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Kappa Kappa Psi/Tau Beta Sigma (Band Fraternity) Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA05.21

Scope and Contents

This collection contains different materials relating to Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma; two band fraternity/sorority at Butler University. These materials include ten different scrapbooks ranging from the years 1977-2000. These scrapbooks share photographs of members of these organizations who were usually very heavily involved in the Butler University Marching Band (BUMB). Across all the scrapbooks there were usually photographs relating to a softball game, pledging, the band banquet, dances, and various other group activities. This seems to just be a fun memento rather than a scrapbook that shares what these organizations were about. There were some items that indicated what these organizations did such as an additional binder that is dedicated to mixed articles about Kappa Kappa Psi (KKΨ) and Tau Beta Sigma (TBS) from the Butler Collegian, News Notice, and the Alumni Press. There are additional newspaper clippings within the scrapbooks and a folder that contained more New Notices and Butler Collegians. In addition, there were several folders dedicated to KKΨ’s chapter meeting minutes, both handwritten and typed. Finally, there is a single folder that contains the KKΨ Chapter Initiate Roster with the name, date, hometown, and instrument of members of KKΨ from 1929-1983.

Dates

  • Creation: 1949 - 2010

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright restrictions apply.

Historical Note

Kappa Kappa Psi (KKΨ) was initial founded in 1919 at Oklahoma A&M. It would eventually come to Butler University ten years later when the local band fraternity, Beta My Sigma, petitioned to receive KKΨ’s charter. This was granted and Butler University now had Kappa Kappa Psi, the Alpha Beta chapter. As a band fraternity, KKΨ was dedicated to serving university band programs in order to foster responsibility, loyalty, and leadership specifically through music and service. Tau Beta Sigma (TBS) was not founded until 1939. Tau Beta Sigma, a band sorority was proposed to be patterned after Kappa Kappa Psi. Like KKΨ, TBS’s purpose was to serve as an honorary service and leadership recognition society and provide the important additional social, educational, and other positive experiences needed by women in the band. Butler University would charter TBS, Epsilon chapter as a sister organization to KKΨ in 1946, being only the fifth in the nation to be activated. Both organizations still exist on Butler’s campus and are still committed to dedicating service to the bands, primarily the Butler University Marching Band (BUMB).

Extent

2.50 Linear Feet (3 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

This collection contains materials relating to Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma, two service band fraternity and sorority respectively that both have chapters at Butler University.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in one series.

Bibliography

Tau Beta Sigma. “Tech Band Sorority History,” June 27, 2016. https://www.tbsigma.org/tech-band-sorority-history/.

Kappa Kappa Psi History. “History of KΚΨ,” May 17, 2018. https://centennial.kkpsi.org/.

Student Life. “History of the Butler Bands,” September 24, 2021. https://www.butler.edu/student-life/bands/band-history/.
Title
Guide to the Kappa Kappa Psi/Tau Beta Sigma (Band Fraternity) Records
Author
By Maya Sharon, August 2024
Date
2024
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Butler University Special Collections and University Archives Repository

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