Antique / Unique GLO Treasures

[thetygerlily]

If you have come across any fantastic finds, whether antique or just plain cool, post them here so we can all "ooh" and "ahh" in their glory. Could be from your organization or another GLO- think jewelry, badges, books, framable items, or other memorabilia. Pictures please!

Note: This is a spin-off of the Badge Trends thread.

[thetygerlily]

Here is an Alpha Gamma Delta cookbook I found in an antique shop this weekend. I initially picked it up due to the cover (not knowing it was published by AGD), expecting to find funny anectdotes that you may expect from a 1934 "The College Woman's Cook Book". Some of the pages in the back of the cookbook are damaged, but otherwise it's in good condition.

The cover and title page. I'm curious- is the lantern a symbol of AGD that isn't ringing a bell for some reason? It makes for a beautiful cover.


A story of AGD's summer camps (where I'm guessing the proceeds were donated?) and the index:


The first page of recipes:

[oldu]

I have a library of college and fraternity materials. The oldest is the October 1829 Brunonian of Brown University. This 180 year old publication is issue #4 of a literary magazine that ultimately became the Brown University yearbook. The second oldest is the 1833 Catalogue of Officers & Students of Williams College in which all of the founders of Delta Upsilon are listed. It is on loan to the D U national headquarters. Another very prized possession is the First Edition of Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities, published in 1879. I now have in excess one hundred items more than one hundred years old and am actively seeking more. I do not have any sorority materials that old, mainly because most sororities are much younger and did not publish much early. However, I do have an 1889 yearbook from Wellesley College.

[AZ-AlphaXi]

I have Alpha Xi Delta pledge manuals from 1932 and 1950. Both include sample pledge tests and sample pledge class lessons.

[OleMissGlitter]

Very neat and interesting cookbook. I found this book online the other night. Does anyone know if this is the first book by Baird? Just curious.
http://books.google.com/books?id=8f4...age&q=&f=false

[OleMissGlitter]

Moved this post from Badge Trends to here.

This seller has a bunch of engravings for sale. I am pretty sure he is the same one I bought an AOII engravings from a couple of years ago.

On Ebay right now:


Item # 250535481783

Here is my AOII one from a couple of years ago.

[naraht]

Originally Posted by OleMissGlitter

Very neat and interesting cookbook. I found this book online the other night. Does anyone know if this is the first book by Baird? Just curious.
http://books.google.com/books?id=8f4...age&q=&f=false

No, this is the fifth edition in 1898. It says so on the title page and on page v it describes each of the editions. (But still quite fun to read) I'd love to see the contents of the first edition in 1879.

A mapping of the year to edition can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baird%2...e_Fraternities

Looks like the ones that google has up are
Fifth- 1898 http://books.google.com/books?id=8f4BAAAAYAAJ
Seventh - 1912 http://books.google.com/books?id=_f4SAAAAIAAJ
Ninth - 1920 http://books.google.com/books?id=2iErAAAAYAAJ

[crescent&pearls]

Originally Posted by thetygerlily

A story of AGD's summer camps (where I'm guessing the proceeds were donated?) and the index:

That's really interesting, I'mm feeling closer to my Syracuse Triad sisters! I didn't know Alpha Gamma Delta had summer camps. Gamma Phi Beta had several camps over the years, the last one was Camp Sechelt in British Columbia. Are there other NPC groups that had summer camps?

[ISUKappa]

I have an old mesh purse I bought off eBay with the ATO crest (my husband is an ATO). I also have an old Kappa songbook, a few old Kappa cookbooks and two different charm bracelets. My favorite, though, is an old Kappa COA ring. It's been loved so much, the COA is worn down.

[AOII Angel]

Ohhh...I'll have to post all of my novels by Stella G.S. Perry (one of AOII's founders!)

[AZTheta]

Home for the holiday, turkey in the oven, everyone is doing whatever, & I am finally relaxing. Ran across these. Someone may be interested.

AChiO sisters: item # 390122582338


University of Colorado alums: item # 230403940516


Theta Delta Chi alums: item #260513169666

[emb021]

Well, I have a collection of APO items.

Have about 3/4ths of our National magazine.

I have a sterling silver chapter key (this was an early award available in 3 forms: 18c gold, gold case, and sterling silver).

I have examples of our first service pin (called a 'service button') and plege pin (called a 'pledge button'). They were screw-backs instead of pins.

I got a copy of the only book written by our founder, a college text book on....poetry writting and appreciation.

[OHNOITSJESS]

stumbled upon this on ebay, thought it was interesting....

obviously its not the badge of the sorority Sigma Kappa, i'm curious to its orgins

[Psi U MC Vito]

I don't have pictures, but I wanted to share something I saw and heard about today. One is an actual program from the 50th anniversary of Psi Upsilon in 1883. The brother had photocopied and blew it up so we could all see it.

I was also talking to another brother and he mentioned that he had a copy of the 1842 membership directory, which is the first membership directory for a fraternity ever printed. According to him there were also apparently two forgotten founders of Psi Upsilon. Oh and this directory, is one of only two known copies.

[Smile_Awhile]

The AXO badge that was mentioned earlier on this thread? It went for over $900 dollars. I just hope it was a sister...