Phi Beta Kappa, Yale University, records, 1708-1984 (inclusive).

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Phi Beta Kappa, Yale University, records, 1708-1984 (inclusive).

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The records consist of correspondence, manuscripts, scrapbooks, printed material, catalogues, dissertations, minutes, register books, membership lists, speeches, and financial material documenting elections, presentations and addresses, honorary appointments and medalists, and other activities of the Connecticut Alpha chapter of Phi Beta Kappa at Yale.

10.02 linear feet.

Yale University Library

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Yale University Library

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Phi Beta Kappa. Connecticut Alpha (Yale University)

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Phi Beta Kappa, Connecticut Alpha was established at Yale in 1781. It was originally a secret society, taking members from the senior class, but in 1825 it dropped its secrecy. Membership in Phi Beta Kappa was often, though not always, based on academic excellence. The society began to decline in the 1840s and became defunct in the 1870s. It was revived during Arthur T. Hadley's tenure as president of Yale (1899-1921). From the description of Phi Beta Kappa, Yale University, records,...

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