Kappa Sigma Pi Records
Scope and Contents
This small collection contains clippings and the pledge manual of Kappa Sigma Pi. pertaining to its last years.
Dates
- Creation: 1958-1971
Creator
- Kappa Sigma Pi (Swarthmore College) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright has not been assigned to Friends Historical Library All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in to the Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Friends Historical Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.
Biographical / Historical
Kappa Sigma was the first national fraternity to be established at Swarthmore College, chartered in 1888 as Pi Chapter. It lost its charter from the National in 1962 when it was suspended on charges of "attempting to involve other chapters in organizing to defy some of the Kappa Sigma basic principles and failure to maintain standards of scholarship." While the National had removed its discrimination clause in 1957, the Swarthmore Chapter had been trying to change its unwritten discrimination policies and focus on making the fraternity an open social organization.
The members and alumni were split on their support of how the active membership handled the situation, and most of the alumni withdrew financial support. The local folded in 1971 due to low membership and financial debt.
Extent
0.1 linear ft. (2 folders)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Kappa Sigma Pi was the Pi Chapter of the national fraternity Kappa Sigma until 1962 when it was suspended on charges of "attempting to involve other chapters in organizing to defy some of the Kappa Sigma basic principles." The local folded in 1971 due to low membership and financial debt. This small collection contains material pertaining to its last years.
Arrangement
The collection is contained in 1 box.
Physical Location
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Processing Information
Papers received in two folders, organized chronologically.
Subject
- Kappa Sigma Pi (Swarthmore College) (Organization)
- Swarthmore College (Organization)
- Title
- Kappa Sigma Pi Records, 1958-1971
- Author
- FHL staff
- Date
- 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
- Sponsor
- Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries
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