Psi Upsilon, Chi chapter records
Scope and content
Five bound volumes of "Letters and Documents relating to the Psi Upsilon being chiefly the Correspondence of W. F." (Willard Fiske), 1875-1877. The letterbooks contain correspondence relating to the founding of the Chi, the Convention of 1876 and 1878 at the Xi, the song book of 1877 and catalog of 1878 amongst other Fiske correspondence.
One 78 rpm record of Edward Newton, the Psi Upsilon janitor, singing, ca. 1913, with cassette copy. Also a scrapbook of fraternity memorabilia and printed material, 1879-1881 kept by William Jackson Freeman. Also a Psi Upsilon Convention Songs book, May 6 and 7, 1886.
Also a few composite photographs.
Dates
- 1875-1913.
Creator
- Psi Upsilon Fraternity. Chi Chapter (Cornell University) (Organization)
- Fiske, Willard, 1831-1904. (Person)
Biographical / Historical
The Chi chapter of Psi Upsilon was founded at Cornell in 1876. It has been dormant since 2016, with the former house at 2 Forest Park Lane, Ithaca.
Extent
1 cubic feet. (1 cubic foot.)
Language of Materials
English
Alternate Form Available
Phonograph record: has cassette copy.
- Cornell University -- : Societies, etc.
- Freeman, William Jackson.
- Greek letter societies.
- Photographs
- Scrapbooks
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu