Descriptive Summary
Texas Tech University
Sigma Xi Records,
1957-1996
Records of the Sigma Xi Texas Tech
chapter from 1957-1996.
U 238.2
Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Library, Texas Tech University
2 boxes (1.5 linear feet)
English.
Biographical Sketch
Originating on the Texas Tech campus on May 26, 1931, Sigma Xi officially
joined the national chapter on April 22, 1960. Tech became the fifth organization
to host a chapter in Texas. Sigma Xi is a graduate science research society.
Sixty-one members were inducted at the 1960 initiation ceremony.
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of files on correspondence, manuals of procedure,
membership, nominations, proceedings of the seventy-fifth national meeting, the
Texas Tech University Chapter, and the Third Annual Research and Creative
Activities Day.
Index Terms
The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally
developed.
Subjects (Organizations)
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Texas Technological College
Subjects
Texas Technological College. Sigma Xi Club
Texas Tech University. Sigma Xi Club
Acquisition
Accession number(s):
2000-0349-B; 2002-0169-B
Gifts, 2000-2002
Access Restrictions
Open for research
Processed by
Lynn Whitfield, 2003
Preferred Citation
Sigma Xi Records, 1957-1996, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library,
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library, see the following collections:
- Sigma Xi Records, 1957-1998 and undated
Collection Inventory
Manuscripts
1
1
Annual Meeting,
1996 and undated
1
2
Assembly of Delegates,
1974
1
3
Blank Forms,
undated
1
4
Correspondence,
1994-1996
1
5
Hughes, Howard Medical Institute,
undated
1
6
Information for the Executive Committee of the Society of the Sigma Xi,
1957
1
7
Jubilee Meeting,
1967
1
8
Manual of Procedure,
1975
1
9
Manual of Procedure,
1976
1
10
Manual of Procedure,
1977
1
11
Manual of Procedure,
1978
1
12
Meetings and Seminars,
1995-1996
1
13
Membership (1 of 2),
1975
1
14
Membership (2 of 2),
1975
1
15
Nominations,
1996
1
16
Paper for Elliot, Arthur M.,
1982 and undated
1
17
Proceedings of the Seventy-Fifth National Meeting of Sigma Xi,
1974
1
18
Proceedings of the Seventy-Fifth National Meeting of Sigma
Xi,
1974 and undated
2
1
Research and Creative Activity Day,
1995
2
2
Texas Tech University Chapter,
1994-1995
2
3
The Third Annual Research and Creative Activities Day,
1995