Pi Beta Phi. Colorado Beta Chapter (University of Denver)
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 9 Collections and/or Records:
Box 1: Pi Beta Phi Records, 1898-1943
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.
Box 1: Pi Beta Phi Records, 1898-1943
In this series, box contains one folder with a floor plan of the Pi Beta Phi house from 1943.
Box 1: Pi Beta Phi Records, 1898-1943
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.
Box 1: Pi Beta Phi Records, 1898-1943
In this series, box contains a folder of press clippings for Pi Beta Phi, mostly from 1930s.
Box 1: Pi Beta Phi Records, 1898-1943
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.
Box 1: Pi Beta Phi Records, 1898-1943
In this series, box contains a chapter publication from 1907 and a bound music score book from 1899 called Songs of Pi Beta Phi.
Container 2: Pi Beta Phi Photocollage, 1903
Pi Beta Phi photocollage featuring 14 sorority headshots.
Pi Beta Phi (Colorado Beta Chapter) Records
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.
Wall Hanging Photo Collage of Pi Beta Phi (Colorado Beta Chapter), 1903
Wall hanging photo collage with five images depicting Pi Beta Phi (Colorado Beta chapter) sorority members. Photos 1-3 are outside of Ethel (Miller) Johnson's home.