Finding Aid for the Phi Delta Delta Legal Fraternity (International) Records, 1924-1967
Processed by Heather Lowe in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), with assistance from Megan Hahn Fraser,
August 2011; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
UCLA Library Special Collections
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Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Phi Delta Delta Legal Fraternity (International) Records
Date (inclusive): 1924-1967
Collection number: 1176
Creator:
Phi Delta Delta.
Extent:
1 box (0.25 linear ft.)
1 oversize box
Abstract: Phi Delta Delta Legal Fraternity (founded 1911, merged with Phi Alpha Delta in 1972) was a national legal fraternity for women
that promoted a higher standard of professional ethics and culture among women in law schools and in the legal profession.
The collection consists of correspondence, copy photographs of members, treasurer's reports, clippings about women in the
legal profession, and miscellaneous papers related to the Phi Delta Delta Legal Fraternity.
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections
for paging information.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library
Special Collections for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the
creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright
owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mrs. Katherine Hall, 1976.
Processing Note
Processed by Heather Lowe in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), with assistance from Megan Hahn Fraser,
August 2011.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Phi Delta Delta Legal Fraternity (International) Records (Collection Number 1176). UCLA Library
Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Phi Delta Delta Legal Fraternity was founded (as Phi Delta Delta Legal Sorority) in 1911 to promot a higher standard of professional
ethics and culture among women in law schools and in the legal profession. Its founders include: Georgia P. Bullock, Gladys
Morre Brown, Annette F. Hunley, Vere Radir-Norton, and Sarah Patten Doherty. The organization merged with Phi Alpha Delta
on August 12, 1972.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of correspondence, copy photographs of members, treasurer's reports, clippings about women in the legal
profession, and miscellaneous papers related to Phi Delta Delta Legal Fraternity.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Phi Delta Delta --Archives.
Women --Societies and clubs --Archives.
Women lawyers --United States.
Women judges --United States.
Archives.
Related Material
Phi Delta Delta : magazine of Phi Delta Delta International Legal Fraternity (Collection 1169).
Hugh and Hazel Darling Law Library
, University of California, Los Angeles.
Box 1, Folder 1
Articles of Incorporation and Certificate of Revivor,
1932-1956.
Box 1, Folder 2
Charter - University of California, Los Angeles Chapter,
1950.
Box 1, Folder 3
Charter - Richmond Virginia Chapter (Beta Iota),
1954.
Box 1, Folder 4
Charter - Santa Barbara/Ventura Chapter,
1955.
Box 1, Folder 5
Charter - Washington, D. C. Chapter (Beta Epsilon),
1946.
Box 1, Folder 6
Third National Convention ephemera,
1924.
Box 1, Folder 7
Seventh National Convention report,
1932.
Box 1, Folder 8
Twentieth National Convention minutes and report,
1962.
Box 1, Folder 9
Financial report,
1938-1940.
Box 1, Folder 10
Financial report,
1946 July 1 - 1948 July 31.
Box 1, Folder 14
Financial report,
1960 October 1 - 1962 June 30.
Box 1, Folder 15
Annual breakfast in honor of the American Bar Association,
1962-1967.
Box 2, Folder 1
Correspondence and by-laws,
1959-1960.
Box 2, Folder 2
Phi Delta Delta clippings,
ca. 1940s-1960s.
Box 2, Folder 3
Phi Delta Delta group photographs,
1924-1951.
Box 2, Folder 4
Phi Alpha Delta Handbook,
1972.
Scope and Content Note
Handbook from the first year in which the two legal fraternities were combined as one.
