Stone Trust Corporation, Yale University, records 1850-2007 (inclusive).

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Stone Trust Corporation, Yale University, records 1850-2007 (inclusive).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702163778

The records consist of photograph albums, ledgers, minutes, financial records, correspondence, constitution and amendments, and biographical information documenting the activities and operations of the Book and Snake Society (incorporated as the Stone Trust Corporation) and Cloister Club at Yale, and its predecessor, Sigma Delta Chi Society.

64.25 linear feet.

Yale University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8021847

Yale University Library

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Yale University.

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Cloister Club.

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Stone Trust Corporation.

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Sigma Delta Chi Society was founded by students of the Yale Sheffield Scientific School in 1863. Not wanting to be considered a fraternity, the society changed it name to the Book and Snake Society in the late 1870s. Members who lived in the society residence, or "Cloister", become the Cloister Club. Graduates and honorary members of Book and Snake were also members of the Cloister Club. In 1876 the society incorporated as the Stone Trust Corporation. The Book and Snake converted to a senior soc...

Book and Snake Society.

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