Phi Beta Kappa records,
Phi Beta Kappa records, 1776-2006 (bulk 1900-2000).
- 265,300 items. 554 containers plus 76 cartons and 32 oversize. 283 linear feet.
- Part I arranged in 9 series. Series 1: Administration, 1776-1986; Series 2: Committees, 1777-1983; Series 3: Committee on Qualifications, 1796-1989; Series 4: Publications, 1839-1978; Series 5: Awards, 1950-1986; Series 6: Affiliated Groups, 1877-1989; Series 7: Miscellany, 1902-1984; Series 8: Addition, 1890-1970; and Series 9: Oversize, 1936-1975. Part II arranged in 2 series. Series 1: Addition, 1898-1999; and Series 2: Oversize, circa 1969-1982. Part III arranged in 7. Series 1: Administration, 1779-2004; Series 2: Committees, 1931-2004; Series 3: Committee on Qualifications, 1909-2004; Series 4: Publications, 1826-2000; Series 5: Awards. 1960-2001; Series 6: Affiliated Groups, 1932-2001; and Series 7: Miscellany, 1879-2003. Part IV arranged in 1 series. Series 1: Affliated Groups: Fellows Files, 1942-2006. Part V arranged in 1 series. Series 1: Affliated Groups, 1949-2004. Part VI arranged in 2 series. Series 1: Administration, 1904-2006; and Series 2: Committees, 1990-2006.
Open to research.
Correspondence, minutes, reports, financial records, publications, printed matter, and other records relating to the functions of the organization. Includes material pertaining to the evaluation of institutions applying for local chapters and book awards granted annually by Phi Beta Kappa. Subjects include the American Scholar, the Key Reporter, liberal arts studies, collegiate athletics, history of Phi Beta Kappa, and role of honor societies in education. Individuals represented include Carl Billman, Christian Frederick Gauss, Edwin A. Grosvenor, William T. Hastings, Benno Lewinson, Marjorie Hope Nicholson, Clark Sutherland Northrup, William A. Shimer, Charles Franklin Thwing, and Oscar M. Voorhees. Includes correspondence with organizations such as the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the National Humanities Faculty.
Collegiate scholastic honor society founded in 1776 at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006026
mm 90080606
Billman, Carl.
Gauss, Christian Frederick, 1878-1951.
Grosvenor, Edwin A. 1845-1936.
Hastings, William T. 1881-1969.
Lewinson, Benno.
Nicholson, Marjorie Hope.
Northrup, Clark Sutherland, 1872-1952.
Shimer, William A. 1894-
Thwing, Charles Franklin, 1853-1937.
Voorhees, Oscar M. 1864-1947.
American Association for the Advancement of Science.
National Humanities Faculty.
American scholar.
Key reporter.
College sports.
Education, Humanistic.
Learned institutions and societies.
Literary prizes.
Universities and colleges.
Open to research.
Correspondence, minutes, reports, financial records, publications, printed matter, and other records relating to the functions of the organization. Includes material pertaining to the evaluation of institutions applying for local chapters and book awards granted annually by Phi Beta Kappa. Subjects include the American Scholar, the Key Reporter, liberal arts studies, collegiate athletics, history of Phi Beta Kappa, and role of honor societies in education. Individuals represented include Carl Billman, Christian Frederick Gauss, Edwin A. Grosvenor, William T. Hastings, Benno Lewinson, Marjorie Hope Nicholson, Clark Sutherland Northrup, William A. Shimer, Charles Franklin Thwing, and Oscar M. Voorhees. Includes correspondence with organizations such as the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the National Humanities Faculty.
Collegiate scholastic honor society founded in 1776 at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006026
mm 90080606
Billman, Carl.
Gauss, Christian Frederick, 1878-1951.
Grosvenor, Edwin A. 1845-1936.
Hastings, William T. 1881-1969.
Lewinson, Benno.
Nicholson, Marjorie Hope.
Northrup, Clark Sutherland, 1872-1952.
Shimer, William A. 1894-
Thwing, Charles Franklin, 1853-1937.
Voorhees, Oscar M. 1864-1947.
American Association for the Advancement of Science.
National Humanities Faculty.
American scholar.
Key reporter.
College sports.
Education, Humanistic.
Learned institutions and societies.
Literary prizes.
Universities and colleges.