University of Chicago. Pi Lambda Theta, Lambda Chapter. Records 1921-1989

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University of Chicago. Pi Lambda Theta, Lambda Chapter. Records 1921-1989

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The Pi Lambda Theta, Lambda Chapter Records comprise minutes of the Chapter’s first two years of meetings (1921-1923) and various procedural guidelines, membership lists, meeting materials, newsletters, fiscal reports, and correspondence from 1987 through 1989.

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Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library,

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