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Sheet music for "Sunlight," composed by Founder Estelle Leonard

"Sunlight," composed by Founder Estelle Leonard, was written as a piano solo for her young students.

Child's china tea set belonging to Founder Estelle Leonard

Child's china tea set belonging to Founder Estelle Leonard

Mary Jones Tennant (Alpha, DePauw University), photograph

Mary Jones Tennant (Alpha, DePauw University), photograph

Silver eyeglass case with monogram belonging to Founder Bessie Grooms Keenan

Silver eyeglass case with monogram belonging to Founder Bessie Grooms Keenan

DePauw University Soiree Musicale Program, 1886

DePauw University Soiree Musicale Program, 1886

Alpha Chi Omega was formally celebrated in a Soiree Musicale performance on February 6, 1886 in the DePauw University Music Hall. Dean James Hamilton Howe performed, with the assistance of Founder Amy DuBois (later Rieth), soprano. 

Bertha Deniston Cunningham Scrapbook, 1940s

Bertha Deniston Cunningham Scrapbook, 1940s

Founder Bertha Deniston Cunningham compiled 12 scrapbooks that are part of Alpha Chi Omega's archives collection. This scrapbook includes many articles from The Lyre, newspaper clippings, greeting cards and correspondence between Mrs. Cunningham and Alpha Chi sisters. 

Bertha Deniston Cunningham Scrapbook, 1935 Golden Jubilee

Bertha Deniston Cunningham Scrapbook, 1935 Golden Jubilee

Founder Bertha Deniston Cunningham compiled 12 scrapbooks that are part of Alpha Chi Omega's archives collection. She created this scrapbook to capture memories from the 1935 Golden Jubilee Convention commemorating Alpha Chi Omega's 50th anniversary. The scrapbook includes photographs, programs, newspaper clippings, correspendence and handwritten notes by Mrs. Cunningham. 

Bertha Deniston Cunningham Scrapbook, mid-1940s

Bertha Deniston Cunningham Scrapbook, mid-1940s

Founder Bertha Deniston Cunningham compiled 12 scrapbooks that are part of Alpha Chi Omega's archives collection. This scrapbook chronicles the Fraternity's growth by featuring news of collegiate and alumnae chapters and members, along with corresondence between Mrs. Cunningham and Alpha Chi sisters and general news of the era. 

Bertha Deniston Cunningham Scrapbook, 1946-47

Bertha Deniston Cunningham Scrapbook, 1946-47

Founder Bertha Deniston Cunningham compiled 12 scrapbooks that are part of Alpha Chi Omega's archives collection. This scrapbook includes greeting cards and correspondence between Mrs. Cunningham and her Alpha Chi sisters, including Past National President Gladys Drach Power (Nu, University of Colorado) and director of central office Hannah Keenan (Alpha, DePauw University) - along with clippings detailing the Fraternity's continued growth. 

Bertha Deniston Cunningham Scrapbook, late 1940s

Bertha Deniston Cunningham Scrapbook, late 1940s

Founder Bertha Deniston Cunningham compiled 12 scrapbooks that are part of Alpha Chi Omega's archives collection. This scrapbook includes clippings about MacDowell found Marian Nevins MacDowell (Zeta, New England Conservatory of Music), many U.S. national current events, greeting cards received by Mrs. Cunningham from Alpha Chi sisters and National Convention programs. 

Executive Secretary Jody Bayer Martindill (Alpha, DePauw University), ca. late 1970s, photograph

Executive Secretary Jody Bayer Martindill (Alpha, DePauw University), ca. late 1970s, photograph

Jewelry belonging to Founder Bessie Grooms Keenan

Jewelry belonging to Founder Bessie Grooms Keenan

Left: badge belonging to Founder Bessie Grooms Keenan; right: her Daughters of the American Revolution pin

Jewelry belonging to Founder Estelle Leonard

Jewelry belonging to Founder Estelle Leonard

Top: small gold bow-shaped pin with the coat of arms; bottom: silver link bracelet with the coat of arms. Both belonged to Founder Estelle Leonard. 

Jewelry Belonging to Founder Nellie Gamble Childe

Jewelry Belonging to Founder Nellie Gamble Childe

White gold filagree ring with oval-shaped blue stone and raised coat of arms, diamond-shaped gold pendant with black enamel inlay and raised coat of arms 

Promotional piece for Maud Powell (Alpha, DePauw University), 1911

Promotional piece for Maud Powell (Alpha, DePauw University), 1911

Promotional piece from 1911-12 highlighting the upcoming touring schedule of honorary member Maud Powell (Alpha, DePauw University), who was regarded as "the greatest woman violinist of all time."

Wilhelmina Lank Badge, 1897

Wilhelmina Lank Badge, 1897

This badge belonged to Wilhelmina Lank (Alpha, DePauw University), initiated in 1897. The badge is gold with three diamonds and three emeralds. 

Beta Beta (Indianapolis) Annual Picnic at home of Florence Thompson Taggart (Alpha, DePauw University), Photograph, June 1916

Beta Beta (Indianapolis) Annual Picnic at home of Florence Thompson Taggart (Alpha, DePauw University), Photograph, June 1916

Alpha Chi Omega Today, Spring 1997

Alpha Chi Omega Today, Spring 1997

This newsletter includes articles about the National Housing Corporation, TEAM Discovery weekends and alcohol programming.

Securing Our Futures: Yours and Alpha Chi Omega's, 1992

Securing Our Futures: Yours and Alpha Chi Omega's, 1992

This publication discusses the options for generating charitable gifts to the Alpha Chi Omega Foundation. It also includes a photograph of Ellen Little Vanden Brink (Alpha, DePauw University), Bonnie House Andrews (Alpha Beta, Purdue University), Diane Wilson Blackwelder (Omicron, Baker University) and Mary Gratton Davids (Chi, Oregon State University) being honored by the Circle of Twenty at the 1992 National Convention.

The Convention Transcript of Alpha Chi Omega, Vol. 17, No. 1, June 26, 1960

The Convention Transcript of Alpha Chi Omega, Vol. 17, No. 1, June 26, 1960

This convention newsletter provides articles about various convention events, as well as general interest articles regarding the new Fraternity headquarters and the death of Founder Nellie Gamble Childe (Alpha, DePauw University). The newsletter includes a number of photographs associated with the articles.