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Zeta Chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Society Collection

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Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]370 Lancaster Ave, Haverford, PA 19041

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
003.014
Repository:
Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
Extent:
3.2 linear ft. (2 boxes, 1 volume)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Zeta Chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Society Collection (HCQ.003.014) Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.
Date:
1897-2002 (inclusive)
Creator:
Phi Beta Kappa. Zeta Chapter (Haverford College)
Form:
autograph albums
Abstract:
The Zeta Chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Society Collection contains reports, publications, correspondences, bulletins, record books and clippings related to the annual operations of the Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society on Haverford's campus and nationally.

Phi Beta Kappa is an academic honor society to which top academic performers at a given school are admitted in recognition of "intellectual capacities well-employed, especially in the acquiring of an education in the liberal arts and sciences." The society, America's first and oldest Greek letter organization, was founded in Williamsburg, VA at William & Mary College on December 5, 1776, initially as literary and debate club. Although at first operating in the fashion of a modern-day fraternity, over time the majority of Phi Beta Kappa chapters took on the form of an honor society, only meeting two or three times a year for dinner in order to conduct elections and initiate new members. Inductees to their school's Phi Beta Kapp chapter a receive a square, silver key medallion engraved with the organizations Greek letters, three stars in the top left corner, and a pointing finger. The pointing finger and three-star design symbolizes the ambition of young scholars and the three distinguishing principles of the society—friendship, morality, and learning.

The Zeta Chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Society Collection contains reports, publications, correspondences, bulletins, record books and clippings related to the annual operations of the Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society on Haverford's campus and nationally. The collected materials date from the Haverford chapter's founding in 1898 to the year 2002. Included is a scrapbook containing a copy of the organization's original charter and other materials related to its founding and earliest activity.

This collection was arranged by the creator

Processed by Phillip Norman, completed April 2019

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Publisher
Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
Finding Aid Author
Phillip Norman
Finding Aid Date
April, 2019
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research use

Use Restrictions

Standard Federal Copyright Law Applies (U.S. Title 17)

Collection Inventory

Constitutions, 1961-1999.
Box 1
Bulletins, 1968-1994.
Box 1
Member Publications, 1902-1958.
Box 1
Membership Reports, 1971-1976.
Box 1
Membership Reports, 1959-1986.
Box 1
Membership Criteria, 1958-1997.
Box 1
Correspondence & Electees, 1992-1994.
Box 1
Correspondence and Inductees, 1995-1996.
Box 1
The Key Reporter and Other News Publications, 1950-1999.
Box 1
Agenda and Meeting Minutes, 1991-1994.
Box 1
Minutes and Agenda , 1950-2002.
Box 1
Minutes of Chapter Meetings, 1996-2002.
Box 1
"Fifteen Year Man" Nomination Correspondence, 1957-1969.
Box 1
"Fifteen Year Man" Nominee Publications, 1959-1969.
Box 1
Holland Hunter Correspondence, 1954-1986.
Box 1
Holland Hunter Correspondence Part 2, 1965-1995.
Box 1
Chapter Correspondence, 1944-1996.
Box 1
PBK Chapter Correspondence, 1998-2002.
Box 1
Documents Related to PBK Insignia/Key and Miscellaneous, 1964-1998.
Box 1
President's report, 2002.
Box 1
Visiting Scholars Program, 1960-1986.
Box 2
PBK and Pennsylvania Schools, 1992.
Box 2
Triennial Council Documents, 1991-1994.
Box 2
Financial Reports, 1945-1985.
Box 2
Treasurers' Book, 1898-1961.
Box 2
Record Notebook, 1898-1958.
Box 2
Framed PBK Acceptance Letter, 1915.
Box 2
Handbooks, 1906, 1909, 1958-1959.
Box 2
Zeta Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa Society scrapbook.
Volume 1

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