ELWYN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA 58202

THETA SIGMA PHI, BETA ALPHA CHAPTER RECORDS

COLLECTION: OGL#766

DATES: 1940-1969

SIZE: 1.25 linear feet

INTRODUCTION

ACQUISITION: The Theta Sigma Phi, Beta Alpha Chapter Records were deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection by the University of North Dakota Department of Journalism in July 1982 (Acc.#82-1005).

ACCESS: Available for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Department of Special Collections.

RELATED COLLECTION: Located in University Publications: The Lily, 1941-1949; One Magic Hour: President John F. Kennedy Visits the University of North Dakota, Published by Theta Sigma Phi, 1963; Theta Sigma Phi, Beta Alpha Chapter Objectives (undated); Membership brochure, 1967; Petition of Theta Sigma Phi from the Matrix, 1922

HISTORICAL SKETCH

What became known as the Beta Alpha Chapter of Theta Sigma Phi was established at the University of North Dakota in 1921. The group was originally known as Matrix until 1946, when the group joined Theta Sigma Phi. The organization is a national honorary society for women in journalism and communications. The objectives of Theta Sigma Phi were five-fold: to work for a free and responsible press; to unite women in all fields of communication; to recognize achievements of women in journalism; to maintain high professional standards; and to encourage members to greater individual effort.

In 1972, the national organization was renamed Women in Communications, Inc..

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Theta Sigma Phi, Beta Alpha Chapter Records consist of correspondence, constitution and by-laws, minutes of meetings, annual reports, membership lists and a scrapbook. The scrapbook contains periodicals, programs, newspaper clippings and correspondence. The periodicals include Matrix, the national journal of Theta Sigma Phi, and several tabloids lampooning UND from the 1940s and 1950s: The Lily, The Lassoioux and the Green Harpoon. All are located within the scrapbook. Five photos were separated and placed in the Orin G. Libby Photograph Collection.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

Box 1
Folder

1. Correspondence, 1963-1969
2. Revised Constitution and By-Laws, 1966
3. Minutes, 1946-1949, 1969
4. Minutes, 1964-1968
5. Annual Report, 1967-1968
6. Membership Lists, 1966-1969
7. Scrapbook, 1944-1966 and Miscellaneous
   

SEPARATIONS RECORD

Five photographs were separated and added to the Orin G. Libby Photograph Collection. All of the photographs are unidentified and undated.

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