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A Guide to the records at the Indiana University Archives

Electronic finding aid encoded by Dina M. Kellams

Summary Information

Repository
Indiana University Archives
1320 East Tenth Street
Herman B Wells Library E460
Bloomington, IN 47405-7000
Phone: 812-855-1127
Email: archives@indiana.edu
http://www.libraries.iub.edu/archives

Creator
Pi Lambda Theta. Iota Chapter (Indiana University, Bloomington)

Title
Pi Lambda Theta Iota Chapter records, 1920-1995

Collection No.
C272

Extent
1.1 cubic feet (4 boxes)

Language
Materials are in English.

Abstract
Pi Lambda Theta was founded in 1910 as an honor and professional association for women in education. In 1920, the Iota chapter was chartered at Indiana University. In 1974, the organization began admitting men. Collection consists of minutes, a ledger book, constitutions, membership information, publications, and scrapbooks.

Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Advance notice is required.

Administrative History

Pi Lambda Theta was founded in 1910 through at the University of Missouri at Columbia as an honor and professional association for women in education. Between 1912 and 1916 six other schools established local chapters spurring the organization of a national association in 1917. Indiana University Bloomington’s Iota chapter of Pi Lambda Theta was chartered in 1920, just three years later. Although begun as a women's organization, Pi Lambda Theta began admitting men in 1974.

As an honor and professional society, the organization’s aim is to foster a professional spirit and the highest standard of scholarship among educators and students in the field of education. To that aim, the Pi Lambda Theta Educational Trust was founded in 1981 (now the Educational Endowment).

Today, the offices of the now international association are located in Bloomington, Indiana, and there are more than 100 chapters throughout the United States and the Philippines representing over 16,000 members.

Arrangement

Organized into three series: Administrative files, Publications, and Scrapbooks.

Scope and Content Note

The records of the Pi Lambda Theta educational honor and professional society cover the years 1920 to 1995 and have been organized into three series: Administrative files, Publications, and Scrapbooks. A scrapbook spanning the years 1925 to 1946 is of particular interest as it includes many annotated black and white photographs dating from the period. Although the collection spans the years 1920 to 1995, there are few materials dating from 1952 to 1984.

Series one, Administrative files dates from 1920 to 1984 and is arranged alphabetically. The bulk of this series consists of membership lists with a copy of the constitution, meeting minutes and a treasurer’s ledger book.

The Publications series spans the years 1931 to 1995. Indiana Iota Items was published yearly by the Iota chapter and one issue (1931) is included in the collection. The Pi Lambda Theta Newsletter is published quarterly by the national office in Bloomington, Indiana. The series is arranged chronologically.

The final series, Scrapbooks, spans the years 1925 to 1990 and is arranged chronologically. The scrapbook dating from 1925 to 1946 has been left intact so photographs from those years remain in the collection. The other two scrapbooks (1986-1988 and 1989-1990) were photocopied to preserve their original order and layout. The photographs have been transferred to the Archives Photographs Collection.

• Indexing Terms

• The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in IUCAT, the IU Libraries' online catalog. Materials about related topics, persons or places can be found by searching the catalog using these terms.

• • Names
  • Pi Lambda Theta. Iota Chapter (Indiana University, Bloomington) --History --20th century --Sources.
  • Pi Lambda Theta. Iota Chapter (Indiana University, Bloomington) --Archives.
  • Pi Lambda Theta. Iota Chapter (Indiana University, Bloomington) --Records and correspondence.
  • Indiana University --Students --Societies, etc. --History --20th century --Sources.
  • Indiana University --Students --Intellectual life --20th century.
• • Topics
  • Professional associations --Indiana --Bloomington.
  • Education --Indiana --Bloomington --Societies, etc. --History --20th century --Sources.
  • Women in education --Indiana --Bloomington --Societies, etc. --History --20th century --Sources.
  • Women --Education --Indiana --Bloomington --Societies, etc. --History --20th century --Sources.
  • Universities and colleges --Indiana --Bloomington --Societies, etc. --History --20th century --Sources.
  • Greek letter societies --Indiana --Bloomington --History --20th century --Sources.

Related Material

These materials were removed from the Panhellenic Association records, Collection C261.

Administrative Information

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