Records, 1902-1955.

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Records, 1902-1955.

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This small collection documents the proceedings of annual meetings, many of which were held at the Philadelphia Gun Club, fundraising efforts, and subjects of interest to the Alumni Chapter of Phi Kappa Sigma including the renovations to the fraternity house and the fraternity's involvement in World War I and World War II. Correspondence, meeting minutes, and other membership information highlight the activities of the alumni membership. Among those active in the Alumni Chapter include Francis Gurney Du Pont, E.P. Du Pont, Samuel T. Bodine, Hasletine Smith, Robeson L. Perot, George L. Justice, Charles S. Wood, W.F. Norris, Charles Wharton, Francis W. Sinkler, Thomas Reath, Jasper Yeates Brinton, James B. Wharton, Cornelius N. Weygandt, Craig Sweeten, and T. Morris Perot.

1 Cubic ft.

University of Pennsylvania, Archives & Records Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 6716035

University of Pennsylvania, Archives & Records Center

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Reath, Thomas, 1890-1975

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Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity. Alpha Chapter. Alumni Chapter.

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The Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity was founded at the University of Pennsylvania in 1850 by Samuel Brown Wylie Mitchell, James Bayard Hodge, Alfred J. Du Pont, Charles Hare Hutchinson, John Thorn Stone, Duane Williams and Andrew Adams Ripka. These Pennsylvanians established the Alpha, or first chapter of the fraternity. For many years the Alpha Chapter was located at 3527 Locust Street, directly opposite the original buildings of the University's West Philadelphia campus. Th...

Sweeten, E. Craig (Earle Craig)

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Norris, W. F. d. 1925.

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Du Pont, Francis Gurney, 1850-1904

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Chemist and member of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. From the description of Record of rifle scores, 1880. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 123466546 Francis Gurney du Pont, son of Alexis Irénée and Joanna Maria (Smith) du Pont, was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1870. In 1871 he began his career with E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. as an operator of graining mills. In 1874 he became a junior partner of the firm and later serve...

Smith, Hasletine, 1876-1934

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Du Pont, E. Paul (Eleuthère Paul), 1887-1950

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E. Paul du Pont established a motor works for building marine engines in Wilmington, Delaware just prior to America's entry into World War I. At the end of the war, the company began manufacturing automobiles. Elegant and graceful coachwork was the mark of Du Pont automobiles; over a twelve year period more than 600 Du Pont automobiles were produced. In 1930, E. Paul du Pont purchased the Indian Motorcycle. Indu Corporation was formed to handle the transfer of stock and funds and to act as a hol...

Weygandt, Cornelius, 1871-1957

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Cornelius Weygandt, born December 13, 1871 in Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.), graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1891. He worked as a reporter for the Philadelphia Record, 1892-1893, and for the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph, 1893-1897. In 1897 he joined the Department of English at the University of Pennsylvania as Instructor. In 1901 Weygandt received his Ph.D. writing his dissertation on the "Tendencies of Contemporary Poetry," and in 1931 Weygandt recieved an Litt.D. His caree...

Perot, T. Morris (Thomas Morris), 1906-1991

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Justice, George L., 1874-1923

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Wharton, James B. (James Booth), 1896-1965

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Sinkler, Francis W. (Francis Wharton), 1877-1954

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Wharton, Charles, 1891-1963

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University of Pennsylvania.

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In 1919 Edward Bushnell was appointed publicity agent for the University of Pennsylvania. His appointment began a long and expanding effort at public relations at the University. In 1954 the Department of Public Relations expanded its work to include two new units, Motion Picture Services and the Office of Radio and Television. These two offices operated until 1975 when they were phased out of a stream-lined department. From the description of University Film Collection, 1915-1989. (...

Perot, Robeson L. (Robeson Lea), 1872-1944

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Bodine, Samuel T. (Samuel Taylor), 1854-1932

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Brinton, Jasper Yeates, 1878-

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Jasper Yeates Brinton (1878-1973), a successful lawyer who worked for many years at the American Embassy in Egypt, traced his lineage back to the Smith and Steinmetz families of eighteenth-century Philadelphia. Brinton's paternal great-great grandfather, John Steinmetz (1740-1803), left Germany in 1751 and soon established a successful shipping business in Philadelphia. He became a fervent supporter of the colonial cause in the American Revolution. Steinmetz eventually owned a small fleet of shi...

Wood, Charles S. (Charles Stewart), 1879-1931

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