Guide to Fraternities and Greek Letter Societies Records , 1819-1997
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Fraternities and Greek Letter Societies: Records, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library.
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Organized into 21 series, alphabetically by fraternity name.
Report on Fraternities for the Committee on Policy of the Governing Boards. May 1967.
AIFC-IFC
Establishment of Bowdoin fraternities - reports
Report to the President from the Committee to review Fraternities (Henry Report). 1988.
Pledges to Presidents
"Bowdoin, Introduction to Fraternities", n.d., a brochure by the Bowdoin fraternities and the administration of the College
"Fraternities at Bowdoin College" [publication published 1975, 1981, 1982-1983]
"Bowdoin's Fraternities", published ca. 1990
Coeducation of fraternities
Racial descrimination in fraternities
"SOB: Sons of Bowdoin" [publication]
Correspondence
Fraternity review information
Fraternity Scholastic Standings and Average SAT Scores. 1963-1965.
"Fraternities Must Go," Bowdoin Alumnus May 1967.
"A Report from the Fraternity Presidents," Bowdoin Alumnus Winter 1968.
Rules for Fraternities
Bowdoin Plan
ASIFC
Report to the Student Council on the Subject of Delayed Initiations. 22 February 1949.
Clippings
Fraternity seals and stamps
Non-Bowdoin fraternities
Greek Letter Men of Boston [Owned by Charles Everett Sayward]
Constitution of the Social Fraternity (April 21, 1819)
Posters
White Key Records, 1945-1948.
"Unbewhiskered Wights....The White Key is ever wakeful!" 1930, broadside.
Correspondence
Invitations to members
Programs
71st Annual Convention of the Alpha Delta Phi. Montreal, 12-14 February 1903.
Songbooks
Posters
Oath and secret ritual
Dance booklets
"The Bowdoin Alpha Delt" [publication]
"Bowdoin Alpha Delta Phi in the World War"
"Alpha Delta Phi: Report of Condition" 10 June 1941.
"Alpha Delta Phi: Annual Record of the Bowdoin Chapter"
"The Star and Crescent" [publication]
Chapter history and miscellaneous printed ephemera
Newsclippings, 1989.
Catalogue of the Alpha Delta Phi 1832-1915
Bowdoin Alpha Delta Phi in the World War
Catalogue of the Alpha Delta Phi 1832-1966
Songs of Alpha Delta Phi
Alpha Delta Phi Songbook
Alpha Delta Phi Chapter phonograph records in an album, produced by University Records, New York (3 records, 10")
Alpha Delta Phi pins [5].
Alpha Delta Phi door plaque
Alpha Kappa Kappa
Report of the Seventh Convention of Alpha Kappa Kappa Fraternity held at Philadelphia, PA. January 2-3, 1902 (2 Copies)
Alpha Kappa Kappa pin.
Alumni letters: 1950s
Alumni letters: 1960s
Alumni letters: 1970s
Alumni letters: 1980s, 1990s
Alumni letters: n.d.
Alumni-Student Fraternity Planning Group
ARUC: Alpha Rho Upsilon Kitchen Co-operative
ARU News
"ARU Tattler"
Bowdoin mortgage
Certificates of membership & stationery
Charter, Clippings
Constitutions & By-Laws
Convocation speech 1987
Correspondence 1940-1979
Correspondence 1980-1990
Correspondence n.d.
Correspondence, re: service
Correspondence, re: affiliation with National Chapter
Correspondence, re: alcohol
Dining Service
Financial Information
Genealogies
GHCC
Heroes' List: 1971-1972
Heroes' List: 1973-1974
Heroes' List: 1974-1975
Heroes' List: 1975-1976
Heroes' List: 1976-1977
Heroes' List: 1977-1978
Heroes' List: 1981-1982: Jeniece Lerner, Chris Chronis, & Jon Albin
Heroes' List: 1983-1984
Heroes' List: 1984-1985
Heroes' List: 1986-1987
Heroes' List: 1987-1988: John Brodkin '89 & Dave Fitzgerald '89
Heroes' List: 1988-1989: Caragh Fitzgerald '90 & Nora Sturges '90
Heroes' List: 1989-1990: Richard Lindahl '91
Heroes' List: miscellaneous, n.d.
I.D. cards 1959-1962
I.D. cards Fall 1978
I.D. cards Fall 1981, October 1988
Images: 1960s, 1970s
Images: 1972-1976 photo-album (unbound)
Images: 1980s, n.d., negatives
Incorporation & early history
Initiation 1949
Initiation 1972 Fall
Initiation 1980 Fall
Initiation 1986 Spring
Initiation 1987 Fall
Initiation 1988 Spring
Initiation 1988 Fall
Initiation miscellaneous & n.d.
Interfraternity Council
Invitations
Kahn's key
Killer 1987 Spring
Lease & house plans
Litigious activities
Mechanic
Member profile 1987
Minutes 1963-1964
Minutes 1966
Minutes 1967
Minutes 1968
Minutes 1969
Minutes 1970
Minutes 1971
Minutes 1973
Minutes 1974
Minutes 1976
Minutes 1978
Minutes 1980
Minutes 1981
Minutes 1982
Minutes 1983
Minutes 1984
Minutes 1987-1988
Minutes 1989
Minutes n.d.
Notebooks (unbound) [1/3]
Notebooks (unbound) [2/3]
Notebooks (unbound) [3/3]
Officer elections, lists, etc.
Orientation
Original literature
Orski's improved handbook for Alpha Rho Upsilon treasurers
Petitions & proposals
Physical Plant
Posters
Printed ephemera
Programs
Questionnaires: Drop Class Spring 1989
Questionnaires: History
Questionnaires: Pledge
Questionnaires: miscellaneous
Residence information
Rush
Rush signs
Savage Wimps
Shenanigans
Shenanigans - "The Incident"
Shot-a-Minute
Skanko Comix: Andrew Keith Malcom Adam
Songs & Mystical Titles
Stocks
"Thorndike Roots"
Treasurer
Treasurer: account books
Alpha Rho Upsilon clippings
Images - photograph composites of members, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1984
Images - photograph composites of members, 1962, 1987-1989
Student Council Scholarship Cup, "retired by Alpha Rho Upsilon, June1955." On other side: "Awarded to Alpha Rho Upsilon, June 1954; Alpha Rho Upsilon, February 1955; Alpha Rho Upsilon, June 1955" [missing one handle and base is twisted].
Campus Chest Booth Carnival Award trophy won by Alpha Rho Upsilon, 1958.
3 wooden paddles: ARU paddle from Alpha Rho Upsilon; ARU paddle presented to Mary Thombs '85 from Margie Schneyer '85; ARU paddle presented to Geoff Bubb from John Kelley.
"The Eye: Beta Theta Pi"
"The Beta Sigma of Beta Theta Pi" [publication]
Invitations
Correspondence & stationery
Dance booklets, programs, & initiation material
[Beta Theta Pi's] Official Organ of the Fraternity (Vol. 28, No. 5, 1901 Apr)
Posters
"The Purple and Gold" [publication]
"The Purple and Gold" 1917-1964
Printed ephemera
Images and posters
Programs
Clippings
Chi Psi Songs
Posters
Chi Psi Newspaper Clippings Scrapbook, 1921-1936
Accounts Book
Banner, n.d.
Bond Correspondence, 1916
Bond Correspondence, 1916-
Bonds 1-250
Bonds 251-550
Correspondence, misc 1899-1910
Correspondence. Misc 1910-1986, n.d.
Correspondence Record, 1847
Delta Kappa Epsilon pins
Financial Documents and Correspondence, 1894-1900
Financial Documents and Correspondence, 1901-1921
Financial Documents and Correspondence, 1931-1965
Gustos' Book, 1844-1851
Hot Water Heating Proposal and Correspondence
Initiations, 1933-1963
Meeting Notes and Correspondence, Proposals
Meeting Notes Book, 1956-1958
Newsletters:Theta Chapter House, 1991-
Newsletters:Theta Chapter House, 1991-
Posters, 1890-1897, n.d.
Posters
Printed materials - miscellaneous, 1857-1899, n.d.
Printed materials - miscellaneous, 1900-1986, n.d.
Printed materials - miscellaneous, 1992- , n.d.
Publications - miscellaneous, 1966-
Punch bowl and matching silver plate; bowl engraved "Leonard F. Timberlake, Theta '09"
Receipts (1/2)
Receipts (2/2)
Record Book, v. 1, 1844-1847
Record Book, v. 2, 1847-1860
Record Book, v.3, 1860-1875
Record Book, v.4, 1875-1889
Record Book, v.5, 1889-1898
Record Book, v.6, 1898-1908
Record Books, 1844-1875 and Register: Theta - Delegations, Class of 1845-Class of 1861, v.1-4 (35 mm, 1 reel)
Register: Theta - Delegations, Class of 1845-Class of 1861
Registration Book for Mortgages, 1900
Sills Chapter Room Donations (1/2)
Sills Chapter Room Donations (2/2)
Songs of Theta of Delta Kappa Epsilon, 1899
The Thetonian, 1933-
Theta of Delta Kappa Epsilon: The Story of Sixty Years, 1844-1904, published 1904
Treasurer's Book v.1 1899-1904
Treasurer's Book v.2 1905-1911
Treasurer's Book v.3 1911-1923
Administrative material, 1955-1956, 1968-1970
Audit reports and insurance papers, 1971-1976
Correspondence, 1964-1988, n.d.
Delta Sigma House history, n.d.
Delta Sigma News [publication], 1963 May - 1964 Winter
Delta Sigma Newsletter, 1968 Mar - 1970 Spring
Flyers, 1973, 1978, 1987, n.d.
Incorporation documents, 1951
Invitations and initiation material, 1969, n.d.
Lecture series posters, 1987, 1988, n.d.
Poster, n.d.
Promissory notes to Delta Sigma signed by Bowdoin students, 1955-1961, n.d.
Secretaries' minutes, 1953 Apr 8 - 1957 Apr 10
Wooden paddles: one presented to Ken Carpenter (1958) from Alan Peterson (1960); one presented to Ken Carpenter (1958) from Paul Gardner (1961)
"The Polar Bear" [publication]
Bowdoin Chapter of Delta Upsilon: Alumni Report. 1911, 1917-1918.
Bowdoin DU Talk. 2 November 1961.
Press releases
"The Delta Upsilon Quarterly." 1892.
Posters
Material from confrontation with National Chapter on racial discrimination.
Invitations
Correspondence
Printed ephemera
Dance booklets and programs
Delta Upsilon Book of Songs
The Manual of Delta Upsilon
Records of meetings of stockholders, 1903-1937, 1963, 1999
Delta Upsilon pin
Alpha Kappa Sigma [formerly known as Kappa Sigma] Fall Rushing Booklet. 1966-1968.
Alumni Correspondence
Codes & rules
Dance booklets
Financial Documents
"History of Alpha Rho"
Images
Material from confrontation with National Chapter on racial descrimination.
Posters
Printed stock certificate, 1927
Programs & invitations
Publications
Treasurer's information
Miscellaneous
Kappa Sigma Meeting Minutes 1921-1945, 1961-1963
A History of the Alpha-Rho Chapter of Kappa Sigma 1895-1945 (3 Copies)
The Caduceus of Kappa Sigma (Vol. 33, 1917-18)
Kappa Sigma Annual Alumni Letter (1916, 1918-1931).
"Kappa Sigma: A History 1869-1929"
Biographical Records, Classes of 1895-1901
Alpha Rho Roll Book, 1895-1964
Meeting Minutes, 1909-1913
Meeting Minutes, 1913-1921
Meeting Minutes, 1946-1961
Kappa Sigma House Corporation Receipts and Expenditures, 1928-1942
Kappa Sigma banner
Posters
Phi Chi.
Posters (1910-1940, n.d.)
Phi Chi horn: "The Ponderous Gewgaw that made Gomorrah Hum."
Phi Chi metal noisemaker from the 1890s.
Phi Chi bone from [18]97.
Phi Delta Psi
Phi Delta Psi ["Bulletin Setting forth the Status of the Phi Delta Psi Fraternity and Bowdoin College"]
Phi Theta Upsilon
Petition of the Phi Theta Upsilon Fraternity to re-establish the Alpha Eta of the Chi Psi Fraternity.
Minutes of the Meetings of the Phi Theta Upsilon Fraternity. 1916-1918.
Charter Record Book. 1923.
Minutes of the Meetings of Pi Delta Epsilon, Bowdoin Chapter, established May 27, 1922.
Organized by type (i.e. correspondence in one group, memorabilia in another), and within type ordered chronologically.
"The Diamond of Psi Upsilon" Summer 1968.
Dance booklets
Printed ephemera
Posters
Fliers
Business Receipts, 1931-1938
Business Receipts, 1933-1936
Business Receipts, 1939-1941
Business Receipts, 1941-1942
Business Receipts, 1946-1949
Executive Council Meeting Minutes, 1910-1918
Executive Council Meeting Minutes, 1938-1939
Executive Council Meeting Minutes, 1946-1948
Miscellaneous
The Tenth General Catalogue of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity 1888.
Songs of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity
Oration and Poem Delivered at the Public Literary Exercises of the 61st Convention of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity Held with the Kappa Chapter, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, May 16-17, 1894.
Directory of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity, 1931 Apr
Book of Correspondence, 1843-1847
Correspondence Scrapbook, 1843-1849
Correspondence Scrapbook, 1850-1860
Correspondence Scrapbook, 1860-1873
Correspondence Scrapbook, 1873-1875
Correspondence Scrapbook, 1876-1879
Correspondence Scrapbook, 1884-1892
Correspondence Scrapbook, 1892-1899
Correspondence Scrapbook, 1899-1907
Chapter Correspondence File, 1914-1918
Memorabilia Scrapbook, 1843-1879
Memorabilia Scrapbook, 1859-1889
Memorabilia Scrapbook, 1874-1892
Memorabilia Scrapbook, 1878-1898
Memorabilia Scrapbook ["Odds and Ends"], 1915-1928
Treasurer's Book, 1857-1862
Chapter Book (Constitution of Psi Upsilon, 1903; signed class rosters, 1904-1992)
Kappa Chapter Constitution, 1904
Chapter Guest Book, 1910-1948
Kappa Chapter Business Records (taxes; employees), 1936-1940
Chapter Annual Reports to Executive Council, 1933-1958
Receptaculum Omnium Rerum De Societates Psi Upsilon, 1842-1848
Psi Upsilon Scrapbook of all Chapter Resolutions, 1853-1890
Omega Phi Constitution and Meeting Minutes, 1842-1843
Kappa Chapter Meeting Minutes, 1843-1853
Kappa Chapter Meeting Minutes, 1874-1878
Kappa Chapter Meeting Minutes, 1882-1885
Kappa Chapter Meeting Minutes, 1885-1889
Kappa Chapter Meeting Minutes, 1888-1890
Kappa Chapter Meeting Minutes, 1890-1895
Kappa Chapter Meeting Minutes, 1910-1915
Kappa Chapter Meeting Minutes, 1915-1922
Kappa Chapter Meeting Minutes, 1922-1932
Kappa Chapter Meeting Minutes, 1932-1948
Kappa Chapter Meeting Minutes, 1955-1956
Correspondence, 1902-1913
Correspondence, 1914-1916
Correspondence, 1917-1938
Correspondence, 1939-1940
Correspondence, 1946-1948
Invitations, 1870-1914
Invitations, 1915-1918
Correspondence and Invitations, miscellaneous
First National Bank Checks, 1937-1938
Record Box Cover, 1911-1916
Roster, 1930s-1940s
Posters
Psi Upsilon pin [2].
Primarily organized by type and then within each type ordered chronologically.
Rush Week booklets
Beta Chi's petition for Charter from Sigma Nu fraternity. 1918.
Invitations & programs
Clippings & fliers
Material from confrontation with National Charter on racial discrimination.
Correspondence, 1922-1927, 1946, 1960-1965
Correspondence, 1966-1968
Correspondence, 1969-June 1970
Correspondence, July 1970-1971
Sigma Nu House Corporation Treasurer Reports and Budgets, 1950-1971
Sigma Nu House Corporation Meeting Minutes, 1962-1971
House Corporation Agreements, 1951-1971
Sigma Nu Special Votes, 1951-1967
"History of Delta Psi Chapter of Sigma Nu"
Codes & Constitutions
Applications for Membership, 1965-1968
Membership Qualifications, 1966
Demit Cards, 1966
Room & Board Agreements, 1968-1970
Financial Obligations, n.d.
Deposit Slips, 1959-1967, n.d.
Bank Statements, 1961-1966
Bank Statements, 1967-1970
Tax Records, 1969-1970
Budget Notes, 1961-1970
Treasurer Tools, n.d.
Receipts and Bills, 1961-1964
Receipts and Bills, 1964-1970
Publications, 1964-1969
Stationery (24 x 14 cm) with Delta Psi Sigma Nu letterhead
Miscellaneous
Delta Psi [of Sigma Nu] News May 1946
The Delta [published by Sigma Nu] v.38, n.2, December 1920.
The Delta [published by Sigma Nu] v.38, n.3, March 1921.
[Sigma Nu's] The Way of Honor
Beta Chi House Corporation Meeting Minutes, 1919-1922, Sigma Nu House Corporation Meeting Minutes, 1922-1962
Delta Psi Meeting Minutes, 1959-1969
Delta Psi Meeting Minutes, 1960-1968
Delta Psi Meeting Minutes, 1968-1971
Delta Psi Receipt Book, 1963-1964
Delta Psi Receipt Book, 1964-1965
Delta Psi Receipt Book, 1965-1967
Delta Psi Receipt Book, 1968-1971
Delta Psi Receipt Book, unused
Stanford's Map of Italy including Sicily, Sardinia & Corsica
"Restorations of Classical Buildings" by Gorham Phillips Stevens, 1958
Pledge Records, 1959
Pledge Records, 1963-1965
Pledge Records, 1964-1966
Pledge Records, 1966-1970
Pledge Records, 1967-1969
Expense Book with business addresses, 1959-1964
Check Stubs, 1966-1969
First National Bank check binder, 1963-1966
First National Bank check binder, 1969-1971
Photo Album, 1938
Delta Psi Account Book, 1962-1964
Delta Psi Account Book, 1964-1965
Delta Psi Account Book, 1966-1968
Delta Psi Account Book, 1968-1969
Delta Psi Account Book, unused
Sigma Nu House Corporation embosser
Invitations, 1800s
Posters, 1800s?
The ETA-TA, 1941, 1965
"Eta Plans a New Home at Bowdoin," 1939
Dance booklets, 1907, 1908
Printed ephemera, 1800s-1960s
History of the Eta Charge of Theta Delta Chi, handwritten, n.d.
Theta Delta Chi Eta Charge Member Book, 1943-1964
[Theta Delta Chi's] The Shield (Vol. 10, No. 3), 1894 Sep
Theta Delta Chi's Scrapbook 1941-1945
"The Circle of Zeta Psi," 1924 Oct
"The Circle of Zeta Psi," 1925 Feb, Mar, Apr, Nov
"The Circle of Zeta Psi," 1926 Jun
"The Circle of Zeta Psi," 1927 Jun
"The Circle of Zeta Psi," 1928 Jun
"The Circle of Zeta Psi," 1951 Sep
Correspondence, 1931, 1960s, n.d.
Dance booklets, 1906, 1935
History of the Lambda Chapter of the Zeta Psi Fraternity of North America: One Hundredth Anniversary 1867-1967
History of the Lambda Chapter of the Zeta Psi Fraternity of North America: One Hundredth Anniversary 1867-1967
Invitations and programs, 1893-1967, n.d.
"Lambda Notes," 1926, 1927
Posters, 1889-1977, n.d.
Posters
Printed ephemera, 1901, 1967, n.d.
Report of the convention of the Grand Chapter of Zeta Psi North America, 1926 Jun
Roster of Members of the Lambda Chapter of the Zeta Psi Fraternity of North America Since its Founding at Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine in 1867
Songs of the Zeta Psi Fraternity
Story of Zeta Psi
Zeta Psi coat patch and tie clip
Zeta Psi pin, Elroy O. LaCasce Jr. (Class of 1944)
Beta Beta
Non-Bowdoin Societies
Dance cards, 1930-1933, n.d.
Newsletter, Maine Delta Omega DODO, 1930-1940
Phi Kappa Alpha pin.