Sororities at Pitt around 1925-1940

[AngelPhiSig]

Does anyone know how to find out which sororities were at Pitt from 1925-1940?

My grandma seems to think that my "Aunt Mae" (I dont know what she really is to me, I think my great aunt?) was a member of a sorority at Pitt.

I know that Phi Sig's Iota chapter was at Pitt, but I am not sure of any other orgs and wanted to check out what was there and start my sleuthing!

[pktcougar]

Their yearbooks are available in their online archives... Ive done research for my fraternity with them

[pktcougar]

http://digital.library.pitt.edu/d/do...yearbooks.html

[lovespink88]

Originally Posted by AngelPhiSig

Does anyone know how to find out which sororities were at Pitt from 1925-1940?

My grandma seems to think that my "Aunt Mae" (I dont know what she really is to me, I think my great aunt?) was a member of a sorority at Pitt.

I know that Phi Sig's Iota chapter was at Pitt, but I am not sure of any other orgs and wanted to check out what was there and start my sleuthing!

Irishpipe's NPC recruitment thread is always good for this kind of thing


According to that it looks like these chapters were on campus:


Zeta Tau Alpha 1915-1965
Delta Delta Delta 1916-present
Delta Zeta Omicron 1916-present
Alpha Xi Delta 1918-1935
Pi Beta Phi 1918-1931
Kappa Kappa Gamma 1919-present
Chi Omega 1919-present
Alpha Delta Pi 1920-1942/1946-present
Alpha Epsilon Phi 1920-present
Kappa Delta 1920-1933/1979-present
Phi Mu 1920-1961
Delta Phi Epsilon 1922-1944/1966-present
Theta Phi Alpha 1922-present
Beta Phi Alpha 1924-1941 (National absorbed by Delta Zeta)
Phi Sigma Sigma 1924-1974
Sigma Sigma Sigma 1949-1964/1977-present
Sigma Delta Tau 1950-present

Looks like Kappa Alpha Theta might have been on campus as well, however, some of the dates were missing:

Kappa Alpha Theta Alpha Omega 1915-?/?-1999

[honeychile]

I'm fairly certain that Kappa Alpha Theta closed to recolonize in the late 1980s or early 1990s.

A qualification of ADPi closing in the 1940s: The entire chapter quit school to help with the war effort. After WWII, the chapter recolonized with a bang!


ETA: I just reread the original post. Is your "aunt" Maybelle Meals?

[naraht]

Originally Posted by honeychile

A qualification of ADPi closing in the 1940s: The entire chapter quit school to help with the war effort. After WWII, the chapter recolonized with a bang!

I've seen situations in my Fraternity (Alpha Phi Omega) and others where this happened and the Fraternity didn't consider the chapter inactive, especially since a significant number of brothers came back in the 1945-46 school year and picked up where they left off.

[KillarneyRose]

Originally Posted by lovespink88

Delta Zeta Omicron 1916-present

That's Delta Zeta, Omicron Chapter (installed on January 21, 1916; see? I still remember things I learned as a pledge!)

AngelPhiSig, it is so nice to see you back here!

[amIblue?]

Not a Kappa.

[honeychile]

Has anyone else tried the yearbook site? I cannot believe how slow it is!

[glittergal1985]

Theta Phi Alpha has a Margaret Pierce, but her chapter isn't listed.

[pktcougar]

Originally Posted by honeychile

Has anyone else tried the yearbook site? I cannot believe how slow it is!

It's moody with its speed

[AngelPhiSig]

Originally Posted by KillarneyRose

That's Delta Zeta, Omicron Chapter (installed on January 21, 1916; see? I still remember things I learned as a pledge!)

AngelPhiSig, it is so nice to see you back here!

Im glad to be back... driving my husband crazy. Yeah, in my "down time" I became a married lady with teenage step-daughters. Well, I guess I came back every once in a while... but not like this!

[ChioLu]

Check the Chi Omega member search and there's no one with the last name Pierce initiated at our Pitt chapter (Phi Beta).

[AZTheta]

Here's info about the Theta chapter at Pitt: established 1915, active until 1987; re-established 1988, and closed in 1999. Don't have any details other than those dates.

So Theta was active during the dates the OP was looking at; if you pm me, I'll search to see if your Aunt Mae was a Theta.

irishpipes might wish to update her thread with this info, which is accurate.

[lovespink88]

Originally Posted by AzTheta

So Theta was active during the dates the OP was looking at; if you pm me, I'll search to see if your Aunt Mae was a Theta.

Didn't even think about that...I can check for Alpha Xi Delta, if you'd like!