Title: Kappa Epsilon Records
Inclusive Dates: 1921-1999

Creator:

• Kappa Epsilon

Call Number: M2003-155

Quantity: 4.0 c.f. (4 record center cartons) and 58 photographs

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Records of Kappa Epsilon (KE), a professional pharmacy fraternity, founded by Zada M. Cooper on May 13, 1921 in Iowa City, Iowa, with the intent of promoting pharmacy as a career for women. Kappa Epsilon supports scholastic and professional development of its members through awards, scholarships, and fellowships, and with the establishment of the Kappa Epsilon Foundation in 1992. Collegiate and alumni chapters are active nationwide. The collection documents the fraternity's advocacy activities on behalf of women in the pharmaceutical profession.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-m2003155

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Included are general administrative records, Kappa Epsilon manuals and membership directories, scholarship records, records of individual alumni and collegiate chapters arranged by state, and minutes and other materials from the annual conventions. Also included are photographs of several conventions and those attending.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Kappa Epsilon. Accession Number: M2003-155

M2003-155 Box   1 Folder   1	Founding, Convention Minutes, 1921
	Founders
Box   1 Folder   2	Zada Mary Cooper
Box   1 Folder   3	Rufus Lyman
Box   1 Folder   4	Incorporation, 1960
Box   1 Folder   5	Gavel
Box   1 Folder   6	Crest
Box   1 Folder   7	Jewelry
Box   1 Folder   8	Bylaws (all revisions up to , 1992)
	Types of memberships
Box   1 Folder   9	Honorary Members
Box   1 Folder   10	Professional Members
Box   1 Folder   11	Title IX “Letters relating to being a single sex group through , 1997”
Box   1 Folder   12	Rx Insignia, 1941
Box   1 Folder   13	Kappa Epsilon Handbooks
Box   1 Folder   14	Kappa Epsilon Songbooks
Box   1 Folder   15	Scholarship Committee
Box   1 Folder   16	Nellie Wakeman Fellowship
Box   1 Folder   17	Zada Cooper Scholarship
Box   1 Folder   18	Marjorie Coghill Award at University of Iowa - Started in , 1971
Box   1 Folder   19	Advisor of the Year
Box   1 Folder   20	National Scholastic Achievement Award (started , 1974)
Box   1 Folder   21	Chapter Scholastic Achievement Award (started , 1974)
Box   1 Folder   22	Individual Scholastic Award
Box   1 Folder   23	“Kappa Epsilon Kontakt,” newsletters
Box   1 Folder   24	Summer “Kappa Epsilon Kontakt” newsletters
	Guide to Kappa Epsilon Fraternity
Box   1 Folder   25	1972
Box   1 Folder   26	1979
Box   1 Folder   27	1988
Box   1 Folder   28	1991
Box   1 Folder   29	, 1971 50th Anniversary
Box   1 Folder   30	Pledge Manuals, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1965, 1980
Box   1 Folder   31	Province Manual, 1964, 1968
Box   1 Folder   32	Pledge Trainer Manual, 1981
Box   1 Folder   33	Publicity Manuals
	Kappa Epsilon Directory
Box   1 Folder   34	1953, 1955, 1957, 1961, 1970-1971
Box   1 Folder   35	1955
Box   1 Folder   36	1957
Box   1 Folder   37	1961
Box   1 Folder   38	1970-1971
Box   1 Folder   39	Alumni Manual
Box   1 Folder   40	Kappa Epsilon Advisor's Handbooks, 1959/1960/1963 revisions; , 1960
Box   1 Folder   41	Collegiate Chapter Manual
Box   1 Folder   42	Collegiate Chapter Advisor Manual, 1960; Doris Haidel's copy
Box   1 Folder   43	Visitation Manual for the Grand Council Officer, 1992
	Kappa Epsilon Fraternity Manual for Grand Council and Committee Chairman
Box   1 Folder   44	1968
Box   1 Folder   45	1971
Box   1 Folder   46	Kappa Epsilon Convention Manual, revised 1972
Box   1 Folder   47	Fraternity Directories (national)
	Alumnae Chapters (inactive)
Box   2 Folder   1	State Alumnae Secretaries
Box   2 Folder   2	Gamma/Iowa, 1929
Box   2 Folder   3	Zeta, 1929
Box   2 Folder   4	Eta/Cleveland (still active), 1930
Box   2 Folder   5	Beta, 1932
Box   2 Folder   6	Nu/New Orleans, 1944
Box   2 Folder   7	Iota/Fargo, 1949
Box   2 Folder   8	Omicron/Philadelphia, 1949
Box   2 Folder   9	Montana, 1950
Box   2 Folder   10	Epsilon/Columbus, 1951
Box   2 Folder   11	Rho/Cincinnati, 1952
Box   2 Folder   12	Mu/Kansas, 1952
Box   2 Folder   13	Xi/Texas, 1952
Box   2 Folder   14	Chicago, 1954
Box   2 Folder   15	Colorado, 1957
Box   2 Folder   16	Quint City, 1961
Box   2 Folder   17	Kansas City (active), 1961
Box   2 Folder   18	District of Columbia, 1963
Box   2 Folder   19	Louisiana, 1967
Box   2 Folder   20	Arkansas, 1968
Box   2 Folder   21	South Carolina, 1969
Box   2 Folder   22	Atlanta, 1970
Box   2 Folder   23	New Mexico, 1973
Box   2 Folder   24	North Dakota (, 1973?)
Box   2 Folder   25	Tar Heel/North Carolina, 1973
Box   2 Folder   26	D/FW Metroplex (active), 1974
Box   2 Folder   27	Puerto Rico, 1974
Box   2 Folder   28	Arizona, 1975
Box   2 Folder   29	Central Texas, 1977
Box   2 Folder   30	Houston, 1977
Box   2 Folder   31	Wisconsin, 1977
Box   2 Folder   32	Alabama, 1978
Box   2 Folder   33	Iowa City, 1978
Box   2 Folder   34	Oklahoma Metro, 1980
Box   2 Folder   35	Gateway West, 1980
Box   2 Folder   36	Florida (active), 1981
Box   2 Folder   37	Phoenix (active), 1982
Box   2 Folder   38	Virginia, 1982
Box   2 Folder   39	Washington, D.C., Metropolitan, 1985
Box   2 Folder   40	Indiana Alumni, 1962
	Collegiate Chapters
Box   2 Folder   41	Alpha/Minnesota
Box   2 Folder   42	Beta/University of Nebraska
Box   2 Folder   43	Gamma-State University of Iowa/University of Iowa, Iowa City (inactive)
Box   2 Folder   44	Delta-Montana State University/University of Montana, Missoula
Box   2 Folder   45	Epsilon-The Ohio State University (inactive)
Box   2 Folder   46	Zeta-University of Wisconsin (inactive)
Box   2 Folder   47	Eta-Western Reserve University (school closed)
Box   2 Folder   48	Theta-University of Colorado
Box   2 Folder   49	Iota-North Dakota Agriculture College/North Dakota State University
Box   2 Folder   50	Kappa-University of Florida
Box   2 Folder   51	Lambda-University of North Carolina
Box   2 Folder   52	Mu-University of Kansas
Box   2 Folder   53	Nu-Loyola University of the South, New Orleans (school closed)
Box   2 Folder   54	Xi-University of Texas
Box   2 Folder   55	Omicron-Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science
Box   2 Folder   56	Pi-Purdue University
Box   2 Folder   57	Rho-Cincinnati College of Pharmacy/University of Cincinnati
Box   2 Folder   58	Sigma-The University of Arizona
Box   2 Folder   59	Tau-Medical College of Virginia
Box   2 Folder   60	Upsilon-University of Houston
Box   2 Folder   61	Phi-Alabama Polytechnic Institute/Auburn University (inactive)
Box   2 Folder   62	Chi-South Dakota State College/South Dakota State University
Box   2 Folder   63	Psi-Ohio Northern University
Box   2 Folder   64	Omega-University of Kansas City/University of Missouri at Kansas City
Box   2 Folder   65	Alpha Alpha-University of Utah (inactive)
Box   2 Folder   66	Alpha Beta-Southwestern State College/Southwestern State University
Box   2 Folder   67	Alpha Gamma-University of Mississippi
Box   2 Folder   68	Alpha Delta-Southern College of Pharmacy, Mercer University
Box   2 Folder   69	Alpha Epsilon-Northeast Louisiana State College/University
Box   2 Folder   70	Alpha Zeta-George Washington University (school closed)
Box   2 Folder   71	Alpha Eta-University of Puerto Rico (inactive)
Box   2 Folder   72	Alpha Theta-University of Arkansas
Box   2 Folder   73	Alpha Iota-University of Oklahoma (inactive)
Box   3 Folder   1	Alpha Kappa-University of Wyoming (inactive)
Box   3 Folder   2	Alpha Lambda-University of South Carolina
Box   3 Folder   3	Alpha Mu-University of New Mexico (inactive)
Box   3 Folder   4	Alpha Nu-Xavier University, New Orleans
Box   3 Folder   5	Alpha Xi-Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Box   3 Folder   6	Alpha Omicron-St. Louis College of Pharmacy
Box   3 Folder   7	Alpha Pi-Howard University
Box   3 Folder   8	Alpha Rho-Campbell University
Box   3 Folder   9	Alpha Sigma-Nova Southwestern University (inactive)
Box   3 Folder   10	Alpha Tau-Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, Boston
Box   3 Folder   11	Alpha Upsilon-Albany College of Pharmacy
	Grand/Chapter/National Conventions
Box   3 Folder   12	Registration Book (convention)
Box   3 Folder   13	Convention--Chart of Locations--Chairman
Box   3 Folder   14	Convention Delegates, 1921-1971
Box   3 Folder   15	Conventions Aborted, 1933, 1943, 1946
Box   3 Folder   16-43	Convention Minutes, 1921-1971
Box   4 Folder   1-14	Convention Minutes, 1973-1999
Box   4 Folder   15	Province Programs
Box   4 Folder   16-22	Provinces A, B, C-D, E, F, H
Box   4 Folder   23	APhA (American Pharmaceutical Association) Events
Box   4 Folder   24	Kappa Epsilon events during APhA meetings
Box   4 Folder   25	Breakfast A - ASHP (American Association of Hospital Pharmacists) Note: In 1995, ASHP changed its name to the American Association of Health-System Pharmacists.
Box   4 Folder   26	Pan American Congress, 1957
Box   4 Folder   26a	Pan American Congress , 1957 (continued)
Box   4 Folder   27	International Congress of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 1971
	Photographs
PH Box   5	Conventions and conferences
PH Box   5	Photographs accompanied by clippings from the , 1957 Pan-American Conference