Gilbert, Kate Elizabeth Hogoboom

A Story of the Founding of Alpha Phi, October 16, 1897

Founder Martha Foote Crow details the founding of Alpha Phi on the 25th anniversary of the Fraternity.

Beta Epsilon Chapter Alpha Phi Memorabilia Scrapbook, Page 10

This page contains a document written by Founder Kate Gilbert describing the founding of Alpha Phi and her experience at Syracuse University.

Kate Hogoboom Gilbert Cabinet Card

Fraternity Directory, January 1947

Beta Epsilon Chapter Alpha Phi Memorabilia Scrapbook, Page 4

This page features reproduction photographs and biographies of Founders Kate Hogoboom and Martha Foote.

Alpha of Alpha Phi Diamond Jubilee Program, September 26-27, 1947

This program includes the schedule for the weekend, the menu for the banquet, a song sheet, and a list of the jubilee committee as well as a narrative about the founding of Alpha Phi and the first chapter house.

Alpha Phi Founders Postcard

This postcard reads "The women who started it all" and features photographs of the 10 founders of Alpha Phi Fraternity. The back of the postcard features an announcement for the publication of the first in a three-volume series of history …

Reminiscences of the Chapter House, 1900

Jennie Thorburn Sanford details the history of the first Alpha Chapter Chapter House.

37th General Convention of Alpha Phi International Fraternity Program, June 25-29, 1948

This program from the 1948 Convention in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, lists the Fraternity's founders, officers, convention committee members, and alumnae and collegiate delegates. A schedule of business events and leisure activities is als…

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…