Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Chi Alpha Delta Sorority. 1929-
- Abstract:
- Record Series 649 contains eight scrapbooks and one guestbook produced by the Alumnae members of the Chi Alpha Delta Sorority between 1930 and 1983.
- Extent:
- 2.0 linear ft. (5 boxes)
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Chi Alpha Delta Sorority. Alumnae. Scrapbooks (University Archives Record Series 649). UCLA Library Special Collections, University Archives.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Record Series 649 contains eight scrapbooks and one guestbook produced by the Alumnae members of the Chi Alpha Delta Sorority between 1930 and 1983.
This is an active record series; additional University records are expected to be added.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Chi Alpha Delta Sorority is the first Asian American sorority in the United States. Chi Alpha Delta was organized in May 1928 by fourteen charter members, under the guidance of Helen Matthewson Laughlin, Dean of Women (1919-1946). The sorority's founding mission was to promote friendships, cooperation, and social activities among Japanese women students at UCLA. Chi Alpha Delta was officially recognized by UCLA on April 5, 1929 and was granted full university privileges in 1962. The sorority is now open to all women students.
The Chi Alpha Delta Alumnae Association was formed on May 2, 1933 by sorority members who had graduated from UCLA. Founding members of the Association included Haruyo Komai, Kiyoko Helen Tomio, Ada Otero, Shizue Morey, Yasuko Sonoda and Alyce Ohama. A joint Alumnae-Active Board was formed on February 6, 1940.
Chi Alpha Delta was inactive from 1942 to 1945 due to the internment of Americans of Japanese descent during World War II.
- Acquisition information:
- Materials in Record Series 649 were received from Alumnae members of the Chi Alpha Delta Sorority.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright has not been assigned to the UCLA University Archives. All requests for permission to publish or quote from the records must be submitted in writing to the University Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the UCLA University Archives as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Chi Alpha Delta Sorority. Alumnae. Scrapbooks (University Archives Record Series 649). UCLA Library Special Collections, University Archives.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- 310-825-4988