Delta Zeta Sorority Chi
Chapter Scrapbook
MSS.Delta.Zeta
Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections & Archives Research Center
121 The Valley Library
Oregon
State University
Corvallis, OR
97331-4501
Phone: 541-737-2165
Email: archives@oregonstate.edu
Web: http://archives.library.oregonstate.edu
Collection materials are in
English.
0.15 cubic feet, including 65
photographs
1 box
1944
The Delta Zeta Sorority Chi
Chapter Scrapbook consists of information provided by former members of
the chapter at Oregon State College in response to an invitation to the
Chapter's 25th anniversary celebration in 1944. The responses provide
information about the women's activities since graduation, especially
during World War II. The Chi Chapter of Delta Zeta Sorority was
established in 1919 at Oregon Agricultural College.
Collection materials are in .
Delta Zeta Sorority. Chi Chapter (Oregon State
College)
The Delta Zeta Sorority Chi Chapter Scrapbook consists of responses
from alumnae members to an invitation for the Chi Chapter's 25th
anniversary reunion event, Chi Rendezvous, in 1944. The responses include
completed biographical forms, letters, and photographs and provide
information about their activities since graduation. The photographs
include images of themselves as well as their families (husbands and
children); many are snapshots. The responses are arranged chronologically
by graduation year.
The scrapbook has responses from alumnae who attended Oregon State from
the late 1910s through early 1940s, including Mercedes Bates, Alice
Edwards, and Vera Garrison. Of special note are descriptions of homefront
activities during World War II and military service by several of the
women during the war.
Historical Note:
The Chi Chapter of the Delta Zeta Sorority was established at Oregon
State University in 1919 and celebrated the chapter's 25th anniversary in
1944. Delta Zeta was established as a college sorority in 1902 at Miami
University in Oxford, Ohio.
Collection is open for research.
The scrapbook was donated to the Special Collections & Archives
Research Center in 2011 by Wendi Tucker of Troutdale, Oregon, who
purchased the book from an unknown source.
Delta Zeta Sorority Chi Chapter Scrapbook, Oregon State University
Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Additional information about the Chi Chapter of Delta Zeta Sorority is
available in the
Memorabilia
Collection and the
Vera
Garrison Collection. The Special Collections & Archives
Research Center holdings include the papers of
Alice L.
Edwards.
Edwards,
Alice L. (Alice Leora), b. 1882.
Garrison, Vera
Evelyn, 1917-1971.
Oregon
State College--Alumni and alumnae--Correspondence.
Greek letter
societies--Oregon--Corvallis.
World War,
1939-1945--Participation, Female.
World War, 1939-1945--Personal
narratives, American.
World War,
1939-1945--Women.
Children
and Youth
Colleges
and Universities
Corvallis
Home and
Family
Military
Oregon
Photographs
Scrapbooks
Women
Photographic prints.
Scrapbooks.