Kappa Phi Sorority, Sigma Chapter Records, 1926-2019 (S0289)

3.2 cubic feet

This collection contains bylaws, meeting minutes, newsletters, photographs, and scrapbooks pertaining to the Kappa Phi Sorority, Sigma Chapter, founded in 1926 by St. Louis-area women who had attended the Elmhurst Evangelical Training School at Elmhurst College (later Elmhurst University) that same year. Membership expanded in the following years to include women who belonged to the United Church of Christ and other Protestant denominations. The group initially focused on awarding young women scholarships to attend Evangelical Leadership Training Schools throughout the country and evolved into raising funds for St. Louis Metropolitan area charities, including the Emmaus Homes and the United Way. The collection contains scrapbooks compiled yearly by Sigma Chapter members, consisting of newspaper clippings, photographs, and correspondence, documenting their social activities and charitable endeavors. Items of interest in the scrapbooks include photographs of the Sigma Chapter's visits to the St. Louis Colored Orphans home in 1941.

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