Carnation China Cup and Saucer

This Royal Albert Friendship Series Carnation cup and saucer features a red carnation pattern with gold trim and matching saucer. This was not an official china pattern for Alpha Chi Omega but was commissioned at the 1919 National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. This cup and saucer are on display at headquarters.

Collection: Object Collection
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Karen Miley to National Council Letter, January 14, 1979

Karen Aunan Miley (Alpha Lambda, University of Minnesota) provides the names of the newly elected officers of the Alpha Chi Omega Foundation Board of Trustees and outlines the steps for the National Council to transfer assets from the Altruistic Foundation to the Alpha Chi Omega Foundation.

Collection: Archives Collection
Date: Jan 14th, 1979

Official China Design, Bread and Butter Plate

The 1919 National Convention body voted to form a committee to design an official china pattern for use at Alpha Chi Omega chapter houses. This set was the first purchased from the Syracuse China Corporation and was used by Lambda (Syracuse University) chapter. It was found in a box of broken china sent to headquarters in 1990 for display.

Collection: Object Collection
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Alpha Chi Omega Flag

In 1908, a committee was assigned to design an official flag for reasons of uniformity as chapters and sisters were creating their own designs. A design conforming to heraldic principles drawn by Mabel H. Siller (Gamma, Northwestern University) was selected and adopted by the 1910 National Convention voting body as the official flag of Alpha Chi Omega.

Collection: Object Collection
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Report of the National Alumnae Membership Development Director, June 1960-June 1962

Collection: Archives Collection
Date: Jun 1960 - Jun 1962

Jessie Fanyo Payne Dress, ca. 1960

Collection: Archives Collection
Date: 1960

Rosita Hopps Nordwall Dress, ca. 1964

Collection: Archives Collection
Date: 1964

Ruth Miller Winsor dress, ca. 1940

Collection: Archives Collection
Date: 1940

Award of Distinguished Service, Nellie Gamble Childe

Established in 1914, the Award of Distinction was to recognize the 29 sisters who served overseas in World War I. In 1924, the criteria was broadened to include sisters who had given “constructive service to the Fraternity.” Marian McDowell was the first to receive the new award in 1926. At the 1935 National Convention, each of the four living Founders were presented an award. Nellie Gamble Childe's award was donated to the national archives upon her death. The award was designed by Hungarian-American sculptor Julio Kilenyi.

Collection: Object Collection
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Notepad with founding story by Olive Burnett Clark

Founder Olive Burnett Clark prepared this handwritten recounting of Alpha Chi Omega's founding story for the 1928 National Convention in Mackinac Island, Michigan. 

Collection: Object Collection
Date: 1928

National President Diane Blackwelder Domestic Violence Awareness, Video 2013

Then National President Diane Blackwelder (Omicron, Baker University) shares information for Domestic Violence Awareness and how chapters support the cause in 2013.

Collection: AV Files
Date: Sep 23rd, 2013

Report of National Altruistic Director, June 1960-June 1962

Collection: Archives Collection
Date: Jun 1960 - Jun 1962