The Joan Circle (Alpha Delta Rho & Alpha Kappa Gamma)

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:
16.5 Linear Feet 3 legal-sized Hollinger boxes, 13 flat boxes, 1 photograph binder
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains records, correspondence, and articles from the Joan Circle Chapter of Alpha Delta Rho and its later incarnation Alpha Kappa Gamma.

The collection also contains scrapbooks from various years of this organization.

These materials range in date from the 1920s through the 1960s.

Biographical / historical:

The Joan Circle Chapter of Alpha Delta Rho, a national honorary fraternity for leadership, was founded in 1926. Alpha Delta Rho eventually was incorporated into Alpha Kappa Gamma and in the 1960s became an honorary society named Geist.

Custodial history:

The materials in this collection were donated to the Greenwood Library Archives at various times by alumni and the organization itself.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard