Phi Kappa Phi Records, 1897-[Ongoing]
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The University of Maine DigitalCommons@UMaine Finding Aids Special Collections 2015 Phi Kappa Phi Records, 1897-[ongoing] Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University of Maine Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/findingaids Part of the History Commons Recommended Citation Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University of Maine, "Phi Kappa Phi Records, 1897-[ongoing]" (2015). Finding Aids. Number 86. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/findingaids/86 This Finding Aid is brought to you for free and open access by the Special Collections at DigitalCommons@UMaine. It has been accepted for inclusion in Finding Aids by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UMaine. For more information, please contact Special Collections, Fogler Library, 207-581-1686 or [email protected]. Phi Kappa Phi Records This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on February 04, 2020. Finding aid written in English. Describing Archives: A Content Standard Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections 5729 Raymond H. Fogler Library University of Maine Orono, ME 04469-5729 URL: http://www.library.umaine.edu/speccoll Phi Kappa Phi Records Table of Contents Summary Information .................................................................................................................................... 4 Historical Note ............................................................................................................................................... 4 Scope and Content Note ................................................................................................................................ 7 Organization ................................................................................................................................................... 8 Administrative Information .......................................................................................................................... 14 Controlled Access Headings ........................................................................................................................ 14 Collection Inventory ..................................................................................................................................... 15 Series I : National Office Records ............................................................................................................ 15 Sub-series 1 : Governance and Procedural Records .............................................................................. 15 Sub-series 2 : Records of Board of Directors ........................................................................................ 16 Sub-series 3 : Correspondence ............................................................................................................... 16 Sub-series 4 : Financial Records ............................................................................................................ 19 Sub-series 5 : Committees ...................................................................................................................... 20 Sub-series 6 : Conventions ..................................................................................................................... 23 Sub-series 7 : Fellowships ...................................................................................................................... 27 Sub-series 8 : Membership ..................................................................................................................... 28 Sub-series 9 : Records of Phi Kappa Phi Foundation ............................................................................ 29 Sub-series 10 : Office Administrative Files ........................................................................................... 30 Sub-series 11 : Chapter Records, General .............................................................................................. 36 Sub-series 12 : Chapter Records, Specific ............................................................................................. 39 Series II : Papers of National Officers ...................................................................................................... 59 Sub-series 1: Papers of J. Kenneth Munford ......................................................................................... 59 Sub-series 2: Papers of Albertine Krohn ............................................................................................... 61 Sub-series 3: Papers of Walter V. Hohenstein ....................................................................................... 62 Sub-series 4: Papers of Ilona Herlinger ................................................................................................. 64 Sub-series 5: Papers of Lawrence M. Sommers .................................................................................... 65 Series III: Research material for In Pursuit of Excellence ....................................................................... 66 Series IV: Records of Phi Kappa Phi Journal .......................................................................................... 68 Sub-series 1: Editor's Correspondence ................................................................................................... 68 Sub-series 2: Lightfoot Administrative Files ......................................................................................... 69 Sub-series 3: White Administrative Files .............................................................................................. 75 Sub-series 4: Issue-related Material ....................................................................................................... 81 Series V: Records of individual chapters ................................................................................................. 83 - Page 2 - Phi Kappa Phi Records Sub-series 1: Chapter 001: University of Maine ................................................................................... 83 Sub-series 2: Chapter 002: University of Tennessee ............................................................................. 86 Sub-series 3: Chapter 018: Washington State University ...................................................................... 87 Sub-series 4: Chapter 039: University of Michigan .............................................................................. 88 Sub-series 5: Chapter 042: Parsons College .......................................................................................... 89 Sub-series 6: Chapter 061: University of Toledo .................................................................................. 90 - Page 3 - Phi Kappa Phi Records Summary Information Repository: Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections Title: Phi Kappa Phi Records ID: SpC MS 0403 Date [inclusive]: 1897-2005, 1950-1990 (bulk) Physical Description: 75 boxes (75 record boxes) Physical Description: 2 boxes (2 oversized boxes) Language of the English Material: Abstract: The records and papers of the National Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, a national honorary fraternity founded at the University of Maine. Papers include records from the national office, the board of directors, the "Journal", and records of all of the chapters. Future additions to the collection are anticipated. Preferred Citation Phi Kappa Phi Records, SpC MS 0403, [Box No.], [Folder No.], Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections Department, University of Maine, Orono, Maine ^ Return to Table of Contents Historical Note The honor society of Phi Kappa Phi, established at the University of Maine in 1897, has as its primary objective the recognition and encouragement of superior scholarship in all fields of study. Admission to the society is by invitation only with high scholastic standing and good character required for membership. Members include students from all academic disciplines, with no more than 10% of the graduating class eligible for membership. Although initiates are primarily undergraduates, graduate students, faculty members and selected alumni may also become members. A chapter may occasionally elect honorary or distinguished members as well. In order to establish a chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, a college or university must petition to do so and must demonstrate that it provides the means and atmosphere to promote academic excellence, especially a strong faculty and an excellent library. - Page 4- Phi Kappa Phi Records In 1897, Marcus L. Urann, a student at the University of Maine, first conceived of the society as a way to focus attention on students who had achieved high academic rank. Although he had been captain of the university football team in 1896, Urann saw the society as a way to de-emphasize athletic and social organizations on campus and to create respect for scholarship. As he put it in an article written for the Phi Kappa Phi Journal in 1924, "The baseball man, the football hero, the loud talking man, the rich man, and even the peculiar man are given attention and respect for something, while the man who concentrates on books too often is looked upon as having single ideas, and as being impracticable and unable to apply his knowledge." He also thought such a society would inspire all students to work for high rank. Born in 1873 in Sullivan, Maine, Urann graduated from the University of Maine in 1897 with a degree in civil engineering. He received a law degree from Boston University