Title: Sigma Delta Chi Records, 1920-1971

ID: OGLMC765

Primary Creator: Sigma Delta Chi

Extent: 2.0 Linear Feet

Date Acquired: 07/00/1982. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: Newspapers, University of North Dakota - Organizations, University of North Dakota - Student Organizations

Languages: English

Sigma Delta Chi, an honorary journalistic society, was founded at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, on April 17, 1909. According to its bylaws, the group sought to "associate journalists of talent, truth, and energy into a more intimately organized unit of good fellowship, and in order to assist the members in acquiring the noblest principles of journalism and to cooperate with them in this field."

The University of North Dakota Chapter was founded October 23, 1921, expressly for the purpose of joining Sigma Delta Chi. The group, first known as Gridiron, was installed by Sigma Delta Chi on April 7, 1922. Early activities of the club included publication of the Dacotah on an annual basis, changing publication of the Student to biweekly, special efforts in establishing journalism as a full professional major, and the creation of an autonomous Department of Journalism. The group was also responsible for the creation of the Flickertail Follies, a student variety show, which became a spring tradition on campus into the 1960s. Today Sigma Delta Chi is known as the Society of Professional Journalists.

Newspapers
University of North Dakota - Organizations
University of North Dakota - Student Organizations

Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections

Accruals: Additional materials were donated by John Bye, NDSU Institute for Regional Studies in Fargo, in May 2001 (2001-2504).

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

Acquisition Source: University of North Dakota Department of Journalism

Acquisition Method: Donation; 82-1004

Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Sigma Delta Chi Records. OGLMC 765, 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 March 2015.