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Phi Kappa Psi records

 Collection
Identifier: STO-0025-001

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

Contact:
Roy O. West Library
405 S. Indiana St.
Greencastle Indiana 46135 United States