2024 Founders’ Day Proclamation
Nov 15, 2024
“We are passing on a treasure into your keeping. Hold it in the secret recesses of your heart—love it, cherish it. Let…
Historically Speaking – Save the Last Dance for Me
Nov 6, 2024
The idea conjures up visions of a bygone era. Young ladies whirl with their partners across the dance floor with tiny,…
The History of the Pine Press: Read All About It!
May 30, 2024
At Tri Delta’s 61st Biennial Convention this summer, attendees can access important information about the schedule,…
Historically Speaking: The Green Thumb of Nellie Brown
Feb 20, 2024
Meet Nellie Adelesa Brown, Michigan, a woman fascinated with plants from an early age. At a time when few women were…
Historically Speaking: The Fascinating Story of a Unique Hatpin
Jan 3, 2024
Did you know... The must-have accessory for fashionable ladies in the 1890s was a decorative hatpin? Besides being a…
Historically Speaking: A Visit to Alpha Xi
Oct 11, 2023
A Lasting Impression From May 1905 to May 1906, R. Louise Fitch, Knox, made her first visits to Tri Delta’s…
Beta Omicron at Illinois State – a small chapter with an amazing journey!
Aug 11, 2023
In the heart of the Greek system at Illinois State University is the story of the Tri Delta’s Beta Omicron Chapter. This…
Delta Upsilon Chapter: Tri Delta’s Original Allies
Dec 7, 2022
This follow-up to the March 2020 story about Tri Delta's first Black member, Diane Petersen, Ohio Wesleyan, was featured in…
Remembering Sarah Ida Shaw on Founders’ Day
Nov 22, 2022
Episode Summary On a very special episode for Founders’ Day 2022, we take a look at Sarah Ida Shaw from the memories…
Protecting and Preserving Our History: Digitizing Tri Delta’s Archives
Aug 23, 2022
Episode Summary Thanks to generous donors to Tri Delta’s Foundation, we’ve begun to digitize hundreds of thousands…
Tri Delta’s Digital Archives: Bridging to Our Past, Looking to Our Future
Jul 8, 2022
Tri Delta has been hard at work taking our history digital! At our recent 60th Biennial Convention, we officially announced…
Train Rides, Tents and Beachside Dining: Tri Delta’s 1915 Convention
Jun 14, 2022
From college campuses to elegant hotels and even rustic lake retreats, Tri Delta has held our Conventions in a remarkable…
Writer, Globetrotter, Trailblazer: Alice Rogers Hager’s Career in Aviation Journalism
May 16, 2022
Long before the advent of frequent flyer programs, journalist Alice Rogers Hager, Stanford, logged more than half a million…
Creating Her Own Path: The Unique Career of Linguist Ivy Kellerman Reed
Mar 30, 2022
In honor of Women’s History Month, we’re taking a look back at early Tri Delta trailblazers. Tri Deltas have…
Meet Mary Thompson Denman—Advocate for women, social innovator and catalyst for change
Mar 22, 2022
In honor of Women’s History Month, we’re taking a look back at early Tri Delta trailblazers—women who were the…
Women Leading the Way — The life and career of STEM trailblazer Maude Elsa Gardner
Mar 15, 2022
In honor of Women’s History Month, we’re taking a look back at early Tri Delta trailblazers—women who were the…
A Special Holiday Gift
Dec 15, 2021
In the Ginger Hicks Smith Museum and Archives at Tri Delta’s Executive Office, displayed among the personal belongings of…
A Legacy of Growth and Development
Dec 8, 2021
“Our sole purpose is to promote the development of the individual that the individual member may succeed in making a…
UNC Tri Delta House is Home to Civil Rights History
Jun 30, 2021
Tri Delta’s Alpha Sigma Chapter at the University of North Carolina resides in a charming and unusual Victorian home…
Fraternity Presidents and Deans of Students: 100 Years Apart
May 20, 2021
Millsaps College recently announced Tri Delta Fraternity President Megan Shaw James as the new dean of…
Tri Delta Herma Baggley—Yellowstone’s First Female Naturalist
Mar 26, 2021
It’s Women’s History Month and we are celebrating a few of our Tri Delta trailblazers—sisters who accomplished firsts…
Margaret Fritsch—Oregon’s First Woman Architect
Mar 17, 2021
It’s Women’s History Month and we are celebrating a few of our Tri Delta trailblazers—sisters who accomplished firsts…
Tri Delta Trailblazer First Woman Appointed Assistant Attorney General
Mar 11, 2021
It’s Women’s History Month and we are celebrating a few of our Tri Delta trailblazers—sisters who accomplished firsts…
Tri Delta Aviator Partners With Amelia Earhart to Pave the Way for Women
Mar 4, 2021
It’s Women’s History Month and we are celebrating a few of our Tri Delta trailblazers—sisters who accomplished firsts…
A Ring, A Legacy and A Love Story – A Special Archives Donation
Feb 11, 2021
In late January, Tri Delta received a special gift donated to the Ginger Hicks Smith Museum and Archives: a Tri…
A Visit From Miss Fitch
Nov 5, 2018
Among the treasures stored in Tri Delta’s archives rests a slightly battered brown scrapbook. Despite its unassuming…
We Loved Her So
Jun 1, 2018
The following is an excerpt of a “From the Archives” article. You can read the full article in the Winter/Spring 2018…
Enduring Traditions
Nov 7, 2017
The following is an excerpt of a “From the Archives” article. You can read the full article in the fall 2017 issue of…
Remembering (Sarah) Ida Shaw Martin
Nov 7, 2016
The following is an excerpt from our archives piece in the Fall 2016 Trident. Be sure to read the full article in the…
Shall We Dance?
Aug 3, 2015
By Archives Manager Beth Dees Applebaum, Texas Christian It is an idea that conjures up visions of a bygone era. Dressed in…
A Celebration of Mothers and Daughters
Aug 27, 2014
By Archives Coordinator Beth Dees Applebaum, Texas Christian "A loving daughter is a pearl of great price. It was the…