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The charter members of Alpha Chapter pose together with a trident. This photograph is featured on page 8 of History of Delta Delta Delta, 1888-1988, where the women are individually identified.
Collection: Tri Delta Archive Collection
Eva Davies Noll, Pennsylvania State University, writes about the development of Alpha Chapter at Boston University, including the first initiation and some of the earliest members.
Collection: Tri Delta Publications
This Stars and Crescent badge belonged to Clara Grace Ayers, Boston University.
Collection: Tri Delta Museum Collection
This Stars and Crescent badge belonged to Emily Clough Peabody, Boston University.
Collection: Tri Delta Museum Collection
This Stars and Crescent badge belonged to Emma W. Gleason, Boston University.
Collection: Tri Delta Jewelry Collection
Ernestine Block Grigsby, University of Colorado Boulder, gives a speech discussing Tri Delta then and now during the 1978 Convention in New Orleans, Louisiana, after a brief introduction that includes discussion of Tri Delta heritage jewelry. Ernestine discusses the Founding of Tri Delta, early efforts at extension and recruitment, and the creation of The Trident and the Endowment Fund. She closes by discussing her time serving as National Panhellenic Conference delegate, some of Tri Delta's early conventions, the evolution of Tri Delta's housing policy, and the impact of ongoing social and cultural change on Tri Delta.
Collection: Tri Delta Audiovisual Collection
Past President Ernestine Block Grigsby, University of Colorado Boulder, first speaks about recruitment and chapter life during her collegiate years, including a visit from R. Louise Fitch, Knox College, World War I, and the Spanish flu pandemic. She then discusses her experiences visiting chapters as a deputy of Theta Province, attending her first Tri Delta Convention in 1922, and developing the National Panhellenic Conference. Ernestine also relates stories about Founder Sarah Ida Shaw Martin, Boston University, and the early days of Tri Delta and shares memories of attending Sarah's funeral.
Collection: Tri Delta Audiovisual Collection
This Stars and Crescent badge belonged to Etta May Budd, Iowa State University.
Collection: Tri Delta Museum Collection
This video features the 1988 Fraternity Founders' Day Celebration in Boston, Massachusetts. The video also includes a number of outtakes from a compilation video of the Founders' Day Celebration and Centennial Convention.
Collection: Tri Delta Audiovisual Collection
This Stars and Crescent badge belonged to Grace B. Gallison, Boston University.
Collection: Tri Delta Jewelry Collection
Archivist Beth Dees Applebaum, Texas Christian University, writes about the evolution of the chapter officer structure within Tri Delta.
Collection: Tri Delta Publications
Collection: Tri Delta Museum Collection
This Stars and Crescent badge belonged to Mae Roddis Kreger, Iowa State University.
Collection: Tri Delta Museum Collection
This Stars and Crescent badge belonged to Martha Stone Hurd Knox College.
Collection: Tri Delta Museum Collection
Mary K. Wise Jensen, Butler University, gives a speech at the 1983 Indiana State Meet after being introduced by Sara Vaughn Gabbard, University of Illinois at Urbana. Mary K. discusses the achievements and legacy of the Founders and the early years of Tri Delta, and considers how Tri Delta's history continues to inform its present. She also describes attending the 1938, 1940, 1950, and 1952 Conventions, Tri Delta's philanthropic commitments, and other past presidents she knows.
Collection: Tri Delta Audiovisual Collection
This Stars and Crescent badge belonged to Mattie Carter Pratt, Boston University.
Collection: Tri Delta Museum Collection
This Stars and Crescent badge belonged to Mattie Carter Pratt, Boston University.
Collection: Tri Delta Jewelry Collection
This Stars and Crescent badge belonged to Maud Elizabeth Muzzy, Boston University.
Collection: Tri Delta Museum Collection
This script for the Celebration I pageant at the 1988 Centennial Convention recalls the story of the founding of Tri Delta.
Collection: Tri Delta Archive Collection
Tri Delta Fraternity describes the efforts of its Founders to establish the organization.
Collection: Tri Delta Museum Collection