Eta Sigma Lambda Fraternity records, 1962-2008.

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Eta Sigma Lambda Fraternity records, 1962-2008.

The Eta Sigma Lambda collection represents over 40 years of chapter history. Items predominantly consist of local records from Eta Sigma Lambda, as well as regional and national records of Alpha Phi Alpha. This collection primarily documents the structure, finances, history, culture, and charitable contributions of the Eta Sigma Lambda chapter. The records consist of administrative files, financial records, member records, publicity and outreach materials, printed matter, photographs, and ephemera.

8.34 linear feet (10 boxes).

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SNAC Resource ID: 7163756

San Jose State University

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Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity

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Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African American Men, was founded on December 4, 1906, at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York by seven college men who recognized the need for a strong bond of brotherhood among African descendants in this country. The seven visionary founders, known as the “Jewels” of the fraternity, are Henry Arthur Callis, Charles Henry Chapman, Eugene Kinckle Jones, George Biddle Kelley, Nathaniel Allison Murray, Robert Ha...

San José State University. Library. Special Collections & Archives

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Organizational History In 1857 the San Francisco Board of Education established an evening school for current and prospective teachers in the city. The school became know as the Minns' Evening Normal School, named after the principal, Washington Minns. In 1862, the California State Legislature formally established Minns' school as the first California State Normal School. The school remained in San Francisco until the California State Legisla...

Eta Sigma Lambda.

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On December 4, 1906 at the campus of Cornell University, the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity earned the distinct honor of being the first Greek letter college fraternity to be founded by African American men. Nearly 60 years later, eight African American men founded the Eta Sigma Lambda (ESL) chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity in Palo Alto, California. The founders of the Eta Sigma Lambda chapter laid the foundation to what would become a socially and charitably vibrant chapter of the Alpha Ph...