Pi Alpha Xi, Alpha chapter records, 1923-2005.
Collection Number: 37-6-3492

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Pi Alpha Xi, Alpha chapter records, 1923-2005.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
37-6-3492
Abstract:
Includes minutes of meetings, by-laws, publications, photographs, plaque, and scrapbooks of the Cornell Chapter.
Creator:
Pi Alpha Xi. Cornell Chapter
Quanitities:
4.1 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

Ornamental horticulture honorary association.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Includes minutes of meetings, by-laws, publications, photographs, plaque, and scrapbooks of the Cornell Chapter.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Pi Alpha Xi, Alpha chapter records, #37-6-3492. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Cornell University -- : Societies, etc.
Cornell University -- : Students.
New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences -- : Societies, etc.
Subjects:
Ornamental horticulture -- Societies, etc.
Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 1
Minutes: Alpha Chapter Pi Alpha Xi
1923-1939
Box 1
Ledger: Financial Statements
1923-1940
Box 1
Ledger: Membership Dues
1932-1940
Box 1
Secretary's Book of the Floriculture Club of Cornell
1937-2004
Box 1 Folder 1
Course 115-Physiology and Biochemistry of organ Formation and Growth
1955-1958
Box 1 Folder 2
Courses-Bibliographies
Box 1 Folder 3
Course Information-Bibliographies
Box 1 Folder 4
Floriculture 550-Student papers; Bibliographies
Box 1 Folder 5
"A List of the Nurseries" January, 1926
1926
Box 1 Folder 6
Defoliation-Treatments
1950
Box 1 Folder 7
"Famous Trees"-Parts I, II(incomplete), III
Box 1 Folder 8
A. M. S. Pridham: Papers and Articles
1943-1966
Box 1 Folder 9
Pridham: Projects, Surveys, Reports
1960's
Box 1 Folder 10
Pridham: Projects, Surveys, Reports; "A Letter to Young Farmers"
1950's
Box 1 Folder 11
Pridham: Projects, Surveys, Reports, Soil Map of Orleans County, NY
1930's-1940's
Box 1 Folder 12
Pridham: Projects, Surveys, Reports
n. d.
Box 1 Folder 13
Pridham: Projects, Surveys, Reports; Floriculture 117
n. d.
Box 1 Folder 14
Pridham: Projects, Surveys, Reports; Floriculture 119
n. d.
Box 1 Folder 15
"Proposed Market Agreement for Nursery Stock."
July 11, 1934
Box 1 Folder 16
"Nursery Notes"
1941-1955
Box 1 Folder 17
"Nursery Suggestions," Correspondence, Notes
1930's
Box 1 Folder 18
"Nursery Suggestions," Correspondence, Notes
1930's
Box 1 Folder 19
NYS Nurserymen's Association-Reports, Surveys
1955-1962
Box 1 Folder 20
New York State Nurserymen's Association-Constitution, Bylaws
January 17, 1947
Box 1 Folder 21
NYS Nurserymen's Association-Miscellaneous Reports, Notes, Correspondence
1934-1951
Box 1 Folder 22
Thesis: "Effects of Some Foliar Sprays
February, 1953
Box 1 Folder 23
"This and That"-F. A. Pearson
January 4, 1955
Box 1 Folder 24
Weed Control Research
1963-1966
Box 2 Folder 1
Banquet Menus-Programs-Certificate #1
1923-1937
Box 2 Folder 2
Committee Reports
1941-1942
Box 2 Folder 3
Fraternity Lists
Box 2 Folder 4
Ritual of Pi Alpha Xi, Initiation Ceremony-Constitution, Original Signed Copy, Contains Names of Charter Members
Box 2 Folder 5
Michigan State University, Delta Chapter
Box 2 Folder 6
National Chapter-Minutes of Convention
1939
Box 2 Folder 7
Notices of Meetings
1923-1924
Box 2 Folder 8
Early Organization Information
1923-1924
Box 2 Folder 9
Proposed Revision of Bylaws
1966
Box 2 Folder 10
Receipts
1966-1967
Box 2 Folder 11
Report of Ways and Means Committee on Alumni Finances
December 6, 1939
Box 2 Folder 12
Resolutions on Deaths (Members)
Box 2 Folder 13
Special Meeting
October 15, 1959
Box 2 Folder 14
Uncollectible Accounts and Transfers to Other Chapters
1936-1940
Box 2 Folder 15
The Lotus Leaf-Vol.1 No. 1
December 20, 1923
Box 2 Folder 16
The Lotus Leaf
June 1, 1926
Box 2 Folder 17
The Lotus Leaf
June 1, 1927
Box 2 Folder 18
The Lotus Leaf
June 1, 1928
Box 2 Folder 19
The Lotus Leaf
June 1, 1929
Box 2
The Lotus Leaf
June 1, 1930-February 1, 1940
Box 2 Folder 20
The Lotus Leaf
1941-1975
Box 2 Folder 21
The Lotus Leaf, Gamma Chapter
December 1, 1926
Box 2 Folder 22
The Lotus Leaf, Beta Chapter
May 1, 1930
Box 2 Folder 23
Propagation: Articles, Notes, Reports
1958-1959
Box 2 Folder 24
Propagation: Articles, Notes, Reports
1955-1959
Box 2 Folder 25
Propagation: Articles, Notes, Reports
1954-1959
Box 3 Folder 1
Scholarships
1980-1981
Box 3 Folder 2
Scholarships-Faculty Approvals
1981-1982
Box 3 Folder 3
Scholarships-Faculty Recommendations
1982-1983
Box 3 Folder 4
Scholarships-Those Available and Financial Aid
1982-1983
Box 3 Folder 5
Scholarships-Letters to Recipients
1982-1983
Box 3 Folder 6
Scholarships-Recipients
1982-1983
Box 3 Folder 7
Scholarships-Letters to Donors
1983
Box 3 Folder 8
Scholarships and Awards
1983-1984
Box 3 Folder 9
Scholarships-Those Available and Financial Aid
1983-1984
Box 3 Folder 10
Scholarships-Faculty Recommendations
1983-1984
Box 3 Folder 11
Scholarships-Recipients
1983-1984
Box 3 Folder 12
Scholarships-Letters to Recipients
1983-1984
Box 3 Folder 13
Scholarships-Faculty Recommendations
1984-1985
Box 3 Folder 14
Department Scholarships and Awards
1984-1985
Box 3 Folder 15
Scholarships-Letters to recipients
1984-1985
Box 3 Folder 16
Scholarships-Letters to Donors
1984-1985
Box 3 Folder 17
Scholarships-Senior Awards
1984-1985
Box 3 Folder 18
Scholarships and Awards
1984-1985
Box 3 Folder 19
Scholarships
1985
Box 3 Folder 20
Approval for Senior Awards
1985
Box 3 Folder 21
Approval for Senior Awards
1986
Box 3 Folder 22
Scholarships and Awards
1986-1987
Box 3 Folder 23
Department Reception for Seniors
1986-1987
Box 3 Folder 24
Scholarships and Awards
1987-1988
Box 3 Folder 25
Senior Awards-Faculty Suggestions
1988
Box 3 Folder 26
Jack Lander Memorial Award
1987
Box 3 Folder 27
New York State Cemetery Association Award
1985
Box 3 Folder 28
Outstanding Freshman Award
May 9, 1958
Box 3 Folder 29
Outstanding Freshman Award
1960-1969
Box 3 Folder 30
Herman R. Schenkel, Sr. Memorial Award
1986
Box 3 Folder 31
Senior Awards
1988
Box 3 Folder 32
Lewis Sperber Memorial Award
1985-1986
Box 3 Folder 33
Sperber Award
1987-1988
Box 3 Folder 34
Sperber Award-Applications
1987-1988
Box 3 Folder 35
Sperber Award-Applications
1992
Box 3 Folder 36
Sperber Award-Environmental Industries, Inc.;Photos
1990
Box 3 Folder 37
Nor-am Chemical Company Scholarship
1987
Box 3 Folder 38
Arthur Thomas Memorial Award
1987
Box 3 Folder 39
Joseph J. Yedowitz, Sr. Memorial Award
1986
Box 3 Folder 40
Pridham Materials: Film, Program, Map of Cambridge (UK)
n. d.
Box 3 Folder 41
Nursery Stock and Supply Locator
1970
Box 3 Folder 42
"Home Grounds: Their Planning and Planting" Text Prepared by L. H. Bailey
1918 (?)
Box 3 Folder 43
Miscellaneous Programs, Brochures
1956, 1958
Box 3 Folder 44
"What is Horticulture?" By Prof. L. H. Bailey
1905 (?)
Box 3 Folder 45
"Words Said About A Birthday" Delivered at Cornell University
April 29, 1948
Box 3 Folder 46
"My Great Oak Tree and Other Poems" By L. H. Bailey
September 8-10, 1952
Box 3 Folder 47
Pre-Cornell and Early Cornell IV; Biology at Cornell University 1868-1928
1953
Box 3 Folder 48
The Eighth Annual Farmers' Week
February 8-13, 1923
Box 3 Folder 49
"A Century of Growth" Meadow Brook Nurseries, 1845-1945
n. d.
Box 3 Folder 50
"The Floriculture Life"
January, 1941
Box 3 Folder 51
"The Floriculture Life"
n.d.
Box 3 Folder 52
"The Floriculture Life" Graduation Issue
1949
Box 3 Folder 53
Pre-Cornell and Early Cornell VIII
1960
Box 3 Folder 54
Pre-Cornell and Early Cornell IX
1960
Box 3 Folder 55
"Mechanization Needs of the Nursery Industry"
n. d.
Box 3 Folder 56
Yearbook of the Horticultural Society
1924-1925
Box 3 Folder 57
Various Publications
1929, 1961, 1966
Box 4 Folder 1
Acceptances
1981
Box 4 Folder 2
Bylaws-Revised and Adopted
1970
Box 4 Folder 3
Class Lists
1986
Box 4 Folder 4
General Meeting Information
1985
Box 4 Folder 5
Graduate Faculty
1991
Box 4 Folder 6
Graduate School Information
1995
Box 4 Folder 7
"History of Pi Alpha Xi"-Brochures
n. d.
Box 4 Folder 8
Honorary Members
1981
Box 4 Folder 9
Initiation Ceremony
n. d.
Box 4 Folder 10
Letters to Candidates
1983
Box 4 Folder 11
Membership Letters
1979-1980
Box 4 Folder 12
Membership and Mailing Lists
n. d.
Box 4 Folder 13
Membership Lists
n. d.
Box 4 Folder 14
Membership List-Jewelry
1965-1969
Box 4 Folder 15
New Members
1982
Box 4 Folder 16
New Members
1985
Box 4 Folder 17
New Members
1988
Box 4 Folder 18
Newspaper Clips-Correspondence
1943-1946
Box 4 Folder 19
Obsolete and Outmoded Ritual
n. d.
Box 4 Folder 20
Pi Alpha Xi-Constitution (Original and Superceded)
n. d.
Box 4 Folder 21
Pi Alpha Xi-Newsletter
1933-1944
Box 4 Folder 22
Pi Alpha Xi-Newsletter
1933-1944
Box 4 Folder 23
Ritual of Pi Alpha Xi-Chaplain's Copy
1925, 1948
Box 4 Folder 24
Sample Letters
1975-1989
Box 4 Folder 25
Correspondence
1925-1926
Box 4 Folder 26
Correspondence
1933-1934
Box 4 Folder 27
Correspondence
1941-1942
Box 4 Folder 28
Correspondence
1948-1949
Box 4 Folder 29
Correspondence
1950-1961
Box 4 Folder 30
Correspondence
1966-1968
Box 4 Folder 31
Correspondence
1968-1969
Box 4 Folder 32
Correspondence
1969-1970
Box 4 Folder 33
Correspondence
1970-1971
Box 4 Folder 34
Correspondence
1971-1972
Box 4 Folder 35
Correspondence
1973
Box 4 Folder 36
Correspondence
1974
Box 4 Folder 37
Correspondence
1975-1976
Box 4 Folder 38
1976-1977
Correspondence
Box 4 Folder 39
Correspondence
1977-1978
Box 4 Folder 40
Correspondence
1979
Box 4 Folder 41
Correspondence
1979-1980
Box 4 Folder 42
Correspondence-Pi Alpha Xi National
1981-1982
Box 4 Folder 43
Correspondence
1981
Box 4 Folder 44
Correspondence-Invoice Receipts
1982-1984
Box 4 Folder 45
Correspondence
1982-1984
Box 4 Folder 46
Correspondence
1983-1984
Box 4 Folder 47
Correspondence
1984
Box 4 Folder 48
Correspondence
1985
Box 4 Folder 49
Correspondence
1985
Box 4 Folder 50
Correspondence
1985-2004
Box 4 Folder 51
Correspondence
1986
Box 4 Folder 52
Correspondence
1987
Box 4 Folder 53
Correspondence-Class Lists
1988
Box 4 Folder 54
Correspondence-Class Lists
1989
Box 4 Folder 55
Correspondence
1989
Box 4 Folder 56
Correspondence
1990
Box 4 Folder 57
Correspondence
1991
Box 4 Folder 58
Correspondence
1992
Box 4 Folder 59
Correspondence-Pi Alpha Xi National
1993
Box 4 Folder 60
Correspondence-Catalogs-Newsletters
1994
Box 4 Folder 61
Correspondence-Pi Alpha National Meeting, Montreal
1995
Box 4 Folder 62
Correspondence-Curtis, R. W.
1940-1945
Box 4 Folder 63
WHAM-1180-Correspondence
1989
Box 5
Pi Alpha Xi Freshman Award Plaque
Box 6
Minutes
1939-1978
Box 4
Membership lists
1939-1990