Founded at Cornell University, Sigma Xi is an honorary scientific organization composed of undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty members. Originally called the Society of the Sigma Xi, this organization merged with the Scientific Research Society in 1974, and is currently named Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society of North America.
Collection includes material pertaining to the chapter affiliations of members, 1886-1967, with correspondence, lists, forms, minutes, notices, and announcements concerning transfers, nominations, officers, committees, and branches at the Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, the Cornell Medical College in New York City, and the New York Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, New York; materials concerning the founding and early history of Sigma Xi, 1886-1945, including correspondence, printed material, manuscripts, and speeches; extensive financial records, 1909-1973, including correspondence, lists, reports, bills, receipts, checks, and bank statements; miscellaneous correspondence, 1930-1976; Alpha Chapter membership lists, 1949-1974; administrative information, 1887-1976, including procedural manuals, by-laws, constitutions, yearbooks, song, annual reports, programs, proceedings, minutes, correspondence, and presidential addresses; petitions for new chapters of Sigma Xi, 1909-1971, initiation announcements, and completed nomination forms, 1965-1971, with unclaimed certificates and insignia order forms; volumes, 1886-1966, include minutes, petitions for new chapters, account books, histories of Sigma Xi, and photographic negatives of the chapter signature book. Also included is a 1904 Sigma Xi diploma. Includes correspondence of Simpson Linke and Yervant Terzian.
Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society of North America, Alpha Chapter records, #37-4-194. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
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Includes correspondence, annotated lists
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters
Includes correspondence
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, v-mail
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, mimeographed correspondence, blank forms
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, lists
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, lists, invitations
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, lists, invitations
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, lists
Includes correspondence, typescript list
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, lists
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, lists
Includes correspondence, lists
Includes correspondence
Includes incomplete set; printed, typescript, and typed carbon lists
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, mimeographed correspondence
Includes all typescripts
Includes typescript, annotated list
Includes correspondence
Includes correspondence
Includes letters
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, 1 completed nomination form
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, nomination forms, mimeographed correspondence, lists
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, nomination forms, annotated lists
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, nomination forms, mimeographed correspondence, blank forms
Includes mimeographed lists
Includes mimeographed lists, typescript press release, carbon copy of outgoing letter and list, postcards
Includes mimeographed lists, letter
Includes annotated mimeographed lists
Includes typed carbon blank, printed blank, handwritten note
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, typescript excerpts from Sigma Xi constitution, Report of Committee on Eligibility Policy
Includes chapter presidents - correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, lists, mimeographed correspondence
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters
Includes typescript, typed carbon, handwritten and annotated lists
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, initiation programs, reply cards, mimeographed correspondence, typed carbon list of receipts, typescript/handwritten list
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, typed carbon annotated list, mimeographed correspondence, handwritten notes, postcard
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, mimeographed correspondence, abstract, handwritten notes, press release
Includes typed carbon copies of chapter and committee meeting minutes
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, blank forms, mimeographs, postcards
Includes carbon copies of outgoing letters, handwritten notes
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, cellophane diploma envelope, pencilled note
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, diploma orders, mimeographs, membership list, Constitution of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, mimeographs, Congressional Record offprint
Includes Cornell Chapter mimeograph
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, lists
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, transfer forms, annotated lists
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, annotated lists, mimeographs, handwritten notes
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, annotated list
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, transfer requests
Includes correspondence, annotated lists, carbon copies of outgoing letters, affiliation cards, mimeographs
Includes 2 copies
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, ballots, statement of conditions
Includes printed and mimeographed letters to members, some annotated, broadsides, postcards, carbon copies of outgoing letters, typescript annotated lists
Includes carbon copies of outgoing letters, annotated lists, mimeographed notices, printed program, clippings, broadside
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, diploma orders, typed carbon initiation program, mimeographs, typed annotated lists, handwritten notes and lists, postcards, blank forms
Includes 1 diploma, 1942, with handwritten note
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters
Includes handwritten note, carbon copies of outgoing letters
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, mimeographs, agenda for 38th annual convention, President's Report for 1937, Secretary's Report for 1937, handwritten notes, report of joint conference with National Executive Committee, Eligibility in Sigma Xi, annotated lists including "Fields of Science"
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, mimeographs, handwritten and typescript lists
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, typescript list, printed acknowledgements, annotated index card
Printed booklet.
Includes typed annotated carbon copy of "Historical Sketch" by L.F. Randolph, list of Alpha Chapter publications, typed carbon photocopy and annotated paste-ups, printed booklet - Sigma Xi History 1886-1936, Constitution and By-laws
Includes original manuscript draft
Includes original manuscript draft
Includes typescript and handwritten correspondence of James McMahon, Frank Van Vleck, Elias Duran, W.A. Day
Includes handwritten annotations, manuscript - "The Sigma Xi Idea" - with typescript copy
Includes typescript copies of newspaper notices, articles and announcements, toast card for Sigma Xi Banquet, single-sheet leaflet - "Sigma Xi: Report on Extension," typescript copy of "Sigma Xi: A Sketch on the Origin and Growth of the Society - Its Aims and Ideals" by J. McMahon, 1900, in Cornell Alumni News, printed list of officers through 1902, printed letter to members, handwritten notes and sketches, clippings
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, handwritten annotation, printed program for Initiation and Henry Shaler Williams memorial, printed program for Initiation and Banquet for Edward Bausch, typescript list, clippings
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, lists, handwritten notes
Includes announcement, program, list of research demonstrations, clippings
Includes typed carbon copy of speech, letter
Includes handwritten pages
Includes copy of original manuscript, and correspondence relating to the preparation of the manuscript, annotated typed carbon copy, correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters
Typescript list of items exhibited
Includes typed and signed speech
Typescript carbon copy
Includes mimeographs, program, 1 number of The Cornellian Council Bulletin
Includes carbon copies of outgoing letters
Includes carbon copies of outgoing letters, typescript annotated lists, correspondence, handwritten notes and lists, carbon copy of Financial Statement
Includes carbon copies of Reports and Financial Statements, correspondence, typescript memoranda, mimeographs, carbon copies of outgoing letters
Includes carbon copies of outgoing letters, mimeographs, correspondence, annotated lists
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, Treasurer's Report, handwritten notes, mimeographs, annotated lists, blank forms
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, page from desk calendar mimeographs, annotated lists, chart, IRS form 1099, savings passbook, printed copy of Cornell Chapter By-Laws
Includes includes memorandum-type correspondence
Includes includes memorandum-type correspondence
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Includes includes memorandum-type correspondence, photocopied list, handwritten notes, list of officers and committees, examination book used for notes
Includes memorandum-type correspondence
Includes tax forms, bank statements, memorandum-type correspondence
Includes memorandum-type correspondence, minutes and reports, bills, receipts, bank statements, cancelled checks
Includes typescript and carbon copies
Includes incomplete set; handwritten note, typescript and typed carbon reports, Inventory of Club Dishes and Silverware, correspondence, mimeographs, annotated lists
Includes typescript lists, bills and receipts, memorandum-type correspondence, mimeographs, carbon copies of outgoing letters
Includes typed annotated carbon copies
Includes annotated mimeographs, handwritten page
Incldues correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, printed invitation
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, mimeographs, printed slips, photocopied Sigma Xi diploma, offprint, postcards, handwritten lists
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, dues slips, envelopes
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, mimeographs, lists
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, typescript budget, mimeographs, proceedings of 1961 Annual Convention
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, mimeographed list and memoranda
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, dues slips, mimeographs
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, dues slips
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, mimeographs, nomination lists
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, mimeographs, nomination lists, other lists, Treasurer's Report, lecture announcement
Includes mimeographs, nomination lists, officer and committee lists, nomination blank, lecture notice, Treasurer's Report
Include correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, dues/affiliation slips, mimeographs
Includes correspondence, mimeographs, carbon copies of outgoing letters, membership lists
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, membership lists, mimeographs
Includes correspondence, typed annotated Initiation program, carbon copies of outgoing letters, mimeographs, officer and committee lists
Includes correspondence, mimeographs, nomination lists, printed initiation program, carbon copies of outgoing letters, Treasurer's Report
Includes carbon copies of outgoing letters, mimeographs, officer and committee lists, handwritten lists correspondence, certificate order form carbons
Includes Sigma Xi certificates, insignia order forms, Boston College Installation programs
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, mimeographs, bank slips
Includes correspondence, mimeographs, printed announcements, officer and committee lists, carbon copies of outgoing letters, handwritten notes, nomination lists, blank forms
Includes carbon copies of outgoing letters, correspondence, mimeographs, printed invitations, blank forms, Treasurer's Report
Includes handwritten lists, officer and committee list, Agenda, Revisions to Constitution, Report of Ad Hoc Committee on Visit to Manhattan College, Attendance List, Reports on Grants-in-Aid and Lectureships
Includes nomination list, by-laws (printed), Proceedings of Annual Convention, photocopied and mimeographed letters, membership lists, correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, hotel reservation card, officer and committee list, bank interest income form
Includes correspondence, mimeographs, carbon copies of outgoing letters, nomination blank and lists, change of address cards
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, mimeographs, nomination lists, hotel brochure, photocopy of handwritten list, other lists, handwritten notes, officer and committee lists
Includes carbon copies of outgoing letters, correspondence, mimeographs, financial report forms, Executive Committee Minutes, nomination list, change of address forms
Includes correspondence, banquet reservation cards, initiation ceremony program, typed manuscript on Sigma Xi history, carbon copies of outgoing letters, Nominating Committee Report, mimeographs, Annual Meeting Schedule and Program, Officer and Committee lists, nomination lists, Treasurer's Report, printed Initiation program
Includes Nominating Committee Report, nomination lists, mimeographs, Executive Committee minutes, officer and committee list, blank notification of membership
Includes carbon copies of outgoing letters, mimeographs
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, Treasurer's Report, nomination lists, printed program for Annual Convention, Proceedings of Annual Convention
Includes correspondence, nomination list and blank, other lists, national Sigma Xi budget, national Sigma Xi President's Report, report to delegates of 1970 Annual Meeting, handwritten notes, Annual Meeting Agenda and Minutes, Treasurer's Report
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, handwritten notes
Includes lists of officers and committees, carbon copies of outgoing letters, handwritten lists, correspondence, Travel Expense Report (blank), Treasurer's Annual Report, Annual Meeting minutes, press release (with photograph), printed invitations
Includes correspondence, photocopied bank deposit slips, carbon copies of outgoing letters, photocopied check, handwritten notes, report of Nominating Committee, printed Initiation program, lists
Includes carbon copies of outgoing letters, correspondence, receipts, Treasurer's Report, Annual Meeting Minutes, Financial Report form, membership certificate order form, photocopied deposit slips, membership lists
Includes nomination list, carbon copies of outgoing letters, membership certificate order form, correspondence, handwritten notes
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, Treasurer's Report, nomination lists
Includes correspondence, Annual Meeting Agenda and Minutes, carbon copies of outgoing letters, Treasurer's Reports, Request Form for National Lecturer, Application for Grant-in-Aid of Research (several drafts), nomination lists, handwritten notes, officer and committee lists, Sigma Xi Certificate of Incorporation, printed Initiation program
Includes carbon copies of outgoing letters, Executive Committee Meeting minutes (handwritten), correspondence, nomination list
Includes Committee Questionnaire, handwritten notes, Annual Meeting Minutes, correspondence, Treasurer's Report, carbon copies of outgoing letters
Includes correspondence, Annual Meeting Minutes and Treasurer's Report, carbon copies of outgoing letters, printed leaflet, handwritten notes, nomination list, list of officers, typescript photocopied manuscript - "Early Cornell naturalists and anatomists. Part I, 1867-1869" by Howard E. Evans
Includes correspondence, nomination list, carbon copies of outgoing letters, printed leaflet - "Sigma Xi News," nomination blank, officer and committee lists, excerpts from chapter by-laws, handwritten notes, printed Errata and Index for 1974 Manual of Procedure, Procedure for Presenting Resolutions to the Assembly of Delegates at the National Meeting
Includes correspondence, nominating committee selections
Includes changes of address, address labels, single-sheet brochure
Includes information sheets, application blanks, statistical summaries
Includes printed program, minutes, Treasurer's Report, committee reports, President's Report
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters
Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, handwritten notes
Includes correspondence, handwritten notes
Includes statistical forms
Includes correspondence, proposed revisions to Constitution
Includes handwritten notes, nomination blank, mimeographs, reports
Includes handwritten notes, correspondence, Resolution, carbon copies of outgoing letters