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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
Margaret Paddock Haller, Cornell University, left, and Ruth McDowell Kinnard, University of Alabama, pose for a photograph during the 1960 Convention in Essex County, New York.
Collection: Tri Delta Scrapbook Collection
Margaret Paddock Haller, Cornell University, speaks to Virginia Nicholas Provost, College of William & Mary, about her service to Tri Delta as an adviser to Alpha Tau Chapter at Carnegie Mellon University, as district president from 1944-1948, as fraternity director from 1948-1956, as fraternity collegiate vice president from 1956-1958, and president from 1958-1962. She praises the Tri Deltas who served under her on the Executive Board and describes their accomplishments, including overseeing the expansion of the Executive Board following amendments to the Tri Delta Constitution, the trademarking of Tri Delta insignia, and the restoration of the field secretary program. Margaret closes with discussion of the impact of student protests in the 1960s on Tri Delta and her ongoing services to the Fraternity after the end of her term as president, especially as chairman of the Archives Committee.
Collection: Tri Delta Audiovisual Collection
Mary K. Wise Jensen, Butler University, speaks to Claire Brinley Berner, College of William & Mary, about her service to Tri Delta as district president from 1935-1940, fraternity associate director of housing standards from 1940-1944, collegiate secretary from 1944-1948, president from 1948-1952, and historian from 1952-1954. She describes the impact of World War II on Tri Delta, attending the 1940 and 1950 Conventions on Mackinac Island, Michigan, her experiences attending chapter installations, and the creation of the Crescent Fund. Mary praises the efforts of Tri Deltas who served with her on the Executive Board and discusses changes made to alumnae and collegian dues, ritual, and the district chairmen system during her tenure; she closes by sharing recollections of other past presidents, a visit to Alpha Chapter at Boston University, and the Tri Delta Executive Office.
Collection: Tri Delta Audiovisual Collection
Collection: Tri Delta Publications
Collection: Tri Delta Publications
Collection: Tri Delta Publications
Collection: Tri Delta Publications
Ruth McDowell Kinnard, University of Alabama, encloses letters to honor Past President Frances Priddy McDonald, University of Missouri, and Eileen Blain Rudolph, Goucher College, on their retirement to be celebrated at the 1972 Convention. This collection features the original letter from Kathie to Ruth.
Collection: Tri Delta Archive Collection
Collection: Tri Delta Publications
This article provides a brief biography of National President Ruth McDowell Kinnard, University of Alabama.
Collection: Tri Delta Archive Collection
Collection: Tri Delta Publications
Past Presidents pose in their evening gowns during the 1964 Convention in Washington, D.C. In the back, from left to right, are Ruth McDowell Kinnard, University of Alabama, Gretchen Borland Davies, University of Washington, Frances Priddy McDonald, University of Missouri, and Margaret Paddock Haller, Cornell University. In front, from left to right, are Ernestine Block Grigsby, University of Colorado Boulder, Helen Notesteen, University of Minnesota, Zoe Gore Perrin, University of Colorado Boulder, Hortense Imboden Hudson, Baker University, and Mary K. Wise Jensen, Butler University.
Collection: Tri Delta Archive Collection
Collection: Tri Delta Publications
Collection: Tri Delta Publications
Former Fraternity Presidents Helen Russell Notesteen, University of Minnesota, Ruth McDowell Kinnard, University of Alabama, and Margaret Paddock Haller, Cornell University, sit together and study a poster entitled "What Makes a Chapter Strong?"
Collection: Tri Delta Museum Collection
Helen Russell Notesteen, University of Minnesota, Ruth McDowell Kinnard, University of Alabama, and Eileen Blain Rudolph, Goucher College, gather in front of a stone wall to pose for a photograph during the 1954 Convention in Sun Valley, Idaho. This photograph was featured in an unknown issue of The Trident.
Collection: Tri Delta Archive Collection
Collection: Tri Delta Publications
Collection: Tri Delta Publications