Guide to the Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society,
Stanford University Chapter, Records
Stanford University Libraries
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
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Overview
Call Number: SC0758
Creator:
Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society.
Stanford University Chapter
Title: Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society, Stanford University
Chapter, records
Dates: 1902-1986
Physical Description:
1 linear foot
Summary: Minutes and financial records, 1902-1968; member lists,
1902-1965; Frederick W. Crawford's history of the Stanford Chapter, 1976; program from
the Stanford celebration of the Sigma Xi Centennial, 6 June 1986; and assorted Sigma Xi
manuals and publications.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
Administrative Information
Information about Access
This collection is open for research.
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Cite As
Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society, Stanford University Chapter, Records
(SC0758). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Description of the Collection
Minutes and financial records, 1902-1968; member lists, 1902-1965; Frederick W.
Crawford's history of the Stanford Chapter, 1976; program from the Stanford celebration
of the Sigma Xi Centennial, 6 June 1986; and assorted Sigma Xi manuals and
publications.
Access Terms
Field, Isolde
Osserman, Robert
Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society. Stanford
University Chapter
Stanford University--Faculty.
Stanford University--History.
Stanford University. Dept. of Mathematics
Universities and colleges--Research.
Collection Contents
Box 1
Meeting Minutes, 1902-1932, with loose items such as programs, by-laws,
and one page of notes on alumni
Box 1
Budget and Financial information, 1930-1952
Box 1
Member Lists, Meeting Minutes, Budget and Financial, 1932-65 and
1967-68
Box 1
Charter Members List, 1902, and subsequent members through
1933
Box 1
Constitution and Signatures of New Members, 1934-46
Box 2
Members of the Stanford Chapter, The Society of the Sigma XI, 1948
-1966
Box 2
Sigma XI: A History of the Stanford Chapter 1901 – 1976, Frederick W.
Crawford (2 copies)
Box 2
Sigma XI Centennial Celebration, The Scientific Research Society of
North America, Stanford Chapter, program, 6 June 1986
Box 2
Manual of Procedure 1985, For Chapter and Club Officers of Sigma XI,
The Scientific Research Society
Box 2
Sigma XI: Half Century Record and History 1886 – 1936
