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Pi Beta Phi. Colorado Beta Chapter (University of Denver)

 Organization

Biography

Founded 1867 and closed 1980. DU Chapter possibly numbered Colorado Beta, but cannot identify online.

Citation:
Board of Trustees Minutes – Volume S: page 190.

Sources

found: Its Directory of Pi Beta Phi, 1930.

found: Its Alumnae directory, 1984: t.p. (Pi Beta Phi Fraternity) p. iv (Pi Beta Phi)

found: Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women website, Dec. 1, 2009 (Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women; Pi Beta Phi; I.C. Sorosis; f. Apr. 28, 1867, at Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois; 1st national secret society for women at a time when only five state universities admitted women; [in] 1888 name changed from I.C. Sorosis to Pi Beta Phi; [in] 1910 establishing a philanthropy in the Appalachian mountains was authorized at convention; Settlement School organized at Gatlinburg, Tennessee [in] 1912; plans for Centennial Project to be called Arrowmont [made in] 1964; [in] 1970 Arrowmont construction was completed at Pi Beta Phi Settlement School)

Biography

First Greek student organization - Pi Beta Phi Sorority in 1885.

Sources

“New Greek Letter Society Organized”, newspaper clipping, U172._.0003, Gamma Phi Beta folder, U172._.0005, Sororities; U172._.0004, Pi Beta Phi.

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

1900 Pi Beta Phi

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0413.00026
Abstract

Group portrait of the 1900 Pi Beta Phi sorority. Visible in back row, left to right (according to inscription, 1901 Kynewisbok), Reba Brewster, Isadore Van Gilder, Ellen Anderson, Nanaruth Taggart, Anna Berry, Marguerite Dyer. Bottom row, left to right, Mary Traylor, Alice Richardson, Bertha Brooks, Ethel Antrim, Agnes Glasgow, Grace Cockle, Lida Burkhart, Mabel Wheeler.

Dates: 1793-2009

Box 1: Pi Beta Phi Records, 1898-1943

 File — Box U381.0001: Series U381.01; Series U381.02; Series U381.03; Series U381.04; Series U381.05; Series U381.06 [Barcode: U186023304928]
Identifier: U381.01.0001
Abstract

In this series, box contains a bound music score book from 1899 called Songs of Pi Beta Phi and a publication from 1907 with information on the Colorado Beta Chapter.

Dates: 1898-1943

Box 1: Pi Beta Phi Records, 1898-1943

 File — Box U381.0001: Series U381.01; Series U381.02; Series U381.03; Series U381.04; Series U381.05; Series U381.06 [Barcode: U186023304928]
Identifier: U381.02.0001
Abstract

In this series, box contains one folder with a floor plan of the Pi Beta Phi house from 1943.

Dates: 1898-1943

Box 1: Pi Beta Phi Records, 1898-1943

 File — Box U381.0001: Series U381.01; Series U381.02; Series U381.03; Series U381.04; Series U381.05; Series U381.06 [Barcode: U186023304928]
Identifier: U381.03.0001
Abstract

In this series, box contains a sample initiation card for a member from 1898 and a unique mounted hanging with chapter portraits from 1903 with members identified.

Dates: 1898-1943

Box 1: Pi Beta Phi Records, 1898-1943

 File — Box U381.0001: Series U381.01; Series U381.02; Series U381.03; Series U381.04; Series U381.05; Series U381.06 [Barcode: U186023304928]
Identifier: U381.04.0001
Abstract

In this series, box contains a folder of press clippings for Pi Beta Phi, mostly from 1930s.

Dates: 1898-1943

Box 1: Pi Beta Phi Records, 1898-1943

 File — Box U381.0001: Series U381.01; Series U381.02; Series U381.03; Series U381.04; Series U381.05; Series U381.06 [Barcode: U186023304928]
Identifier: U381.05.0001
Abstract

In this series, box contains a folder with materials related to Pi Beta Phi events including a benefit performance from 1921, a dance from 1925 and the Pi Beta Phi "Little Show" in 1933.

Dates: 1898-1943

Box 1: Pi Beta Phi Records, 1898-1943

 File — Box U381.0001: Series U381.01; Series U381.02; Series U381.03; Series U381.04; Series U381.05; Series U381.06 [Barcode: U186023304928]
Identifier: U381.06.0001
Abstract

In this series, box contains a chapter publication from 1907 and a bound music score book from 1899 called Songs of Pi Beta Phi.

Dates: 1898-1943

Container 2: Pi Beta Phi Photocollage, 1903

 File — Object U381.0002: Series U381.01 [Barcode: U186018629232]
Identifier: U381.01.0002
Abstract

Pi Beta Phi photocollage featuring 14 sorority headshots.

Dates: 1903

Pi Beta Phi (Colorado Beta Chapter) Records

 Collection
Identifier: U381
Abstract

Collections contains materials for the first greek organization on campus, Pi Beta Phi sorority established 1885. Includes a bound music score book from 1899, group portraits from 1903 and more.

Dates: 1898-1943

Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women, 1974

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0412.00008
Abstract

Members of the Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women pose on and around a car parked in the quad outside of Mary Reed, which is visible in the background.

Dates: 1974