Zeta Eta of Delta Omicron The Ames Library Illinois Wesleyan University

The Zeta Eta Chapter of Delta Omicron

Illinois Wesleyan University Tate Archives and Special Collections June 2015

Zeta Eta of Delta Omicron The Ames Library Illinois Wesleyan University

History:

Delta Omicron, International Music Fraternity, is a professional fraternity in the field of music with collegiate chapters established throughout the United States and abroad. The fraternity was founded in 1909 at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music by three undergraduate students. The Founders were Hazel Wilson, Lorena Creamer, and Mable Dunn. Delta Omicron is the only organization of its kind founded by students for students. From 1909 to the present, twenty-six Delta Omicron national presidents have guided the fraternity to achieve and fulfill its purposes and objectives. (Delta- Omicron.org).

The Zeta Eta chapter of Delta Omicron was established by alumni from Illinois Wesleyan University (student chapter being Sigma) and grew to include Delta Omicron graduates from Illinois State University (Omicron Omega student chapter) and the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. The Bloomington Alumnae chapter had been established in the 1930s; and Alumnae chapters adopted Greek names (distinguished from student chapters with the first letter Zeta), in 1944. (The Wheel).

Scope & Content Note:

This is a collection of records and related material pertaining to the Zeta Eta chapter of Delta Omicron. The collection is organized into the following series:

I. Meeting Minutes II. Publications III. Scrapbooks

Zeta Eta of Delta Omicron The Ames Library Illinois Wesleyan University

I. Meeting Minutes

Box Series Number Contents

1 1-1 Book of Records 1969-1986

II. Publications

Box Series Number Contents

1 2-1 Programs

2-1/1 Annual Banquets: 1960-62, 1967-68, 1969-74,

1984-85, 1990-91, 1992-93, 1995-96, 2008-09

2-1/2 Alumni Concert Programs: 1991-2009 (incompl.)

2-1/3 Conference: 1990, 1993

2-1/4 Members’ performances: 1993-94

(some programs include clippings)

1 2-2 News, Histories

2-2/1 Sigma (student) Chapter: 1962-1967 (photocopies)

2-2/2 “Sigma Alum Signals”: 1964-2001 (incompl.)

2-2/3 “Delta Province Signals”: 2006-14 (incompl.)

2-2/4 Calendars: 2009-13

2-2/5 Published histories (copied book excerpts and

Centennial issue of The Wheel)

1 2-3 Publicity

2-3/1 Chapter awards/certificates

2-3/2 News clippings for organization and individuals (2 folders) Zeta Eta of Delta Omicron The Ames Library Illinois Wesleyan University

III. Scrapbooks

Box Series Number Contents

2 3-1/1 1987-1990 Zeta Eta

3-1/2 1980-1986 Zeta Eta

3-1/3 1984-1987 Zeta Eta

3-1/4 2009-2012 Zeta Eta

3-1/5 2012 Triennial Conference