A Guide to the Sigma Tau Delta Collection
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Title
A Guide to the Sigma Tau Delta Collection
Description
The collection documents the activities of the Sigma Tau Delta Sorority from 1940 through 1983 and includes a significant number of photographs of club members and events. It consists of the contents of eight traditional scrapbooks and one “magnetic” photo album.
Scrapbooks include information about the sorority, including constitution and by-laws, lists of officers, and a few membership lists. Newspaper clippings about the club document its activities and officers, as well as information about members. The scrapbooks also contain correspondence received by the sorority, including numerous thank you notes from members regarding gifts and from organizations the club donated to, as well as marriage, birth, graduation, and death announcements.
Of special interest are letters in scrapbooks that document members’ lives during WWII, when several relocated with their husbands to military bases, and one member’s experience in the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC).
While all scrapbooks contain numerous photographs, later scrapbooks have more photographs and less ephemera. Many, but not all, of the people in photographs are identified. Photographs of the sorority’s parties also document the interiors of a variety of venues in the Roanoke region, as well as members’ homes. The 1953-56 Scrapbook includes over thirty pictures of the interior and the residents of Hobday Cottage, Virginia Baptist Children’s Home, Salem, VA, taken from 1953-55 when the sorority sponsored activities and improvements for the young women living there.
Digital versions were created of all scrapbooks. Items that could be removed from scrapbooks without damage were placed in folders, including both paper and photographic items. However, most scrapbooks included pages that could not be disassembled; these have been retained within the scrapbook covers. All items were removed from the “magnetic” photo album.
Scrapbooks include information about the sorority, including constitution and by-laws, lists of officers, and a few membership lists. Newspaper clippings about the club document its activities and officers, as well as information about members. The scrapbooks also contain correspondence received by the sorority, including numerous thank you notes from members regarding gifts and from organizations the club donated to, as well as marriage, birth, graduation, and death announcements.
Of special interest are letters in scrapbooks that document members’ lives during WWII, when several relocated with their husbands to military bases, and one member’s experience in the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC).
While all scrapbooks contain numerous photographs, later scrapbooks have more photographs and less ephemera. Many, but not all, of the people in photographs are identified. Photographs of the sorority’s parties also document the interiors of a variety of venues in the Roanoke region, as well as members’ homes. The 1953-56 Scrapbook includes over thirty pictures of the interior and the residents of Hobday Cottage, Virginia Baptist Children’s Home, Salem, VA, taken from 1953-55 when the sorority sponsored activities and improvements for the young women living there.
Digital versions were created of all scrapbooks. Items that could be removed from scrapbooks without damage were placed in folders, including both paper and photographic items. However, most scrapbooks included pages that could not be disassembled; these have been retained within the scrapbook covers. All items were removed from the “magnetic” photo album.
Creator
Sigma Tau Delta Sorority
Publisher
Roanoke Public Libraries
Rights
No known restrictions. Virginia Room copy fees apply.
Format
pdf
Type
Text
Identifier
SigmaTauDeltaCollection
Collection
Citation
Sigma Tau Delta Sorority, “A Guide to the Sigma Tau Delta Collection,” Virginia Room Digital Collection, accessed July 3, 2025, https://www.virginiaroom.org/digital/document/SigmaTauDeltaCollection.
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- 1940-43 Scrapbook Sigma Tau Delta.pdf
- 1945-47 Scrapbook Sigma Tau Delta.pdf
- 1948-52 Scrapbook Sigma Tau Delta.pdf
- 1953-56 Scrapbook Sigma Tau Delta.pdf
- 1956-60 Scrapbook Sigma Tau Delta.pdf
- 1961-65 Scrapbook Sigma Tau Delta.pdf
- 1967-71 Sigma Tau Delta Scrapbook.pdf
- 1969-70 Scrapbook Sigma Tau Delta.pdf
- 1980-82 Photo Album Sigma Tau Delta.pdf