Newspaper Clipping, National Sorority Founded in Oxford, 1937

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Description

This article describes the humble beginnings of the Delta Gamma sorority at the University of Mississippi in Oxford in 1874. The sorority was started by three friends who were forced to remain on campus during Christmas vacation--Eva Webb [Dodd], Anna Boyd [Ellington] and Mary Comfort [Leonard] and later grew to forty-seven collegiate chapters throughout the United States. The article list some of the prominent members of the sorority and names the objectives of it.

Publication Date

1937

Approximate Creation Date

1937

Time Period

1930-1939

Subjects

Newspapers; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); College sororities

Keywords

newspaper clippings; sororities; University of Mississippi; Delta Gamma

Object Type

text

Format (original)

newspaper clipping

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_004_1937-National-Sorority-Founded-in-Oxford-MS_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections Division, Manuscripts Unit, Hays-Ray-Webb Collection, Box 1, Folder 10

Repository

Manuscripts Unit

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

Recommended Citation

Hays-Ray-Webb collection, Archives and Special Collections Division, Mississippi State University Libraries, Mississippi State University