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GACA Collection 076. Sigma Delta Sorority. Collection, 1914-1990: Overview

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Collection Description

Sigma Delta Sorority. Collection, 1914-1990.  GACA Collection 76.  1 ½ Hollinger boxes.

ABSTRACT:
The Sigma Delta Sorority collection consists of the group’s records from 1914-1990.  Included are meeting minutes, the Tattler and other internal newsletters, program and event information, financial records, membership lists, a couple photographs, and miscellaneous materials.  The Sigma Delta Sorority was founded as a debating and literary organization named the Sémore Society in 1914 at Gustavus Adolphus College.  Members changed the name to the Sigma Delta Sorority about 1919.  Records for both organizations are contained within this collection.

Historical Note

Females founded the Sémore Society, a debating and literary group, in 1914.  The organization was renamed Sigma Delta Sorority about 1919.  The sorority became inactive after 1992.*

*  Information obtained from the winter 2005-06 issue of the Gustavus Quarterly and the collection.

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