A Message

Grace Coburn Smith, Alpha, Colby College, reflects on her time as a member of Sigma Kappa and the growth of the sorority.

Collection: Archives Collection
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A Message from a Past Grand President

Sara Mathews Goodman, Alpha, Colby College, reflects on how Sigma Kappa Sorority has changed since she was initiated and on the values that have remained consistent throughout.

Collection: Archives Collection
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A Reminiscence of Emily Peace Meader, Initiate at 1st Initiation

The author of this essay describes Emily Peace Meader's, Alpha, Colby College, life and her time at Colby College, and recounts an episode in which a young Meader wrote a short play for a group of children to perform, only to have their parents forbid the production. The script of the play is included at the end of the essay. Meader was a cousin of Elizabeth G. Hoag, Alpha, Colby College and the second initiate of Alpha Chapter.

Collection: Archives Collection
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A Sabbath Blessing Poem, Easter 1920

Grace Coburn Smith, Alpha Chapter, Colby College, National President and sister of Founder Louise H. Coburn, Alpha, Colby College, is the author of this poem, written for Easter in 1920.

Collection: Archives Collection
Date: 1920

A Sabbath Blessing Speech, 1920

This speech was delivered by Grace Coburn Smith, Alpha, Colby College, for Easter.

Collection: Archives Collection
Date: 1920

A Toast Speech Handwritten, c. 1914

This speech was delivered by Mary Low Carver, Alpha, Colby College, to Sigma Kappa members. This copy is handwritten.

Collection: Archives Collection
Date: 1914

A Toast Speech Short, c. 1914

This speech was delivered by Mary Low Carver, Alpha, Colby College, to Sigma Kappa members. This copy is typed.

Collection: Archives Collection
Date: 1914

A Toast Speech, c. 1914

This speech was delivered by Mary Low Carver, Alpha, Colby College, discusses the founders of Sigma Kappa.

Collection: Archives Collection
Date: 1914

Abby Burnham to Audrey Dykeman Letter, December 2, 1929

Abby Fuller Burnham, Xi, The University of Kansas, writes to Audrey Dykeman, Theta, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, on behalf of Ida Fuller Pierce to send thanks.

Collection: Archives Collection
Date: Dec 2nd, 1929

About the Coburn House Note, October 24, 1971

This note details the history of the Coburn House at the University of Maine.

Collection: Archives Collection
Date: Oct 24th, 1971

Activities List

This list indicates which campus activities were assigned to specific Sigma Kappas.

Collection: Archives Collection
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Additional on Lizzie Note

This note contains information on the founders of Sigma Kappa and Elizabeth G. Hoag, Alpha, Colby College.

Collection: Archives Collection
Date:

Address by Miss Louise Coburn Speech Handwritten 1, February 17, 1875

This speech was given by Louise H. Coburn, Alpha, Colby College, to candidates just before their initiation ceremony at the first initiation of Sigma Kappa. This copy is handwritten.

Collection: Archives Collection
Date: Feb 17th, 1875

Address by Miss Louise Coburn Speech Handwritten 2, February 17, 1875

This speech was given by Louise H. Coburn, Alpha, Colby College, to candidates just before their initiation ceremony at the first initiation of Sigma Kappa. This copy is handwritten.

Collection: Archives Collection
Date: Feb 17th, 1875

Address by Miss Louise Coburn Speech, February 17, 1875

This speech was given by Louise H. Coburn, Alpha, Colby College, to candidates just before their initiation ceremony at the first initiation of Sigma Kappa. This copy is typed.

Collection: Archives Collection
Date: Feb 17th, 1875

Address by Ruby Carver Emerson to Boston Alumnae Chapter Speech 1, November 9, 1957

This speech by Ruby Carver Emerson, Alpha, Colby College, discusses the early history of Sigma Kappa during Founders' Day to the Boston Alumnae Chapter. Included as a final page is a letter from Emerson to Maude Abbott Hawkes, Delta, Boston University.

Collection: Archives Collection
Date: Nov 9th, 1957

Address by Ruby Carver Emerson to Boston Alumnae Chapter Speech 2, November 9, 1957

This speech by Ruby Carver Emerson, Alpha, Colby College, discusses the early history of Sigma Kappa during Founders' Day to the Boston Alumnae Chapter. Included as a final page is a letter from Emerson to Maude Hawkes, Delta, Boston University.

Collection: Archives Collection
Date: Nov 9th, 1957

Alice H. Wick to Louise H. Coburn Letter, June 1, 1939

Alice Hersey Wick, Rho, Randolph-Macon Woman's College, writes to Louise H. Coburn, Alpha, Colby College, requesting a message for the upcoming convention.

Collection: Archives Collection
Date: Jun 1st, 1939

Alice H. Wick to Louise H. Coburn Letter, November 24, 1936

Alice Hersey Wick, Rho, Randolph-Macon Woman's College, writes to Louise H. Coburn, Alpha, Colby College, inquiring the reason why Founders' Day is celebrated during the second week of November. Wick also discusses Sigma Kappa finances.

Collection: Archives Collection
Date: Nov 24th, 1936

Alice H. Wick to Louise H. Coburn Letter, October 24, 1938

Alice Hersey Wick, Rho, Randolph-Macon Woman's College, writes to Louise Coburn thanking her for sending a letter of greeting for Founders' Day. Wick discusses Ruth Donnelly, Lambda, University of California, Berkeley, the first traveling secretary of Sigma Kappa.

Collection: Archives Collection
Date: Oct 24th, 1938