Guide to the Zeta Chi Alumni Chapter of Delta Omicron Music Fraternity Scrapbooks

History of Zeta Chi Alumni Chapter of Delta Omicron Music Fraternity Scrapbooks

Delta Omicron International Music Fraternity is a professional fraternity in the field of music with collegiate chapters established throughout the United States and abroad. The fraternity was founded in 1909 at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music by three undergraduate students. The Founders were Hazel Wilson, Lorena Creamer, and Mable Dunn. Delta Omicron is the only organization of its kind founded by students for students. From 1909 to the present, twenty-six Delta Omicron national presidents have guided the fraternity to achieve and fulfill its purposes and objectives.

Located in the Greater Dayton area, the Zeta Chi Alumni Chapter was founded on February 14, 1967, at the Patterson Memorial Center. They started with 23 members and have grown to more than 50. Members are active in the Dayton Arts community, participating in various concerts and programs. They also regularly meet as a chapter, and with current collegiate Delta Omicron chapters.

Scope and Content

Series 1, Correspondence, contains thank you notes and other correspondence from scholarship recipients and their universities, from 1986-1990.

Series 2, Publications, contains copies of The Wheel, the educational journal of Delta Omicron, covering the years 1964-1982. They contain articles on information related to the fraternity, its members and patrons, collegiate and alumni chapters, special events, awards, and music-related articles of interest to musicians. This series also has one copy of The Whistle, the Alumni Newsletter, dated May 1976, and is geared to the interests of alumni-at-large members.

Series 3, Scrapbooks, contains 18 scrapbooks covering the yearly happenings and activities of the Zeta Chi Alumni Chapter and its members. They begin in 1966 with the founding of the chapter, and continue through to 2006. Each scrapbook contains programs, photographs, certificates, clippings from newspapers and magazine articles, as well as correspondence.

Statement of Arrangement

Restrictions on Use

Copyright restrictions may apply. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.

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There are no restrictions on accessing material in this collection.

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Preferred Citation

[Box #, Folder #], MS-410, Zeta Chi Alumni Chapter of Delta Omicron Music Fraternity Scrapbooks, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio.

Acquisition Information

Donated by members of the Zeta Chi Alumni Chapter of Delta Omicron Music Fraternity, July 2009 and January 2010.

Processing Information

A few of the scrapbooks have had their bindings removed for preservation purposes, and have been interleaved with acid free paper. All of the scrapbooks have been placed into boxes. Two of the scrapbooks were too big for one box, and have been separated into two boxes.

Accruals

Accruals may continue to come in periodically.

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