Ball State University Fraternities
and Sororities Records
RG.00.05.00
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Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
Alexander M. Bracken Library
2000 W. University Avenue
Muncie, Indiana, 47306
765-285-5078
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Ball State University Fraternities and Sororities Records RG.00.05
Table of Contents
Summary Information ................................................................................................................................. 3
Scope and Contents....................................................................................................................................... 5
Arrangement...................................................................................................................................................5
Administrative Information .........................................................................................................................5
Controlled Access Headings..........................................................................................................................6
Collection Inventory...................................................................................................................................... 7
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Summary Information
Repository
Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
Creator
Alpha Chi Omega. Gamma Mu Chapter.
Creator
Alpha Phi. Delta Rho Chapter.
Creator
Alpha Sigma Alpha. Chi Chi Chapter.
Creator
Alpha Tau Omega. Indiana Theta Alpha Colony.
Creator
Delta Phi Delta.
Creator
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.
Creator
Kappa Alpha Theta.
Creator
Pi Beta Phi.
Creator
Pi Lambda Theta.
Creator
Sigma Kappa Sorority.
Creator
Sigma Sigma Sigma.
Title
Ball State University Fraternities and Sororities records
Date
1945-1988
Extent
0.4 Cubic feet 1 Box
Language
English
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Preferred Citation
Ball State University Fraternities and Sororities records, Archives and Special Collections, Ball State
University Libraries
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Scope and Contents
This collection includes chapter constitutions and by-laws, documents, member lists, newspaper
clippings, organizational histories, and yearbooks ranging from 1945 to 1988.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by subject alphabetically.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Copyright Notice
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Ball State University, Muncie, IN. All requests to
publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Archives and Special Collections.
Custodial History
The Fraternities and Sororities Subject Files were received by Archives and Special Collections as
donations.
Accruals
No additions are expected.
Processing Information
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Collection processing completed 2008/12/18 by Carolyn F. Runyon. EAD finding aid completed
2008/12/19 by Carolyn F. Runyon.
Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
• Ball State Teachers College.
• Ball State University.
Genre(s)
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Clippings
Constitutions
Documents
Yearbooks
Geographic Name(s)
• Muncie (Ind.)
Subject(s)
• Fraternities & sororities
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Fraternities and Sororities records
Collection Inventory
Fraternities and Sororities records
Alpha Chi Omega Gamma Mu Chapter records, 1950-1970
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Administrative History
Alpha Chi Omega women's fraternity was founded on October 15, 1885, at
DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. The Gamma Mu chapter was
founded at Ball State Teachers College on June 10, 1950. The sorority is
casually referred to as Alpha Chi or A-Chi-O, its colors are scarlet red and
olive green, its flower is the red carnation, and the local chapter’s symbol
is the golden lyre.
Bibliography
"Alpha Chi Omega." http://cms.bsu.edu/CampusLife/GreekLife/
community/chapters/sororities/alphachi.aspx (accessed October 23, 2009).
Alpha Phi Delta Rho Chapter records, 1986
Alpha Sigma Alpha Chi Chi Chapter records, 1976-1978
Alpha Tau Omega Indiana Theta Alpha Colony records, 1976
Administrative History
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Fraternities and Sororities records
Alpha Tau Omega, considered by many to be the first national fraternity,
was founded on September 11, 1865 at Virginia Miltary Institute in
Lexington, Virginia. Ball State University's Indiana Theta Alpha Colony
arrived on campus in the Fall of 2009. The fraternity is governed by the
Interfraternity Council. The fraternity's nickname is A-T-O, its colors are
azure and old gold, the group's symbol is the Heraldic Cross Pattee, and its
flower is the white tea rose.
Bibliography
"Alpha Tau Omega." http://cms.bsu.edu/CampusLife/GreekLife/
community/chapters/fraternities/ato.aspx (accessed October 23, 2009).
Delta Phi Delta records, 1950/05/25-1969/12/17
Delta Sigma Theta records, 1988
Kappa Alpha Theta Delta Sigma Chapter records, 1988
Administrative History
The national organization was founded in 1870, but a local chapter was
not established at Ball State University for another 100 years, in 1970.
The local chapter goes by the nickname Theta, its colors are black and
gold, its symbol is the kite, and the Theta's flower is the black and gold
pansy. Other Indiana chapters can be found at Butler University, DePauw
University, Hanover College, Indiana University, and Purdue University.
Bibliography
"Kappa Alpha Theta." http://www.bsu.edu/panhellenic/
article/0,,25277--,00.html (accessed October 23, 2009).
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Fraternities and Sororities records
Pi Beta Phi records, 1977
Pi Lambda Theta records, 1952-1972
Sigma Kappa records, 1976
Sigma Sigma Sigma records, 1945-1977
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