Alpha chapter was founded at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana on October 15, 1885.
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"Sunlight," composed by Founder Estelle Leonard, was written as a piano solo for her young students.
Signature rubber stamp for Hannah Keenan (Alpha, DePauw University), director of central office from 1937-66
Staff members relax in the break room of the headquarters building at 8733 Founders Road in Indianapolis in the 1970s. From left: Karen Dickerson (Alpha Chi, Butler University, Executive Secretary Nancy Nitchman Leonard (Alpha Chi, Butler University) and Barbara Evans Chevalier (Alpha, DePauw University)
Four Alpha (DePauw University) chapter members and a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma pose together at Thanksgiving. They are: Sidelia Starr (KKG), Anna Hough, Maud Rude Link, Grace Paul Kerr and Olive Burnett Clark.
This copy of sheet music for "Sunlight," a study written for piano students by Alpha Chi Omega Founder Estelle Leonard (Alpha, DePauw University), includes her signature on the front.
(left to right) Lenore Ruark Sutherlin (Alpha, DePauw University), National President Burnette Grimes Jones (Omega, Washington State University), Catharine Appleby Toole (Alpha, DePauw University) and Ruth Tewinkel Suppes (Rho, University of Washington) pose with DePauw University President Dr. Russell Humbert and the temporary Founders memorial installed at DePauw on DePauw Day during the 1960 National Convention. The temporary plaque was installed as a token of Alpha Chi Omega's promise to provide a proper memorial to the Founders at a later date. This photograph was featured on page 14 of the September 1960 issue of The Lyre.
Alpha (DePauw University) chapter members sit with men from Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity during a dance.