Fraternity and Sorority Life records
Scope and Contents
The Fraternity and Sorority Life Records were originally received as multiple accessions, some processed as individual collections and some left unprocessed. Based on the available documentation, the files appear to have been received from the Dean of Students Office and/or the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life.
The folders from the accession of subject files were received in no distinguishable order and, upon processing, were physically arranged into four series (Scholarships, Publications, Correspondence, and Photographs), with the remaining files arranged alphabetically, then chronologically with each subject. Original folder titles were maintained where possible.
Two other accessions (one unprocessed, one processed) were interfiled with these subject files where appropriate. An accession of cassettes was intellectually added to this arrangement as well. With the exception of the video and audio cassettes, which are physically filed at the back of Box 2, the intellectual arrangement for the merged collection reflects the physical one.
Alphabetical files not included in a series cover topics such as awards, homecoming events, Greek Sing, hazing incidents and prevention measures, a Presidents’ Retreat, rush statistics, and research on Panhellenic extension. Two files on Sigma Chi Alpha (1987-1992) are also included, as is a file of miscellaneous papers from the Assistant Dean’s office that was originally processed as a single collection and, upon merging, was interfiled according to its title “Dean of Students—Greek Life.”
See the Scope and Contents note for each series for more information on the types of materials each contains.
Dates
- Creation: 1967-2008, undated
- Creation: 1980s-2000s
Creator
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Dean of Students Office (Organization)
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life (Organization)
Accessing the Collection
This collection is open for research. One file is restricted due to disciplinary records and Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and must be reviewed by archives staff before access can be granted.
Copyright
Copyright held by UNC Charlotte. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections.
Administrative History
Sometimes referred to as Greek Life, fraternities and sororities at UNC Charlotte are administered by the Dean of Students Office and more specifically by the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life.
Greek life at UNC Charlotte began in 1969 with the founding of Chi Phi Fraternity, the school’s first fraternal organization. During the next year, the campus added three more national fraternities: Kappa Sigma, Lambda Chi Alpha, and the first historically African-American fraternity, Kappa Alpha Psi. Along with the growth of the fraternity community, national sororities were added, with Delta Zeta becoming the first sorority on campus, soon followed by Alpha Delta Pi.
In 1973, the Greek community continued to grow with the advent of four new organizations, consisting of one sorority, Zeta Tau Alpha, and three fraternities: Pi Kappa Phi, Sigma Phi Epsilon, and Delta Epsilon Theta. Despite the small number of members in each organization, growth continued in the Greek community. Notably, the first traditionally black sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha, was added in 1976. Two fraternities, Alpha Phi Alpha and Alpha Sigma Phi, also joined the Greek community that year.
After these three steady patterns of Greek expansion, there was a five year hiatus to the addition of new organizations. However, during the 1980s more organizations became part of the UNC Charlotte campus community. Chi Omega Fraternity (1981), Kappa Alpha Order (1983), Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity (1987), and Sigma Kappa Sorority (1989) all were established on campus.
Student involvement with fraternities and sororities reached a peak in the early 1990s. Along with the chartering of Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity (1990) and Sigma Nu Fraternity (1994), significant growth continued.
As of 2017, forty organizations are in operation from five (inter)national governing bodies, including the Interfraternity Council, the Diversified Greek Council, the National Pan-Hellenic Council, the Pan-Hellenic Association, and an Independent Council.
Current information on Fraternities and Sororities at UNC Charlotte can be found on the following website: http://unccdso.uncc.edu/org/ofsl/home
(This information came directly from a history found in the collection itself and was edited and updated using information from the above website.)
Extent
2.5 Linear Feet (2 record cartons)
855.08 Megabytes
Language of Materials
English
Summary
Records of Fraternity and Sorority Life at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte from the Dean of Students Office and/or the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life. Consists of correspondence, photographs, publications, video and audio cassettes, and material relating to social events and the administration of Greek organizations including scholarships, statistics, growth, and housing.
Subject
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Dean of Students Office (Organization)
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life (Organization)
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte -- Funds and scholarships (Organization)
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte -- Students (Organization)
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Fraternity and Sorority Life records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Olivia Eanes
- Date
- February 2017
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, UNC Charlotte [All collections not yet online. For assistance, contact Special Collections: spec-coll@uncc.edu; 704-687-1170] Repository
Atkins Library, UNC Charlotte
9201 University City Blvd
Charlotte NC 28223 United States
spec-coll@uncc.edu
