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Collection: Tri Delta Publications
Elizabeth Parmelee Rose, Northwestern University, shares her recollections of her mother, Amy Olgen Parmelee, Northwestern University. Elizabeth begins by recounting her mother's ancestors in Germany and the United States, Amy's academic achievements and her experiences in Upsilon Chapter at Northwestern University, her early work as secretary for the YWCA and a chapter adviser, and her marriage; she also shares stories about Tri Deltas who worked with her mother, including R. Louise Fitch, Knox College, and Fay Martin Slover, Randolph-Macon College. Elizabeth later shares her memories of her childhood, attending the 1925 Convention in Glacier National Park with her mother, Amy's work on The Trident and later career as Dean of Women at Colorado State University, and her own experiences in college and the workforce, as well as some of the family's travel and business endeavors, and concludes by discussing Amy's health issues near the end of her life.
Collection: Tri Delta Audiovisual Collection
Elizabeth Parmelee Rose, Northwestern University, writes to Margaret Paddock Haller, Cornell University, to answer questions regarding the early history of Tri Delta Executive Offices and share her experiences from a recent trip to China. This card is a reply to a letter from Margaret, dated June 23, 1986.
Collection: Tri Delta Archive Collection
Elizabeth Parmelee Rose, Northwestern University, writes to Margaret Paddock Haller, Cornell University, to share her recollections of the work of her mother Amy Olgen Parmelee and her aunt Louise Olgen Grotenhuis, Northwestern University, at the early Tri Delta Executive Offices in Chicago and Evanston, Illinois. This is a response to Margaret's letter of March 15, 1986.
Collection: Tri Delta Archive Collection
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. Bake, 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
Collection: Tri Delta Publications
Collection: Tri Delta Publications
Collection: Tri Delta Publications
Margaret Paddock Haller, Cornell University, writes to Elizabeth Parmelee Rose, Northwestern University, to confirm information regarding the early history of Tri Delta Executive Offices to be published in the centennial history book. Elizabeth's reply to this letter, dated July 3, 1986, is also available.
Collection: Tri Delta Archive Collection
Margaret Paddock Haller, Cornell University, writes to Elizabeth Parmelee Rose, Northwestern University, with questions regarding the early history of Tri Delta Executive Offices and the work of her mother and aunt, Amy Olgen Parmelee and Louise Olgen Grotenhuis, Northwestern University. Margaret was working on the manuscript of the centennial history book at the time. Elizabeth's reply to this letter, dated March 26, 1986, is also available.
Collection: Tri Delta Archive Collection
Collection: Tri Delta Publications
Tri Delta Fraternity acknowledges the efforts of early leaders to preserve the Fraternity's history and highlights some of the treasures to be found in the Tri Delta Archives.
Collection: Tri Delta Museum Collection
Collection: Tri Delta Publications
Collection: Tri Delta Publications
Collection: Tri Delta Publications
Collection: Tri Delta Publications
Collection: Tri Delta Publications
Collection: Tri Delta Publications
Collection: Tri Delta Publications
Collection: Tri Delta Publications