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        <titleproper encodinganalog="title">Guide to the Whitman College Kappa Kappa Gamma records<date calendar="gregorian" era="ce" normal="1910/2012" type="inclusive"/></titleproper>
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        <author encodinganalog="creator">Megan Hearst</author>
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        <publisher encodinganalog="publisher">Whitman College and Northwest Archives</publisher>
        <date encodinganalog="date" calendar="gregorian" era="ce" normal="2018">2018</date>
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          <addressline>345 Boyer Avenue</addressline>
          <addressline>Walla Walla, WA 99362</addressline>
          <addressline>Business Number: 509-527-5922</addressline>
          <addressline>Archives@whitman.edu</addressline>
          <addressline>https://library.whitman.edu/archives/</addressline>
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      <abstract encodinganalog="5203_">The Gamma Gamma chapter of the social sorority, Kappa Kappa Gamma has been a part of Whitman greek life since 1918, when it was chartered from the local social group, Beta Sigma. The Kappa Kappa Gamma collection contains news articles, invitations, publications, correspondence, student and alumni records and scrapbooks related to the sorority's history.</abstract>
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      <p>Collection is open for research.</p>
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      <p>Kappa Kappa Gamma is a collegiate sorority founded at Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois in 1870. The Gamma Gamma chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma has been active since 1918, when it was chartered from a local sorority, Beta Sigma, which had been active on campus since 1910. Kappa Kappa Gamma or Kappa is one of the oldest Greek groups on Whitman's campus.</p>
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      <p>The Kappa Kappa Gamma collection contains news articles, invitations, publications, correspondence, student and alumni records and scrapbooks related to the sorority and its predecessor Beta Sigma.</p>
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          <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Formal dinner dance at The Grand Hotel dance book</unittitle>
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