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| Title: | Quadranglers. Records |
|---|---|
| Dates: | 1905-1971 |
| Size: | 8 linear feet (6 boxes) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | The Quadranglers were a University of Chicago women’s club, founded in 1895. The Records comprise papers, photographs and memorabilia documenting the club's activities. |
The collection is open for research.
When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Quadranglers. Records, [Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
The Quadranglers club was founded in 1895 when University of Chicago student Theodosia Kane declined an invitation to join a sorority at Northwestern University and establish a chapter at the University of Chicago. Kane decided instead to form an independent club at the University and recruited fellow residents of Kelly Hall. The club’s first president was Edna Stanton, who later married University of Chicago physics professor and Nobel Prize winner A.A. Michelson. In 1925 the club established a scholarship fund supported by its alumnae association. The club remained active until the early 1970s.
The Quadranglers records include meeting minutes from both the club itself and its alumnae association, invitations to club social events, pledge activities, and financial records. Also included are copies of the club’s constitution, a scrapbook, photograph album, and a Quadranglers robe.
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| Box 1 Folder 1 | Meeting minutes, 1905 -1915 |
| Box 1 Folder 2 | Meeting minutes, 1924-1927 |
| Box 1 Folder 3 | Meeting minutes, 1927-1930 |
| Box 1 Folder 4 | Event invitations, undated, 1960 |
| Box 1 Folder 5 | "Regulations Governing Student Social Affairs," 1928 |
| Box 1 Folder 6 | Invitation, Scholarship Fund Bridge Party, 1930 |
| Box 1 Folder 7 | Meeting minutes, Alumnae Association, 1905 -1954 |
| Box 1 Folder 8 | Meeting minutes, Alumnae Association, 1954 -1960 |
| Box 1 Folder 9 | Alumnae Association, Treasurer’s Report, 1957, Meeting minutes, 1961 |
| Box 1 Folder 10 | Constitution of the Alumnae Association of the Quadranglers, undated |
| Box 1 Folder 11 | Invitations, Alumnae Association Fall Meeting, 1957 |
| Box 1 Folder 12 | University High School Donor List, 1957 |
| Box 1 Folder 13 | Quadrangler Alums, undated, Quads and Mortarboards, 1965-1966 |
| Box 2 Folder 1 | Correspondence about Quadrangler Scholarship Awards, 1959 |
| Box 2 Folder 2 | Pledge booklets, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 3 | Quad Songbooks, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 4 | "The Quadrangler Waltz," sheet music, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 5 | Preferential Bidding, 1966, 1968, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 6 | Initiation ceremony, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 7 | General yearly schedule, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 8 | Financial records, 1966-1971 |
| Box 2 Folder 9 | Pledge materials, 1960-1968, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 10 | Account book, 1955-1966 |
| Box 3 | Bound constitution, undated |
| Box 3 | Bound pledge book, 1931-1970 |
| Box 4 | Scrapbook, 1919-1927 |
| Box 5 | Cloth robe |
| Box 6 | Photograph album, undated |