Finding Aid for the Chi Alpha Delta Sorority. Alumnae. Scrapbooks. 1930-1983.
Finding aid prepared by Dennis Bitterlich, 1997 June; finding aid revised by G. E. Disley, 2009 May; Katharine A. Lawrie,
2013 January; machine-readable finding aid created by Katharine A. Lawrie, 2013 June.
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Title: Chi Alpha Delta Sorority. Alumnae. Scrapbooks.
Identifier/Call Number: University Archives Record Series 649
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
2.0 linear ft.
(5 boxes)
Date: 1930-1983
Abstract: Record Series 649 contains eight scrapbooks and one guestbook produced by the Alumnae members of the Chi Alpha Delta Sorority
between 1930 and 1983.
Creator:
Chi Alpha Delta Sorority. 1929-
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holder, which must also be obtained.
Materials in Record Series 649 were received from Alumnae members of the Chi Alpha Delta Sorority.
[Identification of item], Chi Alpha Delta Sorority. Alumnae. Scrapbooks (University Archives Record Series 649). UCLA Library
Special Collections, University Archives.
The Chi Alpha Delta Sorority is the first Asian American sorority in the United States. Chi Alpha Delta was organized in May
1928 by fourteen charter members, under the guidance of Helen Matthewson Laughlin, Dean of Women (1919-1946). The sorority's
founding mission was to promote friendships, cooperation, and social activities among Japanese women students at UCLA. Chi
Alpha Delta was officially recognized by UCLA on April 5, 1929 and was granted full university privileges in 1962. The sorority
is now open to all women students.
The Chi Alpha Delta Alumnae Association was formed on May 2, 1933 by sorority members who had graduated from UCLA. Founding
members of the Association included Haruyo Komai, Kiyoko Helen Tomio, Ada Otero, Shizue Morey, Yasuko Sonoda and Alyce Ohama.
A joint Alumnae-Active Board was formed on February 6, 1940.
Chi Alpha Delta was inactive from 1942 to 1945 due to the internment of Americans of Japanese descent during World War II.
Record Series 649 contains eight scrapbooks and one guestbook produced by the Alumnae members of the Chi Alpha Delta Sorority
between 1930 and 1983.
This is an active record series; additional University records are expected to be added.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
3466813
Box 2