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Phi Beta Kappa Records, 1907-1994

Collection Overview

Title: Phi Beta Kappa Records, 1907-1994

ID: OGLMC/434

Creator: Phi Beta Kappa (1913-)

Extent: 6.25 Linear Feet

Date Acquired: 00/00/1977

Languages: English [eng]

Abstract

Phi Beta Kappa is the oldest Greek letter society in the United States and is an honorary academic organization for undergraduates.  The charter for UND was granted in 1913.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The bulk of the Phi Beta Kappa Collection are membership, financial, correspondence, Triennial Council, and publication records. Membership records, 1914-1993, include letters of invitation into the organization and letters of acceptance from selected students. There is also correspondence dealing with the spring and fall elections when new members are chosen. Membership lists include the names of potential members, accepted members, and grade point averages. Also included are newspaper clippings of new members, order forms for Phi Beta Kappa keys, membership receipts, membership file cards, and, in some cases, actual membership certificates.

The financial records, 1914-1986, include treasurer reports, which list the chapter's financial condition annually from 1914 to 1967. The financial records, 1914-1965, contain, for the most part, receipts for registration fees and Phi Kappa Key receipts. The financial records from 1966 to 1986 contain a far greater number of receipts, including bank statements, deposit slips, and limited tax information.

The correspondence files, 1907-1992, include correspondence dealing with the formation of the chapter, university correspondence, and correspondence from the national office; also included is correspondence with the chapter secretary, the majority of which is with the national office.

The Triennial Council Records include correspondence relating to selection of delegates, location of meetings, financial considerations, and delegate's manuals.

Phi Beta Kappa publications include the Phi Beta Kappa Key (Chester Fritz Library holds hard bound volumes of the Key, 1910-1931), the Phi Beta Kappa Bulletin, which documents meetings of the organization on a national level, and the Key Reporter, the national newsletter.

Administrative Information

Accruals: Additional materials were donated by Ellen Erickson, UND Office of the Provost, in May 2000 (2000-2453) and July 2000 (2000-2473).

Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.

Acquisition Method: Donation; the original acquisition records are unavailable (77-454).

Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Phi Beta Kappa Records. OGLMC 434, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.

Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid added to Archon in December 2014.

Box and Folder Listing

Box 1Add to your cart.
Ledger 1: Letters from former members written to celebrate the chapter’s 25th Anniversary, 1939Add to your cart.
The letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and often include very detailed biographical information.
Folder 1: Phi Beta Kappa Bulletin, 1962, 1965, 1977Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Key Reporter, 1936Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Key Reporter, 1936-1942Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Key Reporter, 1943-1954, 1977Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Letterhead and Blank Certificates, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 6: Phi Beta Kappa Plaque, 1955Add to your cart.
Item 1: Phi Beta Kappa Key of Alma Honett, 1914Add to your cart.
Mary Alma Honett graduated from UND in 1909 with a B.A. degree from the Teacher's College
Item 2: Charter Membership CardsAdd to your cart.
Cards are located in a box labeled 1A inside box 1
Item 3: Foundation Membership CardsAdd to your cart.
Cards are located in a box labeled 1A inside box 1
Item 4: Honorary Membership CardsAdd to your cart.
Cards are located in a box labeled 1A inside box 1
Item 5: Membership Cards, 1914-1956Add to your cart.
Cards are located in a box labeled 1A inside box 1
Item 6: Membership Cards, 1957-1986Add to your cart.
Cards are located in a box labeled 1B inside box 1
Item 7: Alumni Cards, A-BAdd to your cart.
Cards are located in a box labeled 1B inside box 1
Item 8: Alumni Cards, C-MAdd to your cart.
Cards are located in a box labeled 1C inside box 1
Item 9: Alumni Cards, Mc-ZAdd to your cart.
Cards are located in a box labeled 1D inside box 1
Box 2Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Constitution and By-Laws, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 2: Constitution and By-Laws, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 3: Correspondence Concerning Constitution and By-Laws, 1937-1938, 1951, 1983, 1992Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Chapter Laws and Practices, 1933Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Members requesting UND Chapter, 1913Add to your cart.
Folder 6: Foundation Members, 1914Add to your cart.
Folder 7: Membership Lists, 1914-1939, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 8: Membership, 1914-1916Add to your cart.
Folder 9: Membership, 1917-1918Add to your cart.
Folder 10: Membership, 1920-1922Add to your cart.
Folder 11: Membership, 1923-1924Add to your cart.
Folder 12: Membership, 1925-1927Add to your cart.
Folder 13: Membership Receipts, 1917-1920, 1922, 1924-1928Add to your cart.
Folder 14: Membership, 1928-1936Add to your cart.
Folder 15: Membership, 1937-1939Add to your cart.
Folder 16: Membership, 1940-1941Add to your cart.
Folder 17: Membership, 1942-1944Add to your cart.
Folder 18: Membership, 1945-1948Add to your cart.
Folder 19: Membership, 1949-1950Add to your cart.
Folder 20: Membership, 1951-1952Add to your cart.
Folder 21: Membership, 1953-1954Add to your cart.
Folder 22: Membership, 1955-1957Add to your cart.
Folder 23: Membership, 1958-1960Add to your cart.
Folder 24: Membership, 1961-1963Add to your cart.
Folder 25: Membership, 1964-1966Add to your cart.
Folder 26: Membership, 1966-1968Add to your cart.
Folder 27: Membership Address Changes, 1968Add to your cart.
Folder 28: Membership, 1973-1979Add to your cart.
Box 3Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Membership, 1980-1981Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Membership, 1982Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Membership, 1983Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Membership, 1984-1987Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Membership, 1988-1990Add to your cart.
Folder 6: Membership, 1991-1993Add to your cart.
Folder 7: Hand Books for New Members, 1938, 1982-1991Add to your cart.
Folder 8: Officers, 1914-1993Add to your cart.
Folder 9: Manual for Chapter Officers, 1959Add to your cart.
Folder 10: Minutes, 1929-1943Add to your cart.
Folder 11: Minutes, 1944-1956Add to your cart.
Folder 12: Minutes, 1957-1970Add to your cart.
Folder 13: Minutes, 1971-1981Add to your cart.
Folder 14: Minutes, 1982-1992Add to your cart.
Folder 15: Correspondence, (Hardbound Volume) 1907-1915; 1914 Membership Photo in VolumeAdd to your cart.
Folder 16: Correspondence Prior to Chapter Formation, 1908-1914Add to your cart.
Folder 17: Chapter Secretary, 1923-1946Add to your cart.
Folder 18: Chapter Secretary, 1947-1954Add to your cart.
Folder 19: Chapter Secretary, 1955-1959Add to your cart.
Folder 20: Chapter Secretary, 1961-1964, 1966-1968Add to your cart.
Folder 21: General Correspondence, 1914-1921, 1925-1929Add to your cart.
Folder 22: General Correspondence, 1936-1939Add to your cart.
Folder 23: General Correspondence, 1940-1942Add to your cart.
Folder 24: General Correspondence, 1943-1946, 1950-1956, 1958, 1960-1967, 1983, 1990Add to your cart.
Folder 25: Correspondence Concerning Twenty-fifth Anniversary of Phi Beta Kappa, 1938-1939Add to your cart.
Folder 26: Correspondence Concerning Preservation of Phi Beta Kappa, 1938-1940Add to your cart.
Folder 27: General Report for Committee of Qualifications, Rough Draft, 1939Add to your cart.
Folder 28: General Report for Committee of Qualifications, Rough Draft, 1939Add to your cart.
Folder 29: General Report for Committee of Qualifications, Final Draft, 1939Add to your cart.
Box 4Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Annual Report, 1937-1967, 1981-1983, 1985Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Treasurer’s Report, 1914-1967Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Financial, 1914-1916Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Financial, 1917-1919Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Financial, 1920-1922Add to your cart.
Folder 6: Financial, 1923-1929Add to your cart.
Folder 7: Financial, 1936-1942Add to your cart.
Folder 8: Financial, Registration Fees and Key Receipts, 1943-1947Add to your cart.
Folder 9: Financial, Registration Fees and Key Receipts, 1948-1953Add to your cart.
Folder 10: Financial, Registration Fees and Key Receipts, 1954-1958Add to your cart.
Folder 11: Financial, Registration Fees and Key Receipts, 1959-1960Add to your cart.
Folder 12: Financial, Registration Fees and Key Receipts, 1961-1962Add to your cart.
Folder 13: Financial, Registration Fees and Key Receipts, 1963-1965Add to your cart.
Folder 14: Financial, 1966-1971Add to your cart.
Folder 15: Financial, 1980-1983Add to your cart.
Folder 16: Financial, 1984-1986Add to your cart.
Folder 17: Rituals, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 18: Programs, Various DatesAdd to your cart.
Folder 19: Recommendations For New Chapters, 1916, 1919, 1923-1925Add to your cart.
Folder 20: Recommendations For New Chapters, 1926-1928, 1930, 1937-1938, 1940-1941Add to your cart.
Folder 21: Recommendations For New Chapters, 1952-1953, 1958, 1961-1962, 1964-1965, 1968, 1992Add to your cart.
Folder 22: Chapter Bulletin, 1935-1937Add to your cart.
Folder 23: Visiting Scholars Program, 1955-1960Add to your cart.
Folder 24: Visiting Scholars Program, 1961-1963Add to your cart.
Folder 25: Visiting Scholars Program, 1964-1966Add to your cart.
Folder 26: Visiting Scholars Program, 1967-1968Add to your cart.
Folder 27: Visiting Scholars Program, 1982-1986Add to your cart.
Folder 28: Senate Elections, 1938-1939, 1954, 1959-1961Add to your cart.
Folder 29: Senate Elections, 1988-1993Add to your cart.
Folder 30: Triennial Councils, 1949-1961Add to your cart.
Folder 31: Triennial Councils, 1964-1967, 1982Add to your cart.
Folder 32: Triennial Council Delegate’s Manual, 1946Add to your cart.
Box 5Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Triennial Council Delegate’s Manual, 1949Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Triennial Council Delegate’s Manual, 1952Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Triennial Council Delegate’s Manual, 1955Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Triennial Council Delegate’s Manual, 1958Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Triennial Council Delegate’s Manual, 1961Add to your cart.
Folder 6: Triennial Council Delegate’s Manual, 1964Add to your cart.
Folder 7: Triennial Council Delegate’s Manual, 1967Add to your cart.
Folder 8: Triennial Council Delegate’s Manual, 1973Add to your cart.
Folder 9: Triennial Council Delegate’s Manual, 1985Add to your cart.
Folder 10: Triennial Council Delegate’s Manual, 1988Add to your cart.
Folder 11: Triennial Council Delegate’s Manual, 1991Add to your cart.
Folder 12: Triennial Council Delegate’s Manual, 1994Add to your cart.
Folder 13: Delegate’s Manual 18th Triennial Council, Triennial Council PamphletAdd to your cart.
Folder 14: Report of Committee on the Role of Phi Beta Kappa, 1972Add to your cart.
Folder 15: Wartime Policy of Phi Beta Kappa, 1943Add to your cart.
Folder 16: National Dinner, 1940Add to your cart.
Folder 17: Phi Beta Kappa Fund - UND, 1932Add to your cart.
Folder 18: Phi Beta Kappa Annals, 1934Add to your cart.
Folder 19: The Spirit of Phi Beta Kappa (pamphlet), 1926Add to your cart.
Folder 20: Phi Beta Kappa Associates, 1940Add to your cart.
Folder 21: Annual Lectures of American Association of Science and Phi Beta Kappa, 1936-1940Add to your cart.
Folder 22: Miscellaneous Chapter Addresses, Various DatesAdd to your cart.
Folder 23: Chapter Pamphlets From Other Universities, Various DatesAdd to your cart.
Folder 24: Chapter Pamphlets From Other Universities, Various DatesAdd to your cart.
Folder 25: Phi Beta Kappa Bulletins, 1938-1959Add to your cart.
Folder 26: Visiting Scholar Program posters, 1990-1997Add to your cart.
Folder 27: Membership Certificate for Margaret A. Beede, 16 June 1917Add to your cart.