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Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University

Sigma Xi:

An Inventory of Records, 1957-1996, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library


Descriptive Summary

Creator Texas Tech University
Title: Sigma Xi Records,
Dates: 1957-1996
Abstract: Records of the Sigma Xi Texas Tech chapter from 1957-1996.
Collection # U 238.2
Quantity: 2 boxes (1.5 linear feet)
Language English.
Repository: Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University

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.

Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Open for research

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

Related Material

For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, see the following collections:
  • Sigma Xi Records, 1957-1998 and undated

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Sigma Xi Records, 1957-1996, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

Acquisition

Accession number(s):
2000-0349-B; 2002-0169-B

Gifts, 2000-2002

Processed by

Lynn Whitfield, 2003

Collection Inventory

 

Manuscripts

box folder
1 1 Annual Meeting, 1996 and undated
2 Assembly of Delegates, 1974
3 Blank Forms, undated
4 Correspondence, 1994-1996
5 Hughes, Howard Medical Institute, undated
6 Information for the Executive Committee of the Society of the Sigma Xi, 1957
7 Jubilee Meeting, 1967
8 Manual of Procedure, 1975
9 Manual of Procedure, 1976
10 Manual of Procedure, 1977
11 Manual of Procedure, 1978
12 Meetings and Seminars, 1995-1996
13 Membership (1 of 2), 1975
14 Membership (2 of 2), 1975
15 Nominations, 1996
16 Paper for Elliot, Arthur M., 1982 and undated
17 Proceedings of the Seventy-Fifth National Meeting of Sigma Xi, 1974
18 Proceedings of the Seventy-Fifth National Meeting of Sigma Xi, 1974 and undated
box folder
2 1 Research and Creative Activity Day, 1995
2 Texas Tech University Chapter, 1994-1995
3 The Third Annual Research and Creative Activities Day, 1995