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Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, Iota Chapter Records, Addendum
 
Papers, 1948-2001

Manuscript Collection 575a


INFORMATION ABOUT DELTA KAPPA GAMMA
 
Delta Kappa Gamma Society was organized May 11, 1929.  Twelve women, most of whom were Texans, visualized and organized a society for women teachers and the glorification of their profession.  The Iota Chapter was organized in 1944 in Fayetteville, Arkansas.  Twenty-one members were initiated that evening.  Louise Bell was the first president.  Iota Chapter Founders were: Zilpha Battey, Louise Bell, Nieta Berry, Lena Cannon, Juanita Caudle, Lillie B. Cochran, Bessie Coventon, Jo Ellen Crouch, Genevieve Dennis, Margaret Discher, Ila Ellis, Stella Hall, Velma Hall, Stella Palmer Hotz, Kara Jordon, Laura MacDonald, Mary McCutchan, Mattie Cal Maxted, Juanita Prater, Elizabeth Richardson, Elizabeth Shipley, Margaret Simpson, and Beulah Whitcomb.


INFORMATION ABOUT THE COLLECTION

The records comprise yearbooks, 1948-2001 (incomplete run); newsletters, Dec 1959-Winter 2000 (incomplete run); a 1973 Directory; and one folder with membership information.  Some of the yearbooks and newsletters missing from this addendum are found in the original MC 575.
 
This addendum to the records of the Iota Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Society was donated to Special Collections by Martha M. Agee,  President, Iota Chapter, DKG, Fayetteville, Arkansas, on May 1, 2001.

Processed by Vera Ekechukwu, Special Collections Division, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville, Arkansas, August 2001.


CONTENTS OF THE COLLECTION
2 containers (.8 linear feet)

Box 1      Yearbooks
 1. 1948-1958.
 2. 1959-1971.
 3. 1978-1994.
 4. 1994-2001.
                Newsletters
 5. Dec 1959-Apr 1961.
 6. Oct 1961-Apr 1967.

Box 2
 1. Oct 1967-Mar 1973.
 2. Feb 1985-Apr 1988.
 3. Oct 1993-Winter 2000.
 4. Directory, 1973.
 5. Membership Information.
 


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