Sigma Xi Records
An inventory of its records at the Syracuse University Archives
Finding aid created by: Katie Swingly
Date: 2014
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Finding aid created by: Katie Swingly
Date: 2014
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| 2016 | Additional materials added (AES) |
Summary |
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| Creator: | Syracuse University Chapter of Sigma Xi |
| Title: | Sigma Xi Records |
| Dates: | 1904-1964 |
| Size: | 2 boxes (2 linear feet) |
| Abstract: | The Sigma Xi Records include correspondence, meeting minutes, lecture programs, and reports related to the founding and activities of Syracuse University's Chapter of Sigma Xi. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
University Archives, Special Collections Research Center Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Ave., Suite 600 Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 |
The Society of the Sigma Xi is a science and engineering honor society founded in 1886 at Cornell University. Its members include dozens of Nobel Laureates, including Albert Einstein, Linus Pauling, James Watson and Francis Crick. The Syracuse University Chapter was chartered in 1906 with sixteen members, all Syracuse University faculty. It endeavored to “promote fellowship between those interested in scientific research, to recognize and encourage the work being done by its members, and to stimulate the interest of everyone in scientific matters.” The Chapter's first president was William H. Metzler, and the first secretary was A.M. Reese. While the charter members were all male, the Chapter later expanded to include female members. Those eligible for membership were graduate students, faculty, and outstanding undergraduate students. Sigma Xi held public lectures by prominent scientists from various fields of scientific research. In 1955, the Chapter established a Sigma Xi award to recognize excellent scientific research. The Chapter later expanded to encompass the greater Syracuse area but ceased activity in 2011.
The Sigma Xi Records contain materials from the 1904 to 1964, from the formation of the Chapter at Syracuse University to its fiftieth anniversary. The collection includes correspondence, meeting minutes, lecture programs, and reports related to the founding and subsequent activities of the Syracuse University's Chapter of Sigma Xi.
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 Syracuse University Archives holds a clipping file for Sigma Xi.
Names
Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society of North America.
Syracuse University -- History.
Syracuse University.
Subjects
Science.
Greek letter societies -- United States.
Higher education.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Sigma Xi Records
University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
The Archives has no documentation on the acquisition of the Sigma Xi Records.
Processing Information
Materials were rehoused in acid-free folders and boxes.
The items are arranged in alphabetical order.
Records
| Records | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Anniversary Program- "Twenty-Five Years of Sigma Xi in Syracuse University" 1931 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Anniversary Program- Fiftieth Anniversary of the Syracuse Chapter of the Society of the Sigma Xi 1956 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Ballots 1932-1940, undated | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Bylaws and Policies undated | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Convention Proceedings 1904-1911 | ||||||||||
| Correspondence | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1906-1908 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1909-1910 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1911-1912 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1913 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1914 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1915-1916 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1917-1918 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1919 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1920 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1921 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1922-1923 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1924 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1925-1928 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1929 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1930 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1931 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1932 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1933-1934 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1935 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | January-February 1936 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | March-December 1936 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | January-March 1937 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | April-December 1937 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | January-March 1938 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | April-December 1938 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | January-February 1939 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | March-December 1939 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | January-February 1940 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | March-December 1940 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1941 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | undated | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "History, Constitution, and Bylaws" Pamphlets 1929-1936 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Key, Cabinet undated | ||||||||||
| Meeting Minutes | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1906-1937(bound volume) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1938-1946(bound volume) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1946-1955(bound volume) | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Meeting Programs and Notices 1930-1939 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Membership and Mailing Lists 1914-1940, 1964 | ||||||||||
| Nomination Forms | |||||||||||
| Box 2 | 1919-1921 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | 1922-1927 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | 1928-1930 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | 1931-1932 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | 1933 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | 1934-1935 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | 1936-1937 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | 1939 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | 1940 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | undated | ||||||||||
| Non-Syracuse University Sigma Xi Chapters | |||||||||||
| Box 2 | Petitions for the Establishment of New Chapters 1922-1940 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Event Programs and Invitations 1931-1941 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Yearbooks and Membership Lists 1913-1922 | ||||||||||
| Reports | |||||||||||
| Box 2 | Presidents’ Reports 1939 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Secretaries’ Reports 1930-1939 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Treasurers’ Reports 1913-1939 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Yearly Statistical Reports 1914, 1921 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Scientific Publications 1920-1933 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Sigma Xi Half Century Record and History, 1886-1936 1936 2 copies | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Sigma Xi Quarter Century Record and History, 1886-1911 1913 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Treasurer's Book 1906-1931 | ||||||||||