Tau Sigma Delta
Mss.0345

 Records of the Grand Chapter Recorder

Summary Information

Repository
Clemson University Libraries Special Collections
Creator
Tau Sigma Delta.
Title
Tau Sigma Delta: Records of the Grand Chapter Recorder
ID
Mss.0345
Date [inclusive]
1916-1955
Extent
5.85 cubic feet
Language
English

Preferred Citation

When citing materials from manuscript collections and the University Archives, use the following format: Identification of the item, folder and box number, title of the collection, Special Collections, Clemson University Libraries, Clemson, South Carolina.

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Historical Note

On June 5, 1913, Fred B. Klein, Harry F. Weeks, Harold M. Penny and Herbert L. Burgess formed Tau Delta Sigma, an honor fraternity for architecture and the allied arts, at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Six days later, they elected six additional members, including the first woman member, Dorothy E. Adams. In the fall of 1916, five members of the fraternity decided to make it national, writing a constitution and establishing rituals and standards for election. At this time, the name was changed to Tau Sigma Delta, as another fraternity was found with the name Tau Delta Sigma. The University of Michigan chapter became the Alpha Chapter and Beta Chapter was incorporated at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis on May 11, 1917. Other chapters followed, including the first and only international chapter, Zeta Chapter at the University of Liverpool in England. Some attempts to establish chapters did not take hold because a competing society, the Gargoyle Society, had a stronger presence. Tau Sigma Delta was accepted as a member of the National Association of College Honor Societies on February 28, 1948. In July 2011, there were approximately 63 active chapters.

The five men who took the fraternity to a national level were Fred J. Kolb (student), George M. McConkey (professor), Ernest H. Trysell (student), Gilbert S. Underwood (student) and Harlow O. Whittemore (professor). Gilbert Stanley Underwood, later known for his National Park lodge designs, was an enthusiastic champion for the organization in the first few years and served as the first Grand Chapter Master (1916-1922). He came up with a handshake and designs for pledge cards and promoted the fraternity at various schools as he travelled. He was initiated into the fraternity on May 22, 1916. Ernest Hugo Trysell was also initiated on May 22, 1916 and was the most constant officer in the early years, serving as Grand Chapter Recorder from 1916-1923 and 1929-1949.

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Tau Sigma Delta Officers

Grand Chapter Recorders
1916-1923 Ernest H. Trysell
1923-1929 John Somppi
1929-1949 Ernest H. Trysell
1949-1953 Verle L. Annis
1954 Leonard Wolf (interim)
1955- Verle L. Annis
Grand Chapter Masters
1916-1922 Gilbert S. Underwood
1923-1925 George S. Fraser
1926-1949 Philip Homer Elwood
1949 Thomas K. Fitzpatrick (interim)
1950- Philip Homer Elwood
Vice-Grand Chapter Officer
1923-1924 Philip Homer Elwood
Grand Chapter Scribes
1918-1921 Jim Atwood
1923-1937 Wilbert C. Ronan
1949- Paul Henry Coy

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Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of the files of the Grand Chapter Recorder of Tau Sigma Delta from 1916 to 1955 and, as such, consists chiefly of correspondence to and from Ernest Trysell who served in this role for the bulk of the time. The Recorder was responsible for all financial transactions including the collection of initiation fees and the ordering and distribution of fraternity keys (pins), membership certificates, pledge cards and stationery. Correspondence concerns these transactions, but also includes numerous references to the effect of two World Wars and the Great Depression on membership and college enrollment. Early correspondence in particular documents the problems attendant to forming and maintaining a national organization. There are also occasional references to family and occupation.

In addition to correspondence, the collection contains pledge cards, grade cards, membership certificates, initiation banquet programs and menus, clippings, sketches, several versions of the Tau Sigma Delta constitution, membership lists, pamphlets, bank statements, and three photographs. The presence of membership materials such as grade cards and certificates is incidental, typically the result of a mistake in lettering or in a decision not to join as the Recorder was not the final recipient of these materials.

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Arrangement

Records are arranged in three series: Chapter Records, Grand Chapter Correspondence and Tau Sigma Delta Constitution. Chapter records were found arranged by chapter and largely in chronological order within each chapter and this order has been maintained. The chapters are listed in order of installation date. National officer correspondence was found arranged by role, then by correspondent, then in chronological order and this order has been maintained. Constitution files were in no discernible order and have been arranged in chronological order.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Clemson University Libraries Special Collections 2011 September 20

Custodial History

These records were transferred to Special Collections from the Clemson University School of Architecture on July 25, 2003, accession number 03.144. Series 83, College of Architecture contains references to Tau Sigma Delta in a June 3, 1970 letter from Emil C. Fischer to Harlan McClure at Clemson regarding Fischer’s resignation as Grand Chapter Master as well as that of John Helm, Grand Chapter Recorder. Fischer appoints McClure Grand Chapter Master and Hal Cooledge (also of Clemson) Grand Chapter Recorder. An October 1, 1970 letter from Fischer to McClure mentions that “Professor Helm just sent all the Tau Sigma Delta files via Mayflower.” While there are no specifics about the files, it seems likely that they are the files of the Grand Chapter Recorder because in an October 30, 1970 letter, Joseph L. Young thanks Helm for the bank book and a money order for $60.57 adding that “the files and several boxes arrived a week ago, but I am just now getting time to open them and realize what a big job I have stepped into.” Young asks about procedures for establishing a new chapter and uses the title of Grand Chapter Recorder indicating that he, not Cooledge, stepped into the position.

Processing Information

Envelopes, the original file folders, duplicates, and routine letters sent to confirm other mailings were discarded. A large quantity of the retained correspondence consists of carbon copies of the Recorder’s outgoing correspondence. Much of this was on brittle, poor-quality paper. Most carbon copies were photocopied and the original was discarded, unless it was not possible to get a clear photocopy in which case both original and copy are included. Incoming correspondence on high quality paper was left alone; incoming correspondence on low quality paper was photocopied and originals were retained. Photocopies are interleaved with originals to serve as a buffer between acidic papers. Grade cards and a few other postcards were typically on a low quality cardstock and these have been inserted in photo sleeves. All rusting metal staples and fasteners were removed and replaced with plastic clips or stainless steel staples.

Jen Bingham, staff archivist, processed these papers in 2011.

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Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s)

  • Burr, Patterson & Auld Co.
  • Gargoyle Society.

Genre(s)

  • Certificates
  • Correspondence.
  • Programs (documents)
  • Report cards

Personal Name(s)

  • Annis, Verle Lincoln
  • Elwood, P.H., (Philip Homer), b. 1884
  • Ernest Hugo Trysell, 1892-1953
  • Ronan, Wilbert Cathmore, 1887-1973
  • Somppi, John Emil, 1894-1968
  • Underwood, Gilbert Stanley

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Sources

[Clemson University] College of Architecture, 1940-1988. Series 83. Special Collections, Clemson University Libraries, Clemson, SC.

Tau Sigma Delta: Records of the Grand Chapter Recorder. Mss 345. Special Collections, Clemson University Libraries, Clemson, SC.

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Collection Inventory

Series 1: Grand Chapter Correspondence 1917-1950 

Description

This series contains correspondence between Grand Chapter Recorders Ernest Trysell and John Somppi and the other officers of the Grand Chapter. Of particular interest are the early Gilbert Underwood letters which include a sketch of the proposed handshake, ideas for membership criteria and other information pertaining to the nationalization of the fraternity.
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Grand Chapter Master correspondence: G.S. Underwood 1917 

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Grand Chapter Master correspondence: G.S. Underwood 1918 

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Grand Chapter Master correspondence: G.S. Underwood 1919 

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Grand Chapter Master correspondence: G.S. Underwood January-April 1920 

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Grand Chapter Master correspondence: G.S. Underwood May-December 1920 

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Grand Chapter Master correspondence: G.S. Underwood 1921 

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Grand Chapter Master correspondence: G.S. Underwood 1922 

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Grand Chapter Master correspondence: G.S. Underwood and George Fraser 1923 

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Grand Chapter Vice-Grand Chapter Officer correspondence: P.H. Elwood 1923-1924 

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Grand Chapter Master correspondence: George Fraser 1924 

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Grand Chapter Master correspondence: George Fraser 1925 

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Grand Chapter Master correspondence: P.H. Elwood 1926 

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Grand Chapter Master correspondence: P.H. Elwood 1927-1928 

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Grand Chapter Master correspondence: P.H. Elwood 1929 

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Grand Chapter Master correspondence: P.H. Elwood 1930 

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Grand Chapter Master correspondence: P.H. Elwood 1931 

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Grand Chapter Master correspondence: P.H. Elwood 1932 

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Grand Chapter Master correspondence: P.H. Elwood 1933 

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Grand Chapter Master correspondence: P.H. Elwood 1934-1935 

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Grand Chapter Master correspondence: P.H. Elwood 1936-1938 

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Grand Chapter Master correspondence: P.H. Elwood 1939-1941 

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Grand Chapter Master correspondence: P.H. Elwood 1942-1943 

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Grand Chapter Master correspondence: P.H. Elwood 1944-1946 

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Grand Chapter Master correspondence: P.H. Elwood 1947 

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Grand Chapter Master correspondence: P.H. Elwood 1948 

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Grand Chapter Master correspondence: P.H. Elwood 1949 

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Grand Chapter Master correspondence: Thomas Fitzpatrick 1949 

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Grand Chapter Master correspondence: P.H. Elwood 1950 

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Grand Chapter Scribe correspondence: Charles Attwood 1918 

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Grand Chapter Scribe correspondence: Charles Attwood 1919-1921 

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Grand Chapter Scribe correspondence: W.C. Ronan 1923-1924 

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Grand Chapter Scribe correspondence: W.C. Ronan 1925-1926 

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Grand Chapter Scribe correspondence: W.C. Ronan 1928-1929 

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Grand Chapter Scribe correspondence: W.C. Ronan 1930 

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Grand Chapter Scribe correspondence: W.C. Ronan 1931-1933 

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Grand Chapter Scribe correspondence: W.C. Ronan 1934-1937 

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Grand Chapter Recorder correspondence: Ernest Trysell and John Somppi 1923-1924 

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Grand Chapter Recorder's Account December 26, 1929 

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Tau Sigma Delta bank statements 1950-1952 

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Series 2: Tau Sigma Delta Constitution circa 1917-1948 

Description

This series contains several incarnations of the Tau Sigma Delta constitution, as well as correspondence pertaining to the constitution. References to and suggestions for the constitution can also be found in Series 3: Chapter Records.
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Sample constitutions: Alpha Chi Rho, undated; Beta Phi, March 1, 1917; Tau Sigma Delta Alpha Chapter, undated circa 1917 

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Tau Sigma Delta constitution circa 1913-1918 

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Tau Sigma Delta constitution circa 1918 

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Tau Sigma Delta constitution, heavily annotated (photocopy) circa 1918-1923 

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Tau Sigma Delta constitution, heavily annotated (original) circa 1918-1923 

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Tau Sigma Delta constitution, annotated [Convention of Detroit] October 5, 1923 

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Tau Sigma Delta constitution circa 1923-1933 

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Tau Sigma Delta proposed amended constitution February 2, 1933 

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Tau Sigma Delta constitution, proposed revision April 1933 

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Tau Sigma Delta constitution May 1, 1948 

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Tau Sigma Delta constitution correspondence 1933 

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Tau Sigma Delta constitution revision ballots 1933 

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Tau Sigma Delta constitution correspondence 1940-1942 

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Tau Sigma Delta constitution correspondence 1948 

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Series 3: Chapter Records 1916-1953 

Description

The Chapter Records document the installation, maintenance and occasional decline of the Tau Sigma Delta chapters installed between 1916 (Alpha) and 1951 (Pi). While an attempt was made to name chapters by letters of the Greek alphabet in order of installation date, this system seems to have broken down occasionally due to rescheduled installations, an incomplete understanding of the Greek alphabet and, in the case of Tulane University, a petition to maintain the name of a preceding organization. Local chapter governance followed the example of the Grand Chapter by electing a chapter master, scribe and recorder. The Chapter Records are largely correspondence-based, though they include some pledge cards, certificates, financial records, banquet programs and three photographs.

Alpha Chapter (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) 1916-1955 

About Alpha Chapter

The local Tau Sigma Delta fraternity at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor became the Alpha Chapter of Tau Sigma Delta when the fraternity went national with the addition of Beta Chapter in 1917. Eliel Saarinen was made an honorary member on April 24, 1924.
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Alpha Chapter (includes original constitution) 1916 

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Alpha Chapter 1917 

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Alpha Chapter 1918 

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Alpha Chapter 1919 

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Alpha Chapter January-March 1920 

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Alpha Chapter April-July 1920 

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Alpha Chapter 1921 

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Alpha Chapter 1922 

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Alpha Chapter 1923 

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Alpha Chapter 1924 

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Alpha Chapter 1925 

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Alpha Chapter 1926 

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Alpha Chapter 1927 

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Alpha Chapter 1928 

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Alpha Chapter 1929 

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Alpha Chapter 1930 

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Alpha Chapter 1931 

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Alpha Chapter 1932 

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Alpha Chapter 1933 

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Alpha Chapter 1934 

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Alpha Chapter 1935 

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Alpha Chapter 1936 

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Alpha Chapter 1937 

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Alpha Chapter 1938 

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Alpha Chapter 1939 

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Alpha Chapter 1940 

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Alpha Chapter 1941 

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Alpha Chapter 1942 

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Alpha Chapter 1943 

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Alpha Chapter 1944 

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Alpha Chapter 1945 

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Alpha Chapter 1946 

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Alpha Chapter 1947 

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Alpha Chapter 1948 

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Alpha Chapter 1949 

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Alpha Chapter 1950 

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Alpha Chapter 1951 

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Alpha Chapter 1952 

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Alpha Chapter 1953 

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Alpha Chapter 1954 

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Alpha Chapter 1955 

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Beta Chapter (University of Minnesota) 1917-1935, 1941 

About Beta Chapter

Incorporated on May 11, 1917 by charter members Albert J. Moorman, Donald H. Buckhout, George F. Poulsen, Seeman Kaplan, and Enock E. Forsberg of the University of Minnesota. Charter relinquished on October 3, 1935. Notable initiates include Florian S. Kleinschmidt (1920), the first leader of the Texas Tech architecture program and Arnold, Newell Hills Arnold (1933), a deaf-mute sculptor known for his religious sculptures.
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Beta Chapter 1917 

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Beta Chapter 1918 

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Beta Chapter 1919 

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Beta Chapter 1920 

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Beta Chapter 1921 

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Beta Chapter 1922 

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Beta Chapter 1923 

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Beta Chapter 1924 

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Beta Chapter 1925 

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Beta Chapter 1926 

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Beta Chapter 1927 

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Beta Chapter 1928 

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Beta Chapter 1929 

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Beta Chapter 1930 

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Beta Chapter 1931 

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Beta Chapter 1932 

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Beta Chapter 1933 

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Beta Chapter 1934 

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Beta Chapter 1935 

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Tau Sigma Delta Consitution, Beta Chapter copy 1917-1935   Limp leather bound, taffeta lined, member signatures in back.

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Beta Chapter 1941 

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Chi Chapter (University of Illinois) 1918--1924, 1930-1933, 1948 

About Chi Chapter

Chi Chapter was installed at the University of Illinois, on or about May 25, 1918. The charter members were John Bickel, Wylie Bloodgood, Herbert Jacobi and Ernest Stouffer. The four men did not return to Illinois the following year and the chapter languished, despite Grand Chapter attempts to revive it.
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Chi Chapter 1918 

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Chi Chapter 1919 

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Chi Chapter 1920 

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Chi Chapter 1921 

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Chi Chapter 1922-1924 

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Chi Chapter 1930 

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Chi Chapter 1931-1933, 1948 

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Delta Chapter (Syracuse University) 1918-1955 

About Delta Chapter

This chapter was installed at Syracuse University in May 1918. The founding members were Carl J. Schmitt, Vahe Balikdjian, Bernard Hagberg and Kenneth Snow. Ivan Mestrovic (1883-1962), a Croatian artist who was the first living person to have a one-man show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, was made an honorary member of Delta chapter in 1947.
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Delta Chapter 1918 

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Delta Chapter 1919 

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Delta Chapter 1920 

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Delta Chapter 1921 

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Delta Chapter 1922 

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Delta Chapter 1923 

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Delta Chapter 1924 

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Delta Chapter 1925 

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Delta Chapter 1926 

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Delta Chapter 1927 

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Delta Chapter 1928 

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Delta Chapter 1929 

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Delta Chapter January - March 1930 

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Delta Chapter April - November 1930 

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Delta Chapter 1931 

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Delta Chapter 1932 

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Delta Chapter 1933 

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Delta Chapter 1934 

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Delta Chapter 1935 

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Delta Chapter 1936 

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Delta Chapter 1937 

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Delta Chapter 1938 

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Delta Chapter 1939 

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Delta Chapter 1940 

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Delta Chapter 1941 

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Delta Chapter 1942 

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Delta Chapter 1943 

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Delta Chapter 1944 

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Delta Chapter 1945 

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Delta Chapter 1946 

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Delta Chapter 1947 

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Delta Chapter 1948 

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Delta Chapter 1949 

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Delta Chapter 1950 

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Delta Chapter 1951 

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Delta Chapter 1952 

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Delta Chapter 1953 

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Delta Chapter 1954-1955 

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Epsilon Chapter (University of Pennsylvania) 1918-1955 

About Epsilon Chapter

Epsilon Chapter was chartered at the University of Pennsylvania circa June 1918 by Alfred A. Scheffer, James Kellum Smith, Alvin Chester Bieber, William Henry Livingston and John Woolson Brooks. Donald Barthelme (1907-1996), architect and father of Donald Barthelme, writer, served as Epsilon chapter scribe from 1929 to 1931.
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Epsilon Chapter 1918 

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Epsilon Chapter 1919 

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Epsilon Chapter 1920 

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Epsilon Chapter 1921 

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Epsilon Chapter 1922 

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Epsilon Chapter 1923 

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Epsilon Chapter 1924 

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Epsilon Chapter 1925 

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Epsilon Chapter 1926 

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Epsilon Chapter 1927-1928 

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Epsilon Chapter 1929 

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Epsilon Chapter 1930 

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Epsilon Chapter 1931 

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Epsilon Chapter 1932 

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Epsilon Chapter 1933 

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Epsilon Chapter 1934 

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Epsilon Chapter 1935 

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Epsilon Chapter 1936 

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Epsilon Chapter 1937 

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Epsilon Chapter 1938 

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Epsilon Chapter 1939 

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Epsilon Chapter 1940 

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Epsilon Chapter 1941 

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Epsilon Chapter 1942 

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Epsilon Chapter 1943 

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Epsilon Chapter 1944 

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Epsilon Chapter 1945 

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Epsilon Chapter 1946 

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Epsilon Chapter 1947 

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Epsilon Chapter 1948 

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Epsilon Chapter 1949 

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Epsilon Chapter 1950 

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Epsilon Chapter 1951 

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Epsilon Chapter 1952 

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Epsilon Chapter 1953 

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Epsilon Chapter 1954-1955 

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Gamma Chapter (Carnegie Institute of Technology) 1919-1955 

About Gamma Chapter

Gamma Chapter was installed at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on June 2, 1919. The charter members were Phillip Friedman, Orvil Ransom Olmsted and Ira S. Stark.
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Gamma Chapter February-July 1919 

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Gamma Chapter September - December 1919 

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Gamma Chapter January - March 1920 

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Gamma Chapter April - December 1920 

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Gamma Chapter 1921 

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Gamma Chapter 1922 

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Gamma Chapter 1923 

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Gamma Chapter 1924 

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Gamma Chapter 1925 

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Gamma Chapter 1926 

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Gamma Chapter 1927 

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Gamma Chapter 1928-1929 

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Gamma Chapter 1930 

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Gamma Chapter 1931 

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Gamma Chapter 1932 

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Gamma Chapter 1933 

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Gamma Chapter 1934 

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Gamma Chapter 1935 

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Gamma Chapter 1936 

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Gamma Chapter 1937 

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Gamma Chapter 1938 

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Gamma Chapter 1939 

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Gamma Chapter 1940 

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Gamma Chapter 1941 

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Gamma Chapter 1942 

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Gamma Chapter 1943 

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Gamma Chapter 1944 

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Gamma Chapter 1945-1946 

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Gamma Chapter 1947 

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Gamma Chapter 1948 

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Gamma Chapter 1949 

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Gamma Chapter 1950 

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Gamma Chapter 1951 

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Gamma Chapter 1952-1955 

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Zeta Chapter (University of Liverpool) 1919-1925, 1930, 1949-1950 

About Zeta Chapter

The first and only international chapter, Zeta Chapter was installed at the University of Liverpool in England in March or April of 1919. However, in 1930, Professor C.H. Reilly of Liverpool wrote that "by a unanimous vote...the Chapter...was dissolved. It was felt it made a division in the School and did more harm than good."
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Zeta Chapter 1919-1920 

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Zeta Chapter 1921 

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Zeta Chapter 1922 

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Zeta Chapter 1923 

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Zeta Chapter 1924 

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Zeta Chapter 1925, 1930, 1949-1950 

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Eta Chapter (University of California, Berkeley) 1920-1937, 1946, 1948 

About Eta Chapter

Eta was installed at the University of California, Berkeley on May 13, 1920. The charter members were Lionel H. Pries, Duke A. Lovell, Gerald J. Fitzgerald, Eldridge T. Spencer and Mervyn Gunzendorfer. The chapter became inactive in 1936.
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Eta Chapter 1920 

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Eta Chapter 1921 

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Eta Chapter 1922 

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Eta Chapter 1923 

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Eta Chapter 1924 

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Eta Chapter 1925 

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Eta Chapter 1926-1927 

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Eta Chapter 1928 

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Eta Chapter 1929 

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Eta Chapter 1930 

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Eta Chapter 1931 

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Eta Chapter 1932 

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Eta Chapter 1933 

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Eta Chapter 1934 

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Eta Chapter 1935-1936 

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Eta Chapter 1937, 1946, 1948 

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Theta Chapter (Ohio State University) 1919-1939, 1943, 1945, 1948 

About Theta Chapter

Theta Chapter was installed at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, on June 8, 1922. It was the first chapter to be installed at a school that was not a member of the Association of Collegiate Schools in Architecture. The charter members were William Frederic Breidenbach, Milton S. Osborne, Paul Luther Wood, Harvey Stewart Crass, Thomas Drees Price, Charles St. John Chubb Jr., Wilbert Cathmore Ronan, Joseph N. Bradford, and Phillip Homer Elwood. Ronan and Elwood eventually became Grand Chapter officers. Theta Chapter also brought in Frank Lloyd Wright as a speaker for their fall initiation banquet in 1932. Despite these strengths, no elections were made to Theta Chapter after the spring semester of 1935.
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Theta Chapter 1919-1920 

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Theta Chapter 1921 

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Theta Chapter 1922 

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Theta Chapter 1923 

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Theta Chapter 1924 

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Theta Chapter 1925 

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Theta Chapter 1926 

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Theta Chapter 1927 

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Theta Chapter 1928 

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Theta Chapter 1929 

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Theta Chapter 1930 

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Theta Chapter 1931 

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Theta Chapter January - October 1932 

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Theta Chapter November - December 1932 

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Theta Chapter January - March 1933 

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Theta Chapter April 1933 

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Theta Chapter May - December 1933 

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Theta Chapter 1934 

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Theta Chapter 1935 

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Theta Chapter 1936 

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Theta Chapter 1937 

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Theta Chapter 1938 

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Theta Chapter 1939 

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Theta Chapter 1943, 1945, 1948 

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Iota Chapter (University of Washington, Seattle) 1924-1953 

About Iota Chapter

Iota was installed at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington in May 1924. The charter members were John Theodore Jacobsen, Henry Brown Hoover, Victor Noble Jarrett Jones, William Bragdon Glynn and John Ivar Martson.
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Iota Chapter 1924 

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Iota Chapter 1925 

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Iota Chapter 1928 

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Iota Chapter 1929 

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Iota Chapter 1930 

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Iota Chapter 1931 

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Iota Chapter 1932 

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Iota Chapter 1933 

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Iota Chapter 1934 

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Iota Chapter 1935 

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Iota Chapter 1936 

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Iota Chapter 1937 

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Iota Chapter 1938 

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Iota Chapter 1939 

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Iota Chapter 1940 

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Iota Chapter 1941-1942 

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Iota Chapter 1943 

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Iota Chapter 1944-1945 

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Iota Chapter 1946 

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Iota Chapter 1947 

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Iota Chapter 1948 

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Iota Chapter 1949 

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Iota Chapter 1950 

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Iota Chapter 1951 

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Iota Chapter 1952 

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Iota Chapter 1953 

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Kappa Chapter (Iowa State College) 1930-1953 

About Kappa Chapter

This chapter was installed June 4, 1930 at Iowa State College in Ames, Iowa. The charter members were Allen Holmes Kimball, Gerhard Irving Griffith, Walter E. Bedke, Leonard Wolf, Glenn E. Crippen, George Oliver Beach, Ernest Clifford Ebert, Harold Ludwig Hunzinger, LeRoy Howard Wendt, Edouard Evartt Exline, Norman Arthur Morriss, John Merton Hall and Clyde Eldon Jones. P.H. Elwood, Grand Chapter Master of Tau Sigma Delta at the time, was on the faculty at Iowa State.
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Kappa Chapter 1930 

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Kappa Chapter 1931 

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Kappa Chapter 1932 

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Kappa Chapter 1933 

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Kappa Chapter 1934 

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Kappa Chapter 1935 

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Kappa Chapter 1936 

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Kappa Chapter 1937 

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Kappa Chapter 1938 

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Kappa Chapter 1939 

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Kappa Chapter 1940 

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Kappa Chapter 1941 

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Kappa Chapter 1942 

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Kappa Chapter 1943 

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Kappa Chapter 1944-1945 

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Kappa Chapter 1946 

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Kappa Chapter 1947 

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Kappa Chapter 1948 

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Kappa Chapter 1949 

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Kappa Chapter 1950 

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Kappa Chapter 1951 

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Kappa Chapter 1952 

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Kappa Chapter 1953 

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Mu Chapter (University of Texas, Austin) 1930-1953 

About Mu Chapter

Mu Chapter was installed at the University of Texas, Austin on May 29, 1931. The charter members were Wilburn William Rheinlander, Arthur Mathis Jr., Nancye Marie Tacquard, Miriam Elaine Storrs, Richard Schermerhorn Rowe, Walter Carraway Harris Jr. and Joe Coleman Lair.
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Mu Chapter 1930 

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Mu Chapter January - May 1931 

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Mu Chapter June - December 1931 

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Mu Chapter 1932 

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Mu Chapter 1933 

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Mu Chapter 1934 

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Mu Chapter 1935 

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Mu Chapter 1936 

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Mu Chapter 1937 

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Mu Chapter 1938 

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Mu Chapter 1939 

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Mu Chapter 1940-1941 

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Mu Chapter 1942 

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Mu Chapter 1943 

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Mu Chapter 1944 

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Mu Chapter 1946 

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Mu Chapter 1947 

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Mu Chapter 1948 

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Mu Chapter 1949 

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Mu Chapter 1950 

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Mu Chapter 1951 

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Mu Chapter 1952 

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Mu Chapter 1953 

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Lambda Chapter (University of Southern California) 1930-1953 

About Lambda Chapter

This chapter of Tau Sigma Delta was installed at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California on June 3, 1931. The charter members were John Francis Meehan, Stanley Leroy Melone, Walter Harry Tyler, Thorton M. Abell, Christian Eberle Choate, Richard Merrill Jr., Albert Nozaki, E.S. Okubo and Boris R. Leven.
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Lambda Chapter January - May 1931 

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Lambda Chapter June - December 1931 

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Lambda Chapter 1932 

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Lambda Chapter 1933 

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Lambda Chapter 1934 

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Lambda Chapter 1935 

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Lambda Chapter 1936 

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Lambda Chapter 1937 

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Lambda Chapter 1938 

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Lambda Chapter 1939-1940 

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Lambda Chapter 1941 

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Lambda Chapter 1942 

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Lambda Chapter 1943-1944 

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Lambda Chapter 1946 

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Lambda Chapter 1948 

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Lambda Chapter 1950-1953 

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Nu Chapter (Virginia Polytechnic Institute) 1942-1953 

About Nu Chapter

Nu Chapter was installed at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg, Virginia on June 7, 1947. The charter members were Henry M. Arnold, John A. C. Lansing, A.B. McCullough, Robert A. Sears and Joseph P. Staniunas. The chapter also extended an offer of membership to six men who attempted to charter a chapter in 1942. This initial attempt was not successful in part because, while the "students agreed to the clause permitting the induction of any race or creeds into the fraternity....the administration did not agree with this statement" (May 27, 1943 letter from David Tatman).
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Nu Chapter 1946 

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Nu Chapter, Information Concerning the Department of Architectural Engineering Spring 1946 

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Nu Chapter June - December 1947 

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Nu Chapter 1948 

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Eta Alpha Chapter (Tulane University) 1949-1953 

About Eta Alpha Chapter

Eta Alpha was installed at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana on December 10, 1949. The charter members were James Buchanan Blitch, Emile deArmas, William Henry Woodward, Salvatore Charles Moschella, Jesse Oron Morgan Jr., Raymond Joseph Boudreaux and Kenneth Charles Landry.
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Omicron Chapter (Kansas State College) 1949-1953 

About Omicron Chapter

Omicron Chapter was installed at Kansas State College in Manhattan, Kansas on April 27, 1950. The charter members were Roland Albert Carlson, Alfred Greif Jr., John O. Hankammer, Ivan Neal Humble, Russell Arnold Jones, Oliver Hickman Ogden, Forest Adelbert Phillips, Andrew Canile Rossetti, Eldon Bengston Swensson, and Herbert James Voll.
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Pi Chapter (University of Kansas) 1950-1953 

About Pi Chapter

Pi Chapter was installed at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas on January 29, 1951. The charter members were William Merrill Conrad, Charles Aloysius Henggeler, John David Miller, Donald Foster Drummond, Martin William Kaufman, William Beckley Hayward, Howard Herman Nearing, and Robert Keith Thayer.
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Supplemental Research 2011 
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Tau Sigma Delta history, chapter list, procedures manual and constitution from website www.tausigmadelta.org April 22, 2011 

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Ernest H. Trysell biographical data 2011 

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University of Michigan yearbook pages: Alpha Rho Chi 1917, Tau Sigma Delta 1917, students 1915, 1917 2011 

Existence of Originals

This folder contains downloaded copies of pages of the Michigensian yearbook from the University of Michigan's Making of America Books digital collection.

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