(left to right) Lenore Ruark Sutherlin (Alpha, DePauw University), National President Burnette Grimes Jones (Omega, Washington State University), Catharine Appleby Toole (Alpha, DePauw University) and Ruth Tewinkel Suppes (Rho, University of Washington) pose with DePauw University President Dr. Russell Humbert and the temporary Founders memorial installed at DePauw on DePauw Day during the 1960 National Convention. The temporary plaque was installed as a token of Alpha Chi Omega's promise to provide a proper memorial to the Founders at a later date. This photograph was featured on page 14 of the September 1960 issue of The Lyre.
Collection: Archives Collection
Date: Jun 29th, 1960
Past National President Ruth Miller Winsor (Phi, University of Kansas) receives carnations from the president of Phi (University of Kansas) chapter for attending her 25th national convention.
Collection: Archives Collection
Date: 1990
Founder Nellie Gamble Childe (Alpha, DePauw University) writes to Hannah Keenan (Alpha, DePauw University) about the new Alpha Chi songbook she recently received and laments that she cannot attend the upcoming national convention because the arthritis in her knee makes travel difficult.
Collection: Archives Collection
Date: Apr 19th, 1953
Nancy Nitchman Leonard (Alpha Chi, Butler University) sits at a piano during a national convention. Nancy served as executive director from 1978-99. She continued to attend every convention, only missing one in 2010, until her death in 2012.
Collection: Archives Collection
Date: Jan 1st, 2002
This program includes a menu and a schedule of events. A number of handwritten notes addressed to the program's owner are included inside and on the back of the program.
Collection: Archives Collection
Date: Jul 9th, 1955
A bi-annual report given at convention to showcase progress made by the Enterprise in the last two years. This one was presented to convention attendees in 2018, Austin, Texas.
Collection: Archives Collection
Date: Jun 1st, 2018
Collection: Archives Collection
Date: Jun 29th, 2018
This photo was taken at Kings Beach, Swampscott, Massachusetts, the site of our 1924 National Convention. This convention had a once-in-a-lifetime event when Alpha Tau (University of New Hampshire) chapter was installed!
Collection: Archives Collection
Date: Jun 23rd, 1924
A gold Hera Head pin honoring Alpha Chi Omega's patron goddess, Hera, was selected for ex-Grand Officers at the 12th National Convention in 1910. Alta Allen Loud received the first one in 1911. In 1919, the four living Founders received one at convention. Any sister who wears one now has served at least one term on the National Council.
Collection: Object Collection
Date:
Collection: The Lyre Collection
Date: Mar 1960
Collection: The Lyre Collection
Date: Sep 1962
The New York Central Lines provided 1935 convention attendees with "The Water Level Route," where guests traveled three different places by train: Greencastle, Indiana; White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia; and Washington, D.C. Trains were considered elegant and formal in this time period, so the menu included was served in a fine dining atmosphere. While the service was formal, the sleeping conditions may not be perceived as such to a modern-day viewer; attendees slept in bunk beds! One interesting fact to note about the context of the increased number of alcohol ads in the menu: this convention took place two years after Prohibition was lifted, so these companies increased their advertising in any way possible.
Collection: Archives Collection
Date: Jan 1st, 1935