Delta Psi Kappa Collection

Access and use

Location of collection:
Longwood University
Archives and Special Collections
Greenwood Library
Longwood University
401 Redford Street
Farmville, VA 23909
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (434) 395-2432
Fax: (434) 395-2453
Restrictions:

There are no restrictions to access or use for research purposes.

Summary

Extent:
3.15 Linear Feet 1 legal-sized Hollinger box, 1 bankers box, 1 flat box and 1777 Photographic Prints 3 archival photograph binders
Creator:
Delta Psi Kappa, Turnverein, Phi Epsilon Kappa, and Longwood University. Athletic Association
Language:
English .

Background

Scope and content:

The Delta Psi Kappa Collection, which ranges in date from 1901 to 2002, includes a variety of print materials, scrapbook materials, photograph albums with photographs and slides of sporting events, physical education classes, and social gatherings at Longwood College.

Biographical / historical:

Delta Psi Kappa, a women's physical education honorary society, was founded in 1916 at the Normal College of the American Gymnastic Union. Its original purpose was to further the aims and ideals of the profession of physical education. Included in the ranks of the organization is Gertrude Ederle, the first woman to swim the English Channel. Turnverein, Longwood's local honorary physical education society, became a chapter of Delta Psi Kappa in March of 1968. The organization was active on campus until about 2003.

Custodial history:

This collection was transferred from the Athletics Department to the Greenwood Library Archives in the summer of 2008.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard