Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society. Iowa State University Chapter records
Scope and Content
This collection (1920-[ongoing]) contains records and documents related to the activities of the Sigma Xi Chapter at Iowa State University including the petition for establishment, charter, by-laws, signatures of the original members and other organizational documents, correspondence, the constitution, financial documents, minutes, and reports of the annual meeting. In addition, the collection includes records notebooks, which contain membership information, officers, correspondence, reports, and meeting minutes. The records also include photographs of lecturers.
Dates
- 1920-2010
Language of Materials
English
Access Restrictions
Open for research.
Use/Re-use Restrictions
Consult Special Collections and University Archives
Biography/Profile
Sigma Xi was organized in 1886 to honor excellence in scientific investigation and promote research and cooperation among researchers in all fields of science and engineering. Sigma Xi is an international, multidisciplinary research society with over 60,000 members in more than 100 countries.
A petition for the establishment of an Iowa State Chapter was signed in the summer of 1920 and a charter was granted at the National Conference in December later that year. The first elected officers included President R. E. Buchanan, Vice President S. W. Beyer, Secretary John M. Evvard, and Treasurer Charles Murray.
Membership in Sigma Xi is granted through nomination either Full or Associate. To be elected to Associate Membership, an individual must have conducted an independent investigation and written a report concerning their research. Associate members are expected to later achieve full membership. Full Membership is granted to an individual who has shown noteworthy achievement as an original investigator in a field of pure or applied science. The achievement must be evidenced by publication as a first author on two articles published in a refereed journal, patents, written reports, thesis or dissertation.
Extent
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Abstract
Sigma Xi was organized in 1886 to honor excellence in scientific investigation and promote research and cooperation among researchers in all fields of science and engineering. The Iowa State Chapter was established in 1920 and R. E. Buchanan was elected the first president. This collection contains records and documents including the petition for establishment, charter, by-laws, signatures of the original members and other organizational documents, correspondence, the constitution, financial documents, meeting minutes, and reports of the annual meeting.
Arrangement
This collection is organized Chronologically.
Processing Information
Released on 2018-11-01.
- College students--Societies, etc. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Correspondence Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Engineers--Research Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Financial records Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Greek letter societies--Iowa--Ames Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Science--Research Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- RS 22/5/0/20. Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society. Iowa State University Chapter records, 1920-2010
- Date
- April 12, 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives Repository
403 Parks Library
701 Morrill Road
Iowa State University
Ames Iowa 50011-2102 United States
(515) 294-6672
archives@iastate.edu