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Elizabeth Parmelee Rose, Northwestern University, shares her recollections of her mother, Amy Olgen Parmelee, Northwestern University. Elizabeth begins by recounting her mother's ancestors in Germany and the United States, Amy's academic achievements and her experiences in Upsilon Chapter at Northwestern University, her early work as secretary for the YWCA and a chapter adviser, and her marriage; she also shares stories about Tri Deltas who worked with her mother, including R. Louise Fitch, Knox College, and Fay Martin Slover, Randolph-Macon College. Elizabeth later shares her memories of her childhood, attending the 1925 Convention in Glacier National Park with her mother, Amy's work on The Trident and later career as Dean of Women at Colorado State University, and her own experiences in college and the workforce, as well as some of the family's travel and business endeavors, and concludes by discussing Amy's health issues near the end of her life.
Collection: Tri Delta Audiovisual Collection
Elizabeth Parmelee Rose, Northwestern University, writes to Margaret Paddock Haller, Cornell University, to share her recollections of the work of her mother Amy Olgen Parmelee and her aunt Louise Olgen Grotenhuis, Northwestern University, at the early Tri Delta Executive Offices in Chicago and Evanston, Illinois. This is a response to Margaret's letter of March 15, 1986.
Collection: Tri Delta Archive Collection
Collection: Tri Delta Publications
Collection: Tri Delta Publications
Collection: Tri Delta Publications
Margaret Paddock Haller, Cornell University, writes to Elizabeth Parmelee Rose, Northwestern University, to confirm information regarding the early history of Tri Delta Executive Offices to be published in the centennial history book. Elizabeth's reply to this letter, dated July 3, 1986, is also available.
Collection: Tri Delta Archive Collection
Margaret Paddock Haller, Cornell University, writes to Elizabeth Parmelee Rose, Northwestern University, with questions regarding the early history of Tri Delta Executive Offices and the work of her mother and aunt, Amy Olgen Parmelee and Louise Olgen Grotenhuis, Northwestern University. Margaret was working on the manuscript of the centennial history book at the time. Elizabeth's reply to this letter, dated March 26, 1986, is also available.
Collection: Tri Delta Archive Collection
Collection: Tri Delta Publications
Collection: Tri Delta Publications
Collection: Tri Delta Publications
Linda Kemp Norris, University of Florida, writes about the development of Tri Delta's Executive Office and its staff through the Fraternity's history.
Collection: Tri Delta Publications
This scrapbook page contains two lists of Executive Office locations and the names of Executive Directors and Secretaries from 1912-1994, as well as an information sheet describing the history of Executive Office.
Collection: Tri Delta Scrapbook Collection
This scrapbook page contains three photographs of Executive Office staff members and a magazine clipping describing the operations of the 2108 Chicago Daily News Building, Chicago, Illinois, Executive Office.
Collection: Tri Delta Scrapbook Collection
Collection: Tri Delta Publications
Collection: Tri Delta Publications