Records, 1899-1952.
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Phi Beta Kappa. Beta of Illinois Chapter (University of Chicago)
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Phi Beta Kappa was founded at the College of William and Mary in 1776. The Beta of Illinois chapter at the University of Chicago was chartered in 1899. From the guide to the University of Chicago. Phi Beta Kappa. Beta of Illinois Chapter. Records, 1899-1948, (Special Collections Research Center University of Chicago Library 1100 East 57th Street Chicago, Illinois 60637 U.S.A.) ...
University of Chicago.
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Most of the records in the collection pertain to the $400,000 raised by the American Baptist Education Society in 1889-1890 in order to obtain a 600,000 grant from John D. Rockefeller for the creation of an endowment for the University of Chicago. The first volume in the inventory, Record of Pledges for the University of Chicago, contains an alphabetical numbered listing of subscribers, amounts pledged, and payments made through 1906. The subscription forms and letters (1:4-13) are numbered to c...