East Tennessee State University
University Archives
P. O. Box 70295
Johnson City, Tennessee 37614-1701

Title: Delta Kappa Gamma Records
Collection Number: Accession No. 86
Physical Description: 10 linear feet (18 boxes), 23 photographs and slides (1 folder), 7 scrapbooks
Creator: Delta Kappa Gamma, Beta Delta Chapter, Johnson City, Tennessee
Repository: University Archives, East Tennessee State University

Provenance: The Delta Kappa Gamma Records were donated to the University Archives initially by Joan C. Dressel, chapter president, on November 4, 1980, with additional materials being donated on April 12, 1991, May 12, 1992, June 15, 1995, and November 20, 1995.

Access: The collection is open for research.

Processing information: Ned Irwin and Jamee Roberts completed processing and the collection was opened for research in May 2001.

Delta Kappa Gamma is a national honorary society for professional women educators seeking to improve education. First organized nationally at Austin, Texas on May 11, 1929, a state organization (Xi State) was begun in Tennessee in 1935. This was the 14^th state society established in the nation. A local chapter (Gamma Chapter) covering Carter, Unicoi, and Washington Counties was chartered in Johnson City, Tenn., on April 30, 1937. Though not formally a part of ETSU, a close connection between the school and the chapter has existed over the years. The chapter was originally organized by three women educators of the university (Evangeline Hartsook, Ada Earnest, and Ina Yoakley), and its membership and leadership has included many members of the faculty and staff at the university. In the mid-1960s, the state society authorized chapters with more than sixty members to reorganize into smaller units. Gamma Chapter, which had grown by this time to over 90 members, reorganized into two chapters, Gamma and a new Beta Delta Chapter in Johnson City, Tenn., on April 11, 1968. Vivian V. Rockwood, Gamma president, served as organizer of the new chapter, with Virginia Kirkland serving as Beta Delta's first chapter president. The society and its local chapters continue the mission of improving education and promoting the professional growth of its members.

The Delta Kappa Gamma collection documents the activities of this organization of professional female educators in their efforts to promote educational improvement and career development. The material in the collection covers the period 1937 when the local chapter was organized in Johnson City, Tenn., until 1995 and includes charters, bylaws, minutes, membership directories, meeting agendas, convention programs, miscellaneous printed material, photographs, histories of the national, state, and local organizations, and scrapbooks. The collection is arranged into three series as follows: Series I, Administrative Files, 1966-1995 and undated; Series II, Publications, 1947-1994 and undated; and Series III, Scrapbooks, 1937-1991.

Delta Kappa Gamma. Beta Delta Chapter (Johnson City, Tenn.)
Delta Kappa Gamma. Gamma Chapter (Johnson City, Tenn.)
Delta Kappa Gamma. Xi State (Tennessee)
Education—Societies, etc.
Greek letter societies
Women educators

Series I, which documents the activities and operations of the Johnson City, Tenn., Gamma and Beta Delta Chapters of Delta Kappa Gamma consists of bylaws, correspondence, minutes, reports, membership lists, financial records, histories, newsclippings, policy and procedure manuals, surveys, scholarship information, and miscellaneous ephemera. The materials are arranged in alphabetical order by topic, i.e., annual reports, minutes, etc., and then, where necessary, chronologically within these types.

Series II consists of printed publications primarily issued either by the national, state, or local chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma as well as some miscellaneous publications. The types of publications include constitutions, bulletins, histories, newsletters, yearbooks, and convention and meeting programs. The publications are arranged in alphabetical order by the name of the publication and then chronologically within each title.

Series III consists of scrapbooks arranged in chronological order. The scrapbooks contain newsclippings, programs, and miscellaneous printed ephemera related to the activities of the local chapter as well as the state and national organizations of Delta Kappa Gamma.

Box 1

1. Annual Reports, 1968-1977
2. Annual Reports, 1978-1990
3. Applications for State Leadership, undated
4. Area Meeting, 1972
5. Area Meeting, 1974-1976
6. Area Meeting, 1977-1988
7. Area I Workshop, September 20, 1986
8. Audited Combined Financial Statements, 1986
9. Awards and Certificates, undated
10. Awards of Gamma Members (History), undated
11. Biennium Reports, 1972-1974
12. Biennium Reports, 1974-1980
13. Biennium Reports, 1984-1986
14. Budget, 1974-1990
15. Bylaws, 1984-1987
16. Chapter Meetings, 1982-1990
17. Charter Ceremony, 1990
18. Children’s International Education Center, undated
19. Committees, 1980-1982
20. Committees and Professional Affairs, undated
21. Coordination Councils, 1968-1970
22. Correspondence, (Part 1 of 3), 1976-1986
23. Correspondence, (Part 2 of 3), 1987-1990

Box 2

1. Correspondence, (Part 3 of 3), 1987-1990
2. Correspondence Regarding Newsletters, 1980’s
3. District Meeting, September 26, 1970
4. DKG Executive Meeting, undated
5. ETSU Commencement, 1975
6. Executive Board Minutes, 1974-1988
7. Faculty Handbook, 1970
8. Forms, undated
9. Frontiers: A History of Xi State, undated
10. Golden Anniversary Celebration, 1985
11. Golden Anniversary Founders Directory, 1929-1979
12. Golden Anniversary Program Material ETSU, May 9, 1985
13. Guidelines for Ceremonies, 1984
14. Guidelines for Meetings, 1988
15. Guidelines for President, 1980-1986
16. Handicapped Children, Education of, 1977 and undated
17. History of Beta Delta Chapter, 1966-1972
18. History of Beta Delta Chapter, 1973-1982

Box 3

1. History of Beta Delta Chapter, 1982-1983
2. History of Gamma Chapter, 1970-1978
3. Hour of Remembrance 1974-1986
4. Initiation, 1968
5. Installation Ceremony, 1968
6. International Convention, Saint Louis, Missouri, 1976
7. International Conventions, 1976 and 1980
8. Keys, Undated
9. Leadership Development Conference, 1986
10. "Light From Many Candles", October 1969
11. Membership 1974-1976
12. Minutes, 1968-1970
13. Minutes, 1971-1972
14. Minutes, 1973-1974
15. Minutes, 1975
16. Minutes, 1976-1977
17. Minutes, 1978-1979
18. Minutes, 1980-1983

Box 4

1. Minutes, 1984-1986
2. Minutes, 1987-1990
3. Miscellaneous, 1969-1984 and undated (Note: Photographs and slides removed and placed in folder in Small Photographic Collections Box 5)
4. Necrology, 1972-1989
5. Neeley, Geneva: Eulogy, 1995
6. Newsclippings, 1978-1983
7. Newsletter, February 26, 1979
8. Newsrelease, 1972 International Convention
9. Order Forms, undated
10. Organizational Material, undated
11. Planning Goals, 1975-1976
12. Poetry Book, undated
13. Policies and Procedures, 1987-1988
14. Presidents Banquet, 1978
15. Program Handouts, 1982-1983
16. Ratham, Catherine, undated
17. Reports, 1974-1976
18. Scholarship, 1977-1986
19. Southeast Regional Conference, 1969

Box 5

1. State Conventions, 1966-1968
2. State Conventions, 1968-1975
3. State Convention, 1976
4. State Conventions, 1977-1978
5. State Conventions, 1979-1980
6. State Conventions, 1981-1986
7. State Convention, 1988
8. State Convention, 1990
9. Surveys, 1979 and undated
10. Television Violence, undated
11. Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System, 1974
12. Transfers and Resignations, 1972-1986
13. Treasurer’s Reports, 1972-1988

Box 6

1. World Fellowship Educational Foundation, undated
2. Workshop – Morristown, Tennessee, 1978
3. Xi State, 1976

(Note: Five color prints and 18 color slides of various meetings and conventions, 1978-1983 and undated have been removed from Series I and placed in a folder in Small Photographic Collections Box 5)

Series II, Publications, 1947-1994 and undated, Boxes 6-12.

Box 6

1. Addresses and Proceedings, 1970
2. Beacon to the Future, undated
3. Constitution (Revised 1974, amended 1978 copy)
4. Constitution of Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, 1966-1974
5. Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin, 1968
6. Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin, 1970

Box 7

1. Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin, 1971
2. Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin, 1973
3. Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin, 1974
4. Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin, 1975
5. Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin, 1976
6. Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin, 1977
7. Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin, 1978

Box 8

1. Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin, 1979
2. Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin, 1980
3. Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin, 1981
4. Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin, 1982
5. Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin, 1983
6. Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin, 1984
7. Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin, 1985
8. Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin, 1986

Box 9

1. Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin, 1987
2. Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin, 1988
3. Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin, 1989
4. Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin, 1990
5. Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin, 1991
6. Directories, 1981-1986
7. Eyes to See, 1947

Box 10

1. Handbook, 1967
2. Handbook, 1979
3. Handbook, 1984
4. Insurance Handbooks, 1976-1990
5. News of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, 1971-1973
6. News of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, 1974-1975
7. News of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, 1976-1977
8. News of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, 1978-1979
9. News of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, 1980-1982
10. News of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, 1983-1983
11. News of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, 1987-1990

Box 11

1. News of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, 1991
2. Program Manuals, 1975-1979
3. Quality Education, 1972
4. Rituals, 1972
5. Society News, 1972-1990
6. Songbooks, 1951-1965
7. State History: Delta Kappa Gamma Society, Vol. II, 1994
8. Women’s Faculty Club, ETSU, 1977
9. Xi State News, 1973-1979

Box 12

1. Xi State News, 1980-1988
2. Xi State News, 1989-1990
3. Yearbooks, 1963-1973
4. Yearbooks, 1973-1977
5. Yearbooks, 1977-1983
6. Yearbooks, 1984-1990

Box 13, Scrapbook, volume 1, (Part I of III), 1937-1960
Box 14, Scrapbook, volume 1, (Part II of III), 1960-1967
Box 15, Scrapbook, volume 1, (Part III of III), 1968-1972
Box 16, Scrapbook, volumes 2 and 3,1966-1976
Box 17, Scrapbook (Beta Delta Chapter), volumes 4 and 5, 1968-1974
Box 18 , Scrapbook, volumes 6 and 7, 1984-1991

Addresses and proceedings: 6-4
Allen, Kathryn Ann: 4-6
Annual reports: 1-1 to 1-2
Area I Workshop: 1-7
Awards and certificates: 1-9 to 1-10

Bailey, Mrs. Roland: 4-6
Barnes, Alma: 4-6
Beacon to the Future: 6-5
Beta Delta Chapter—History: 2-17 to 2-18; 3-1; Scrapbook volumes 4 and 5 (Box 17)
Biennium reports: 1-11 to 1-13

Bonner, Patricia: 1-23
Botkin, Marilyn: 2-1
Bowman, Annette K.: 1-23
Bradley, Martha W.: 4-6
Bramlett, Pat: 2-1

Brown, Beryl: 2-1
Budget: 1-14
Bylaws: 1-15
Carder, Mildred: 2-1
Chapter Meetings: 1-16

Charter ceremony: 1-17
Children’s International Education Center: 1-18
Cloyd, Velma: 4-6
Committees: 1-19 to 1-20
Constitution: 6-5 to 6-6

Coordination Councils: 1-21
Correspondence: 1-22 to 1-23; 2-1 to 2:2
Crosswhite, Jeanette: 2-1
Cox, Dorothy: 1-23
Delta Kappa Gamma—History: 2-9; 11-1

Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin: 6-8 to 6-9; 7-1 to7-7; 8-1 to 8-8; 9-1 to 9-5
Dezern, Kay: 4-6
Directories: 9-6
District Meeting: 2-3
DKG Executive meeting: 2-4

Duncan, Christine: 2-1
East Tennessee State University—Commencement: 2-5
--Faculty Handbook: 2-7
Education, Quality of: 11-3
Executive Board: 2-4; 2-6
Eyes to See: 9-7

Falls, Lou: 1-23
Farnsworth, Edna: 2-1
Financial statements: 1-8
Fletcher, Margaret: 2-1
Forms: 2-8; 4-9

Frontiers: A History of Xi State: 2-9
Gamma Chapter—History: 1-10; 2-10 to 2-12; Scrapbook volumes 1-3 and 6-7 (Boxes 13-16 and Box 18)
Garland, Nancy L.: 2-1
Gilliam, Janie: 2-1
Golden anniversary celebration: 2-10 to 2-12

Guidelines for ceremonies: 2-13
Guidelines for meetings: 2-14
Guidelines for President: 2-15
Hagood, Aurelius C.: 4-6
Hamilton, Amy: 1-23

Handbooks: 10-1 to 10-4
Handicapped Children, Education of: 2-16
Hartsook, Evangeline: 4-6
Hays, Mahala: 1-23
Honaker, Martha: 2-1

Hour of Remembrance: 3-3
Initiation: 3-4
Installation ceremony: 3-5
Insurance handbooks: 10-4
International Conventions: 3-6 to 3-7

Kirkland, Virginia: 1-23
Leadership Development Conference: 3-9
Light, Verna Britton: 1-23
"Light From Many Candles": 3-10
Little, Janis: 1-23

Loveday, Chris: 1-23
McMahan, Elizabeth Lovell: 4-6
McPherson, Ruth: 4-6
Membership: 3-11
Minutes: 3-12 to 3-18; 4-1 to 4-2

Miscellaneous: 4-3
Moles, Evelyn: 1-23; 2-1
Moody, Jane: 2-1
Mullins, Becky: 1-23
Mullins, Judy: 1-23

Mullins, Mattie: 1-22 to 1-23
Necrology: 4-4 to 4-5
Neeley, Geneva: 1-23; 2-1; 4-5
News of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International: 10-5 to 10-11; 11-1
Newsclippings: 4-6

Newsletters: 4-7; 6-8 to 6-9; 7-1 to 7-7; 8-1 to 8-8; 9-1 to 9-5; 10-5 to 10-11; 11-1; 11-5; 11-9; 12-1 to 12-2
Order forms: 4-9
Organizational material: 4-10
Photographs and slides: Small Photographic Collections Box 5
Planning goals: 4-11

Poetry: 4-12
Policies and procedures: 2-13 to 2-15; 4-13; 11-4
Pope, Eloise: 1-23
Presidents banquet: 4-14
Preston, Myra H.: 1-23

Program manuals: 4-15
Range, Mary Ann: 2-1
Ratham, Catherine: 4-16
Reports: 4-17
Rituals: 11-4

Scholarships: 1-23; 4-6; 4-18
Scrapbooks: Boxes 13-18
Self, Virgil: 4-6
Smith, Vella Mae: 4-6
Society News:11-5

Songbooks: 11-6
Southeast Regional Conference: 4-19
State Conventions: 5-1 to 5-8
State History: Delta Kappa Gamma Society: 11-7
Staten, Suzanne: 2-1

Starritt, Mr. and Mrs. W. A., Jr.: 4-6
Surveys (educational): 5-9
Television violence: 5-10
Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System: 5-11
Thomason, Ellen Marie: 1-23

Thurmond, Wanda: 1-23
Transfers and resignations: 5-12
Treasurer’s reports: 5-13
Wexler, Louise B.: 4-6
Women’s Faculty Club (ETSU): 11-8

World Fellowship Educational Foundation: 6-1
Workshop (Morristown, Tennessee): 6-2
Xi State: 2-9; 6-3; 11-7; 11-9; 12-1 to 12:2
Xi State News: 11-9; 12-1 to 12-2
Yearbooks: 12-3 to 12-6