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This 1/2-inch badge belonged to Ethel Hunt Davis, a member of the Alpha (DePauw University) chapter initiated in 1911. The badge is 14-karat gold and features 24 diamonds.
This badge belonged to Joyce Kelly Dyro-Dobrick, a member of the Alpha Mu (Indiana University) chapter initiated in 1952. The badge is gold and features 22 pearls.
This small diamond-shaped pin is an example of the pins that served as the first official pledge pin of the Fraternity. Scarlet and olive ribbons are attached to the pin in a nod to the earlier practice of pledging new members with ribbons. How did New Member pins come about? In the early days of the fraternity it was customary to pledge Greek novitiates with ribbons. By 1900, a small diamond shaped pin, enameled half in scarlet and half in olive green, bearing in the center an inlaid golden lyre, was accepted. Currently, the new member pin is the same design except that it is a stick pin.
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.
The 14th National Convention was held at the University of Southern California June 28-July 2, 1915. This convention was monumental as it was the first one held on the West Coast and had more than 240 attendees. This red suede wrist case held the convention program presented to attendees as they arrived in Long Beach. This was a specially made gift from The T.V. Allen Company, which was the leading fraternity jeweler for Southern California at the time.
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.
Woody Schmutz carved this coat of arms as a wedding gift for his wife, Janice Johnson Schmutz (Alpha Xi, University of Montana) in 1947.
Presented to the Fraternity as a gift from Gamma Nu Gamma (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) for the Centennial Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana 1985.
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.
This book holds the signatures of attendees to the 1955 National Convention in White Sulpher Springs, West Virginia. The first page is inscribed by the National Council and is organized by role.
The 1985 National Convention was the centennial celebration for Alpha Chi Omega. This booklet was given in the registration packet to every attendee and featured not just the convention program but also the hopes and dreams of the organization for another 100 years.
DATE OF BIRTH: September 10, 1870 DATE OF DEATH: May 23, 1932 CEMETERY Forest Hill Cemetery 2181 S County Road 50 W. Greencastle, IN 46135 Anna Allen Smith (Alpha, DePauw University) shares a headstone with her husband, infant son and other relatives (with last name Allen). The Smiths are located in Book 1, p. 356, Lot 11, Block 7, Range 11.
DATE OF BIRTH: June 10, 1867 DATE OF DEATH: April 18, 1957 CEMETERY Crown Hill Cemetery 700 West 38th Street Indianapolis, IN 46208 Section 73, Lot 334
DATE OF BIRTH: July 28, 1869 DATE OF DEATH: October 2, 1950 CEMETERY South Park Cemetery 405 S. East Street Greensburg, IN 47240 The Cunningham family is located in a mausoleum on the cemetery grounds.
DATE OF BIRTH: December 31, 1869 DATE OF DEATH: August 12, 1915 CEMETERY Wyuka Cemetery 3600 O Street Lincoln, NE 68510 Section 2, Lot 5546 (7 rows down), SP-7
DATE OF BIRTH: May 12, 1867 DATE OF DEATH: June 7, 1960 CEMETERY City Cemetery Martinsville, IL City Cemetery is behind 233 W. Cumblerland Street in Martinsville, IL
DATE OF BIRTH: April 28, 1866DATE OF DEATH: November 4, 1920CEMETERYOak Grove CemeteryLeRoy, IL 61752Bessie Grooms Keenan (Alpha, DePauw University) shares a headstone with her husband, Luther Courtland Keenan. Her daughter's stone lay next to hers, Hannah Kennan (Alpha, DePauw University).
Myra Vanzandt Bennett (Phi, University of Kansas) invites Alpha Chi Omega members to attend the Alpha Zeta (Washington University in St. Louis) chapter installation on June 8 and provides details about the event.
Former National President Alta Allen Loud (Beta, Albion College) sends greetings and best wishes to the Alpha Chis assembled at the 1924 National Convention.
National President Mildred Estabrook Scott (Pi, University of California, Berkeley) writes to Cunningham to express condolences on the death of his wife, Alpha Chi Omega Founder Bertha Deniston Cunningham (Alpha, DePauw University).