1940 Convention

1938-1940 Executive Board at 1940 Convention Photograph, June 17-22, 1940

Members of thee 1938-1940 Executive Board pose for a photograph while standing in the receiving line for a tea held during the 1940 Convention in Mackinac Island, Michigan. They are, from left to right, Zoe Gore Perrin, University of Colorado Boulder, Florence Spear Grant, University of Minnesota, Mary Elizabeth Bake, University of Cincinnati, Janet McLean Taylor, Middlebury College, and Gretchen Borland Davies, University of Washington.

Collection: Tri Delta Archive Collection

1940 Convention Roll

Collection: Tri Delta Publications

1940 Convention Songs

This sheet from the 1940 Convention includes the lyrics to several Tri Delta songs.

Collection: Tri Delta Archive Collection

1940 Tri Delta Convention Songs

This document includes a list of Tri Delta Convention songs, like "The Day Tri Delta was Born for Me" and "Tri Delt Girls."

Collection: Tri Delta Archive Collection

Another War Period, 1938-46: Mackinac Convention

Collection: Tri Delta Publications

Contact!, Vol. 5, No. 1, September 1942

This issue of Contact! announces the new President of Tri Delta, Zoe Gore Perrin, University of Colorado at Boulder.

Collection: Tri Delta Archive Collection

Convention Appointments, 1940

This list of Tri Delta members indicates which members were appointed to certain roles at the 1940 Convention.

Collection: Tri Delta Archive Collection

Convention Delegates

Collection: Tri Delta Publications

Convention Music Directors List, 1934-1984

Collection: Tri Delta Archive Collection

Convention Processional Photograph, June 17-22, 1940

This photograph includes smiling Tri Deltas in caps and gowns during the 1940 Convention processional.

Collection: Tri Delta Archive Collection

Convention Rates

Collection: Tri Delta Publications

Crowd Dining Photograph, June 17-22, 1940

This photograph shows the crowd at the Poseidon Banquet at the 1940 Tri Delta Convention.

Collection: Tri Delta Archive Collection

Davies, Grant, Perrin, and Taylor First Robed Processional Photograph, 1940

Collection: Tri Delta Publications

Delta Delta Convention Ribbon, June 17-22, 1940

This ribbon is from the 1940 Convention on Mackinac Island, Michigan.

Collection: Tri Delta Archive Collection

Delta Delta Delta Magazine Agency Convention Exhibit

Collection: Tri Delta Publications

Four Convention Entertainment Photographs

Collection: Tri Delta Publications

Four Convention Photographs

Collection: Tri Delta Publications

Frances McDonald Past President Interview, June 1974

Past President Frances Priddy McDonald, University of Missouri, speaks to Gloria Hoffman Snyder, University of Texas, about her recollections of presiding over conventions as president and attending conventions as a child with her mother Bessie Leach Priddy, Adrian College, her memories of early Tri Delta leaders like her mother, Amy Olgen Parmelee, Northwestern University, and R. Louise Fitch, Knox College, and the 1921 Tri Delta Europe Tour. She reflects fondly on her memories of some of the Tri Deltas she served with in leadership, including Ernestine Block Grigsby, University of Colorado Boulder, Florence Spear Grant, University of Minnesota, Gretchen Borland Davies, University of Washington, Dorothy Gaines Roeske, University of Illinois at Urbana, Mary E. Baker, University of Cincinnati, Kathleen Davis Nye, University of Iowa, and Ruth McDowell Kinnard, University of Alabama. Frances also shares her thoughts on the importance of strong chapter leadership and alumnae-collegian relations for chapter development and the importance of Tri Delta friendship, and recalls her experience serving as editor of The Trident.

Collection: Tri Delta Audiovisual Collection

Fred Turner and Gretchen Davies at 1940 Convention Photograph, June 17-22, 1940

Convention speaker Fred Turner and Fraternity President Gretchen Borland Davies, University of Washington, walk outside the Grand Hotel in Mackinac Island, Michigan, during the 1940 Convention.

Collection: Tri Delta Archive Collection

Golden Anniversary Message to Delta Delta Delta

Collection: Tri Delta Publications