Overview of the Collection
Repository:
Special Collections & Archives
McIntyre Library
University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire
P.O. Box 4004
105 Garfield Ave.
Eau Claire, WI 54702 – 4004
(715) 836-2739
https://library.uwec.edu/archives/
Reference Code: USGZE AS572
Accession Number: 07-004, 12-012
Collection Number: Archives Series 572
Creators: Delta Pi Epsilon. Beta Sigma Chapter (University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire)
Title: Delta Pi Epsilon Beta Sigma Chapter (University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire)
Dates: 1964-1997
Quantity: 4.9 linear feet (2 flat boxes, 3 archives boxes, 1 half archives box)
Location of Collection: A4/3h, A4/1b, E3/3c
Languages: Collection materials are in English.
Summary: Papers and scrapbooks of a national graduate honorary society for male and female business professionals committed to furthering business education.
Historical Note
Delta Pi Epsilon was founded in 1936 at New York University as a national graduate honorary society for male and female business professionals. University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire professor Lorraine Missling founded the Beta Sigma Chapter in the 1970s. The chapter was quite active from 1984-1994, sponsoring speakers and program and inducting new members. Activity declined in the mid 1990s; the chapter seems to have become defunct in 1997.
Content Description
The collection consists of materials documenting the Beta Sigma chapter of Delta Pi Epsilon. The collection includes correspondence, photographs, conference notes, and miscellaneous reports. Also included are scrapbooks which contain meeting minutes, programs, captioned photographs, historians’ reports, and financial statements as well as miscellaneous ephemera.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information: Transferred to the University Archives by Kay Magadance in August 2005. Additional materials transferred to the University Archives by Gretchen Hutterli in September 2011.
Access Restrictions: Collection is open to the public.
Use Restrictions: Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. Copyright owned by the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire.
Preferred Citation: Delta Pi Epsilon. Beta Sigma Chapter (University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire) Scrapbooks, 1964-1997. AS 572. Special Collections & Archives. McIntyre Library. University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire. Eau Claire, WI.
Processing Note: Processed by Colleen McFarland in July 2006, additional materials processed by Jennifer Murray in September 2011.
Arrangement: Flat arrangement
Subjects
Corporate Names:
Delta Pi Epsilon. Beta Sigma Chapter (University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire)
University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire--Societies, etc.
Subject Terms: Business education – Wisconsin – Eau Claire
Genre Terms:
Organization files
Scrapbooks
Detailed List of Contents
Container | Contents | Dates |
Box 1 | Ephemera (scrapbook, framed certificate, gavel, banners, wooden Greek letters) | 1973-1983 |
Box 2 | Scrapbooks | 1984-1993; 1993-1995 |
Box/Folder 3/1-4 | Photographs | Undated |
Box/Folder 3/5 | Yearly chapter programs | 1973-1992 |
Box/Folder 3/6 | News articles | 1964-1969 |
Box/Folder 3/7 | Bylaws | 1992 |
Box/Folder 3/8 | Beta Sigma Lingua newsletters | 1973-1992 |
Box/Folder 3/9 | Beta Sigma chapter membership | 1974-1990 |
Box/Folder 3/10 | Beta Sigma 20-year celebration | 1984 |
Box/Folder 3/11 | Certificates | Undated |
Box/Folder 3/12 | Chapter officers’ handbook | 1989-1992 |
Box/Folder 4/1 | Correspondence | 1980 |
Box/Folder 4/2 | Correspondence | 1979 |
Box/Folder 4/3 | Correspondence | 1978 |
Box/Folder 4/4 | Correspondence | 1976-1977 |
Box/Folder 4/5 | Facts about Delta Pi Epsilon brochures | Undated |
Box/Folder 4/6 | Golden anniversary | 1986 |
Box/Folder 4/7 | Inter-chapter activities | 1971, 1977, 1978, 1984, 1989 |
Box/Folder 4/8 | Jewelry order forms | 1981 |
Box/Folder 4/9 | Membership initiation forms | Undated |
Box/Folder 4/10 | National office bulletin | 1985-1990 |
Box/Folder 4/11 | National council meeting | 1978 |
Box/Folder 4/12 | National council meeting | 1985 |
Box/Folder 4/13 | National council meeting | 1983 |
Box/Folder 5/1-12 | Correspondence | 1981-1992 |
Box/Folder 6/1 | National council meeting | 1979 |
Box/Folder 6/2 | National council meeting | 1977 |
Box/Folder 6/3 | National research conference (Chicago) | 1986 |
Box/Folder 6/4 | National research conference (Oxford, MS) | 1982 |
Box/Folder 6/5 | National research conference (Minneapolis) | 1980 |
Box/Folder 6/6 | National research project | Undated |
Box/Folder 6/7 | Newsletter information | 1982-1983 |
Box/Folder 6/8 | Publicity | 1974-1975 |
Box/Folder 6/9 | National officer nominations | 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1991 |
Box/Folder 6/10 | National historian’s report | 1991 |