Benjamin, Caroline Shevelson

The Alpha Chapter's Sixth Annual Reunion Invitation, June 24, 1878

Reminiscences of the Chapter House, 1900

This essay recounts the history of the first Alpha Chapter house.

Eta

Although the chapter at Boston University was the third Alpha Phi chapter installed, they chose the name "Eta" - the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet - rather than "Gamma" because there were seven founding members of the chapter. Thus,…

Alpha Chapter Sixth Annual Reunion Invitation, June 24, 1878

This invitation is a photocopy of the original.

Alpha Chapter Sixth Annual Reunion Invitation, June 24, 1878

Alpha

The story of the founding of Alpha Chapter is also that of the beginning of Alpha Phi International Fraternity. From the first expression of their mutual need for “a circle of friends who could sympathize with one another,” our…