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Pi Kappa Alpha (Syracuse University Chapter) Collection

An inventory of its collection at the Syracuse University Archives

Summary

Creator: Pi Kappa Alpha.
Title: Pi Kappa Alpha (Syracuse University Chapter) Collection
Dates: 1947-1968
Size: 2 boxes (1.5 linear feet)
Abstract: The Pi Kappa Alpha Collection contains clippings, a fraternal history, a crest poster and other materials related to its activities at Syracuse University.
Language: English
Repository: University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries
222 Waverly Ave., Suite 600
Syracuse, NY 13244-2010
https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center/university-archives

Historical Note

The Alpha Chi Chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha was founded at Syracuse University on March 15, 1913. Prior to being affiliated with Pi Kappa Alpha, brothers called themselves Zeta Rho fraternity, a local fraternity founded at Syracuse University in 1904. In the early 1920s, when Chancellor William P. Tolley was a Pi Kappa Alpha senior, the pledge class of Pi Kappa Alpha cut down a spruce tree from the property of the Chancellor's House near Christmastime. The fact that it came from the Chancellor's House was kept a secret, until Chancellor Tolley received a visitor 20 years after the incident and was informed of the exact location where the tree had been removed. The pledge class of 1967-1968 went to the Chancellor's House while Tolley was Chancellor to plant a tree to replace the one that the fraternity had taken over 40 years prior.

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Scope and Content Note

The Pi Kappa Alpha (Syracuse University Chapter) Collection contains a signed crest poster, a calendar and other materials related to the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity. Materials range from 1947 to 1968, with the majority of materials dating from the 1960s.

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Restrictions

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.

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Related Material

The Archives holds additional materials relating to Pi Kappa Alpha in the Harold Roland Davis Papers, the Clippings File, and the Photograph Collection.

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Selected Search Terms

Names

Pi Kappa Alpha.
Syracuse University -- History.
Syracuse University.

Subjects

Fraternities.
Greek letter societies.
Higher education.

Types of material

Crests (motifs)

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Pi Kappa Alpha (Syracuse University Chapter) Collection,
University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries

Acquisition Information

The Archives does not hold any information regarding the acquisition of these materials.

Processing Information

Materials were placed in archival folders and boxes.

Finding Aid Information

Created by: Anna Smallwood
Date: 2016
Revision history:

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Arrangement

Materials are arranged in alphabetical order.

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Inventory

Collection
Box 1 Clippings 1963-1968
Box 1 The Dream Girls of Syracuse University Calendar 1963-1964
Box 1 A History of Pi Kappa Alpha 1968
Box 1 Initiation Certificate 1947
Box 2 Signed Crest Poster 1964-1966

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