Category Archives: Alpha Xi Delta

On Founders Road Before the F&S Archives Conference

Fraternity and Sorority Archivists met in Indianapolis last week. It’s always educational and fun to be among kindred spirits. But before I headed to the conference, I did a little touring on my own. My first stop was the new … Continue reading

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Anna Gillis Kimble on Alpha Xi Delta’s Founders’ Day

Alpha Xi Delta was founded at Lombard College in Galesburg, Illinois on April 17, 1893. Its founders are Cora Bollinger (Block), Alice Bartlett (Bruner), Bertha Cook (Evans), Harriett Luella McCollum (Gossow), Lucy W. Gilmer, Lewie Strong (Taylor), Almira Lowry Cheney, Frances … Continue reading

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Alice Babb Ewing, Alpha Xi Delta, #WHM2018, #notablesororitywomen

I have written posts about the connection between P.E.O. and Alpha Xi Delta, and it’s a special story. The P.E.O. Sisterhood was founded on January 21, 1869, at Iowa Wesleyan University in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. Alpha Xi Delta was founded … Continue reading

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Congratulations and Explanations

My posts have been few and far between recently and I apologize. I’ve been away from home. Congratulations to two special NPC women who were honored at the recent NPC meeting in Denver: Betty Quick, Gamma Phi Beta, and former … Continue reading

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Day of the Girl / Circle of Sisterhood / Cottey College

I had no intention of writing a post today. However, I knew this morning, while sipping coffee and skimming social media, that I needed to write a post. After walking the dogs and having thoughts spin around in my head, … Continue reading

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On Its Founding Day, Alpha Xi Delta and Its Connection to the P.E.O. Sisterhood

Alpha Xi Delta was founded at Lombard College in Galesburg, Illinois on April 17, 1893. Its founders are Cora Bollinger (Block), Alice Bartlett (Bruner), Bertha Cook (Evans), Harriett Luella McCollum (Gossow), Lucy W. Gilmer, Lewie Strong (Taylor), Almira Lowry Cheney, Frances … Continue reading

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Blanche Grand-Maitre, Alpha Xi Delta, #notablesororitywomen, #WHM2017

“Blanche B. Grand-Maitre has sailed for France with the third unit of the French-American toll service,” read an entry in the May 6, 1918 Minnesota Alumni Weekly. Grand-Maitre was a 1911 graduate of the University of Minnesota, where she was … Continue reading

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There Is a Season…….

The truck attack in Nice, France on Bastille Day, July 14, 2016, claimed the lives of an American father and son. Sean Copeland, 51, and his 11-year-old son Brodie were killed in the attack. Maegan Copeland, a Kappa Kappa Gamma alumna, and Sean … Continue reading

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Alpha Xi Delta “When the 17th of April Rolls Around Again”

“When the 17th of April rolls around again the Alpha Xi Delta idea will be eleven years old,” reads an account in the first issue of Alpha Xi Delta of the Alpha Xi Delta Sorority.  “The seed planted so carefully by ten brave girls has … Continue reading

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#WHM – Persis Dwight Hannah, Alpha Xi Delta and Reporter

Today’s post was written by my Alpha Xi Delta friend, Janet Hutchins. I am grateful for her research and generosity in allowing me to use it. Persis Dwight Hannah (1886-1965) was one of the charter members of Alpha Xi Delta’s … Continue reading

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