Phi Kappa Alpha Collection
An inventory of its collection at the Syracuse University Archives
Finding aid created by: Anna Smallwood
Date: 2016
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Finding aid created by: Anna Smallwood
Date: 2016
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Summary |
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| Creator: | Phi Kappa Alpha. |
| Title: | Phi Kappa Alpha Collection |
| Dates: | 1903-1961 |
| Size: | 0.25 linear foot |
| Abstract: | Publications, correspondence and other materials related to the history, members, and activities of the senior men's honorary fraternity at Syracuse University |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
University Archives, Special Collections Research Center Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Ave., Suite 600 Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 |
Phi Kappa Alpha was founded in 1897 as a senior society for men at Syracuse University. The fraternity's first members were Charlie Cooney, Bill Groat, Robert Adams, George Bond, Bill Nichols, Mark Heiman, Albert Larkin and Maurice Fikes. In 1913, brothers voted to keep the fraternity strictly on the campus of Syracuse University. The fraternity inducted eight rising seniors each year who they considered the most influential men for that graduating class.
The collection spans from 1903 to 1961 and includes publications and other historical information about the fraternity. In the collection are a dance card, materials from the 50th anniversary in 1947 as well as materials from the anniversary in 1957. Also in the collection are membership records and ephemera related to the fraternity, its members and activities.
Access Restrictions:
Please note that the collection is housed off-site, and advance notice is required to allow time to have the materials brought to the Reading Room on campus.
Use Restrictions:
Written permission must be obtained from the Syracuse University Archives and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
The Archives holds additional materials relating to Phi Kappa Alpha in the Clippings File, Photograph Collection and in various alumni papers.
Names
Phi Kappa Alpha.
Syracuse University -- History.
Syracuse University.
Subjects
Greek letter societies.
Higher education.
Types of Material
Dance cards.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Phi Kappa Alpha Collection,
University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
The University Archives does not hold any information regarding the acquisition of these materials.
Processing Information
Materials were placed in archival folders.
Materials are arranged in alphabetical order.
Collection
| Collection | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Correspondence 1947, 1961 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Dance card 1903 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Fifty years of Phi Kappa Alpha 1947 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Golden jubilee 1947 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Initiation and dinner program 1909 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Kum Bak 1947, 1957 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Membership certificate 1916 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Roster of Phi Kappa Alpha 1917 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Sixty years of Phi Kappa Alpha 1957 | ||||||||||