Phi Kappa Psi records
Collection Statement
Minutes, reports, financial records, logbook, scrapbook, guest register, activity records, photographs, artifacts and bound volumes.
Dates
- 1865 - 2010
Access Restrictions
Portions of the collection is open for research. Some restrictions apply. See Archives staff.
Usage Restrictions
Copyright interests for this collection are held by Phi Kappa Psi.
Historical Sketch
Phi Kappa Psi was formed in 1865 by non-fraternity students and dissatisfied members of Beta Theta Pi and Phi Gamma Delta. Thirteen men were voted into membership by the Ohio Alpha Chapter. First known as "Phi Kaps" or Phi Kappas", these thirteen men were initiated into the National Chapter of Phi Kappa Psi on 24 January 1865. As with many fraternities, the first chapter room was a rented hall on the second floor of a downtown office building. The chapter rented houses at several locations before deciding shortly after the start of World War I to build on the site of the present location at 502 South College Avenue. The house was damaged by fire in 1916 and from 1916 until 1923, when the new house was completed, the Phi Psi's rented a house on East Anderson St. An addition, dedicated to the eleven Phi Kappa Psi members who were killed during World War II, was built in 1958.
Extent
21.26 Cubic Feet (27 document cases, 106 volumes)
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- Phi Kappa Psi records Indiana Alpha Chapter
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Wesley Wilson
- Date
- 1/16/2018
- 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