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Vulcans (University of Michigan) records, 1904-2012

2.3 linear feet — 1 oversize folder

Senior engineering society at the University of Michigan. Minutes of meetings, constitution, membership lists, and photographs.

The Vulcans record group consists of minutes, financial records, and photographs relating to the activities of the Vulcan Honors Society. In addition to two boxes of manuscript material and photographs, the record group includes an oversized folder of composite and group photographs of Vulcans.

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Tau Beta Pi, Gamma Chapter (University of Michigan) records, 1906-2008

8 linear feet

University of Michigan chapter (established 1906) of the national engineering honorary fraternity; organizational records, including minutes of meetings, correspondence, accounting ledgers, national convention material, newsletters, and yearbooks documenting chapter activities and projects.

The records of the chapter have been arranged into nine series: History and By-laws; Record Books; Administrative; Financial Records; Membership - Michigan Gamma; National Tau Beta Pi; Newsletters; Visual Material; and Yearbooks.

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Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society, University of Michigan Chapter records, 1903-2002

6.3 linear feet — 1 oversize box

University of Michigan Chapter of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society. Records are dated from 1903 to 2002 and include audiovisual material, committee and chronological files, correspondence, membership records, minutes, programs of annual banquets, reports, topical files, and treasurer's records. The records primarily document the activities of the University of Michigan chapter and the involvement of Peggie J. Hollingsworth in Sigma Xi's national organization.

The material in the Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society, University of Michigan Chapter records is dated from 1903 to 2002 and includes audiovisual material, committee and chronological files, correspondence, membership records, minutes, programs of annual banquets, reports, topical files, and treasurer's records. The records primarily document the activities of the University of Michigan chapter and the involvement of Peggie J. Hollingsworth in Sigma Xi's national organization.

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Senior Society (University of Michigan) records, 1906-1968 (majority within 1940-1960)

1 linear foot

Women's honorary society for unaffiliated women students at the University of Michigan established in 1905, one of several Women's honorary societies, including Scroll and Wyvern. Records include minutes, 1916-1927 and 1951-1962, scrapbooks, 1941-1954, 1965-1968, and miscellaneous records and membership information. Scrapbooks include clippings, wartime women's activities during World War II, invitations, membership, and photographs of "tapping" and initiation. Records of Scroll and Wyvern are included in the scrapbooks as is the Assembly Association.

The Senior Society records include minutes, 1916-1927 and 1951-1962, scrapbooks, 1941-1954, 1965-1968, and miscellaneous records and membership information. the records are organized into three series: Organizational Records, Scrapbooks, and Artifacts. Content from the related women's honorary societies Scroll and Wyvern is also present in these records.

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Pi Lambda Theta, Xi chapter (University of Michigan) records, 1922-1983

1 linear foot

University of Michigan chapter of Pi Lambda Theta, a national honorary education association; chapter records.

The record group is arranged into a single series of materials that include membership books, scattered minutes, newsletters and printed materials, photographs, and clippings and scrapbooks detailing chapter activities.

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Phi Sigma Society. Beta Chapter (University of Michigan) records, 1916-1970

1 linear foot

University of Michigan chapter of honorary society for students in the biological sciences. Chapter news taken from "The Biologist;" membership information; banquet programs; and miscellaneous material received from the national office.

The record group consists of one linear foot of membership forms, clippings, business correspondence, and memorabilia. The records cover the period of 1916-1970 with the bulk of the materials in the mid-1950s to early 1960s. Valuable to a researcher interested in the origins of the national society and the local chapter, the various files are also useful for anyone interested in student life and student organizations at both a local and national level. Finally, with its extensive membership files, the records can be used to chart the changing face of the student population.

The largest set of files in the record group relate to Membership. These records, from 1916 to 1970, contain the names and other background information of all the active members of the Beta Chapter. Unfortunately, the records for 1941-1961 are missing as these files would have provided an important backdrop to the changing student population of the 1950s. As the records of the 1960s show there were increasing numbers of women joining the organization and assuming leadership positions.

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Mortar Board, Pi Sigma Alpha Chapter (University of Michigan) records, 1906-2008 (majority within 1920-1956)

0.5 linear feet

University of Michigan chapter of the scholastic honorary society Mortar Board. The bulk of the records date from the 1920s through the 1950s, and include organizational constitutions; membership rolls; treasury and project reports; press clippings; and organizational histories.

The records of the Michigan chapter of Mortar Board span the years 1906 to 2008, but consist primarily of materials from 1920 through 1956. The collection is organized under a single series; Administrative Materials.

The Administrative Materials series, 1906-2008 (0.5 linear feet), consists of organizational histories, annual reports, chapter and organizational governing documents, membership rolls, press clippings, as well as project, treasury, and presidents' reports. The years covered in this series are scattered, with the bulk of the materials covering 1920-1956.

A history and record book details the work of the organization and its membership from 1906 to 1956. The organizational histories trace Mortar Board's growth since its founding, and include annual reports for the following years: 1919-1923; 1926-1927; 1930-1935; 1938-1949; and 1951-1954. In addition to a historical narrative and annual reports, the organizational history also includes information on the organization's songs and ritual activities. The records also include membership rolls listing members for the years 1906-1948 and 1957-1962. The membership rolls for 1906-1913 are found in both a membership book, as well as in the organizational history. The presidents' reports, 1949-1956, detail activities during those years and include two photographs of Mortar Board members.

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Druids (University of Michigan) records, 1915-1923, 1936-1942

0.1 linear feet

University of Michigan honorary society. The collection consist of minute books dated from 1915-1923 and 1936-1942.

The Druids (University of Michigan) records consist of minute books dated from 1915-1923 and 1936-1942.

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Delta Pi Epsilon, Kappa Chapter (University of Michigan) records, 1946-1998

1.5 linear feet — 1 oversize volume

Kappa Chapter of Delta Pi Epsilon established in 1946, part of national business education honor graduate society. Kappa Chapter dissolved in 1999. Minutes, membership material, financial records, and scrapbooks.

The records of the Kappa Chapter of the Delta Pi Epsilon society have been divided into series of Administrative, Correspondence, Initiation and Membership, Audio Materials, and Photographs and Scrapbooks.