Pi Kappa Phi records
Scope and content note
This collection consists of records of the Alpha Upsilon chapter of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity, also known as Pi Kapp. This is an artificial collection, consisting of material donated by Drexel Pi Kapp alumni. Currently, the collection consists of show programs, sheet music and lyrics, photographs and a scrapbook. The scrapbook covers the early days of the Kappa Sigma Delta fraternity, founded at Drexel in 1919, through its affiliation with the national Pi Kappa Phi fraternity in 1933. Items in the scrapbook include newspaper clippings, photographs, and printed documents.
Dates
- 1928-circa 2004
- Majority of material found within 1928 - 1969
Creator
- Pi Kappa Phi (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Background note
Pi Kappa Phi fraternity was founded in 1904 in Charleston, South Carolina. The Drexel Institute chapter originated as the independent Kappa Sigma Delta (KSD) fraternity in 1919. KSD members initiated the student newspaper that would later become The Triangle. KSD started an Annual Tea Dance in 1926 and began producing original musical shows in 1932. In 1933 KSD was chartered as the Alpha Upsilon chapter of Pi Kappa Phi. The chapter produced the "Pi Kapp Show" of musicals, which ran continuously from 1939 to 1970, with a break for the World War II years. In 1939 Pi Kappa Phi moved into a house at 3401 Powelton Avenue, and in 1946 the chapter purchased the house at 3405 Powelton, where it remains today. 3405 Powelton was designed by architect Joseph Wilson, who also designed Drexel's Main Building and what is now Ross Commons.
Extent
1.02 Cubic Feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Provenance
Donated by Michael Sellers (2012), Anthony Noce (2013), and Steven Curtis (2013).
Source
- Noce, Anthony M. (Donor, Person)
- Sellers, Michael (Donor, Person)
- Curtis, Steven (Donor, Person)
Creator
- Pi Kappa Phi (Organization)
- Title
- Pi Kappa Phi records1928-circa 2004
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Repository Details
Part of the Drexel University Archives Repository
W. W. Hagerty Library
3300 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104 United States
215.895.6706
215.895.2070 (Fax)
archives@drexel.edu