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Descriptive Summary

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Contents

Restrictions

Index Terms

Related Material

Administrative Information

Description of Series

Manuscripts

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

CreatorTexas 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)
LanguageEnglish.
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.

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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.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Open for research

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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

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Related Material

For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, see the following collections:

  • Sigma Xi Records, 1957-1998 and undated

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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

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Collection Inventory

 

Manuscripts

boxfolder
11Annual Meeting, 1996 and undated
2Assembly of Delegates, 1974
3Blank Forms, undated
4Correspondence, 1994-1996
5Hughes, Howard Medical Institute, undated
6Information for the Executive Committee of the Society of the Sigma Xi, 1957
7Jubilee Meeting, 1967
8Manual of Procedure, 1975
9Manual of Procedure, 1976
10Manual of Procedure, 1977
11Manual of Procedure, 1978
12Meetings and Seminars, 1995-1996
13Membership (1 of 2), 1975
14Membership (2 of 2), 1975
15Nominations, 1996
16Paper for Elliot, Arthur M., 1982 and undated
17Proceedings of the Seventy-Fifth National Meeting of Sigma Xi, 1974
18Proceedings of the Seventy-Fifth National Meeting of Sigma Xi, 1974 and undated
boxfolder
21Research and Creative Activity Day, 1995
2Texas Tech University Chapter, 1994-1995
3The Third Annual Research and Creative Activities Day, 1995

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