Delphian Society, Beta Chapter records
Collection Overview
Abstract
Records of a Bowling Green, Ohio women's literary and cultural study group organized in 1921, affiliated with the National Delphian Society. Ceased active meetings in 1986, although social activities continued after that date.
Dates
- Creation: 1923-1986
Extent
0.92 Cubic Feet (2 legal size archive boxes)
Creator
- Delphian Society. Beta Chapter (Bowling Green, Ohio) (Organization)
Scope and Contents
The Delphian Society, Beta Chapter records are comprised largely of minutes dating from 1931 and program yearbooks starting in the late 1930s. The minutes provide a fairly thorough record of activities, often including a clipping from the Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune reporting on the meetings. Loose clippings also report on topics, but most are undated. The program booklets support the details given in the minutes, adding additional information about the social structure of the meetings and the informal, friendly nature of the group.
Biographical / Historical
The Beta Chapter of the Delphian Society was a women's literary and cultural study group organized in Bowling Green, Ohio in 1921, with the earliest surviving minutes starting in 1931. Guided by study material provided by the National Delphian Society, the local chapter conducted lessons dealing with art, literature, music, philosophy, travel, and cultural progress.
According to the club rules the membership was supposed to be maintained at twenty members, but the last full program yearbook for the Beta Delphians for the 1984-1985 year listed just 11 active members. In July 1986 a luncheon meeting was held at which it was decided to discontinue regular meetings, agreeing to gather informally a few times a year. At this time it was also decided to donate the Society minutes and other material to the Center for Archival Collections at BGSU.
Conditions Governing Access
No known access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Researchers using this collection assume full responsibility for conforming to the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright, and are responsible for securing permissions necessary for publication or reproduction.
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The records of the Delphian Society, Beta Chapter of Bowling Green, Ohio were donated and transferred to the Center for Archival Collections on February 16, 1987.
Processing Information
The collection was arranged and described by Marilyn Levinson, Curator of Manuscripts in June 2004.
Source
- Delphian Society. Beta Chapter (Bowling Green, Ohio) (Donor, Organization)
Subject
- Delphian Society. Beta Chapter (Bowling Green, Ohio) (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Delphian Society, Beta Chapter (Bowling Green, Ohio) records
- Author
- Marilyn Levinson, Michelle Sweetser
- Date
- June 2004, April 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Box: 1 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 2 (Mixed Materials)