Alta Allen Loud Photograph

Alta Allen Loud (Beta, Albion College) served as National President from 1907-10 and from 1912-19.

James Howe to Mrs. Gilbert L. Van Auken Letter, May 15, 1933

James Howe, former dean of the DePauw University School of Music and an instrumental figure in the founding of Alpha Chi Omega, writes to Fraternity President Ethel Mead Van Auken (Lambda, Syracuse University) with an update on his professional work, which Alpha Chi Omega helps to subsidize through an endowment. Howe also expresses wonder at the growth of Alpha Chi Omega, particularly the importance of Beta (Albion College) chapter, for whose installation he provided the funds.

Beta Chapter Reunion Postcard, 1908

A group of Beta (Albion College) chapter alumnae pose together on the steps of their chapter lodge during a reunion.

Psi Chapter Initiation Banquet Program, February 10, 1917

This program includes a menu, a list of toasts and a list of chapter members and visiting sisters present for the event.

Alta Allen Loud Portrait Photograph, c. 1900

Alta Allen Loud (Beta, Albion College) served as National President from 1907-10 and from 1912-19.

Beta Chapter Lodge Photograph

50-Year Members at Convention Photograph, 1972

Fifty-year members pose together at the 1972 National Convention. Each woman is individually identified on the back of the photograph.

National Council at Convention Photograph, July 8, 1955

Members of the National Council pose together at the 1955 National Convention in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Three of the women are identified: Susan Newcomer Hollinshead (Beta, Albion College) (second from left), Florence Staiger Lonn (Theta, University of Michigan) (second from right) and Pat Mason Guertler (Beta, Albion College) (far right).

In Memoriam, Fall 2015

This list provides the names of Alpha Chi Omegas who have passed away since the last issue of The Lyre.