HTM_WCA32.xml Guide to the Whitman College Sigma Chi records Whitman College Sigma Chi 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 2025-10-09. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. Whitman College and Northwest Archives Whitman College Sigma Chi records Sigma Chi Fraternity. Gamma Eta Chapter WCA.032 1.25 linear feet 3 boxes .001 gigabytes 6 digital files 1916-2010 The national fraternity Sigma Chi has held a chapter at Whitman College since 1923. This collection contains correspondence, memorabilia, publications and news articles related to the group's history. English .

Collection is open for research.

Sigma Chi is a social fraternity founded on June 28, 1855 at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio by members who split from the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. The chapter on Whitman Campus originated as the local Tau Delta Sigma fraternity in 1916. The group, colloquially known as "The Commoners," wanted another option than the two established fraternities: Phi Delta Theta and Beta Theta Pi. In 1923, they were chartered as the Gamma Eta Chapter of Sigma Chi. With the exception of a short period from 1967-1970 when the fraternity went by the name, Nu Sigma Chi, to protest the fraternity's "race clause," which prevented people of color from joining, Sigma Chi has had an active presense on campus.

The collection consists of scrapbooks, photographs, news articles, correspondence and memorabilia related to the Whitman chapter of Sigma Chi.

 Greek letter societies Colleges and Universities Constitutions 1945 English. 1 1 Correspondence 1917-1998 English. 1 2-11 Dance and event programs 1918-1935 English. 1 12-14 Financial records 1937-1960 English. 1 15 Histories undated English. 1 16 Legal issues 1966-1970 English. 1 17 Letterpress, large undated English. 3 1 Letterpress, small undated English. 3 2 Membership registries 1944-1955 English. 1 18-19 Music 1924 English. 1 20 Newsletter 1991 1 29 Newspaper articles 1949-1994 English. 1 21 Officials and advisors 1946-1954 English. 1 22 Photographs 1917-1957 English. 1 23-27 Photographs: Oversize composites 2010-2011, 2015-2016 English. 12 Pin undated English. 3 3 Pledge examinations 1993 English. 1 28 Pledge manual 1929, 1940 English. 2 1-2 Publications: National 1945-1983 English. 2 3 Publications: Whitman 1930-2010 English. 2 4-11 Resolutions 1979 English. 2 12 Scrapbook 1916-1920 English. 5 Social events 1973-1997 English. 2 13 Sponsored events 1990-1992 English. 2 14 Tau Delta Sigma: Histories 1916-1923 English. 2 15 Tau Delta Sigma: Newspaper articles undated English. 2 16 Tau Delta Sigma: Registers 1917 English. 2 17 Tau Delta Sigma: Ritual undated English. 2 18 Tau Delta Sigma petition to Sigma Chi 1921-1923 English. 2 19-20 Tau Delta Sigma Pin 1918-1923 English. 3 4 "The Keys" 1923 English. 2 21 Sigma Chi composites 2010-2011 2015-2016 English. Case 1 2 1