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#ALPHA DELTA PI ARCHIVE#

You will make a difference in the future of Alpha Delta Pi."I BELIEVE that the privilege of membership in Alpha Delta Pi brings the responsibility to do my best in whatever I undertake, always remembering that leadership requires confidence tempered with humility and courage blended with tolerance.

You will play your own role in our shared history. You will teach future generations about lifelong growth and friendship. You will help our members understand that each one of us has a role to play in that story. Your investment will capture the story of Alpha Delta Pi.

We can learn more about our history through new discoveries and stories that have yet been untold. Together, we can plan for ongoing and future collections. You have an opportunity to leave a vibrant, living legacy for our members and the world. You are part of the Alpha Delta Pi story. Our history belongs to you, as you have worn our diamond-shaped badge. Markers will be added to the other five Founders’ graves in Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina, recognizing their role in creating The Adelphean Society.

Implement necessary structural improvements of the Fitzgerald gravesite and provide for the perpetual care of Eugenia Tucker Fitzgerald’s memorial in the historic Rosehill Cemetery in Macon, Georgia, and other physical archives in Macon.

Create a fully digitized collection of the archival materials currently in our holdings and establish integrated preservation and management practices to ensure the capture and conservation of future acquisitions, including digital-born media.

Exposure to our collections will invite members and non-members to learn our history, while traveling exhibits will engage even more members. Digital exhibits will be accessible to all users and easily updated by staff. This updated space will balance contemporary design with historic architectural features.

Renovate the existing indoor museum space and outdoor Hubbard Memorial Gardens at Alpha Delta Pi Memorial Headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.

In today’s digital age, moments in our sisterhood are recorded and lost as quickly as the social media story expires.

more stories yet to be integrated into the larger history of Alpha Delta Pi.

a unique accumulation of our members’ life experiences and.

an extensive collection of local campus histories.

With more than 220 collegiate chapters and 286 alumnae associations chartered during our history, and nearly 250,000 initiated members who have been initiated into Alpha Delta Pi since our founding in 1851, we have: Our history extends far beyond our roots in the mid-19th century.

Every item in these collections faces imminent deterioration if not adequately processed and properly preserved. These unprocessed assemblages, neither cataloged nor digitized, remain inaccessible. The OpportunityĪlpha Delta Pi artifacts that provide insight into our history are currently on display at Memorial Headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia the Cannonball House in Macon, Georgia and at Wesleyan College in Macon.ĭespite these public displays, thousands of unique slides and photos, document files, albums, scrapbooks, and other acquisitions reside in storage as unprocessed collections at Memorial Headquarters. We will provide an interactive opportunity for visitors to explore the history of the oldest secret society for women from 1851 to present day, as well as to understand the experience of women attending college at a time when few had that opportunity.

#ALPHA DELTA PI ARCHIVE#

Provide global access for research and social interactionĪs we approach our 175th Anniversary in 2026, now is the time to create a state-of-the-art history center and archive to capture and preserve the treasured artifacts, historical documents, stories of sisterhood, and accomplishments of Alpha Delta Pi and our members.Preserve our history and our priceless archival items.Each sister who has joined Alpha Delta Pi since our Founders established The Adelphean Society in 1851 is part of our story.