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No restrictions. Open for research.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Alpha Mu Chapter (University of North Carolina) of Kappa Sigma Fraternity Records #40269, University Archives, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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• College students--North Carolina--Societies, etc.
• Kappa Sigma Fraternity. Alpha Mu Chapter (University of North Carolina).
• Student activities--North Carolina--History--19th century.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Societies, etc.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Students--History--19th century.

Kappa Sigma Fraternity originated at the University of Bologna in Italy in 1400. The first chapter in the United States was founded at the University of Virginia in 1869. The Alpha Mu Chapter was established at the University of North Carolina in 1893. Its founding members were George Roscoe Little, Gerard Samuel Wittson, James Spenser Lewis, Thomas Pleasant Braswell, Jr., and Thomas Menan Hooker. The fraternity stressed fellowship, leadership, scholarship, and service.

Records of the Alpha Mu Chapter of Kappa Sigma Fraternity at the University of North Carolina include the original charter, dated 27 May 1893, and a copy of a photograph of the members from the 1894 Hellenian.

• Oversize Papers (OP-40269/1)
• Photographs (P-40269/1)