HTM_WCA52.xml Guide to the Whitman College Phi Delta Theta records 1913-2003 Whitman College Phi Delta Theta records Megan Hearst Whitman College and Northwest Archives 2018
345 Boyer Avenue Walla Walla, WA 99362 Archives@whitman.edu https://library.whitman.edu/archives/
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2018-04-12. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. English Whitman College and Northwest Archives
345 Boyer Avenue Walla Walla, WA 99362 Archives@whitman.edu https://library.whitman.edu/archives/
Whitman College Phi Delta Theta records Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. Washington Beta Chapter WCA052 6.5 linear feet 7 boxes 1913-2003 The Washington Beta Chapter of Phi Delta Theta was the first fraternity established at Whitman College in 1915. The collection consists of student and alumi records, publications, press, invitations, photographs and scrapbooks pertaining to the social fraternity.

Collection is open for research.

Phi Delta Theta is an international social fraternity founded at Miami University in Oxford Ohio in 1848. In 1915, Phi Delta Theta became the first fraternity officially sanctioned by Whitman. The chapter, known as Washington Beta, was chartered from a local social group known as the Illahee Club, which was established in 1909. Phi Delta Theta was the first member of the "Miami Triad" at Whitman (the other two; Beta Theta Pi and Sigma Chi, also have chapters on campus). Phi Delta Theta was temporarily disbanded multiple times in its long history at Whitman, but has managed to remain a presence on campus, due to a strong alumni network and student revivals.

The collection consists of student and alumi records, publications, press, invitations, photographs and scrapbooks pertaining to the Whitman College chapter of Phi Delta Theta.

 Whitman College--History Greek letter societies Colleges and Universities Abstract of Title: Illahee house 1941 1 1 Account ledger 1937 1 2 Advisers and officers 1953-1954 1 3 Alumni affairs 1993-1997 1 4 Anniversary celebrations 1975, 2015 1 5 Chapter History of Washington Beta 1920-1921 1 6 Correspondence: General 1936-1998 1 7-8 Constitution 1938 1 9 Dance and event programs 1920-1939 1 10-11 Event invitations 1924-1938 1 12 "Farrago" 1917-1993 1 13-17 Golden Legion certificate 1965 1 18 Pledge manual 1959, 1982, 1986 1 19-21 Illahee: Association records 1921-1929 3 1, 8 Illahee: House holding corporation 1931-1939 3 9 Illahee: Petition to Phi Delta Theta 1914 3 10 Ilahee: Financial incorporation records 1914-1916 3 7 Ilahee: Phi Delta Theta installation 1912-1915 3 11 Illahee: Correspondence 1910-1915 3 2-6 Photographs: Oversize composites 1981-2007 4 1-3 Membership register 1915-1955 1 22-25 Newspaper articles 1958-2003 1 26 Photographs 1910-1960 1 27-32 Recolonization records 1988-1989 2 1 Songs of Phi Delta Theta 1948 2 2 "The Scroll" 1975-1981 2 3-6 Scrapbook: Howard J. Porterfield 1922-1926 4 1 Scrapbook: Phi Delta Theta installation 1915 4 2 Scapbook: General 1957-1960 5 1 Scrapbook: General 1962-1963 6 1 Scrapbook: General 1964-1965 6 2 Wooden paddle 1949 1