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Whitman College Kappa Kappa Gamma records, 1910-2012

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Kappa Kappa Gamma. Gamma Gamma Chapter
Title
Whitman College Kappa Kappa Gamma records
Dates
1910-2012 (inclusive)
Quantity
1 linear feet, (3 boxes)
Collection Number
WCA.055
Summary
The Gamma Gamma chapter of the social sorority, Kappa Kappa Gamma has been a part of Whitman greek life since 1918, when it was chartered from the local social group, Beta Sigma. The Kappa Kappa Gamma collection contains news articles, invitations, publications, correspondence, student and alumni records and scrapbooks related to the sorority's history.
Repository
Whitman College and Northwest Archives
Whitman College and Northwest Archives
Penrose Library, Room 130
345 Boyer Avenue
Walla Walla, WA
99362
Telephone: 5095275922
Fax: 5095264785
archives@whitman.edu
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Languages
English
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Historical Note

Kappa Kappa Gamma is a collegiate sorority founded at Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois in 1870. The Gamma Gamma chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma has been active since 1918, when it was chartered from a local sorority, Beta Sigma, which had been active on campus since 1910. Kappa Kappa Gamma or Kappa is one of the oldest Greek groups on Whitman's campus.

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Content Description

The Kappa Kappa Gamma collection contains news articles, invitations, publications, correspondence, student and alumni records and scrapbooks related to the sorority and its predecessor Beta Sigma.

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Administrative Information

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Description: Beta Sigma: Minute book
    Dates: 1910-1918
    Container: Box 1, Folder 1
  • Description: Beta Sigma: Scrapbook
    Dates: circa 1913
    Container: Box 1, Folder 2
  • Description: Boxers
    Dates: circa 1990
    Container: Box 3, Object 1
  • Description: Charter
    Dates: 1918
    Container: Oversize Folder 3
  • Description: Correspondence
    Dates: 1936-2003
    Container: Box 1, Folder 3
  • Description: Correspondence: Bias and discrimination regarding Katherine Levinson
    Dates: 1966-1969
    Container: Box 1, Folder 4
  • Description: Correspondence: Faculty Council
    Dates: 1956-1957
    Container: Box 2, Folder 6
  • Description: Dance and event programs
    Dates: 1934-1949
    Container: Box 1, Folder 5-8
  • Description: Formal dinner dance at The Grand Hotel dance book
    Dates: 1935 May 18
    Container: Box 2, Folder 7
  • Description: Football shirt
    Dates: 1990
    Container: Box 3, Object 2
  • Description: Kappa Kappa Gamma composite
    Dates: 1990-2017
    Container: Case 2, Drawer 0
  • Description: Kappa Kappa Gamma composites
    Dates: 1990-1991; 2016-2017
    Container: Case 1, Drawer 2, Folder 6
  • Description: New member list
    Dates: 2009
    Container: Box 1, Folder 9
  • Description: Photographs
    Dates: 1912-1994
    Container: Box 1, Folder 10-18
  • Description: Photographs: Oversize composites
    Dates: 1987-1988, 1990-1991, 2016-2017
    Container: Folder 11, Object 1
  • Description: Promotional announcements and invitations
    Dates: 1926-1994
    Container: Box 2, Folder 4
  • Description: Publications and newspaper articles
    Dates: 1918-2004
    Container: Box 2, Folder 3
  • Description: Scrapbook
    Dates: 1958-1962
    Container: Box 2, Folder 5
  • Description: Social events
    Dates: 1921-1953
    Container: Box 2, Folder 1
  • Description: Stolen KKG key incident
    Dates: 1999 and 2012
    Container: Box 2, Folder 2

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Subject Terms

  • Greek letter societies
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