Finding out More About Sigma Nu History
 

Alright everyone, I have another question... where's some good sources to read more about the history of Sigma Nu? I'm abit of a history buff and have already gone through the national website, wikipedia and what's in LEAD Phase 1. ...I'm hoping that maybe there's something more in Lead Phase 2... but, since we're only a colony and have been around for a year, don't know anything about that yet. Thanks for y'alls help.

Off the top of my head, there are a couple of books which you can occasionally find on ebay. I also know that former Grand Regent Nymann at the '02 Grand Chapter (or around then) said some words to the Grand Historian encouraging him to get started on a new history book.

I'm also aware of a project that happened around 2 years ago which was supposed to greatly amend the history part of the LEAD book.

I am not a Sigma Nu.

On www.abebooks.com, I did a search of "Sigma Nu" (in the quotes) and found a lot of used books that might be of assistance to you.

Some good reading here, Daniel:

http://greekchat.com/gcforums/showthread.php?t=14926

I found it a while back when going through the pages of older threads. Hope this helps your quest for info!

-J

Look for "The Story of Sigma Nu" on ebay, it is a pretty exhaustive account of the Fraternity's development up until 1927ish. There is also an updated version I found in the library at Headquarters that goes up to the 70s. I can't remember what its called unfortunately.

The Story of Sigma Nu has a ton of fascinating details of the very early years of the fraternity, particularly the difficulties involved in attempting to run a multi-chapter organization in the days of a horse powered postal service. I remember one serious problem where the fraternity was unable to locate the Regent in order to sign a charter for the only remaining active chapter other then Alpha, and the delay almost cost them the chapter's affiliation.

There is alot of great pictures of the founders and early members, and tons of primary source details like a scan of the original bylaws of Alpha chapter, transcripts of letters between the early chapters, ect. As a History Major I nearly wet myself with glee. The book gets pretty boring near the end once the organization is better established, and it devolves into an excruciating account of the dates each chapter was founded, ect.

This Delta is a must own. Great read:

http://www.sigmanufraternity.org/doc...delta_1999.pdf