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Collection Number: P0112

Collection Title: Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity of the University of North Carolina Photographs, circa 1886-1920

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Size 12 items (1.5 linear feet)
Abstract The North Carolina chapter of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity was established at the University of North Carolina in 1857. Collection consists of photographic prints depicting members of the Sigma Epsilon fraternity. Included in the collection are images of Edward Kidder Graham (class of 1898) and John Motley Morehead III (class of 1891).
Creator Sigma Alpha Epsilon. North Carolina Xi (University of North Carolina (1793-1962))
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
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No usage restrictions.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity of the University of North Carolina Photographs, circa 1886-1890s, 1900s-1920 #P0112, North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Received from Louis Stephens of Charlotte, N.C., in November of 2016.
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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Processed by: Whitney Ray, June 2017

Encoded by: Whitney Ray, June 2017

Updated by Patrick Cullom, March 2018; Nancy Kaiser, February 2021

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The North Carolina chapter of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity was established at the University of North Carolina in 1857. It was the third chapter of the fraternity, which was founded at the University of Alabama in 1856.

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Collection consists of photographic prints depicting members of the Sigma Epsilon fraternity. A majority of the group portraits, taken circa 1886-1920, include names of fraternity members depicted, written directly on the backs of the prints. Included in the collection are images of Edward Kidder Graham (class of 1898) and John Motley Morehead III (class of 1891).

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Contents list

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12 items.

Arrangement: Chronological.

Processing note: Descriptions in quotation marks were transcribed from original materials.

Image Box IB-P0112/1

Image Folder PF-P0112/01

"S.A.E. 1886"

1 image

Mounted Black-and-White Albumen Print

Identified individuals (from verso): "G.B. Patterson, W.E. Edmonson / H.E. Shaffner, William M. Little, Maxcy L. John / H.R. Starbuck, Herbert Clement, John S. Hill, Claudius Dockery / O.C. Bynum / John W. Atkinson, John W. Alexander"

Image Box IB-P0112/1

Image Folder PF-P0112/02

"S.A.E. 1887"

1 image

Mounted Black-and-White Albumen Print

Identified individuals (from verso): "John D. Bellamy, Claudius Deckery, H.M. Little, H.R. Starluck / W.F. Shaffner, H.F. Shaffner, Herbert Clement / C.C. Bynum, W.M. Curtis, J.S. Hill, Maxy L. Long, P.E. Ranson"

Image Box IB-P0112/1

Image Folder PF-P0112/03

"S.A.E. 1889"

1 image

Mounted Black-and-White Albumen Print

Identified individuals (from verso): "G.W. Connor, R. Bellamy, A. Patterson, J.M. Morehead, W.M. Curtis, J.S. Hill, H. Clement / R. Yarborough, W.J. Andrews, R.B. Whitehead, A.S. Williams, J.D. Bellamy, R.G. Vaughn / A.P. Branch, C. Dockery, W.F. Shaffner"

Image Box IB-P0112/1

Image Folder PF-P0112/04

"S.A.E. 1891"

1 image

Mounted Black-and-White Albumen Print

Identified individuals (from verso): "W.M. Little, W.S. Jones, Bowman Gray, H.B. Andrews / H.E. Rondthaler, G.W. Conor, W.W. Ashe, W.R. Kenan, J.D. Bellamy / A.S. Williams, G. Ranson, W.J. Andrews, J.M. Morehead, A.H. Patterson"

Image Box IB-P0112/1

Image Folder PF-P0112/05

"S.A.E. 1895"

1 image

Mounted Black-and-White Albumen Print

Identified individuals (from verso): "J.M. Stevenson '98, F.H. Bailey '97, O.H. Dockery (law), F.R. Hurty '96, T. Stringfield (med), E.K. Graham '98, H.G. Connor, Jr. '97, Adam Empie '98 / R.E. Follin '98, F.M. Miller '98, F.F. Bahnson '96, F.M. London '97, Geo. K. Tate '98 / H.F. Thorp '96, J.F. Shaffner '96, Jas. Wm. Niell (law), J.H. Andrews '97, J.L. Patterson '95, H.H. Atkinson (med), Lemly '96 (absent: M. Schenk '97)__horp, __mith; J.F. Shaffner Jr '96, Salem, N.C.; Jus. Wm. Niell (law), Wilkesboro, N.C.; J.H. Andrews '97, Raleigh, N.C.; J.L. Patterson, Salem, N.C.; H.H. Atkinson, Asheville, N.C.; __nt M. Schenk '97, Greensboro, N.C."

Image Box IB-P0112/1

Image Folder PF-P0112/06

"S.A.E. 1899"

1 image

Mounted Black-and-White Albumen Print

Identified individuals (from verso): "M. Bellamy, Jr., C.B. Burton, R.H. Bellamy, R.D.W. Conor, W.B. Whitehead / W.K. Battle, H.M. London / J.C. Moore, J.P. Bunn, Prof. Howell, E.A. Lockett, H. Anderson / E. Alexander, W.G. Wharton / A.R. Berkeley, E.V. Patterson, H.P. Harding, A.C. Miller, C.L. Glenn"

Image Box IB-P0112/1

Image Folder PF-P0112/07

"N.C. SAE: 1903"

1 image

Mounted Black-and-White Albumen Print

Identified individuals (from verso): "B.E. Huske, Addison G. Brenizer, James S. Thorpe, Curtis Bynum, Green Berkley, S. Stringfield, __ Moses / E.V. Howell, John H. McAden, Willis Heard, Francis Cox, W. Taliaferro, F.K. Bailey, Tom McAden, M_ Calder / J.B. Gibson, T.D. Meares, F.E. Brown, Graham H. Andrews, T.E. Morrison, W.A. Whitaker, W.J. Gordon, C.A. Shore / R. Stevenson, Graham Kenan, Roy Errgle, Hal Worth, Albert Cox, Lben Alexander, Fred M. Hane__"

Image Box IB-P0112/1

Image Folder PF-P0112/08

"S.A.E. 1904"

1 image

Mounted Black-and-White Albumen Print

Identified individuals (from verso): "J. Gordon, A. Bahnson, T.D. Mears, G. Kenan, F. Cox, H. Skinner, G. Engel, G. Berkley, T. Morrison / E.K. Graham, E.V. Howell, Bert Cox, A. Bernzer, R. Engel / H. James, R. Calder, W.A. Whitaker, F. Steadman, H. Worth"

Image Box IB-P0112/1

Image Folder PF-P0112/09

"S.A.E. 1906"

1 image

Mounted Black-and-White Albumen Print

Identified individuals (from verso): "E.V. Howell, R.S. Hutchinson, E.K. Graham, S. Linn / Allen Morrison, Robt. Calder, F. Hutchinson / H.C. Jones, Bert James"

Image Box IB-P0112/1

Image Folder PF-P0112/10

"S.A.E. 1919"

1 image

Mounted Black-and-White Albumen Print

Identified individuals (from verso): "S.B. Tanner, Jr., F.B. John, S.F. Ravenel, F.D. Bell / V.F. Williams, A.F. Parker, Dr. A.H. Patterson, W.S. James, H.W. Cobb, Jr. / R.C. deRosset, Jr., I.W. Durham, W.A. Erwin, Jr."

Image Box IB-P0112/1

Image Folder PF-P0112/11

"N.C. S.A.E. 1919-1920"

1 image

Mounted Black-and-White Albumen Print

Identified individuals (from verso): "J.P. McRae, W.S. Justice, W.M. Prince, G.W. Hill, J.D. Shaw, G.J. Younce, B.A. Sims, C.E. Symmes, N. Harden, W.A. Royall, H.A. Patterson, B.M. Arinfield, W.C. Feinister / F.D. Bell, E.H. Evans, R. VanLandingham, L. Chambers, A.H. Patterson, W.L. London, R.L. LeGrand, E.E. White"

Image Box IB-P0112/1

Image Folder PF-P0112/12

Sigma Alpha Epsilon, circa 1910s-1920

1 image

Mounted Black-and-White Albumen Print
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