Rice University Pi Delta Phi records

Collection

Identifier: UA 0247

Staff Only

Finding aid note: Stored offsite at the Library Service Center and require 24-hour notice for retrieval. Please contact the Woodson Research Center at 713-348-2586 or woodson@rice.edu for more information.

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of records of the Theta Chapter of the National French Honor Society, Pi Delta Phi, at Rice University, established in 1930. A leather-covered loose leaf album holds membership and financial records from 1930 through 1971. Similar records from 1972 through 2000 are contained in labeled folders. Also included are initiation programs and records of donations to the André Bourgeois Pi Delta Phi Award fund established with memorial gifts at his death in 1994.

Dates

Creation: 1930 - 2000

Creator

Bourgeois, Andre (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This material is open for research.

Conditions Governing Access

Stored offsite at the Library Service Center and require 24-hour notice for retrieval. Please contact the Woodson Research Center at 713-348-2586 or woodson@rice.edu for more information.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish material from the Pi Delta Phi Records must be facilitated through the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library.

Biographical / Historical

The Theta Chapter of Pi Delta Phi, the National French Honor Society, was established at Rice University in 1930. From that time on, initiation of new members took place every year in April. The ceremony was traditionally followed by a banquet at the Faculty Club. Officers were elected at each year’s annual meeting.

The first advisor was Professor Marcel Moraud. He was succeeded in 1956 by Professor Andre Bourgeois, who in turn was succeeded by Dr. Margaret Sobel in 1971. It is not clear when this role passed to Professor Deborah Nelson, but she was serving as advisor in the later years of the records.

When Professor Bourgeois died in 1994, donations in his memory were used to establish an award given annually, the André Bourgeois Pi Delta Phi Award.

Extent

0.5 Linear Feet ( (1 box))

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The collection consists of membership and financial records of the Theta Chapter of Pi Delta Phi, the National French Honor Society, from 1930 through 2000. There are yearly membership lists, records of dues received and expenditures made. Initiation programs are also included, as are records of donations that established the André Bourgeois Pi Delta Phi Award in 1994.