Alpha Delta Alpha Fraternity at The University of Montana was established in 1916, by Professor A.W.L. Bray, a former King’s scholar at Cambridge University in England and eight undergraduate students. The Alpha Delta Alpha Fraternity started out as an outgrowth of the Authentic Society, a philosophical club organized in 1913 by Professor Bray. During World War I, 37 of the fraternity’s 41 men enlisted in the military, yet it was the only fraternity to remain open during the conflict. The fraternity organized an alumni association and sent a bi-monthly newsletter to its members. The chapter bought a house located at 325 Gerald Avenue in the 1920s. Among the alumni of Alpha Delta Alpha were Ronald Stuart Kain, a distinguished journalist in foreign affairs and Dr. Harold C. Urey, the 1934 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry.
Alpha Delta Alpha made petitions to several national fraternal organizations before being accepted by Kappa Sigma Fraternity as the Delta Omicron chapter in 1927. The chapter probably became inactive in 1933.
The collection contains writings, including yearly summaries of Kappa Sigma’s (formerly called the Alpha Delta Alpha Fraternity) activities, chapter petitions, correspondence, and information regarding alumni and a 1962 reunion.
Materials have mostly been arranged chronologically.
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[Name of document or photograph number], Kappa Sigma Fraternity. Delta Omicron Chapter Records, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana-Missoula.
The year and date of acquisition are unknown. The donor may have been Andrew Cogswell, former Dean of Students and alumni organizer for Alpha Delta Alpha.
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