Southern Methodist University Phi Beta Kappa records, 1916-1968.

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Southern Methodist University Phi Beta Kappa records, 1916-1968.

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Contains the papers of the Southern Methodist University chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, from the time the University began the process of founding a chapter in the years shortly after SMU was founded in 1915, until the late 1960s. The collection includes documents used to found and operate the SMU chapter, correspondence regarding SMU's petition for a Phi Beta Kappa chapter, the charter, the constitution, and the bylaws drawn up for the SMU chapter. The collection further contains financial records, secretary's annual reports, addresses, publications, chapter activities, and lists of SMU members of Phi Beta Kappa including two boxes of member information cards.

5 boxes (2.5 linear feet)

Southern Methodist University DeGolyer Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6916771

Southern Methodist University DeGolyer Library

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Phi Beta Kappa. Gamma Chapter of Texas (Southern Methodist University)

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As is clear from the correspondence contained in the collection, efforts to install a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa at Southern Methodist University began not long after the establishment of the school in 1915. SMU was successful in its efforts in 1949; the approval of a Phi Beta Kappa chapter there was considered to be a true vote of confidence for the intellectual life of what was then a young university. SMU President Umphrey Lee became the first to sign the charter register. ...

Southern Methodist University.

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Shared governance had a short life at SMU. The concept was popular from initial research forays into its feasibility for the university in the 1960s until the death of the University Assembly in 1975. The University Assembly grew increasingly unpopular with the SMU faculty over time. From the guide to the University Assembly of Southern Methodist University records SMU 2010. 0421., 1968-1975, (Southern Methodist University Archives, DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University) ...