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Size | 3.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 1800 items) |
Abstract | The collection contains petitions, 1926-1927, from Sigma Delta to Delta Upsilon; records of the North Carolina Chapter of Delta Upsilon; records of the North Carolina Delta Upsilon Foundation; and records of Don Watkins, adviser to the chapter. Chapter records include alumni newsletters; bylaws; budgets; newspaper clippings; correspondence; incorporation certificates; meeting minutes; membership lists and alumni directories; photographs; publications, including a history of the chapter; event fliers and other publicity items; rush booklets; and a reel-to-reel audiotape of the 1967 Founder's Day Banquet. Foundation records include correspondence, financial information, meeting minutes, and a great deal of information on the Delta Upsilon house renovations, including correspondence with the architects, public hearing notices for zoning meetings, fund raising information, newspaper clippings, and architectural plans. Don Watkins's records include correspondence from the university to him about fraternity performance and correspondence between Watkins and fraternity members and alumni. Photographs of students and fraternity members in social settings include images of white students wearing blackface at what is likely a Halloween party in the mid 1980s. |
Creator | Delta Upsilon Fraternity. North Carolina Chapter (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives. |
Language | English |
Processed by: University Archives Staff, May 1970, September 1970, October 1971, January 1982, April 2008
Updated: February 2015, February 2019
Encoded by: Johanna Russ, April 2008
This collection contains photographs of white students wearing blackface at what is likely a Halloween party in the mid 1980s.
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The North Carolina Chapter of Delta Upsilon Fraternity, located at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was chartered in April 1953 in response to the Delta Club's application for national affiliation the year before. In 1925, 1926, and 1927, another local fraternity, Sigma Delta, had made three such applications but was denied each time. In 1954 the North Carolina Delta Upsilon Foundation was incorporated. It owns the chapter's house, provides scholarship aid for members, and funds the chapter's educational programs. The fraternity began a program to conduct major renovations of the house in 1969. These renovations were not completed until 1976. Witcher McDonald Watkins, Class of 1927 (better known as Don or W. D. Watkins), served as adviser to the fraternity for a number of years in the 1960s and 1970s. He was instrumental in the push to affiliate the Delta Club and Sigma Delta with the national Delta Upsilon Fraternity, and later he played a large advisory role during the renovations of the Delta Upsilon house.
Back to TopThe collection includes petitions, 1926-1927, from Sigma Delta to Delta Upsilon; records of the North Carolina Chapter of Delta Upsilon; records of the North Carolina Delta Upsilon Foundation; and records of Don Watkins, adviser to the chapter. Chapter records include alumni newsletters; bylaws; budgets; newspaper clippings; correspondence; incorporation certificates; meeting minutes; membership lists and alumni directories; photographs; publications, including a history of the chapter; event fliers and other publicity items; rush booklets; and a reel-to-reel audiotape of the 1967 Founder's Day Banquet. Foundation records include correspondence, financial information, meeting minutes, and a great deal of information on the Delta Upsilon house renovations, including correspondence with the architects, public hearing notices for zoning meetings, fund raising information, newspaper clippings, and architectural plans. Don Watkins's records include correspondence from the university to him about fraternity performance and correspondence between Watkins and fraternity members and alumni. Photographs of students and fraternity members in social settings include images of white students wearing blackface at what is likely a Halloween party in the mid 1980s.
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Folder 1-2 Folder 1Folder 2 |
Alumni Newsletters, 1928, 1954-19931928 issued by Sigma Delta. |
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Budgets, 1960-1978 |
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Folder 4 |
Charter and Bylaws, 1954 and undated |
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Folder 5 |
Citations and Certificates, 1953, 1956, 1966, 1971, and undated |
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Folder 6 |
Clippings, General, 1961, 1970-1971, 1974, 1978, 1982-1983, 1986, and undated |
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Folder 7 |
Correspondence, 1954-1960 |
Audiotape T-40151/1 |
Founder's Day Banquet, 21 April 1967Reel-to-reel audiotape. |
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Folder 8 |
Histories, 1965, 1992, and undatedIncludes information on the duties of the chapter historian; see also Membership Development Program, below. |
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Folder 9 |
Initiation Programs, 1953, 1974-1981 |
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Folder 10 |
Little Sisters, 1979 and undated |
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Folder 11-21 Folder 11Folder 12Folder 13Folder 14Folder 15Folder 16Folder 17Folder 18Folder 19Folder 20Folder 21 |
Meeting Minutes, 1966-1985 |
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Folder 22 |
Meeting Minutes: Executive Committee, 1985 |
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Folder 23 |
Membership: Alumni Directories, 1966, 1970 |
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Folder 24 |
Membership: Lists, pre-1950, 1962-1980Some lists include biographical information. |
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Folder 25 |
Membership: Membership Development Program, 1967 |
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Folder 26 |
Membership: Roll Book, 1953-1991 |
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Folder 27 |
Membership: Sigma Delta and Delta Club Alumni, Lists of, 1953, 1955, and undated |
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Folder 28 |
Photograph Album, 1976Contains photographs of fraternity members in social settings and photographs of the 1976 house renovations. |
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Folder 29 |
Photograph Album, 1985-1986Contains photographs of fraternity members in social settings. Includes images of white students wearing blackface at what is likely a Halloween party. |
Image P-40151/1-7
P-40151/1P-40151/2P-40151/3P-40151/4P-40151/5P-40151/6P-40151/7 |
Photographs, 1964-1970Includes composite photographs of fraternity members. |
Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-40151/1 |
Photographs, 1965-1968Four oversize cardboard sheets with mounted photographs. |
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Folder 30 |
Publications: Delta Upsilon Quarterly, 1961, 1969See also Alumni Newsletters above. |
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Folder 31 |
Publications: Hark the Sound of DU Voices, 1993History of the North Carolina Chapter of Delta Upsilon written by Samuel Shepard Jones Jr., Class of 1963. |
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Folder 32 |
Publications: Miscellaneous Brochures and Fliers, 1970 and undated |
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Folder 33 |
Publications: Rush Booklets, 1956-1970, 1984(?) |
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Folder 34 |
Sigma Delta Fraternity Petitions to Delta Upsilon, 1926-1927 |
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Folder 35 |
Don Watkins: Correspondence, 1953-1976Correspondence between Watkins and Delta Upsilon alumni and between Watkins and Delta Upsilon members in his role as fraternity adviser. |
Image P-40151/8-10
P-40151/8P-40151/9P-40151/10 |
Don Watkins: Photographs, undated |
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Folder 36 |
Fraternity Adviser Information and Correspondence, 1955-1979Includes information sent by the university to fraternity advisers concerning fraternity performance and programming; also includes minutes of fraternity advisory board meetings. |
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Folder 37 |
Buck-a-Month Club Fundraiser, 1971-1973, 1986, and undated |
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Folder 38 |
Finances, 1955-1976, 1986 |
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Folder 39 |
Incorporation and Bylaws, 1954-1955 |
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Folder 40 |
Minutes, 1955-1977 |
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Folder 41-45 Folder 41Folder 42Folder 43Folder 44Folder 45 |
Renovations of Chapter House: General, 1965, 1969-1980, and undatedIncludes 1965 appraisal report, correspondence, bills and receipts, public hearing announcements for zoning meetings, and architectural reports and plans. |
Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-40151/2 |
Renovations of Chapter House: Architectural Plans |
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Folder 46 |
Renovations of Chapter House: Newspaper Clippings, 1971-1972, 1975-1976, and undated |
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Folder 47 |
Taxes, 1956-1977 |