RMA00194.xml Guide to the Scientific Research Society of Sigma Xi North America, Alpha Chapter records, 1886-1986. Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society of North America, Alpha Chapter records, 1886-1986. Compiled by N/A Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library February 2006

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Finding aid encoded by Peter Martinez February 2006 2007-05-29 converted from EAD 1.0 to EAD 2002 Guide to the Scientific Research Society of Sigma Xi North America, Alpha Chapter Records,1886-1986 Collection Number: 37-4-194 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: RMC Staff Date completed: May 2017 EAD encoding: Kristen Reichenbach, May 2017 Date modified: Marcie Farwell, July 2018 © 2002 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society of North America, Alpha Chapter records, 1886-1986. 37-4-194 Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society of North America.Alpha Chapter. 6.4 cubic ft. N/A Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library 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. Collection material in English ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

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 DESCRIPTION

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.

SUBJECTS Names: Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society of North America. Linke, Simpson, 1917- Terzian, Yervant. Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory. Cornell University--Societies, etc. Cornell University.Medical College. New York State Agricultural Experiment Station. Subjects: Greek letter societies. Form and Genre Terms: Histories. Negatives. Scrapbooks. Speeches. Yearbooks. INFORMATION FOR USERS Cite As:

Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society of North America, Alpha Chapter records, #37-4-194. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SERIES LIST

Series I. Affiliation Related Materials Box 1

Series II. History Box 2

Series III. Finances Box 2

Series IV. Correspondence Boxes 2-3

Series V. Membership Boxes 3-4

Series VI. Administration Box 4

Series VII. Petitions Boxes 4-5

Series VIII. Nominations Boxes 5-6

Series IX. Volumes Box 7

CONTAINER LIST Series I. Affiliation Related Materials 111939Affiliation Correspondence

Includes correspondence, annotated lists

121940Affiliation Correspondence

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters

131941Affiliation Correspondence

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters

141943Affiliation Correspondence

Includes correspondence

151944Affiliation Correspondence

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, v-mail

161945Affiliation Correspondence

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, mimeographed correspondence, blank forms

171946Affiliation Correspondence

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, lists

181947Affiliation Correspondence

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, lists, invitations

191948Affiliation Correspondence

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, lists, invitations

1101949Affiliation Correspondence

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, lists

1111940-1941Affiliates, Canvases for List of New (Members)

Includes correspondence, typescript list

1121947Transfers, Credentials received and billed 1131948Transfers, Credentials received and billed 1141949Transfers, Credentials received and billed 1151957-1958Transfers: completed forms 1161944-1946Membership Lists, Correspondence to Correct

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, lists

1171947-1950Membership Lists, Correspondence to Correct

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, lists

1181947Invitations to join Cornell Chapter

Includes correspondence, lists

1191939-1942Affiliates Elsewhere

Includes correspondence

1201893-1943Membership Lists

Includes incomplete set; printed, typescript, and typed carbon lists

1211945-1947Yearbook Correspondence

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, mimeographed correspondence

1221945-1948Yearbooks

Includes all typescripts

1231931-1932Retired Members: correspondence 1241945Alumni List for Affiliation program

Includes typescript, annotated list

1251945-1947Inactive Members, Reminders - Requests for Reinstatement

Includes correspondence

1261950Leave Notices

Includes correspondence

1271917-1946Resignations

Includes letters

1281944-1947Associate Members, Inquiries re Promotion

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, 1 completed nomination form

1291941-1943Nomination Correspondence

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, nomination forms, mimeographed correspondence, lists

1301944-1946Nomination Correspondence

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, nomination forms, annotated lists

1311947-1949Nomination Correspondence

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, nomination forms, mimeographed correspondence, blank forms

1321928-1933Nomination Lists

Includes mimeographed lists

1331936Nomination Lists

Includes mimeographed lists, typescript press release, carbon copy of outgoing letter and list, postcards

1341938-1942Nomination Lists

Includes mimeographed lists, letter

1351943-1961Nomination Lists

Includes annotated mimeographed lists

1361946Nomination Blank with suggestions for improvement

Includes typed carbon blank, printed blank, handwritten note

1371942-1947Local Officers and Committees, Correspondence

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, typescript excerpts from Sigma Xi constitution, Report of Committee on Eligibility Policy

1381947-1949Richard Bradfield, James B. Sumner, correspondence

Includes chapter presidents - correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters

1391949-1955John W. Wells, chapter secretary, correspondence

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, lists, mimeographed correspondence

1401939-1950Election of Officers and Committees, correspondence

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters

1411886-1951Lists of officers and committees

Includes typescript, typed carbon, handwritten and annotated lists

1421946-1948Banquet Committee

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, initiation programs, reply cards, mimeographed correspondence, typed carbon list of receipts, typescript/handwritten list

1431946-1947Program Committee

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, typed carbon annotated list, mimeographed correspondence, handwritten notes, postcard

1441948-1949Program Committee

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, mimeographed correspondence, abstract, handwritten notes, press release

1451945-1949Current Minutes

Includes typed carbon copies of chapter and committee meeting minutes

1461947-1949Correspondence with National Office

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, blank forms, mimeographs, postcards

1471957-1958Correspondence with National Office

Includes carbon copies of outgoing letters, handwritten notes

1481939-1940Edward Ellery, President of Sigma Xi, Correspondence

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, cellophane diploma envelope, pencilled note

1491946-1947George A. Baitsell, Executive Secretary of Sigma Xi, Correspondence

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, diploma orders, mimeographs, membership list, Constitution of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization

1501945-1946National Convention

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, mimeographs, Congressional Record offprint

1511951New Members, Press Release Listing by State of Origin

Includes Cornell Chapter mimeograph

1521940-1946Geneva, NY, NYS Agricultural Experiment Station, Sigma Xi Membership, Correspondence

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, lists

1531950-1957Geneva Sigma Xi Branch, Correspondence

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, transfer forms, annotated lists

1541941-1943Cornell Medical College, New York City, Sigma Xi Branch, Correspondence

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, annotated lists, mimeographs, handwritten notes

1551957Cornell Medical College branch, correspondence

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, annotated list

1561953Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory Sigma Xi branch

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, transfer requests

1571954-1967CAL branch

Includes correspondence, annotated lists, carbon copies of outgoing letters, affiliation cards, mimeographs

158UndatedSigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research Application Blank

Includes 2 copies

1591945-1947Sigma Xi Fellowship

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, ballots, statement of conditions

1601941-1947Notices and Announcements

Includes printed and mimeographed letters to members, some annotated, broadsides, postcards, carbon copies of outgoing letters, typescript annotated lists

1611948-1950Notices and Announcements

Includes carbon copies of outgoing letters, annotated lists, mimeographed notices, printed program, clippings, broadside

1621947-1949Materials and Tasks for Initiation

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, diploma orders, typed carbon initiation program, mimeographs, typed annotated lists, handwritten notes and lists, postcards, blank forms

1631942Unclaimed Sigma Xi diplomas

Includes 1 diploma, 1942, with handwritten note

1641945Lecturer in Residence

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters

1651946-1947Miss Barra, Alumni House

Includes handwritten note, carbon copies of outgoing letters

1661941-1943Insignia Correspondence

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters

1671937Fields and Eligibility for Sigma Xi Membership

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"

1681940Membership Structure, National Committee

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, mimeographs, handwritten and typescript lists

Series II. History 211937-1945Correspondence with the Librarian

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, typescript list, printed acknowledgements, annotated index card

221888The Organization of the Scientific Society of the Sigma Xi. F. Van Vleck, J.H. Comstock, C.D. Marx: Andrus & Church

Printed booklet.

231936Copy of Historical Sketch

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

24UndatedPreamble to first Constitution of Sigma Xi

Includes original manuscript draft

25UndatedFirst Constitution of Sigma Xi

Includes original manuscript draft

261892-1915Early Letters of Sigma Xi Founders

Includes typescript and handwritten correspondence of James McMahon, Frank Van Vleck, Elias Duran, W.A. Day

271910-1918Unpublished Manuscripts and Letters of Professor Henry Shaler Williams (selected)

Includes handwritten annotations, manuscript - "The Sigma Xi Idea" - with typescript copy

281886-1912Early published notices of Sigma Xi

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

291926-1942History, Various Memorials

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

2101935Semi-Centennial Celebration, Correspondence

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters

2111936Semi-Centennial Celebration, Correspondence

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, lists, handwritten notes

2121936Semi-Centennial Printed Material

Includes announcement, program, list of research demonstrations, clippings

2131936-06-20A.R. Mann, "Acceptance of Sigma Xi Memorial by Cornell University"

Includes typed carbon copy of speech, letter

2141936-06-20Notes on Early History of Sigma Xi from statements of living founders attending the Semi-Centennial, Ithaca. Transcribed by L.F. Randolph, Cornell Chapter Secretary

Includes handwritten pages

2151936Historical Sketch, Cornell Chapter, by L.F. Randolph

Includes copy of original manuscript, and correspondence relating to the preparation of the manuscript, annotated typed carbon copy, correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters

2161935-1936Letters of living founders of Sigma Xi to officers of Cornell Chapter on the occasion of the Semi-Centennial Celebration 2171936Historical Exhibit, Semi-Centennial Celebration

Typescript list of items exhibited

2181936A.R. Mann, Presidential Address at Sigma Xi initiation exercises

Includes typed and signed speech

2191936Frank Van Vleck, address before Semi-Centennial Gathering. "The Inception of the Society of the Sigma Xi"

Typescript carbon copy

2201936Sigma Xi Research Exposition (Cornell Chapter)

Includes mimeographs, program, 1 number of The Cornellian Council Bulletin

Series III. Finances 2211942-1943Treasurer and Printing

Includes carbon copies of outgoing letters

2221945-1947Treasurer

Includes carbon copies of outgoing letters, typescript annotated lists, correspondence, handwritten notes and lists, carbon copy of Financial Statement

2231946-1951Finance Committee

Includes carbon copies of Reports and Financial Statements, correspondence, typescript memoranda, mimeographs, carbon copies of outgoing letters

2241947-1949Treasurer

Includes carbon copies of outgoing letters, mimeographs, correspondence, annotated lists

2251964-1965James L. Gaylor, Sigma Xi Treasurer, Correspondence

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, Treasurer's Report, handwritten notes, mimeographs, annotated lists, blank forms

2261966Gaylor, Correspondence

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

2271965-1967Bill Stubs and Receipts

Includes includes memorandum-type correspondence

2281967-1968Bill Stubs and Receipts

Includes includes memorandum-type correspondence

2291968-1969Bill Stubs and Receipts

Includes includes memorandum-type correspondence

2301969-1970Bill Stubs and Receipts

Includes includes memorandum-type correspondence, photocopied list, handwritten notes, list of officers and committees, examination book used for notes

2311963Bank Statements 2321964Bank Statements 2331965Bank Statements 2341966Bank Statements 2351967Bank Statements 2361968Bank Statements 2371969Bank Statements 2381970-1971Cancelled Checks, Bills, Statements

Includes memorandum-type correspondence

2391971-1972Bills, Receipts, Cancelled Checks

Includes tax forms, bank statements, memorandum-type correspondence

2401972-1973Fiscal Records

Includes memorandum-type correspondence, minutes and reports, bills, receipts, bank statements, cancelled checks

2411909-1914Treasurer's Reports

Includes typescript and carbon copies

2421910-1938Treasurer's Reports

Includes incomplete set; handwritten note, typescript and typed carbon reports, Inventory of Club Dishes and Silverware, correspondence, mimeographs, annotated lists

2431940-1941Treasurer's Report, Vouchers Supporting

Includes typescript lists, bills and receipts, memorandum-type correspondence, mimeographs, carbon copies of outgoing letters

2441943-1945Treasurer's Reports

Includes typed annotated carbon copies

2451956-1970Treasurer's Reports

Includes annotated mimeographs, handwritten page

Series IV. Correspondence 2461930-1941Correspondence

Incldues correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters

2471951-1955Correspondence

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, printed invitation

2481956-1959Correspondence, Miscellaneous

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, mimeographs, printed slips, photocopied Sigma Xi diploma, offprint, postcards, handwritten lists

2491960-1961Correspondence, Miscellaneous

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, dues slips, envelopes

2501962Correspondence, Miscellaneous

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, mimeographs, lists

2511961-1962Correspondence

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, typescript budget, mimeographs, proceedings of 1961 Annual Convention

2521962-1963Correspondence

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, mimeographed list and memoranda

2531962-1963Correspondence, Miscellaneous

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, dues slips, mimeographs

2541964Correspondence, Miscellaneous

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, dues slips

2551962-1963Correspondence

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, mimeographs, nomination lists

2561963-1964Correspondence

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, mimeographs, nomination lists, other lists, Treasurer's Report, lecture announcement

2571962-1965Correspondence to Members

Includes mimeographs, nomination lists, officer and committee lists, nomination blank, lecture notice, Treasurer's Report

2581964-1965Correspondence

Include correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, dues/affiliation slips, mimeographs

2591966Correspondence

Includes correspondence, mimeographs, carbon copies of outgoing letters, membership lists

2601967-1968Correspondence

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, membership lists, mimeographs

2611962-1964Correspondence

Includes correspondence, typed annotated Initiation program, carbon copies of outgoing letters, mimeographs, officer and committee lists

2621965-1966Correspondence

Includes correspondence, mimeographs, nomination lists, printed initiation program, carbon copies of outgoing letters, Treasurer's Report

2631964-1967Correspondence

Includes carbon copies of outgoing letters, mimeographs, officer and committee lists, handwritten lists correspondence, certificate order form carbons

2641966Miscellaneous

Includes Sigma Xi certificates, insignia order forms, Boston College Installation programs

2651966-1967Correspondence

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, mimeographs, bank slips

2661966Correspondence

Includes correspondence, mimeographs, printed announcements, officer and committee lists, carbon copies of outgoing letters, handwritten notes, nomination lists, blank forms

2671966-1967Correspondence

Includes carbon copies of outgoing letters, correspondence, mimeographs, printed invitations, blank forms, Treasurer's Report

2681967National Annual Meeting

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

311967Correspondence

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

321968Correspondence

Includes correspondence, mimeographs, carbon copies of outgoing letters, nomination blank and lists, change of address cards

331967-1968Correspondence

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, mimeographs, nomination lists, hotel brochure, photocopy of handwritten list, other lists, handwritten notes, officer and committee lists

341969-1970Correspondence

Includes carbon copies of outgoing letters, correspondence, mimeographs, financial report forms, Executive Committee Minutes, nomination list, change of address forms

351967-1969Correspondence

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

361968-1971Miscellaneous

Includes Nominating Committee Report, nomination lists, mimeographs, Executive Committee minutes, officer and committee list, blank notification of membership

371969-1970Correspondence

Includes carbon copies of outgoing letters, mimeographs

381968-1969Correspondence

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, Treasurer's Report, nomination lists, printed program for Annual Convention, Proceedings of Annual Convention

391969-1970Correspondence

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

3101970Correspondence

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters

3111971Correspondence

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, handwritten notes

3121969-1971Correspondence

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

3131968-1970Correspondence

Includes correspondence, photocopied bank deposit slips, carbon copies of outgoing letters, photocopied check, handwritten notes, report of Nominating Committee, printed Initiation program, lists

3141971Correspondence

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

3151972Correspondence

Includes nomination list, carbon copies of outgoing letters, membership certificate order form, correspondence, handwritten notes

3161971Correspondence

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, Treasurer's Report, nomination lists

3171972-1973Correspondence

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

3181974Correspondence

Includes carbon copies of outgoing letters, Executive Committee Meeting minutes (handwritten), correspondence, nomination list

3191973-1974Correspondence for Recording Secretary

Includes Committee Questionnaire, handwritten notes, Annual Meeting Minutes, correspondence, Treasurer's Report, carbon copies of outgoing letters

3201974-1975Correspondence

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

3211973-1975Correspondence

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

3221976Correspondence

Includes correspondence, nominating committee selections

Series V. Membership 323UndatedMiscellaneous

Includes changes of address, address labels, single-sheet brochure

324UndatedGrants-in-Aid of Research

Includes information sheets, application blanks, statistical summaries

3251971Annual Convention

Includes printed program, minutes, Treasurer's Report, committee reports, President's Report

3261949-1955Membership Lists 32719561956 Roll 32819581958 Roll 32919591959 Roll 3301960-1963Addressograph Changes 3311960-1963Addressograph Changes 33219601960 Roll 33319611961 Roll 3341962-1964Addressograph Changes 3351962-1964Addressograph Changes 3361964-1966Additions to National Roll 33719621962 Roll 33819631963 Roll 3391963Additions to Roll

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters

3401964Additions to Roll

Includes correspondence, carbon copies of outgoing letters, handwritten notes

3411965-10National Roll 3421965-12National Roll 3431966National Roll 3441967Membership List 3451967-1968Membership List 3461967-1968National Lists 34719671967 Roll 34819681968 Roll 34919691969 Roll 3501968-1969Membership Lists 411969Membership Lists 421970Membership Lists 431970Membership Lists 441971Membership Lists 451974Miscellaneous National Sigma Xi associate to full membership

Includes correspondence, handwritten notes

71982Two copies of the Plantations Newsletter with Fuertes Prize essay Series VI. Administration 461963Manual of Procedure: incomplete, revised through 1963 471963Manual of Procedure: incomplete, revised through 1963 481966Manual of Procedure for Chapter and Club Officers of the Society of the Sigma Xi: revised through 1966 491966Manual of Procedure for Chapter and Club Officers of the Society of the Sigma Xi: revised through 1966 4101966Manual of Procedure for Chapter and Club Officers of the Society of the Sigma Xi: revised through 1966 4111966Manual of Procedure for Chapter and Club Officers of the Society of the Sigma Xi: revised through 1966 4121966Manual of Procedure update 4131969Manual of Procedure for Chapter and Club Officers of the Society of the Sigma Xi: revised through 1969 4141969Manual of Procedure for Chapter and Club Officers of the Society of the Sigma Xi: revised through 1969 4151973-1975Manuals of Procedure 4161897-1954By-Laws of the Alpha Chapter of the Society of the Sigma Xi 4171893-1904Constitution of the Society of the Sigma Xi 4181911-1912Report of the Committee for the Revision of the Constitution 4191922-1929Sigma Xi Constitution and By-Laws 4201936-1942Sigma Xi History, Constitution and By-Laws 421UndatedSigma Xi Song 4221888-1948Sigma Xi Yearbooks: incomplete set 4231953-1955The Society of the Sigma Xi and the Scientific Research Society of America (RESA) Official Information and Annual Reports 4241922-1970Alpha Chapter of the Society of Sigma Xi Initiation Programs: incomplete set 4251917Officers and Membership Prior to 1917 - Incomplete

Includes statistical forms

4261965General Information on Procedures

Includes correspondence, proposed revisions to Constitution

4271967-1976Officers, Committees, Nominations

Includes handwritten notes, nomination blank, mimeographs, reports

4281952-1953Proposed Consolidation of the Sigma Xi and RESA

Includes handwritten notes, correspondence, Resolution, carbon copies of outgoing letters

4291966-1973Information Concerning the Society of the Sigma Xi: for new members 4301901-1912Proceedings of the Annual Convention 4311942-1965Proceedings of the Annual Convention 4321970Proceedings of the Annual Convention 4331971Proceedings of the Annual Convention 4341973Proceedings of the Annual Convention 4351973Reports of Officers and Chairmen of Standing Committees to the 74th National Meeting 4361975Proceedings of the National Meeting 4371936Society of the Sigma Xi Semi-Centennial Celebration program 4381944Minutes 4391945Minutes 4401946Minutes 4411947Minutes 4421948Minutes 4431949Minutes 4441950Minutes 4451951Minutes 4461887-1953Presidential Addresses (incomplete) Series VII. Petitions 4471909-1913Petitions for new chapters of Sigma Xi 4481923-1926Petitions 4491931-1935Petitions 4501946-1948Petitions 511949Petitions 521950-1951Petitions 531952Petitions 541953Petitions 551953Petitions 561953Petitions 571954Petitions 581954Petitions 591965Petitions 5101965Petitions 5111966Petitions 5121968Petitions 5131969Petitions 5141972Petitions 5151973Petitions 5161982Petitions Series VIII. Nominations 5171925-1945Initiation Announcements 5181965Nominations A-D (completed forms) 5191965Nominations E-H 5201965Nominations I-L 5211965Nominations M-P 5221965Nominations R-U 5231965Nominations V-Z 5241965Unclaimed certificates 5251966Nominations 5261966Nominations 5271966Nominations 5281966Nominations 5291966Nominations 5301966Nominations 5311966Nominations 5321966Nominations 611967Nominations 621967Nominations 631967Nominations 641967Nominations 651967Nominations 661967Nominations 671967Nominations 681967Official Insignia and Order Forms 691968Unclaimed certificates, official insignia and order forms 6101968Nominations 6111968Nominations 6121968Nominations 6131968Nominations 6141968Nominations 6151968Nominations 6161968Nominations 6171968Nominations 6181968Nominations 6191967Nominations 6201967Nominations 6211967Nominations 6221967Nominations 6231969Official Insignia and Order Forms 6241969Unclaimed certificates 6251970Nominations 6261970Nominations 6271970Nominations 6281970Unclaimed Certificates 6291970Official Insignia and Order Forms 6301971Nominations 6311971Nominations 6321971Nominations 6331971Official Insignia and Order Forms, handwritten list of initiates Series IX. Volumes 71886-1901Vol I. Minutes of Cornell Chapter: 1st to 74th meetings 71901-1917Vol II. Minutes of Cornell Chapter: 75th to 205th meetings 71895Petition for Sigma Xi chapter, University of Cincinnati 71898Petition for Sigma Xi chapter, University of Cincinnati 71914The Aims and Objectives of the Society of the Sigma Xi 71887-1914Sigma Xi - Alpha Chapter Treasurer's Accounts 71914-1924Sigma Xi Cash Journal 71953-1964Journal of the Cornell Chapter 71964-1966Journal of the Cornell Chapter 71886-1936Sigma Xi Half-Century Record and History 7F-1923-1929Undated7 rolls of 35mm negative film: Sigma Xi signature book 11986Centennial Celebration