Delta Chi records
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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Minutes and membership lists, 1899-1988; completed chapter and house meeting report forms (typescript carbon copies, 1951-1964); personnel records, 1957-1964; purchasing records, 1956-1957; rushing books, bylaws, and other pamphlets; scrapbook by William Duke, Jr., 1905; group photographs of fraternity members and Fall, Spring, and Interfraternity Council Weekend events; photograph albums, 1970-1973; "The Chronology of Delta Chi"; abstract of title for 102 The Knoll; materials relating to the sale of the house; and blueprints. Also newsletter, "Cornell Delt," various years 1965-2009 and brochure, "Delta Chi: The Knoll," ca. 1968; Honor Roll of Donors, 1984-85, 1997-98.
Law books from the original Delta Chi library include Miscellaneous Reports New-York, no. 41 Scherer 20, June to November 1903; Miscellaneous Reports New-York, Lester 6 February to April 1907; Miscellaneous Reports New-York, no. 62 (missing title page); A Selection of Cases on the Law of Suretyship, James Barr Ames, Cambridge, 1901; and Cases on the Law of Sales of Goods, Frederick Campbell Woodward, American Case Book Series, St. Paul, West Publishing Co., 1913. Some are signed by students.
Dates
- 1899-2012.
Creator
- Delta Chi Fraternity (Cornell University) (Organization)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Extent
6.8 cubic feet. (6.8 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Minutes and membership lists, and other chapter history.
Physical Description
Correspondence, Memorabilia, Manuscripts, Photographs, Printed Materials, Publications, Scrapbooks
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- David Weber
- Date completed:
- Summer 2003
- EAD encoding:
- RMC Staff, June 2010
- Date Modified:
- Marcie Farwell, December 2018
Processing Information
Box 10, which contained construction documents and related financial papers was deaccessioned and removed from the collection in 2012
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by David Weber
- Date
- June 2010
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu