Collections : [University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library]

The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority series (3.3 linear feet) is divided into five subseries: A.K.A. National and Regional Activities, Michigan Chapter Activities, Audiovisual Materials, Collected Publications, and Digital Materials. Material includes policy documents, programs and ephemera from events, photographs, newspaper clippings, publications, one 45 RPM record, VHS tapes, and digital materials.

The first subseries includes papers pertaining to the sorority's national and regional efforts to preserve its history, as well as documents from Tibbs's tenure as Great Lakes Regional Representative to the I.A.C. Such documents include histories, conference presentations, committee meeting proceedings, and materials related to activities of A.K.A.'s Great Lakes Region, including Great Lakes Regional Conferences and regional histories.

The second subseries focuses specifically on the Michigan chapters of the sorority, and includes programs of events, such as the Michigan Cluster Conference, obituaries of Michigan members, events programs, membership rosters, and documents from Tibbs's tenure as Basileus of the Tau Alpha Omega Chapter of Redford, Michigan. Also included are meeting minutes, annual reports, and records regarding charitable initiatives.

The third subseries consists of media in a variety of formats. The VHS tapes and digital video recordings consist of short films commemorating A.K.A.'s history, while the more numerous digital materials contain information about Boules, campaign presentations of prospective Basilei, and information about archival practices undertaken to document the sorority's history. The subseries also contains one 45 RPM record of A.K.A. sorority songs.

The final subseries contains issues of A.K.A.'s national publication entitled the Ivy Leaf, and books published by A.K.A. devoted to the topics of the sorority's early history, its notable members, and the professional and political accomplishments of African-American women.