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Scope and Contents
Dates
- Majority of material found within 1920 -- 1977
- 1841 -- 1986
Creator
Language of Materials
Access
Conditions Governing Use
Arrangement
Extent
8.7 Linear Feet (7 boxes)
Biographical / Historical
The Delta Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa (PBK), a national honorary society, was chartered on September 7, 1892, 1892 through the efforts of Thomas Wentworth Higginson, President of the United Chapters, Professor William R. Shipman, a member of the society at Middlebury College and the first librarian at Tufts, and Professor Frank Pierrepont Graves, a professor of classics while at Tufts and a member of the society at Columbia University - the year before the original chapter at the College of William and Mary was reactivated. The Tufts chapter was the fourth in the state to be established, and hence the designation "Delta." Nationally, women were first admitted to Phi Beta Kappa in 1875. Among the first cohort of women studying at Tufts, two were initiated into Phi Beta Kappa in 1896; there were a total of six initiates that year.
The PBK Executive Board of Delta Chapter at Tufts University elects students in the spring who show academic excellence in a wide array of disciplines, as well as intellectual commitment, originality and achievement in a particular area, and the quality of mind characteristic of a true scholar.
Custodial History
Processing Information
This collection was originally created by Russell Miller in the process of preparing his history of Tufts University, Light on the Hill; original order of material was not maintained. As of fall 2010 the collection had been partially processed by students but never completed. In fall 2010, Lara Ullman, Simmons intern, reassessed and reprocessed parts of the collection and corrected the finding aid; supervisor Susanne Belovari, Archivist for Reference and Collections, DCA. As part of reprocessing, some duplicates were weeded. Student transcripts used to determine eligibility for PBK were left in the collection, first, because they indicate selection criteria, and second because some of these transcripts might currently be missing in the Office of Program Support records. If missing years of student transcripts in UA072 cannot be obtained, a cross-reference will point to UA025 records.
Processing status
- Student Activities -- Student Government, Clubs, and Organizations Subject Source: Local sources
- Student life Subject Source: Local sources
- Student life Subject Source: Local sources
Repository Details
Part of the Tufts Archival Research Center Repository
35 Professors Row
Tisch Library Building
Tufts University
Medford Massachusetts 02155 United States
617-627-3737
archives@tufts.edu