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. 

Founders' Bell Tower Dedication Photograph, October 1976

The Founders' Bell Tower was constructed by Alpha Chi Omega as part of DePauw University's new performing arts building in 1976 and dedicated to the memory of the seven founders.

DePauw University School of Music Building Photograph

Founders' Bells at DePauw University Photograph, Fall 1975

A set of bells, dedicated to the founders of Alpha Chi Omega, sit on the ground as they wait to be installed in the Founders' Bell Tower in the new performing arts center at DePauw University.

Bertha Deniston Cunningham Scrapbook, 1885-1927

Founder Bertha Deniston Cunningham compiled 12 scrapbooks that are part of Alpha Chi Omega's archives collection. This scrapbook includes information dating from the 1885 founding to 1927. It includes signatures of Founders and early members, photographs, event programs, newspaper clippings and many of Bertha's personal notes and reminiscences. 

Postcard written by Founder Amy DuBois Rieth, 1910

Founder Amy DuBois Rieth sent this postcard to Mabel Harriet Siller, author of the 1916 editon of The History of Alpha Chi Omega fron her home in Lincoln, Nebraska. It is dated May 16, 1910.