Sigma Delta Chi Oregon State Chapter Records, 1919-1967

Title: Sigma Delta Chi Oregon State Chapter Records, 1919-1967

Predominant Dates: 1921-1935

ID: MSS SigmaDeltaChi

Primary Creator: Sigma Delta Chi. Oregon State Chapter

Extent: 7.0 cubic feet. More info below.

Languages of Materials: English [eng]

The Sigma Delta Chi Oregon State Chapter Records document the membership and activities of the student chapter of the national professional fraternity in journalism, primarily for the 1920s and 1930s. The records include correspondence, membership rosters, reports, publications, and a constitution. Much of the correpondence pertains to the establishment of the chapter in 1920 and membership management. The correspondence also documents an annual competition for high school yearbooks (annuals) sponsored by the chapter, the Sigma Delta Chi scholarship award, and activities of the national organization. The reports provide information about members, chapter finances, and meeting speakers and topics. The collection also includes reports from the national secretary distributed at the 1931 national convention. The publications include a compilation, Selections from "Smudge from the Pot", of poems and humor originally published in the campus newspaper.

An addition to the Sigma Delta Chi Records (Accession 2012:076) consists of chapter reports, circular letters, correspondence, meeting minutes, membership cards/certificates, membership lists, a presidential notebook, publications, receipts, a remittance ledger, and a scrapbook. The notebook consists of a combination of correspondence, procedural guidelines, circular letters, budgetary information, and an annual report. Mostly made up of newspaper clippings documenting stories about Sigma Delta Chi members and chapter activities, the scrapbook also contains photographs, newsletters, and circular letters. Among the items reflecting the national Sigma Delta Chi organization include circular letters sent to chapters and materials from the annual Sigma Delta Chi national conventions. The publications include a history of Sigma Delta Chi published in the organization's magazine "The Quill."

A second addition to the records (Accession 2014:080) is made up of a certificate, correspondence, meeting minutes, a membership ledger, newspaper clippings, publications, and reports. Interfiled among the correspondence are annual convention reports, chapter reports, membership lists, publications, and treasurer's reports.The publications include copies of the SDC newsletter The Industrial Journalist, issues of the Barometer newspaper edited by SDC, the chapter's parody editions of the campus newspaper (The Thermometer and The Seismograph, and copies of publications from other SDC chapters collected during annual conventions.

More Extent Information: 8 boxes including 1 oversize box

Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.

Acquisition Note: These materials were transferred from Student Media in 2009.

Related Materials: Photographs of the members and activities of Sigma Delta Chi during the 1930s are part of the Journalism Department Photographs (P 208) and correspondence pertaining to the founding of the chapter is available in the Journalism Department Records (RG 091). The OSU Memorabilia Collection Collection (MSS MC) file "MC-Sigma Delta Chi" includes a 1926 pamphlet prepared by Sigma Delta Chi, Getting Out an Effective High School Annual. The Center also holds the papers of several journalism faculty and alumni including the Ted Carlson Collection (MSS CarlsonT), Hope Chamberlin Newspaper Columns (MSS Chamberlin), and the Fred M. Shideler Papers (MSS Shideler).

Preferred Citation: Sigma Delta Chi Oregon State Chapter Records (MSS SigmaDeltaChi), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Sigma Delta Chi. Oregon State Chapter
Sigma Delta Chi

Clubs--Oregon--Corvallis.
College students--Oregon--Corvallis.
Greek letter societies--Oregon--Corvallis.
Journalism--Study and teaching (Higher)--Oregon.
Oregon Agricultural College--Students.
Oregon Agricultural College. Department of Industrial Journalism
Oregon State College--Students.
Oregon State College. Department of Journalism
Sigma Delta Chi. Oregon State Chapter
Student activities--Oregon--Corvallis.
University History