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Delta Kappa, Alpha Gamma Chapter
Records, 1917-1966

The records of the Alpha Gamma Chapter of the national education honorary Phi Delta Kappa were deposited in the Washington State University Library by the WSU College of Education in April 1976. An earlier portion was deposited in 1974. The records were arranged and described by Ross Pegler in June 1976.

Phi Delta Kappa is a national education honorary. The local chapter was first established as the Alpha Beta Club in 1917. The club successfully petitioned Phi Delta Kappa for chapter standing and the Alpha Gamma Chapter was established in 1922.

"The program of Phi Delta Kappa is designed to stimulate the professional growth of its members and to meet the current problems and needs of public education. Within this framework, each chapter carries out its own series of professional programs and projects." (Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities. 18th ed. Menasha, Wisc., George Banta Co., 1968. p. 530)

The Records of the Alpha Gamma Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa are arranged in seven series: Correspondence, Minutes, Financial Records, Newsletters, Other Records, Membership Account Records, and the Membership Roll. Within each series, except for the alphabetically arranged membership accounts and the numerically arranged membership rolls, the materials have been kept in chronological order. Some overlap exists, however, as the succeeding officers changed record-keeping practices.

CONTAINER LIST

Box	Folder	Description	# of Items
Series 1: Correspondence
1	1	1917-1950 [principally 1917-1921, concerning efforts to establish a local chapter]	125
	2	1927-1936	50
	3	1953-1954 (45th Year)	40
	4	1953-1954 (45th Year)	50
	5	1957-1958	10
	6	1958-1959 Letters to prospective members.	80
	7	1961-1962	10
	8	1962-1963	5
	9	1965-1966	10
Series 2: Minutes
	10	1921-1923, inc. "Chapter Activities" handbook	3 v.
	11	1924-1928	2 v.
2	12	1938-1947	1 v.
	13	1940-1941	2 v.
	14	1955	1
	15	1956-1957	1 v.
	16	1958	4
	17	1959-1960	30
	18	1959-1964	45
	19	1959-1964	50
3	20	1960-1961	25
Series 3: Financial Records
	21	1925-1930	1 v.
	22	1930-1937	3 v.
	23	1937-1941	3 v.
	24	1939-1949	2 v.
	35	1946-1947, Correspondence, membership information and papers relating to finances.	50
	26	1947-1949, correspondence and other papers relating to finances.	35
4	27	1949-1950, correspondence, membership information, papers and documents relating to finances.	100
	28	1949-1954	2 v.
	29	1951-1952, (43rd Year) correspondence, membership dues reports, papers and documents relating to finances.	175
	30	1952-1953, (44th Year) correspondence, membership dues files, papers and documents relating to finances.	130
	31	1953-1954, (45th Year) bills, receipts and financial statements.	50
	32	1954-1958, treasurer's records.	80
5	33	1956-1957, (48th Year) by-laws and "Chapter Officers' Handbooks".	15
	34	1964-1965, annual financial report.	1
Series 4: Newsletters
	35	Alpha Gamma News, 1925-1966.	45
	36	Editorial Working Papers, n.d.	30
	37	Other newsletters, 1955-1959.	20
Series 5: Other Records
	38	Initiation Materials, n.d., initiation information and sample certificate of membership.	4
	39	Forms; working papers, correspondence and convention materials; samples of official PDK documents and handouts, working papers file, n.d.	35
6	40	24th Biennial Council Convention, 1953.	1
	41	26th Biennial Council Convention, 1957.	1
7	42	27th Biennial Council Convention, 1959.	1
Series 6: Membership Account records
		A - K
8		L - Z
Series 7: Membership records- Personal History of Candidates
		#1-81
9		#82-300
10		#301-625
11		#626-970
12		#971-1290
13		#1291-1645 (plus duplicates)