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The Nevada chapter of Alpha Zeta, an honorary student agricultural fraternity, was established at the University of Nevada, Reno, on April 27, 1963. Scrapbook includes chapter guidebooks, photographs, news clippings, constitution and by-laws.

Abstract Kappa Lambda was a local fraternity founded at the University of Nevada on October 1, 1921. In 1928, Kappa Lambda submitted a petition for charter to the national fraternity Lambda Chi Alpha. The Nevada Epsilon Iota Chapter was established at the Reno, Nevada, campus in 1929. The Crescents, the women's auxiliary to the Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity, was organized by the Epsilon Iota Chapter in October 1966, but was disbanded due to insurance coverage concerns. The collection contains materials...

Abstract Dr. John O. Moseley (1893-1955) was appointed president of the University of Nevada in 1945, and served in that capacity until he resigned in 1949. After his resignation, he became a national officer for the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. The collection consists of general correspondence with the faculty of the university, personal correspondence, correspondence with the national Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity concerning Greek life, scripts from movies produced during that period on the...

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The Panhellenic Council (Panhellenic is of Greek origin and means "all Greek") began on the University of Nevada campus in the fall of 1916 and consist of representatives from the university sororities. Among the duties is governing rush and pledging, and coordinating sorority activities. The collection consists of two books of hand-written minutes covering the period of May 1917-February 1927, and September 1948-January 13, 1955.

Abstract Edme Peterson attended the university during the 1926/27 school year, and pledged the Alpha Gamma Chapter, Gamma Phi Delta sorority. The scrapbook documents the year and the various social activities sponsored by the sorority, as well as other student social events. Next to many of the items in the scrapbook are written comments. Scrapbook contains ephemera and realia of university and sorority activities, including homecoming, dances, and banquets; dance programs and favors; and newspaper...

Abstract Six students organized the Phi Delta Theta fraternity at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, on December 26,1848. The fraternity's General Headquarters building is in Oxford, Ohio. Pledges are called Phikeias until they are initiated into full membership. The charter class of the Nevada Alpha chapter of Phi Delta Theta, consisting of 25 men, was initiated on April 21, 1972. The University's Alpha chapter observed its fortieth anniversary on April 21, 2012. The Phi Delta Theta Fraternity...

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Nevada chapter established May 4, 1912, at the University of Nevada (Reno), as a college and alumni society composed of all departments. Charter members were selected from department heads with rank of professor. The Collection includes induction proceedings, student record cards, minutes, bylaws, and general correspondence of Phi Kappa Phi, national honor society, Nevada chapter.

Abstract Sigma Gamma Epsilon, an honorary mining engineering fraternity, was founded at the University of Kansas in 1914, and the University of Nevada Pi Chapter was founded December 19, 1924, after being originally established in 1923 as Kappa Zeta. J. Claude Jones, professor in the Mackay School of Mines, was active in both the local and national fraternity, serving as grand vice-president of the western province. He served in this capacity until his death in 1932. Collection contains local...

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Organized at the University of Nevada as Links and Shield in 1921, the fraternity was installed as the Theta Chapter of Sigma Phi Sigma in 1922. The collection contains scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, newsletters, invitations, announcements, programs and other ephemera, photographs, and miscellaneous material related to the fraternity's activities and university social and athletic events.

Abstract Margaret Scott Hill Stedman (1906-1956) was the daughter of Clara Scott and Professor Albert E. Hill. She graduated from Reno High School in 1923 and attended the University of Nevada. She was active at the University and participated in tennis as well as honors societies and sororities. The collection contains two scrapbooks from her years as a University of Nevada student in the 1920s, along with newspaper clippings and photographs. Also included is correspondence of her father, Professor...