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[Identification of item], in the Beta Chapter of Alpha Epsilon Delta of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records #40141, University Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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• Alpha Epsilon Delta. Beta Chapter (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
• College students--North Carolina--Societies, etc.
• Patterson, James F.
• Premedical education--Societies, etc.
• Student activities--North Carolina--History.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Societies, etc.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Students--History--20th century.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Societies, etc.--History.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Students--History.

The Beta Chapter of Alpha Epsilon Delta, the national pre-medical fraternity, was established at the University of North Carolina on 30 March 1936. The chapter's goals were to foster the scholastic and social life of prospective medical students. The chapter organized lectures and seminars throughout the academic year. The major event was the annual new members' banquet.

Records consist of historical materials collected by and recollections of Dr. Joseph F. Patterson, who served as chapter president in 1937. The historical materials include clippings, photographs, and lists of members, 1936-1939. The recollections are found in a typescript of Patterson's talk at the new members' banquet in November 1969. Also included is a list of early chapter members and what they were doing in 1970.