Guide to the Kappa Delta Rho, Beta Chapter Records,
1913-1988

Collection Number: 37-4-2130

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. Warren, G. Haas
Date completed:
August 1991
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, June 2003

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

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Kappa Delta Rho, Beta Chapter records, 1913-1988.
Collection Number:
37-4-2130
Creator:
Fraternity of Kappa Delta Rho. Beta Chapter (Cornell University).
Quantity:
2.5 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Minutes, certificates, correspondence, photographs, pamphlets, and pledge meeting cards.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Minutes, certificates, correspondence, photographs, pamphlets, and pledge meeting cards of Kappa Delta Rho fraternity at Cornell University. Also includes correspondence of William I. Myers and files kept by Horace Shackelton, 1942-1988.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Minutes, certificates, correspondence, photographs, pamphlets, and pledge meeting cards of Kappa Delta Rho fraternity at Cornell University. Also includes correspondence of William I. Myers and files kept by Horace Shackelton, 1942-1988.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Fraternity of Kappa Delta Rho. Beta Chapter (Cornell University)
Myers, William Irving, 1891-1972.
Shackelton, Horace.
Cornell University--Societies, etc.
Cornell University--Students.

Subjects:
Greek letter societies.

Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Kappa Delta Rho. Beta Chapter records, #37-4-2130. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
Early files: correspondence
A 1913-1919
Box 1 Folder 1
B 1918-1919
Box 1 Folder 2
C 1917-1919
Box 1 Folder 3
D 1917-1920
Box 1 Folder 4
E, F 1917-1919
Box 1 Folder 5
G 1916-1919
Box 1 Folder 6
H 1917-1920
Box 1 Folder 7
I-L 1914-1920
Box 1 Folder 8
M 1916-1921
Box 1 Folder 9
N-Q 1917-1919
Box 1 Folder 10
R-S 1916-1921
Box 1 Folder 11
T 1917-1920
Box 1 Folder 12
U-Z 1917-1920
Box 1 Folder 13
Bonds, 1914 , and cancellations, 1918
Box 1 Folder 14
Early records: individuals (with photos)
ca. 1913-1914
Box 1 Folder 15-18
Minutes/house records
May 1913-June 1915
Box 1 Folder 19
Sept. 1915-Oct. 1922
Box 1 Folder 20
Jan. 1941-May 1953
Box 1 Folder 21
1959
Box 1 Folder 22
1960
Box 1 Folder 23
1961
Box 1 Folder 24
1962-1963
Box 1 Folder 25
1963-1965
Box 1 Folder 26
1966-1968
Box 1 Folder 27
1968-1969
Box 1 Folder 28
1969-1971
Box 1 Folder 29
1972
Box 1 Folder 30
1973
Box 1 Folder 31
1974-1976
Box 1 Folder 32
Committees, 1976-1980
Box 1 Folder 33
Initiation certificates
1925-1929
Box 1 Folder 34
1930-1935
Box 1 Folder 35
1936-1939
Box 1 Folder 36
1940-1942, 1950
Box 1 Folder 37
1951-1953
Box 1 Folder 38
1954-1955
Box 1 Folder 39
1956-1957
Box 1 Folder 40
1958-1959
Box 1 Folder 41
1960-1962
Box 1 Folder 42
1963-1964
Box 1 Folder 43
1965-1967
Box 1 Folder 44
1973-1974
Box 1 Folder 45
1975-1976
Box 1 Folder 46
1977-1980
Box 1 Folder 47
Alumni questionnaires
 Box 1 Folder 48
Miscellaneous
 Box 1 Folder 49
Copy (1977) of original ( 1909 ) floor plans
Box 1 Folder 50
Drawing: addition to House, 1964
Box 1 Folder 50
Handbooks, manuals, directories, songbook
 Box 1 Folder 51
Bound volumes
Minutes, Nov. 1922-May 1927
Box 2
Minutes, Oct. 1927-May 1931
Box 2
Minutes, Sept. 1931-Jan. 1941
Box 2
Minutes, Sept. 1953-May 1958
Box 2
Minutes, Sept. 1958-Jan. 1959
Box 2
History of Kappa Delta Rho
 Box 2
Photographs
Box 2
Files of Horace Shackelton, 1942-1988
Box 3