Guide to the Pi Alpha Xi Records,
1930-2012.

Collection Number: 4379

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:
Julia Parker
Date completed:
4/26/2007
EAD encoding:
Julia Parker, 4/26/2007
Date Modified:
Jude Corina, February 2013

© 2007 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Pi Alpha Xi records, 1930-2012.
Collection Number:
4379
Creator:
Pi Alpha Xi.
Quantity:
3.5 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, certificates, photographs, leaflets, newsleters.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Records of the national organization. Includes flower judging contest records and photographs, 1978-1986, and copies of Lotus Leaflets (newsletter).
Language:
Collection material in English


ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

Ornamental horticulture honorary association.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Records of the national organization. Includes flower judging contest records and photographs, 1978-1986, and copies of Lotus Leaflets (newsletter).

SUBJECTS

Names:
Pi Alpha Xi.

Subjects:
Ornamental horticulture--Societies, etc.

Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.


INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Pi Alpha Xi records, #4379. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
Pi Alpha Xi National Report 1976
Box 1 Folder 1
Pi Alpha Xi National Report 1977
Box 1 Folder 2
Pi Alpha Xi National Reports 1979
Box 1 Folder 3
National Organization 1979-1984
Box 1 Folder 4-6
National Member Lists 1986
Box 1 Folder 7
Membership Lists 1980-1984
Box 1 Folder 8
Local Chapters 1981-1984
Box 1 Folder 9-13
Applicatin to Establish a Chapter of Pi Alpha Xi at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville 1979
Box 1 Folder 14
Petition to Establish Chapter at Texas Tech 1987
Box 1 Folder 15
Lotus Leaf 1930
Box 1 Folder 16
Lotus Leaf, Alpha Chapter 1930
Box 1 Folder 17
Lotus Leaf 1947
Box 1 Folder 18
Lotus Leaf 1978
Box 1 Folder 19
Lotus Leaf 1980
Box 1 Folder 20-21
Lotus Leaf 1984
Box 1 Folder 22-23
Biographies 1957-1984
Box 1 Folder 24
Correspondence 1981
Box 1 Folder 25-28
Correspondence 1982
Box 1 Folder 29-31
Correspondence 1983
Box 1 Folder 32
Correspondence 1984
Box 1 Folder 33
Correspondence 1985
Box 1 Folder 34
Correspondence 1986
Box 1 Folder 35
Correspondence 1987
Box 1 Folder 36
Manual for Flower Judging 1975
Box 1 Folder 37
Intercollegiate Flower Judging Contest 1979
Box 1 Folder 38
Competition Correspondence 1974-1975
Box 1 Folder 39
Competition Correspondence 1988-1990
Box 1 Folder 40
Competition Correspondence 1978-1986 1990
Box 1 Folder 41
Agendas, Lotus Leaf, etc. Correspondence 1985-1991
Box 1 Folder 42
Executive Correspondence 1987-1990
Box 1 Folder 43
Pi Alpha Xi History Correspondence 1988-1991
Box 1 Folder 44
Lotus Leaf (not complete) 1941-1978
Box 1 Folder 45
Lotus Leaf 1980 1984
Box 2 Folder 1
Lotus Leaf 1988
Box 2 Folder 2
Lotus Leaf 1992
Box 2 Folder 3
Lotus Leaflet 1993
Box 2 Folder 4
Lotus Leaflet 1994
Box 2 Folder 5
Lotus Leaflet, Summer 1995
Box 2 Folder 6
Lotus Leaflet 1996
Box 2 Folder 7
Lotus Leaflet 1997
Box 2 Folder 8
Lotus Leaflet 1998
Box 2 Folder 9
Lotus Leaflet, Autumn 1999
Box 2 Folder 10
Lotus Leaflet 2000
Box 2 Folder 11
Lotus Leaflet 2001
Box 2 Folder 12
Lotus Leaflet 2006
Box 2 Folder 13
Lotus Leaflet 2011-2012
Box 2 Folder 13a
Manuals for Flower Judging 1957, 1975, 1980
Box 2 Folder 14
Manuals for Flower Judging 1983-1984
Box 2 Folder 15
Pi Alpha Xi Convention notes 1934, 1937
Box 2 Folder 16
Minutes book (Eta Chapter) 1949-1957
Box 2 Folder 16
Pi Alpha Xi 1957-1978
Box 2 Folder 17
Pi Alpha Xi National (Pres. file) 1963-1986
Box 2 Folder 18
Pi Alpha Xi National (Pres. file) 1950-1975
Box 2 Folder 19
Petition for California Polytechnic State University 1975
Box 2 Folder 20
Pi Alpha Xi History at WSC [Washington State College]) 1947-1955
Box 2 Folder 21
National Intercollegiate Flower Judging Contest 1976-1993
Box 2 Folder 22
National Intercollegiate Flower Judging Contest 1979-1993
Box 2 Folder 23
National Intercollegiate Flower Judging Contest 1981-1993
Box 2 Folder 24
Flower Judging Awards 1982-1993
Box 2 Folder 25
Flower Judging Awards 1984-1992
Box 2 Folder 26
Flower Judging Awards 1985-1989
Box 2 Folder 27
Flower Judging Awards Photographs 1979
Box 2 Folder 28
Flower Judging Awards Photographs 1986
Box 2 Folder 29
Ken Sanderson files 1988-1994
Box 2 Folder 30
Membership Roster 2004
Box 2 Folder 31
PAX Database: Members 1923-2007
Box 2 Folder 32
PAX Database: by Chapter 1923-2007
Box 2 Folder 33
Texas Tech 1987
Box 3 Folder 1
Iowa State 1986
Box 3 Folder 2
Mississippi State 1990
Box 3 Folder 3
Texas A & M 1977
Box 3 Folder 4
Delaware Valley College 1985
Box 3 Folder 5
University of California, Davis 1984
Box 3 Folder 6
University of Nebraska 1981
Box 3 Folder 7
Kansas State 1978
Box 3 Folder 8
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater 1983
Box 3 Folder 9
University of Wisconsin, River Falls 1985
Box 3 Folder 10
South Dakota State University 1975
Box 3 Folder 11
Secretary-Treasurer files 1979
Box 3 Folder 12
Secretary-Treasurer files 1980
Box 3 Folder 13
Secretary-Treasurer files 1981
Box 3 Folder 14
Secretary-Treasurer files 1982
Box 3 Folder 15
Secretary-Treasurer files 1983
Box 3 Folder 16
Secretary-Treasurer files 1984
Box 3 Folder 17
Secretary-Treasurer files 1985
Box 3 Folder 18
Secretary-Treasurer files 1986
Box 3 Folder 19
Secretary-Treasurer files 1987
Box 3 Folder 20
Flower Judging Contest 1985
Box 3 Folder 21
Rituals 1981-1983
Box 3 Folder 22
Secretary-Treasurer Report 1975
Box 3 Folder 23
Secretary-Treasurer Reports 1976
Box 3 Folder 24
Secretary-Treasurer Miscellany 1977
Box 3 Folder 25
New Initiates 1980-1982
Box 3 Folder 26
Membership list A-F and deceased members (Rolodex cards)
Box 3
Membership list G-Me (Rolodex cards)
Box 3
Membership list Mi-Z (Rolodex cards)
Box 3
Pi Alpha Xi National: Correspondence 1986-1987
Box 4 Folder 1
Pi Alpha Xi National: Correspondence 1987-1988
Box 4 Folder 2
Correspondence (Excluding Membership Requests) 1988-1990
Box 4 Folder 3
Correspondence and Bills 1989-1990
Box 4 Folder 4
Correspondence Sent 1990-1991
Box 4 Folder 5
Correspondence Received 1990-1991
Box 4 Folder 6
Correspondence Sent 1991-1992
Box 4 Folder 7
Correspondence Received 1991-1992
Box 4 Folder 8-9
Correspondence Received 1992-1994
Box 4 Folder 10
Second and Third Place Award Certificates n.d.
Box 4 Folder 11
Honorary Certificates (samples) 1982-1983
Box 4 Folder 12
New Initiates 1992-1994
Box 4 Folder 13
National Meeting 1994
Box 4 Folder 14
Letters and Minutes to K. Sanderson (copies) 1987-1988
Box 4 Folder 15
PAX National: Minutes and Reports 1984-1992
Box 4 Folder 16-17
PAX National: Membership Lists 1987-1988
Box 4 Folder 18
National Dues 1986-1989
Box 4 Folder 19
Chapter Dues 1987-1988
Box 4 Folder 20
Chapter Dues 1988-1989
Box 4 Folder 21
Dues and Initate Fees (Bank Statements) 1989-1990
Box 4 Folder 22
Chapter Dues and New Initiates 1988-1990
Box 4 Folder 23
Chapter List and Dues Payment 1987-1993
Box 4 Folder 24
PAX National: Bank Statements 1985-1988
Box 4 Folder 25
PAX: Financial 1986-1987
Box 4 Folder 26
PAX: Money-Market Account, Auburn 1986-1987
Box 4 Folder 27
PAX: Financial (and Norwest Bank Account) 1987-1988
Box 4 Folder 28
PAX: Financial 1988-1989
Box 4 Folder 29
Accounts Payable 1988-1989
Box 4 Folder 30
Bills Paid 1990-1992
Box 4 Folder 31
Bank Statements 1990-1993
Box 4 Folder 32
Stillwater (Oklahoma) National Bank: Receipts 1993-1994
Box 4 Folder 33
Stillwater (Oklahoma) National Bank: Miscellany 1994-1995
Box 4 Folder 34
Correspondence 1994
Box 4 Folder 35
Correspondence 1994-1996
Box 4 Folder 36
Correspondence 1996-1997
Box 4 Folder 37
Correspondence 1997
Box 4 Folder 38
Correspondence 1998
Box 4 Folder 39
Correspondence 2000-2001
Box 4 Folder 40
Correspondence 2002
Box 5 Folder 1
Correspondence 2003
Box 5 Folder 2
Correspondence 2004
Box 5 Folder 3
Employee ID# PAX, Tax Exempt File (old) [for interest bank account] 1988-1990
Box 5 Folder 4
PAX: Spreadsheets 1990-2007
Box 5 Folder 5
PAX: Bank Statements 1993-1995
Box 5 Folder 6
PAX: Invoices & Receipts 1993-1994
Box 5 Folder 7
PAX: Audits 1993
Box 5 Folder 8
PAX: Dues Notices Sent 1994
Box 5 Folder 9
Finances 1995-1996
Box 5 Folder 10
Bank Statements 1996-1997
Box 5 Folder 11
PAX: Financial Reports 1992-1997
Box 5 Folder 12
Dues Notices 1997
Box 5 Folder 13
Receipts 1997
Box 5 Folder 14
Receipts 1998
Box 5 Folder 15
Sovereign Bank Statements 2001-2004
Box 5 Folder 16
Penn State Account Information 2005
Box 5 Folder 17
Order Acknowledgement Forms n.d.
Box 5 Folder 18
Pi Alpha Xi History 1931-1933
Box 5 Folder 19
National Constitution (Old) [revised, 1986] 1985
Box 5 Folder 20
Constitution & By-Laws 1994
Box 5 Folder 21
Rules & Regulations Committee 1993-1994
Box 5 Folder 22
New Ritual (article about Lotus plant) 1993-1994
Box 5 Folder 23
PAX Secretary/Treasurer Duties/Reminders 1987-1992
Box 5 Folder 24
PAX: Chapter Data 1995
Box 5 Folder 25
PAX: Key PMT & AFE logo n.d.
Box 5 Folder 26
PAX: Jewelry 1985-1994
Box 5 Folder 27
Tassels & Cords 2004
Box 5 Folder 28
PAX Mailing List: Chapters, Board of Directors 1986-1993
Box 5 Folder 29
Current Mailing List -1995
Box 5 Folder 30
Flower Judging Awards brochure & Miscellaneous Flower Judging Information 1983-1988
Box 5 Folder 31
PAX: Flower Judging Travel 1993-1997
Box 5 Folder 32
New Chapters 1990-2004
Box 5 Folder 33
Pi Alpha Xi: Utah Petition 1993
Box 5 Folder 34
Pi Alpha Xi 1991-2003
Box 5 Folder 35
New Initiates 1996-1998
Box 5 Folder 36
New Initiates 1998-1999
Box 5 Folder 37
Scholarships 1998
Box 5 Folder 38
Coaches Award (Old) 1991
Box 5 Folder 39
Membership Lists (Old) 1949-2004
Box 5 Folder 40
PAX: Hard copies of files 1996
Box 5 Folder 41
PAX: leaflets n.d.
Box 5 Folder 42
PAX: Membership & Lotus Leaf from Ken Sanderson 1992
Box 5 Folder 43
PAX: Records 2007
Box 5 Folder 44
PAX: Records n.d.
Box 5 Folder 45
Doug Needham's Mac Files (transferred to CD) -1994
Box 5 Folder 46
Terri Starman's IBM Files (transferred to CD) 1994-1996
Box 5 Folder 46
Pi Alpha Xi (transferred to CD) 2004-2006
Box 5 Folder 47