Student and Other Organization, Pi Tau Sigma, Pi Alpha Chapter Records, 1942-1979 UA 021.487
Abstract
The records of the Pi Alpha Chapter (North Carolina State's chapter) of Pi Tau Sigma include correspondence, financial records, membership rosters, meeting minutes, and other general information about the chapter, its members, and its activities. This subgroup also contains some materials distributed by the national office of Pi Tau Sigma, primarily issues of their annual publication, The Condenser of Pi Tau Sigma. Pi Tau Sigma is the international mechanical engineering honor society, the purpose of which is to establish a means of fellowship and communication between individuals who study and practice mechanical engineering.
Biography/History
Pi Tau Sigma, the international mechanical engineering honor society, was established in 1915 at the University of Illinois. The purpose of the society is to establish a means of fellowship and communication between individuals who study and practice mechanical engineering. North Carolina State's chapter, the Pi Alpha Chapter, was established in 1942, and is open to mechanical engineering students who either rank in the top 25% of their class as juniors, or top 33% as seniors. Graduate students in mechanical engineering at NC State whose undergratuate universities did not have a chapter of Pi Tau Sigma are also allowed to join. The Pi Alpha Chapter remained active at NC State as of 2008.
Scope and Content
The records of the Pi Alpha Chapter (North Carolina State's chapter) of Pi Tau Sigma include correspondence, financial records, membership rosters, meeting minutes, and other general information about the chapter, its members, and its activities. This subgroup also contains some materials distributed by the national office of Pi Tau Sigma, primarily issues of their annual publication, The Condenser of Pi Tau Sigma. Materials range in date from 1942 to 1979.
Arrangement
Materials are arranged in two series. The first series, Pi Alpha Chapter, contains materials produced by the chapter at NC State, including those items which document specific chapter activities. The second series, Pi Tau Sigma National, contains materials produced or distributed by the national office to its constituent chapters, including the Pi Alpha Chapter. Materials are arragned alphabetically by topic within each series, and then chronologically therein.
Collection Inventory
Pi Alpha Chapter 1942-1977 Series 1
This series contains materials created or used by the Pi Alpha Chapter at North Carolina State University; these records specifically reflect chapter activities.
ASME By-laws undated
[ Box: 1 Folder: 1 ]Awards 1946-1957
[ Box: 1 Folder: 2 ]Clippings 1945-1959
[ Box: 1 Folder: 3 ]Correspondence, Responses to 1950 Yearbook 1950
[ Box: 1 Folder: 4 ]Correspondence, Satterfield Fund 1942-1944
[ Box: 1 Folder: 5 ]Correspondence with National Office 1942-1948
[ Box: 1 Folder: 6 ]Department of Mechanical Engineering Yearbook 1950
[ Box: 1 Folder: 7 ]Financial Records 1943-1972
[ Box: 1 Folder: 8 ]Financial Records 1967-1968
[ Box: 1 Folder: 9 ]Financial Records 1968-1969
[ Box: 1 Folder: 10 ]Financial Records 1969-1970
[ Box: 1 Folder: 11 ]Financial Records 1970-1971
[ Box: 1 Folder: 12 ]Financial Records 1971-1972
[ Box: 1 Folder: 13 ]Financial Records 1972-1973
[ Box: 1 Folder: 14 ]General Information 1950-1971
[ Box: 1 Folder: 15 ]Meeting Minutes 1950-1961
[ Box: 1 Folder: 16 ]Member Cards, A-C 1942-1969
[ Box: 2 Folder: 1 ]Member Cards, D-G 1942-1969
[ Box: 2 Folder: 2 ]Member Cards, H-L 1942-1969
[ Box: 2 Folder: 3 ]Member Cards, M-P 1942-1969
[ Box: 2 Folder: 4 ]Member Cards, R-T 1942-1969
[ Box: 2 Folder: 5 ]Member Cards, U-Z 1942-1969
[ Box: 2 Folder: 6 ]Membership Rosters 1945-1959
[ Box: 2 Folder: 7 ]Officers and Organization Information 1948-1977
[ Box: 3 Folder: 1 ]Project Proposals undated
[ Box: 3 Folder: 2 ]Prospective Member Forms (1 of 2) 1958-1974
[ Box: 3 Folder: 3 ]Prospective Member Forms (2 of 2) 1958-1974
[ Box: 3 Folder: 4 ]Pi Tau Sigma National 1943-1979 Series 2
This series contains materials created or distributed by the national office of Pi Tau Sigma to its constituent chapters, including the Pi Alpha Chater at NC State.
