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Phi Beta Kappa. Epsilon of Pennsylvania (Swarthmore College)

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Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. 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:
RG6.Q008
Repository:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
0.5 linear ft. (1 box)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item or series here], Swarthmore College Archives, Phi Beta Kappa. Epsilon of Pennsylvania, Records, RG6/Q008, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Date:
1893-1942 (inclusive)
Creator:
Phi Beta Kappa. Epsilon of Pennsylvania (Swarthmore College)
Abstract:
The collection contains the records of the Swarthmore College Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa from its founding in 1893 until 1942, with gaps in some series.

Phi Beta Kappa is the nation's oldest honors society, founded to promote academic excellence in the liberal arts and sciences. The Swarthmore College Chapter, Epsilon of Pennsylvania, of the Phi Beta Kappa Society began as a preliminary organization in 1893. After receiving its charter in 1895, it became a full chapter in 1896. In its early years it included a number of alumni retroactively elected to the Society. The Swarthmore Chapter remains active.

Contains the records of the Swarthmore College Chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa society from it's founding in 1893 until 1942, with gaps in some series. The collection includes an historical sketch of the chapter, Constitution, handbook, minutes of annual meetings, membership lists, correspondence, financial records, pamphlets and invitations, and published copies of some annual addresses and poems.

Organized into six series:

  1. Founding and Organization
  2. Minutes of Annual Meetings
  3. Membership
  4. Correspondence
  5. Financial
  6. Miscellaneous

Donor: Phi Beta Kappa

Reprocessed and finding aid created in 2004.

Organization
Subject

Publisher
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Author
Finding Aid Prepared by FHL staff
Finding Aid Date
2007
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Copyright has not been assigned to Friends Historical Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in to the Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf Friends Historical Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.

Collection Inventory

History of Swarthmore Chapter.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Constitution of Phi Beta Kappa.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Handbook of the Swarthmore Chapter, 1932.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Minutes of Annual Meetings, 1914-1932.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Minutes of Annual Meetings, 1933-1940.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Membership Lists, 1873-1942.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence, 1893-1912.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Savings Account Book, 1938-1942.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Treasury Account Book, 1921-1933.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Receipts and Expenditures, 1933-1941.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Miscellaneous Bills.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Invitations and Announcements of Events.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Published Pamphlets.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

Phi Beta Kappa Poems.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 folder

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