Alpha Lambda Delta Records

Collection

Identifier: UA05.31

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection is composed mostly of written materials that help to trace the history of Alpha Lambda Delta on Butler University’s campus. This collection includes a variety of historical write-ups and organizational/demographic information on society’s existence across the nation. This collection also includes various correspondence, describing work to establish a chapter at Butler and larger organizational means. Finally, this collection also includes meeting notes and agendas from national conferences.

Dates

Creation: 1932 - 2006

Creator

Alpha Lambda Delta (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

This colletion is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Historical Note

Alpha Lambda Delta was organized and established in 1924 as the University of Illinois by two women, one of whom was a graduate of Butler University. The purpose of the honorary society was initially two-fold—to deepen and broaden the freshmen women’s conception of the cultured values of university life, and to reward and honor them for scholastic achievement.

The Butler University chapter of Alpha Lambda Delta was organized by Phi Chi Nu, a Butler-local honorary society, and officially installed in 1949. The chapter has since opened to all first-year students.

Extent

0.42 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Contains materials pertaining to the creation and installation of a chapter of Alpha Lambda Delta, a freshman women’s honorary society, on Butler University’s campus.