Estelle Leonard and Bertha Cunningham at Convention Photograph, c. June 1937

Founders Estelle Leonard (Alpha, DePauw University) and Bertha Deniston Cunningham (Alpha, DePauw University) pose together at the 1937 National Convention in Glacier National Park.

National Council Members Playing with Cart at Council Meeting Photograph, June 1950

National Council members Ruth Tewinkel Suppes (Rho, University of Washington), Hannah Keenan (Alpha, DePauw University) and Vera Arnold Willis (Mu, Simpson College) play around with a hand cart during the 1950 National Council meeting at the Seigniory Club in Montebello, Quebec, Canada. In the background are Martha Chamberlin Leslie (Theta, University of Michigan), Delight Stevens Dodds (Alpha Chi, Butler University), Katherine Schafer McDonald (Alpha Omicron, The Ohio State University) and Mary Frances Hess Peak (Beta Nu, University of Utah).

Mildred Scott Portrait Photograph, c. 1949-53

Mildred Estabrook Scott (Pi, University of California, Berkeley) served as National President from September 1949 until September 1953.

Gail Sheehy Portrait Photograph

Gail Henion Sheehy (Alpha Iota, University of Vermont) was initiated in 1955. An American author, journalist and lecturer, she wrote 17books, even having a movie made based on her book "Hustling" in 1975. She also wrote numerous high-profile articles for magazines such as New York Magazine and Vanity Fair. She won the Award of Achievement in 1985.

Martha Baird Portrait Photograph, c. 1916

Martha Baird (Zeta, New England Conservatory) was initiated in 1915. She placed first in the conservatory’s annual piano competition and then graduated summa cum laude from the conservatory's soloist program. That same year (1917), she made her debut in recital at Jordan Hall in Boston on November 17, garnering solid reviews from the arts sections of major newspapers, including The Boston Globe. She then pursued further advanced studies in Berlin, Germany with the legendary pianist Artur Schnabel. Her third and final marriage – to John D. Rockefeller Jr. – enabled her to take her philanthropic work to even greater heights. On the day of her marriage (August 15, 1951) she was given a sizable trust fund by Rockefeller, which she used to establish the Martha Baird Rockefeller Fund for Music in 1957. When her third husband died in 1960, she then redirected a significant portion of her $48 million inheritance to that fund. In operation until 1982, the Martha Baird Rockefeller Fund for Music provided critical scholarship and grant support to solo artists and ensembles for a quarter of a century before it was dissolved.

Second Century Campaign Committee Members Finalizing Shoe Marketing Campaign Photograph, c. 1985

Second Century Campaign Committee members of the Mu Mu (Kansas City, Missouri) chapter finalize marketing plans for the sale of the official Alpha Chi Omega aerobic shoe. Proceeds from the sale of the shoes benefitted the education and scholarship programs of the Alpha Chi Omega Foundation. Pictured, left to right, are Assistant Third Vice President Ellen Skeens Fairchild (Omicron, Baker University), Third Vice President and Project Chairman Carolyn Buell Van Ness (Omicron, Baker University), Alumnae Chapter President Toni Mufic Gelpi (Phi, University of Kansas) and Marketing Director Becky Holtzen Long (Alpha Nu, University of Missouri).

Anna Minerva Tarr Portrait Photograph

Initiate of Beta (Albion College)

Table of Alpha Chis and Fijis Cabinet Card, Fall 1887

Alpha (DePauw University) chapter members sit with men from Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity during a dance.

Starr, Hough, Rude, Paul and Burnett at Thanksgiving Photograph, November 1888

Four Alpha (DePauw University) chapter members and a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma pose together at Thanksgiving. They are: Sidelia Starr (KKG), Anna Hough, Maud Rude Link, Grace Paul Kerr and Olive Burnett Clark.

Ethel Van Auken Photograph, September 1928

Ethel Mead Van Auken (Lambda, Syracuse University) served as National President from 1928-35.

Marcia DeRocco Photograph, August 1979

Marcia DeRocco (Alpha Chi, Butler University) was a sculptor and painter, earning the Margaret Emma Griffith national fellowship for her work, "Portrait of Marcia," in 1931. Marcia spent two summers studying at the MacDowell Colony after returning from her studies abroad. She won the Award of Achievement in 1962.

Mary Janet Wilson Portrait Photograph

Mary Janet Wilson (Alpha, DePauw University) served as national president from 1896-98. She was the first alumna to serve as president of Alpha Chi Omega.

Storbeck, Lamb, Conrad and Blumer Lounging at Convention Photograph, 1955

Alumnae (left to right) Mary Storbeck (Mu, Simpson College), Imogene Holster Lamb (Xi, University of Nebraska - Lincoln), Phyllis Carter Conrad (Iota, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Phyllis Harris Blumer (Xi, University of Nebraska - Lincoln) pose together at the 1955 National Convention at the Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.

Group at Beta Beta Annual Picnic Photograph, June 1916

A group of alumnae and their guests gather for the annual Beta Beta (Indianapolis, Indiana) chapter picnic at the home of Florence Thompson Taggart (Alpha, DePauw University).

Delta Epsilon Chapter Room, 1961

Gamma Lambda Chapter House Photograph

Leonard, Childe, Clark and Orndorff at Convention Photograph, June 26, 1935

Founders (left to right) Estelle Leonard (Alpha, DePauw University), Nellie Gamble Childe (Alpha, DePauw University) and Olive Burnett Clark (Alpha, DePauw University) pose with Ruth Orndorff Darragh (Gamma, Northwestern University) at DePauw University on Homecoming Day of the 1935 National Convention.

National Council at Broadmoor Hotel Photograph, October 1946

Members of the National Council pose together at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado. They are (seated) National President Gladys Drach Powers (Nu, University of Colorado Boulder), National Vice President Rosita Hopps Nordwall (Epsilon, University of Southern California), (standing) Western Counsellor Mrs. Matthew H. Scott, National Secretary Mrs. Richard B. Rutledge and Eastern Counsellor Mrs. Perrin G. Smith.

National Council at Convention Photograph, June 1953

Members of the National Council pose together at the 1953 National Convention in Banff, Alberta, Canada. Seated (left to right) Secretary Rosita Nordwall (Epsilon, University of Southern California), National Vice President Madoline Vallely (Alpha Beta, Purdue University), National President Mildred Estabrook (Pi, University of California-Berkeley), NPC Delegate Gladys Power (Nu, University of Colorado) Treasurer Mary Hess Peak (Beta Nu, University of Utah). Standing (left to right) Western Counselor Burnette Jones (Omega, Washington State University), Central Counselor Isabel Lonn (Pi, University of California-Berkeley), Eastern Counselor Katherine McDonald (Alpha Omicron, The Ohio State University).

McLachlan, Leonard and Clark with Felt-ogram Scenes at Convention Photograph, 1951

Lois Henderson McLachlan (Beta Zeta, Whitman College, center) poses with founders Estelle Leonard (Alpha, DePauw University, left) and Olive Burnett Clark (Alpha, DePauw University) in front of felt-ogram scenes of the founding that she made for the final banquet of the 1951 National Convention in Roanoke, Virginia.