Kappa Alpha Theta : Alpha chapter records
Collection Statement
Histories, early programs and invitations, rules, news clippings, Alpha Times newsletters and many photographs including some from the nineteenth century are included in the collection. The records relate to the activities of the fraternity. This small collection of records is representative of the much larger collection housed in the fraternity's archives at its headquarters in Indianapolis.
Dates
- Creation: 1870 - 2006
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Usage Restrictions
Copyright interests for this collection are held by DePauw University or the United Methodist Church.
Historical Sketch
The Alpha chapter of the first fraternity for women, Kappa Alpha Theta, was funded in 1870 at DePauw University by some of its first women students: Betty McReynolds Locke, Alice O. Allen, Mary E. Simmons and Betty Tipton.
Extent
0.215 Cubic Feet (1 half-size document case)
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- Kappa Alpha Theta records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Wesley Wilson
- Date
- 11/4/2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Archives of DePauw University and Indiana United Methodism Repository
Roy O. West Library
405 S. Indiana St.
Greencastle Indiana 46135 United States
archives@depauw.edu
