Chi Sigma Theta Sorority records,
- Author:
- State University of New York at Albany. Chi Sigma Theta Sorority.
- Call Number:
- MSS UA-806 local
- Abstract:
- The Chi Sigma Theta records contain alumni newsletters, constitutions, recordings of publicity events, memorabilia, composite sorority photographs, and scrapbooks, as well as other records that document the founding, maintenance, and disestablishment of Chi Sigma Theta Sorority at University at Albany, SUNY.
- Historical Note:
- Chi Sigma Theta, founded at the New York State College for Teachers on February 17, 1920, traces its origins to the Newman Club, a campus Catholic study society founded in 1908. With the consent of Dean Blue, the Newman Club had been reorganized to form Kappa Nu Sorority on October 5, 1914. In 1920 the name of the sorority was changed to Chi Sigma Theta. In the mid-1960s Greek societies at the State University of New York at Albany were forced to sell their houses and move to dormitories on the new Uptown Campus. Maintaining a Greek society in the dormitories was contingent on retaining sufficient members to justify setting aside the floor and rooms. In the 1970s Chi Sigma Theta, along with other local Greek societies at the University, suffered a steady decline in membership. The active chapter of Chi Sigma Theta Sorority dissolved in 1980. During the early 1980s there was a resurgence of interest in national Greek societies. Chi Sigma Theta was granted a provisional charter and reactivated on campus as a local sorority in the Spring of 1986. The attempt to reestablish Chi Sigma Theta as a local sorority failed. On September 23, 1988, almost two years after Chi Sigma Theta received their provisional charter, Helen Adams, Assistant Director of Student Activities approved the merger of local sorority Chi Sigma Theta with Phi Sigma Sigma, a national sorority.
- Physical Description:
- 0.5 cu. ft
- Access Terms:
- Access to the collection is unrestricted.
- Notes:
- Chi Sigma Theta Sorority records. M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University at Albany, State University of New York.
- Subjects:
- Greek letter societies New York (State), Women Societies and clubs, Greek letter societies, and Women Societies and clubs
- Genres/Forms:
- Newsletters. aat, Memorabilia. aat, Sound recordings. aat, and Photographs. aat
- Corporate Names:
- State University of New York at Albany. Chi Sigma Theta Sorority
- Geographic Terms:
- New York (State)
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