Pi Kappa Alpha (Syracuse University Chapter) 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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| 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 |
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.
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.
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 Pi Kappa Alpha in the Harold Roland Davis Papers, the Clippings File, and the Photograph Collection.
Names
Pi Kappa Alpha.
Syracuse University -- History.
Syracuse University.
Subjects
Fraternities.
Greek letter societies.
Higher education.
Types of Material
Crests (motifs)
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.
Materials are arranged in alphabetical order.
Collection
| 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 | ||||||||||