Chi Phi, Xi chapter records, 1875-1996.
Collection Number: 37-4-1990

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Chi Phi, Xi chapter records, 1875-1996.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
37-4-1990
Abstract:
Records of Chi Phi, Xi chapter.
Creator:
Chi Phi (Fraternity). Xi Chapter (Cornell University)
Appel, Theodore Burton, 1871-1937.
Quanitities:
5 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Access Restrictions:

Access to blueprints for the house renovation restricted to the written (or e-mail) permission of the President of Chi Phi, Xi Chapter or the Chi Phi, Xi Chapter Alumni Association President .
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Cite As:

Chi Phi, Xi chapter records, #37-4-1990. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Includes scrapbooks regarding Chi Phi activities; Craigielea Memorial Education Fund, Inc. correspondence, 1947-1979, and file book, 1983-1985; material on the chapter house; Chapter House Association file books, 1979-1987; checkbooks; pictures of Chi Phi plaques; published history CHRONICLES OF CHI PHI, by Dr. Theodore B. Appel, 1939, and revised version, 1993; and other records of Chi Phi, Xi Chapter at Cornell University. Also renovation plans for the chapter house by William Henry Miller and Arthur N. Gibb, ca. 1895.
Biographical / Historical

The Xi chapter of Chi Phi was founded at Cornell University in 1868. The fraternity house is known as Craigielea, built for the fraternity in 1890 and designed by William H. Miller '72.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Gibb, Arthur N.
Miller, William Henry, 1848-1922.
Craigielea Memorial Education Fund
Cornell University -- : Societies, etc.
Cornell University -- : Students.
Subjects:
Greek letter societies.
Form and Genre Terms:
Scrapbooks.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 1
Scrapbook
 1875-1885
Box 1
Scrapbook
 1890-1906
Box 1
Scrapbook
 1892-1898
Box 2
Craigielea Memorial Educational Fund, Inc. Correspondence
 Mar. 1947-June 1959
Box 2
Chi Phi New Building Special File
 1951-1969
Box 2
Book: Record of Bonds: Chi Phi Chapter House Association
 1900
Box 2
Book of Chi Phi Checks
 1904-1911
Box 2
Book of Chi Phi Checks
 1912-1916
Box 3
Chi Phi New Building Program Alumni Responses
 1968
Box 3
Craigielea Memorial Scholarship Grant
 n.d.
Box 3
Chi Phi Memorial Plaques: Pictures
 n.d.
Box 3
Chi Phi Renovation Feasibility Study, Magnitude of Cost Estimate, June 7, 1968. Anton J. Egner & Associates
 1968
Box 3
Chi Phi Chapter House Association correspondence
 Nov. 1960-June 1979
Box 4
Chi Phi Chapter House Association correspondence
 Nov. 1960-June 1979
Box 5
Chapter House Association file books
 1979-1985
Box 5
Craigielea Educational Fund, Inc.
 1983-1985
Box 6
Chapter House Association file books, Craigielea Educational Fund, Inc. records, and Craigielea Memorial Scholarship Grant records
 1979-1987
Box 7
Craigielea Educational Fund, Inc.
 n.d.
Box 8 MU-2477
Craigielea Memorial Fund seal
Mapcase Folder 1
Oversize items
Renovation plan is restricted
Restricted