Guide to the University of California, Santa Barbara, Mortar Board National College Senior Honor Society, Crown and Scepter
Chapter Records
Special Collections staff; latest revision A. Demeter
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Guide to the University of California, Santa Barbara, Mortar Board National College Senior Honor Society, Crown and Scepter
Chapter Records, 1938-2004
Collection number: UArch 106
Department of Special Collections
Davidson Library
University of California, Santa Barbara
- Processed by:
- Special Collections staff; latest revision A. Demeter
- Date completed:
- Aug. 5, 2010
- Encoded by:
- A. Demeter
© 2009 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: University of California, Santa Barbara, Mortar Board National College Senior Honor Society, Crown and Scepter Chapter Records
Dates: 1938-2004
Collection number: UArch 106
Creator:
Mortar Board (Society). Crown and Scepter Chapter (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Collection Size:
2.0 linear feet
(3 document boxes, 1 half-sized document box, and 2 oversize flat boxes).
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Dept. of Special Collections
Abstract: The Crown and Scepter Chapter records contain membership lists, correspondence with the national organization, reports, scrapbooks,
and other related material.
Physical location: Del Sur, University Archives.
Languages:
English
Access Restrictions
None.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Preferred Citation
University of California, Santa Barbara, Mortar Board National College Senior Honor Society, Crown and Scepter Chapter records.
UArch 106. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Acquisition Information
Transfer from Office of Student Life.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Mortar Board National College Senior Honor Society was formed as a women's honorary society in 1918. In 1937, it became
the first women's honorary society admitted to the Association of College Honorary Societies (ACHS). In the same year at UCSB,
the Crown and Scepter Women's Honorary Society was formed. Crown and Scepter became the UCSB chapter name when they qualified
as a Mortar Board chapter in 1965. In 1975, sex discrimination legislation (Title IX) was enacted and Mortar Board was consequently
opened to men. The society changed its constitution to affirm Mortar Board's continuing purpose "to emphasize the advancement
of women" while promoting "equal opportunities among all people." UCSB began admitting male students to the Crown and Scepter
chapter in 1976. The society has promoted a national literacy project since 2002.
The collection contains membership lists, correspondence with the national organization, reports, scrapbooks, and other related
material. It is arranged as received from the Office of Student Life, generally chronologically.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Mortar Board (Society). Crown and Scepter Chapter (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Mortar Board (Society).
Related Material
Student Organizations collection, UArch 101 – Contains files on similar honorary societies, as well as some flyers and oversize
broadsides and posters for events sponsored by the UCSB Crown and Scepter chapter.
Phi Beta Kappa, Lambda of California records, UArch 108 – Records of similar honorary society.
Administrative / organization files
Box 2: 16
Members' signature books,
1965-1986
Box 3: 1
Alumni information,
c. 1994
Box 4: 1
Philanthropy report,
1988-1989
Box 4: 2
Miscellaneous,
c. 1951-2004
Box 5: 1
Certificate, Chapter of Excellence,
1997-1998
Box 5: 2
Mortar Board charms and pins