HTM_WCA42.xml Guide to the Whitman College Beta Theta Pi records Whitman College Beta Theta Pi records Megan Hearst Whitman College and Northwest Archives 2018
345 Boyer Avenue Walla Walla, WA 99362 Business Number: 509-527-5922 Archives@whitman.edu https://library.whitman.edu/archives/
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-10-23. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. Whitman College and Northwest Archives Whitman College Beta Theta Pi records Beta Theta Pi. Gamma Zeta Chapter WCA.042 2.75 linear feet 5 boxes 1911-2016 The national fraternity, Beta Theta Pi, established the Whitman College Gamma Zeta chapter in 1914, and it has been a part of campus Greek life ever since. This collection consists of general records, publications, news articles, scrapbooks, ledgers, song books and manuals related to the social fraternity. English .

Collection is open for research.

Beta Theta Pi is a North American social fraternity founded in 1839 at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. The Whitman College chapter originated as a local fraternity, Delta Phi Delta, in 1910. It was chartered as the Gamma Zeta Chapter of Beta Theta Pi in 1916, making it the second National Fraternity on campus. It is a member of the Miami Triad along with Sigma Chi and Phi Delta Theta (which have also established chapters on campus.) The group is the longest continuously operating fraternity at Whitman, and has several notable alumni, including actor Adam West and former Whitman College president, Chester Maxey, who helped charter the chapter.

The collection consists of general records, publications, news articles, scrapbooks, ledgers, song books and manuals related to Beta Theta Pi.

 Greek letter societies Colleges and Universities Scrapbooks Photographs 50th anniversary reunion recording 1966 English. 1 1 50th anniversary records 1965-1966 English. 1 2 Alumni relations 1939-1984 English. 1 3 Annivesaries 1969-1995 English. 1 4 Beer stein undated English. 5 1 Ben Flather's Award plaque undated English. 1 5 Beta Theta Pi composites 1981-1982 English. Flat Files 3 "The Code of Beta Theta Pi" 1930 English. 1 6 Correspondence 1930-1981 English. 1 7-14 Dance and event programs 1921-1959 English. 1 15-18 Financial ledger 1925-1953 English. 3 3 Financial records 1965, 1978 English. 1 20 "The Great Ones," by A.J.G. Priest 1956 English. 2 1 House records and floor plans undated English. 2 2 Installation 1914-1916 English. 2 3 Membership registers 1940-1979 English. 2 4-6 Membership register: Delta Phi Delta 1909-1916 English. 3 1 Minute book 1916-1924 English. 2 7 National magazine clippings 1939-1989 English. 2 8 Newspaper articles 1958-1992 English. 2 9 Officers and advisers 1936, 1951-1955 English. 2 10 Pins circa 1920 English. 2 11 Publications 1917-1992 English. 2 12-19 Photographs 1918-1990 English. 2 20-27 Photographs: Composites 2001-2003, 2006-2007 English. 4 1 Photograph composite English. 4 1 Scrapbook: The Archives of the Beta Theta Pi 1917-1934 English. 4 1 Scrapbook: Otto Anderson, class of 1927 1923-1926 English. 3 2 Social events and promotional materials 1929-2016 English. 2 28 "Son of the Stars" Beta Theta Pi pledge manual 1942, 1962, 2007 English. 2 29-31 "The Songs of Beta Theta Pi" 1912-1947, 1997 English. 2 32-38