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Collection Title: Upsilon Conclave of Kappa Kappa Iota

Accession Number: 136

UPSILON CONCLAVE OF KAPPA KAPPA IOTA COLLECTION

Kappa Kappa Iota is a national sorority for teachers. This sorority was first organized on December 6, 1921, by a group of public school and college teachers in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The purpose of the order of Kappa Kappa Iota is to promote good fellowship and cooperation among teaching professionals.

The Upsilon Conclave of Kappa Kappa Iota was the first teaching sorority established in Lake Charles. The organization of this conclave took place at the Majestic hotel in Lake Charles on February 15, 1958. The charter members of this organization were: Miss Frances Willard, Miss Lorena Roberts, Miss Mary Jane Gorham, Miss Kathleen Thornton, Miss Fern Hebert, Miss Bonnie Mae Smith, Miss Inez Schindler, Mrs. Kate Gibson, Mrs. Viva de Synek, Mrs. Jess Warner, Mrs. Ethel Glenn, Mrs. Ruth Johnson, Mrs. Clara Allen, and Mrs. Ethel Watkins. The Upsilon Conclave disbanded in 1996.

Container List

Box 1

File Folder (FF) 1     Bylaws 1968, 1985, 1991
                    FF 2     Correspondence 1983, 1985-1986, 1988, 1990-1, 1994-1996
                    FF 3     Donations/Scholarships 1986, 1988, 1990-1994
                    FF 4     Empathy Chairman
                    FF 5     Handbooks 1976, 1977
                    FF 6     Handbook 1981-1982
                    FF 7     Handbooks 1984-1985
                    FF 8     Handbook 1985-1986
                    FF 9     Handbook 1986-1987
                    FF 10   Installation/Initiation
                    FF 11   Membership Information 1971-1973, 1991-1996
                    FF 12   Minutes 10/6/62 to 8/31/63
                    FF 13   Minutes 1/18/64 to 2/24/68
                    FF 14   Minutes 1968-1970
                    FF 15   Minutes 1970-1974
                    FF 16   Minutes June 1974 through April 1981; July 15, 1989

Box 2

                    FF 1     News articles regarding Upsilon Conclave 1985, 1990, 1992
                    FF 2     Newsletters 1991-1992, 1996
                    FF 3     Photographs 1988, 1994
                    FF 4     Photo Album (items were taken out and put into a folder) 1958, 1960-1961, 1965
                    FF 5     Scrapbook 1968-69 (items were taken out and put into a folder);
                                    also includes items from 1965, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1975-1976, 1983