Descriptive Summary
Texas Tech University
Sigma Xi Records,
1957-1996
Records of the Sigma Xi Texas Tech
chapter from 1957-1998 and undated.
U 238.1
Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Library, Texas Tech University
3 boxes (3.0 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 contains the records of the Sigma Xi chapter at Texas Tech
University, from it's inception through the present. Included are financial
statements and receipts, correspondence, membership rosters, banquet invitations
and planning files, abstracts of presentations at the annual conference, the biographical
history of the Texas Tech Chapter of Sigma Xi, meeting agendas and rosters, nominations
for memberships, and the Treasurer's receipts.
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)
Texas Technological College
Subjects
Texas Technological College. Sigma Xi Club
Texas Tech University. Sigma Xi Club
Acquisition
Accession number(s):
1999-0306-B
Gift, 1999
Access Restrictions
Open for research
Processed by
Lynn Whitfield, 2003
Preferred Citation
Sigma Xi Records, 1957-1998 and undated, 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, 1957-1996
Collection Inventory
Manuscripts
1
1
Addresses,
undated
1
2
Account Information and Bank Statements,
1995-1997
1
3
Account Ledger,
1983-1993
1
4
Account Summaries,
1993
Activities and Correspondence
1
5
Activities and Correspondence,
1958-1977
1
6
Activities and Correspondence,
1962-1967
1
7
Activities and Correspondence,
1972-1979
1
8
Activities and Correspondence,
1981-1989
1
9
Activities and Correspondence,
1990
1
10
Activities and Correspondence,
1991
1
11
Activities and Correspondence,
1991
1
12
Activities and Correspondence,
1991-1994
1
13
Activities and Correspondence,
1991-1994
1
14
Activities and Correspondence,
1994-1995
1
15
Activities and Correspondence,
1995-1998
1
16
Activities and Correspondence,
1997-1998
1
17
Annual Meetings,
1961-1997
1
18
Annual Reports,
1987-1991
Balance Sheets
1
19
Balance Sheets,
1995-1996
1
20
Balance Sheets,
1997-1998
1
21
Balance Sheets,
1995-1996
Banquets
1
22
Banquet,
1981-1982
1
23
Banquet,
1987-1990
1
24
Banquet,
1991
1
25
Banquet Invitations,
1960-1997
Book of Abstracts
1
26
Book of Abstracts: 1st Annual Reseach and Creative Activities Day,
1993
1
27
Book of Abstracts: 2nd Annual Reseach and Creative Activities Day,
1994
2
1
Book of Abstracts: 4th Annual Student Research Day,
1992
2
2
By Laws,
1960-1970
2
3
Chapter Formation at Texas Tech,
1957-1960
2
4
Envelopes and Supplies,
undated
2
5
Federal Credit Union Account,
1976-1977
2
6
Federal Credit Union Account,
1991-1994
2
7
Handbooks: Information Concerning Sigma Xi,
1968-1998
2
8
Historical Data on the Texas Tech Chapter,
1986
2
9
Information for the Exec. Committee of the Society of the Sigma Xi,
1957
2
10
Meeting Agendas and Minutes,
1966-1977
2
11
Meeting Agendas and Minutes,
1993-1994
2
12
Member Benefits
undated
2
13
Membership Rosters
1964-1997
Mini-Conference on Scientific Research
2
14
Mini-Conference on Scientific Research,
1977-1980
2
15
Mini-Conference on Scientific Research,
1981-1984
2
16
Mini-Conference on Scientific Research,
1982
2
17
Mini-Conference on Scientific Research,
undated
2
18
Mini-Conference on Scientific Research: Abstracts,
1982
2
19
Mini-Conference on Scientific Research: Speakers,
1982
2
20
National Meeting,
1986
Newsletters
2
21
Newsletter: Education Service Center,
1980
2
22
Newsletters: The Intercom,
1991-1997
2
23
Newsletters: Secretary's Newsletter,
1964-1972
2
24
Newsletters: Sigma Xi,
1974-1997
Nominations
3
2
Nominations and Grants Application Forms,
1990 and undated
2
25
Nominations for Membership Forms,
1995
3
1
Nominations for Membership Forms,
1996-1998
3
3
Petition to Establish Texas Tech Chapter of Sigma Xi,
1958
3
4
Preliminary Report: A New Agenda for Science,
1986
3
5
Proposal: Alternative Proposal for Use and Dev. of Native Rangeland,
undated
3
6
Research and Creativity Day, and Visiting Professors,
1993-1994
3
7
Speech: The Way of the Future,
1968?
3
8
SRCAD Expenses,
1995
3
9
Symposium Handouts,
1991
3
10
Timesheets,
1969-1970
Treasurer's Receipts
3
11
Treasurer's Receipts,
1975-1979
3
12
Treasurer's Receipts,
1978-1980
3
13
Treasurer's Receipts,
1980-1993
3
14
Treasurer's Receipts,
1983-1984
3
15
Treasurer's Receipts,
1983-1993
3
16
Treasurer's Receipts,
1985-1990