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Fraternity President Kathleen Davis Nye, University of Iowa, asks Ruth McDowell Kinnard, University of Alabama, to contribute letters as part of retirement gifts for Past President Frances Priddy McDonald, University of Missouri, and Eileen Blain Rudolph, Goucher College, to be given to them at the 1972 Convention. This collection includes a response letter from Ruth to Kathie.
Collection: Tri Delta Archive Collection
Collection: Tri Delta Archive Collection
Kathleen Davis Nye, University of Iowa, speaks to Margaret Paddock Haller, Cornell University, about her Tri Delta career, beginning with her time as traveling secretary from 1943-1945, including a time she traveled on a troop train during World War II, then later serving as fraternity chairman of academic standards, district president of Indiana, and fraternity collegiate vice president before becoming president from 1968-1972. She discusses the expansion of career opportunities for women, shares her recollections of serving under President Susan White Perry, Vanderbilt University, and the decision to close Alpha Upsilon Chapter at Colby College, as well as the Executive Board's reaction to the recruitment of the first African American member by Delta Upsilon Chapter at Ohio Wesleyan University. Kathleen also speaks fondly of the Tri Deltas who served with her on Executive Board during her presidency, discusses the challenges of recruitment, membership selection, and discrimination in the 1960s, recounts the move of the Tri Delta Executive Office to Arlington, Texas, and recalls the 1970 Convention in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Collection: Tri Delta Audiovisual Collection
Collection: Tri Delta Publications
Collection: Tri Delta Publications
Collection: Tri Delta Scrapbook Collection
Ruth McDowell Kinnard, University of Alabama, Ernestine Block Grigsby, University of Colorado Boulder, and Zoe Gore Perrin, University of Colorado Boulder, sit together and talk. This photograph was featured in the Fall 1958 issue of The Trident.
Collection: Tri Delta Archive Collection
Ruth McDowell Kinnard, University of Alabama, Margaret Paddock Haller, Cornell University, and Eileen Blain Rudolph, Goucher College, eat together during the 1988 Convention in Boston, Massachusetts.
Collection: Tri Delta Scrapbook Collection
Five past Fraternity Presidents pose for a photograph while standing at a banquet table. They are, from left to right, unidentified, Ruth McDowell Kinnard, University of Alabama, Helen Gough Martin,Transylvania University, Susan White Perry, Vanderbilt University, and unidentified.
Collection: Tri Delta Archive Collection
From left to right, former Fraternity President Ruth McDowell Kinnard, University of Alabama, Delta Psi Chapter President Robin Meredith, and Memphis Alumnae Chapter President Catherine Hayden, Rhodes College, pose for a photograph during a Founders' Day event.
Collection: Tri Delta Archive Collection
In this letter, the members of the Delta Century Fund committee describe the Fund's recent formation and purpose while encouraging Fraternity members to donate.
Collection: Tri Delta Scrapbook Collection
Fraternity President Ruth Kinnard, University of Alabama, Housing Corporation President Mary Ramsey, Fundraising Chairman Ann Allen, and Loyalty Dinner Chairman Helen Byrd, all University of Oklahoma, pose together during the November 1954 Oklahoma City Alliance Loyalty Dinner.
Collection: Tri Delta Archive Collection
Collection: Tri Delta Publications
Collection: Tri Delta Publications
Collection: Tri Delta Publications
Collection: Tri Delta Publications
Collection: Tri Delta Publications
Collection: Tri Delta Publications
Collection: Tri Delta Publications
Collection: Tri Delta Publications