Phi Beta Kappa. Alpha of West Virginia (West Virginia University)

Overview Record book, photo and certificate of the West Virginia University Alpha chapter of a national honorary fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa. A chapter charter was granted only to those institutions whose standards measured up to a high scholastic ideal. The fraternity's purpose being to undertake to conserve the influences that were restored and liberated by the Renaissance, specifically those influences that refine and humanize mankind. Membership was open to those undergraduate seniors in the top...

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One contract between Phi Beta Kappa fraternity and Musicians' Protective Association, Local No. 562, of Morgantown for services of Bob Grove and "The Aristocrats" for a performance at the West Virginia University Armory. The contract stipulates a performance between 3:00 and 5:30 PM for a fee of $120.00. This contract was found among the papers of the donor's mother, Margaret Holt, who was a West Virginia University employee.

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Correspondence, constitutions, rosters, publications, and other papers concerning the WVU chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, national honorary society. Papers are from the files of Dr. Perley Isaac Reed, WVU Professor of Journalism and one time state President of the organization.

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An address, "West Virginia and It's University," delivered by Prof. Brooks at the annual meeting of the West Virginia University chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa.