
Box 2 Folder 14
Assorted Administrative and Rushing Documents, 1950s-1960s
1950s-1960s
Box 2 Folder 15
Rushing Material, 1960s
1960s
Box 2 Folder 16
Handbook for City Panhellenics, 1961
1961
Box 2 Folder 17
Panhellenic Rushing, 1965-1966
1965-1966
Box 2 Folder 18
Panhellenic Rushing, 1966-1967
1966-1967
Box 2 Folder 19
Panhellenic Rushing, 1967-1968
1967-1968
Box 2 Folder 20
Panhellenic National Notes
Box 2 Folder 21
Rushing, Historical
Box 2 Folder 22
Descriptions of the Ten Sororities
Box 2 Folder 23
Head Resident for Sororities Application Form
Box 2 Folder 36
Newspaper Articles About Sororities, September 1956-January 1957
September 1956-January 1957
Box 3 Volume 1
Cornell University: Sorority House President's Manual
1960s
Includes information on policies, information on all the houses, some fraternities as well as sororities, including their academic averages, initiation and pledge costs, fees, and activities they participate in or organize on the campus and national level. Also a long list of frequently asked questions by rushees and the Constitution of the Cornell Panhellenic.
Box 3 Volume 3
Sorority Statistics
1960s
Information on academics, rushing, housing, membership, demographics, etc.
Box 3 Volume 4
Rush Council, Panhellenic Council: Minutes for Present and Previous Year
1963-1965
Box 3 Volume 5
Sorority Minutes
1955-1963
Includes Panhellenic Council and Rushing Council minutes covering policies, rushing, infractions, etc.