DELTA ETA CHAPTER RECORDS AND SCRAPBOOK COLLECTION
1955-1989

East Tennessee State University
University Archives
P. O. Box 70295
Johnson City, Tennessee 37614

E-mail: archives@etsu.edu
Telephone: (423) 439-4338

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INTRODUCTION

Title: Delta Eta Chapter Records and Scrapbook Collection
Collection Number: Accession No. 343
Physical Description: 3 linear feet
Creator: Delta Eta Chapter
Repository: University Archives, East Tennessee State University

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Provenance: The Delta Eta Chapter Records and Scrapbook Collection was donated to the University Archives by Kristin Clark Fry, sorority advisor, July 12, 1989. The records date from 1955 to 1989, but the bulk of the materials encompasses the 1950's and 1960's.

Access: The collection was opened to researchers on November 5, 1990.

Processing Information: A.Kilgore, A.Cunningham, M.Garant, and S.Schwartz completed processing the collection in 1990.

HISTORICAL NOTE

The Delta Eta Chapter of the Delta Zeta Philanthropy Sorority⁽¹⁾ was installed at East Tennessee State College on January 28, 1956 with the induction of ten students and three faculty sponsors. As a chapter of Delta Zeta, the Delta Eta sorority developed an active community service program within the region, providing hearing aids to the hearing impaired in collaboration with the House Ear Institute of Los Angeles and Galludet College for the Deaf in Washington, D. C. In addition to Delta Eta's service work, the chapter participated in most of ETSC's social activities, including the Founders Day celebrations, Mother-Daughter Tea, and State Day.

Delta Eta continued to grow and thrive as an ETSC sorority for several years, and by July 19, 1960 was able to afford to send the chapter's president, Chris Hawkins, to the Sorority's National Convention in Pasadena, California. Student involvement fluctuated dramatically during the late sixties and early seventies, following similar trends at other universities. Delta Eta was not able to rekindle the level of student participation they had experienced during the early 1960s. Around 1989, the organization's charter was revoked because of a declining enrollment and financial support.⁽²⁾

SCOPE AND CONTENT

The Delta Eta chapter records and scrapbook collection contains sorority scrapbooks, photograph albums, memorabilia, pledge manual, event programs, charter, and membership cards documenting the activities of the East Tennessee State University chapter of Delta Zeta between 1956 and 1989. The records are arranged alphabetically by subject and then chronologically. The oversized materials have been placed in two oversized boxes at the end of this collection followed by four oversized scrapbooks. These items are also arranged alphabetically and then chronologically. The membership cards follow the scrapbooks.

Important subjects covered in the collection include:

Delta Zeta Sorority. Delta Eta Chapter (East Tennessee State University)--Records and correspondence Greek letter societies

BOX AND FOLDER LIST

Box 1

1. Event Programs and Songbooks, 1962-86.
2. Fall Rush Songs, 1984.
3. National Council of Delta Zeta Information, ND.
4. Pamphlets Delta Zeta, 1980.
5. Photo Album, 1977-78.
6. Photo Album, 1978-80.
7. Photograph - All Sing, ND.
8. Sorority Pin, ND.

Box 2 (Oversized)

1. Charter - Delta Zeta, March 22, 1986.
2. Event Program - Luau, 1960.
3. Photographs - Delta Zeta Members, 1985-87.
4. Scrapbook, 1956-60.
5. Scrapbook - part I, 1960-62.

Box 3 (Oversized)

1. Scrapbook - part II, 1962-64.
2. Scrapbook, 1964-66.
3. Scrapbook, 1969.
4. Scrapbook, 1976.

Volume I. Scrapbook, 1977.

II. Scrapbook, 1977.

III. Scrapbook, 1977-78.

IV. Scrapbook, ND.

Box IV Membership Card File, 1955-89.

INDEX TO DELTA ETA CHAPTER RECORDS⁽³⁾

All Sing: 1-5, 1-7, 2-4, 2-5, 3.2.
Bishop, Julia: 1-3.
Boughton, Irene: 2-4.
Charter: 2-1.
Clinton, Savanna: 2-4.

Collins, Mary: 1-3.
Crawford, Ann: 2-5.
DeRosier, Arthur: 1-5.
Derby Day, ETSU: 1-5, 1-6.
Easterly, Janice: 2-4.

Father-Daughter Banquet: 2-2.
Founders Day: 2-4, 3-1.
Galludet College for the Deaf: 3-1.
Garland, Ann: 2-4.
Gillette, Clara Ruth: 2-5.

Head, Edith: 2-4.
Homecoming: 1-6, 2-5.
House Party: 2-4, 2-5, 3-2.
Installation Banquet: 1-1.
Jones, Jana: 2-4.

Keen, Anna: 1-3.
Lloyd, Alfa: 1-3.
Mardi Gras Dance: 2-4, 2-5.
McCrary, Deanna: 3-1.
Minton, Marilyn: 1-3.

Mother-Daughter Banquet: 2-4.
Mynatt, Dr. Constance: 2-4.
National Convention, 26th: 2-4.
Officers, First Delta Zeta: 2-4.
Panhellenic Building Opening: 2-4.

Panhellenic Burns: 2-5.
Panhellenic Council: 2-4.
Pledge Retreat: 1-6.
Province Day: 1-5.
Red Cross Blood Program: 2-5.

Ross, Ella: 2-4, 3-1, 3-3.
Rush: 1-1, 1-6, 2-4.
Simmons, Anne: 1-3.
State Day: 2-4, 2-5.
Thomas, Raymond: 2-4.

Thorton, Alice: 2-4.
Three Coins in a Fountain Dance: 3-1.
Vallrath, Faye: 2-4, 2-5.
Whitfield, Mrs. Robert: 2-4.

1. The Delta Zeta Sorority was founded October 24, 1902 at Miami University of Oxford, Ohio.

2. Colors associated with the Delta Zeta Sorority are rose and green; the symbolic membership pin is a gold lamp. The Killarnary rose serves as Delta Zeta's sorority flower, while their mascot is the turtle. A 2.0 grade point average is required for initiation. A member is ineligible to vote unless she has met the requirements of good standing, including good moral conduct, academic achievement, and adequate financial status.

3. Notation following index term indicates box and folder location of indexed materials.