Fraternity History

[Rudey]

AEPi's brief history is on our website. We also have a very large book with our history and chapter history's. Often chapters post their individual histories on their individual websites. Anyway our pledge manual thanks DU because they helped a bit I believe.

-Rudey

[moe.ron]

Link to the history of SigEp

You Can Read The First Chapter of the History Book

Then there is the member's manual which also have the history of the fraternity.

[MysticCat]

Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia has a very active national historian. Our Centennial History, published a few years ago, very quickly sold out. Articles on our history regularly appear in our national magazine (“The Sinfonian”), and our national website (which is soon to receive a desperately needed revamp) has a growing “History/Archives” page. Our membership manual, "Themes for Brotherhood," also has a lot of historical information.

[Tom Earp]

You can check this link and go from there:



http://www.lambdachi.org/fraternity/

The only Histry Book was written by Chuck Pyser, a Professor of U. Of The South, Sawanee in Tenn.

A new one is supposed to come out in 2009.

[Erik P Conard]

The late John Robson wrote a nice history Sig Ep. Robson was a
longtime editor of Baird's Manual. Uncle Billy Phillips plus the
Sigma Phi+ E interesting. The Pirate story of Chi Psi intriguing,
and the Noble Leslie DeVotie of SAE...was he really a preacher's
kid who fell off the gangplank? And Miss Lucy..and so on..
And the Constantine Chapel...poignant, memorable, on and on.
...most pledge manuals have an interesting account,
and some fraterinities have published massive chronicles. Some
even have elaborate histories of one particular chapter...So,
Greek histories are replete with meaning...know yours, do.

[Beryana]

Originally posted by AOIIsilver
AOII Has a Centennial History book with the periods of fraternity development divided by level of activity. Many articles from our founders. Wonderful stuff.

Silver

To elaborate on what Silver said (especially since she's sitting right next to me!), in honor of our magazine's 100th anniversary coming next year articles are also being reprinted from the early years. Silver has also volunteered us to write some articles on our founders as we are doing our personal research into their lives, the early years, etc.

Regarding having an historian, AOII has had one since the beginning. This position is appointed, but a staff member heads up the archives (not solely as archivist, though).

Sarah

P.S. I have met Craig and he is really nice and concerned for the history of DU and the artefacts y'all have.

[TxAPhi]

This thread talks a lot about inter/national history and having a staff member at your Executive Office that helps coordinate archives.

The Alpha Phi EO also has a professional archivist in charge of historical record organization and preservation.

Has anyone had luck preserving your individual chapter history --- old scrapbooks nearing 100 years old, old pictures, documents, letters. Any chapter ever hire an archivist for you local chapter's history? Worked with an expert at a local history center? Any tips, ideas, resources?

[honeychile]

Alpha Delta Pi is all about history!

Our recently decease Grand President Eremitus, Miss Maxine Blake, wrote a three volume book entitled Loyally, which details the start of the Adelphean Society - the first secret society for college women founded at the first college for women in the United States.

In 2001, Sisters was published as a tribute to our first 150 years. As our website is in the process of being revamped, our history is found here, for starters, and then you can scroll through the other parts of our heritage in the column marked:

Heritage
Founders
Symbols of Sisterhood
History
The Creed of Alpha Delta Pi

and so on.

To be an Alpha Delta Pi is to realize that you share a special heritage!

[hoosier]

The Teke's actually have a Natl. officer called "Grand Histor".

When the 50th Anniv. came up in 1949, the Grand Histor, Leland F. Leland, owned a printing company, and he produced a fabulous "Golden Book" of TKE History, illustrated with fancy art.

When the 100th came around in 1999, there was talk about a history, but no action that I heard of.

A copy of the Golden Book was sent to every campus library where TKE had a chapter in 1949, and may still be there (probably unopened)

[KSigkid]

Kappa Sigma has an historian, as well as deputy historians to help with the compiling of the fraternity's history.

There are a few books out, put out by the fraternity, that detail Kappa Sig's history. All are interesting reads, especially "Kappa Sigma: A History 1869-1929" by Finis K. Farr, a Past Worthy Grand Master (highest post in the fraternity) and historian.

[MysticCat]

Don't know why I didn't add this in my earlier thread, but a short history can be found on our (finally updated and much-better-than-it-used-to-be) website here.

[honeychile]

Originally posted by TxAPhi
This thread talks a lot about inter/national history and having a staff member at your Executive Office that helps coordinate archives.

The Alpha Phi EO also has a professional archivist in charge of historical record organization and preservation.

Has anyone had luck preserving your individual chapter history --- old scrapbooks nearing 100 years old, old pictures, documents, letters. Any chapter ever hire an archivist for you local chapter's history? Worked with an expert at a local history center? Any tips, ideas, resources?

That's pretty impressive! There is so much information available on archival resources anymore, that training a few sisters may be a less expensive way to go. I know that I use an archival spray on some of my photos and some documents, and most scrapbooks are archival-friendly anymore.

If you have a craft store that specializes in scrapbooking, that would be a good place to ask. Online, this site might help you.

[TxAPhi]

Originally posted by honeychile
If you have a craft store that specializes in scrapbooking, that would be a good place to ask. Online, this site might help you.

Thanks for the link!


Here's a tip I saw in the Austin paper -

Some readers recommended archival preservative sprays in lieu of archival sleeves to the woman who wanted to save newspaper pages. Cheryl Carrabba of Carrabba Conservation, a preservation and conservation company, recommends Bookkeeper Spray if you choose to use spray. This spray neutralizes acid and slows deterioration of the paper. Pick some up at Light Impressions, (800) 828-6216 or www.lightimpressionsdirect.com.

And what about that homemade recipe which calls for soaking newsprint overnight in a solution of one Milk of Magnesia tablet in one quart of club soda? Soaking precious newspaper pages in this solution will neutralize the acid but it may also irreversibly damage the properties of the paper and ink, warns Carrabba. I would not try it on irreplaceable items.