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My chapter temporarily closed in the mid 80s and, in the mid 90s, an alumni found some of the chapter's composites being sold at a garage sale. By shear luck, they were saved.
I suggest going through the material that you have. There should be some documents, composites, etc. providing names of members and founders of your sorority. Jot some of the names down and contact your college's alumni office and get their addresses and phone numbers and just call them and ask them for help in winding up your organization, including taking the memorabilia and storing documents and material.
If your organization was incorporated as a nonprofit corporation or was formally organized as an association, you may have some legal obligations regarding dissolving the organization and retaining records for a period of time. Get legal help and advice about this. Your college may have an attorney on staff to give legal advice to students - take advantage of that. If they don't, go in and see the dean of students and ask for assistance and advice on what you need to do legally to wind up your organization. In other words, since your college has decided to terminate your organization, they should be willing to help you do this in a proper manner. If the dean will not help, try to get some advice from the professors at your business school on what to do, assuming there is a business college. As a first resource, it is almost certain that one of your sorority's alumna is an attorney. Find out who she is and ask her to help and advise, preferably without charge.
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