places to find history of sororities and fraternities
 

OK folks, I need some very major help quickly. Where can I find information on history of fraternities and sororities on campuses? For instance, UGA, UT, Indiana, U of Florida, Ole Miss? Any help is incredibly appreciated.

I can point you to one for Shippensburg and one for Dartmouth. Does that help? :)

Re: places to find history of sororities and fraternities
 

Are you seeking campus SPECIFIC information or historical information about a specific group on a specific campus?

The current Phi Mu History Book is a great resource for information about Phi Mu chapters, even on individual campuses.

i've never seen a Baird's manual, but wouldn't that book have a bunch on info?

Do those schools have a student life section to their websites? Look around for a link to clubs and organizations, and there might be links to each individual group's site? If nothing else, just Google the group on which you want information?

It has more info on the individual fraternities & sororities rather than who did what at a particular school.

anyhoo H, in case these help:

http://taulambda.tripod.com/aopitaulambda/id15.html

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~atheta/cfs-history.html

histories/Baird's
 

so far as I know, only Baird's manual features histories of the
various social, professional, educational, etc. greek groups.
Most larger libraries generally have a copy, there were several
editions. To try to find one source for every campus and each
group would be an impossible task...thousands upon thousands
of histories...then when once considers the defunct ones, and the
newbies...cannot imagine even trying....

If I had a Bairds, that would be great, but unfortunately, I don't, and the nearest library to me that does, is like 2 hours.

Thanks all for the suggestions.

shadowkat, is your reference correct, PhillY?

Bairds as Erik said only lists Chapters over various Greek Organizations, not by individuals of the Chapters.

Now, the problem is, What School are you looking into?

Once again, I am sure if you fill in a little more, there are many on here will bust a gut to help you find a link that you can get to!

Be More Specific. Please!

Can You narrow it down? A specific Soroity and school!

Many times National Organizations have them on their Sites but you have to be a member to access it!

Our public library branch has a copy of Baird's. If a university library is too far away, check with the public library. I was surprised to find it at my local branch.

I'm looking for the Baird's information on Delta Phi Epsilon...all of it :) Diamond Delta has offered to look it up. If I could get it online, that would also rock. Any help is appreciated, and I'm happy to pay for copying, mailing, etc.

Thanks all!

Have you contacted alumnae from the chapters that interest you? They can be a great source of information.

Deefer/Baird's
 

I will copy from my Baird's the history of Delta Phi Epsilon if you
will send me, e-mail, your snail mail address. Perhaps you have
it already, but just in case...no charge.
John Robson, a very erudite and nice Sig Ep, had chosen me to help him with the next edition of Baird's...he having been a long
time editor. Robson died suddenly, a great loss to Sig Ep and to
the Greek world. He also wrote widely on the Greeks plus did the
Sig Ep pledge manual.

Re: Deefer/Baird's
 

Will there be a new Baird's manual comming out soon?

Actually, I finally found the info I need. Thank you all for your offers!

God, what we wont do for a Fellow GreeK!

ShadowKat, good luck in your search!:)

You have finally found out What Uncle Erik is really about!:D

He will do anything for a fellow Greek.:cool:

Now pray tell did you find it?

It could be of help to us all!:)

Also, check Greek Pages

It's good to have friends at the HQs is all I'll say :) They had two books that helped me with all I needed.

++++++++++++= for your tenasity!

Most times, the Hdq can be the largest help. Old "Pledge Manuals" or Directories!:)

Good For You!:cool:

I've been wanting to find specific dates for when Delta Zeta was on various campuses. Any ideas where I can find that? I've found a little bit on the university websites, but not much. I guess I'm more interested in the chapters that no longer exist. No particular reason. Just bored and curious about history!

dz-campi
 

Heather....if you will e-mail me with the campus names, I will
check my Bairds and tell you when the DZ lamp was burnin'
Uncle E

I have a Baird's...
 

I have the last one printed in 1990 and access to the other 20 editions through some fellow greeks. There are no plans to reprint/re-research anytime soon. They are still sitting on a good amount of inventory and at $89.95, they ain't moving fast. No doubt the next edition will be a cd-rom but that could be 5 years or more.

Denise

I e-mailed you but I am not sure if you got it. My list has 280 Chapters with dates.

I think the reason they're sitting isn't just the price, but that they took a lot of stuff out and they suck compared to the edition directly before it. I know that our info in the 1990 edition was the same as in the previous, and I'm sure that updates were submitted.