Sigma Theta Tau International Omicron at-Large Collection
An inventory of its collection at the Syracuse University Archives
Finding aid created by: Sasha Solomon
Date: 2023
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Finding aid created by: Sasha Solomon
Date: 2023
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| Creator: | Sigma Theta Tau International. |
| Title: | Sigma Theta Tau International Omicron at-Large Collection |
| Dates: | 1952-2015 |
| Size: | 5.4 linear ft |
| Abstract: | Materials related to the Sigma Theta Tau Omicron at-Large Chapter at Syracuse University |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
University Archives, Special Collections Research Center Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Ave., Suite 600 Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 |
Sigma Theta Tau is a nursing honor society founded in 1922 by six nursing students at the Indiana University Training School of Nurses, now the Indiana University School of Nursing. The honorary was created to help promote nursing as a career and support nursing scholarship and research and was the first United States organization to fund nursing research. In 1985, Sigma Theta Tau was incorporated and became Sigma Theta Tau International Inc., a nonprofit organization. Today, the honorary society has over 500 chapters at various higher education institutions and health care partners across North and South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia.
In 1959, the Syracuse University School of Nursing established the Omicron Chapter, becoming the 14th school to join the honor society. Later, the chapter became the Sigma Theta Tau Omicron at-Large Chapter, and included the Department of Nursing at Le Moyne College and the College of Nursing at State University of New York Upstate Medical University. Although the School of Nursing at Syracuse University was closed in 2006, the Omicron chapter still exists at the University as the Omicron Alumni Chapter.
The Sigma Theta Tau International Omicron at-Large Collection contains materials related to the formation of the Omicron Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International at Syracuse University, its members, special events and programs hosted by the chapter, as well as documents and memorabilia related to the membership induction ceremony. The collection is composed of six series:
Correspondence consists of congratulatory messages sent to the Omicron Chapter, donation requests for the Sigma Theta Tau International 75th Anniversary Campaign, as well as internal and external correspondence regarding the change to Alumni status for the Omicron Chapter at Syracuse University.
Media consists of materials related to the 2009 Induction Ceremony and the 50th Anniversary of Omicron Chapter.
Memorabilia consists of scrapbooks, a wall hanging, and a president's collar. This series also includes ceremonial objects, such as glass candle holders and a ceramic lamp, sometimes called a Nightingale lamp, used as part of the graduation ceremony for nurses.
Photographs includes various photographs of Sigma Theta Tau Omicron Chapter members as well as the Pillar of Knowledge and Orange Grove paver sponsored by the Omicron Chapter.
Printed materials consists of programs, invitations, and newsletters produced by the Omicron Chapter.
Records consists of administrative reports, chapter minutes, and other materials collected by the Omicron Chapter. This includes the original Sigma Theta Tau Omicron Chapter charter, as well as papers related to Omicron Chapter members. This series also contains materials from the Agenda Society, the former nursing honorary society for Syracuse Memorial Hospital and Syracuse University School of Nursing before Syracuse University’s acceptance into Sigma Theta Tau.
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 University Archives holds a clipping file on Sigma Theta Tau.
The University Archives also holds photographs and clipping files for the Syracuse University School of Nursing, as well as the School of Nursing Records.
Names
Dahlem, Anna.
Davis, Carolyne K.
Sigma Theta Tau International.
Syracuse University -- History.
Syracuse University School of Nursing.
Syracuse University.
Subjects
Greek letter societies.
Nursing -- Study and training.
Nursing students.
College teachers.
Higher education.
Types of Material
Annual reports.
Charters.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Compact discs.
Correspondence.
DVDs.
Invitations.
Memorabilia.
Minutes (administrative records)
Newsletters.
Photographs.
Programs (documents)
Scrapbooks.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Sigma Theta Tau International Omicron at-Large Collection,
University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Transfer from David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics in 2023.
Processing Information
Materials were placed in acid free folders and acid free boxes. Photographs were placed in mylar sleeves.
Materials are arranged alphabetically within their series.
Correspondence
Media
Memorabilia
Photographs
Printed materials
Records
| Correspondence | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Establishment of alumni status 2001-2007 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Omicron chapter 50th anniversary congratulatory messages 2009 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Sigma Theta Tau 75th anniversary campaign donation request 1995-1997 | ||||||||||
| Media | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | 2009 Induction Program undated - MS Publisher (CD) (ID#: sua_sigma_theta_tau_001) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Sigma Theta Tau: 50th Anniversary photos June 1, 2009 (DVD) (ID#: sua_sigma_theta_tau_002) | ||||||||||
| Includes: Inductee photos; Inductors Ceremony; Heroy Reception; speakers. | |||||||||||
| Memorabilia | |||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | Ceremonial lamp undated | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | Glass candle holders undated | ||||||||||
| Oversize 2 | President's collar with Sigma Theta Tau crest undated | ||||||||||
| Oversize 3 | Scrapbook 1955-1964 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 3 | Scrapbook 1972-1984 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 2 | Wall hanging with Sigma Theta Tau crest undated | ||||||||||
| Photographs | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | International Center for Nursing Scholarship 1989 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Miscellaneous 1968-1969 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Omicron chapter 25th anniversary 2009 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Omicron paver at Center for Nursing Scholarship 2005 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Pillar of knowledge 1989 | ||||||||||
| Printed materials | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Annual dinner celebration programs and invitations 1999-2007 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Crisis in health care financing program materials undated | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Induction ceremony programs 1989-2012 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Judith Anne Evers lecture series programs and invitations 2005-2007 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Miscellaneous special events invitations 2004-2007 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Official amendment ceremony and induction program and script 2013 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Omicron chapter newsletter May 2004 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Reflections newsletter 1986 | ||||||||||
| Records | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | A brief history of the Omicron chapter undated | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Address from Vernice Ferguson undated | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Agenda society's book of ceremony instructions and minutes 1953-1959 bound | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Agenda society report 1957-1958 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Annual report 2006 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Chapter minutes 1959-1976 bound | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Chapter organization procedures 2010-2012 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Chapter presidents 1959-2009 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | First minutes of Omicron chapter February 21, 1959 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Income dues and chapter donations 2010-2013 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Induction ceremony materials 2009 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Induction ceremony speech 2010 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Induction report 2009 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Membership book 1959-1976 bound | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Membership book 2012-2015 bound | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Notable individuals - Dahlem, Anna 1952-1991 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Notable individuals - Davis, Carolyne K. 1983 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Obituaries and honors 1956-2012 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Omicron chapter 50th anniversary excellence award 2009 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Orange Grove bench endowment 1997-2006 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Original charter membership list 2008 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 2 | Sigma Theta Tau Omicron chapter charter February 21, 1959 | ||||||||||